Starfield’s starmap is extra helpful than you suppose

You won’t have realised it, however there is a delicate design aspect in Starfield‘s starmap that makes navigating the sport’s universe a smidge simpler.

Starfield has a fully huge variety of planets to discover; greater than 1000, the truth is. However utilizing the sport’s starmap is not essentially the simplest factor on the earth, except precisely what it is telling you. As noticed by one consumer within the sport’s subreddit, there’s truly a pleasant piece of visible design on the map which tells you precisely which star methods you have been to, and which of them you’ll be able to or cannot go to simply.

I am stage 34 and I JUST realized this concerning the star map, whereas attempting to go to each star.
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As you’ll be able to see from the put up above, there are three visible queues which let you know concerning the varied star methods. On the left, you will discover that the celebs have a smooth glow surrounding them, which because it seems signifies that you’ve got beforehand visited that system. Within the center, you’ll be able to see some stars that do not have that very same glow, which suggests you have not visited them, however they’re shut sufficient that you would be able to leap to them. After which lastly, on the proper, there are some stars which are purple, and likewise aren’t glowing – these ones are star methods that you would be able to’t leap to with out leaping to a different one which’s nearer by.

It is a very nice little piece of design that when what it means, it ought to make getting from system to system simply that little bit simpler. Starfield’s menus aren’t the very best, in spite of everything, however on the very least modders have put the work into making them a lot simpler to make use of.

Modders have additionally made exploring planets simpler too. Because it at the moment stands, you’ll be able to’t simply stroll round a planet in its entirety because of varied boundaries, however one mod has made that risk, with one other including extra touchdown zones too.