Updates for collections, load orders, and new content

Ghastly Knight Ghastly Knight Admin | Freestar Collective Freestar Collective
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Mobile fixes and general UI improvements included.

I've been splitting my time on the site between site updates and content creation, so here's a bit of where that falls below.

Copy Collections and Load Orders

I added the option to copy any public collection or load order into a new collection or load order you control. The idea is that you see another person's load order or a collection you like, but you'd like to customize it to suit your needs. Now you can copy that into one you own and manage. Either can be copied to the other. If you've worked on a load order that has a nice theme to it, you can copy that into a themed collection you share with the community.

New Collections

Some of the recently developed mods around pirates has inspired me to create a new character that starts off as a pirate. To help do that, I went around researching what pirate mods there were in creations to create the new collection for piracy, Best Mods for a Pirate Character. When I play Starfield lately, this is the playthrough I'm focused on right now, so I'll be rating/reviewing these over the next week or so.

To be fair, I also tried to do the same recently with a new character to try Best Survival Mods, but survival is just not for me. I quickly grew tired of all the survival systems. It was taking the joy out of it, so I gradually disabled them. I know, however, there are lots of people that enjoy that aspect, so I hope they're able to contribute to that list.

Lastly, I recently completed watching The Clone Wars animated series with my kids. I have always liked Star Wars, but I've never felt tempted to create a character with Star Wars mod in Starfield until now. In preparation for that, I've been exploring those to create The Best Star Wars Mods on Xbox collection.

Collection Mod Sorting

I updated the collection sorting of mods to respect the community rating better and treat mods without a rating as a 5 out of 10 (average until someone rates it). That way any mods with a sub-5 rating will be pushed to the end/bottom.

Please, add your ratings on mods - even if you don't leave a comment. It helps show users which ones are the best ones available.

New Forum Topics

I've been trying to help fill in empty forums by starting with some tips for ship building and modding. I've been doing both awhile on Starfield, but I'm sure there are others who know more than I on each. If you have anything to add on those, please feel free to reply to them.

UI Fixes + Improvements

I intentionally spend a lot of time using the site on my phone to make sure I spot things I could improve there. With that, I spotted some things to fix/improve:

  • Fixed mod options not always showing by default for mobile users
  • Fixed adding mods to a collection when viewing mod results past the first page (switched from a broken dropdown to an overlay/modal like everywhere else)
  • Added an Undo link on the notifications for Add to Collection and Add to Load Order. More than once, I added a mod to the wrong collection, so I decided an Undo option was sorely needed - if only for me to correct my mistakes :)
  • Fixed a forum bug that one of our users, Gallsta50l, pointed out. Thanks!
  • Added an onboarding modal/overlay that will appear once for all newly verified users (or existing users that had not seen it yet) to try and help should users what options they have to start. I might simplify it more soon, though. I don't want to overwhelm anyone.

Please continue to let me know if you spot any area that could be improved or things you'd like to see added on the site! I'd love to hear from everyone.

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