Real Sandy Deserts - Biome Visual Transformation

CREDITS: All credits to ZY20042 for the amazing work.

NEXUS LINKS: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/14963?tab=description

PERMISSIONS: Granted by ZY20042

DESCRIPTION:

I hope you like sand. This mod removes all rocks, gas vents, and other obstacles in two of the Sandy Desert Biomes.

Starfield lacks a real dune landscape, and the sandy deserts are filled with procedurally generated terrain elements that don't blend in naturally.

Less is more, and sometimes, none is even better. This mod removes all proc-gen rocks, gas vents, and other obstacles in two of the Sandy Desert Biomes, leaving behind a vast, desolate landscape of endless sand dunes.

There is a minor caveat: the rocks are essential for the spawning of minerals, so this mod will make scanning for inorganic resources in these biomes almost impossible, but it can still be done in other biomes of the affected planets or moons. Resource veins remain present, and resource gathering using the outpost harvesters is unaffected. Other gameplay mechanics, such as keywords, flora, fauna, resources, or quests, also stay the same. Rocks associated with POI are still present; this includes a few rocks at ship landing sites.

The two affected biomes are called "DesertSandyNoLife02" and "DesertSandyNoLife06". The "NoLife02" has black sand, whereas "NoLife06" has a more conventional "sand colour".

Various changes: Removal of the proc gen terrain elements.

Retexturing of the terrain.

The changes affect a total of 35 planets and moons: Spoiler: Show

DesertSandyNoLife02

Alchiba IV Archimedes VI Beta Marae IV-b Charybdis I (Has breathable atmosphere) Feynman II Groombridge VIII-d (Has breathable atmosphere) Huygens VI Kang IV Leonis I Marduk V Nemeria IV-b Piazzi II Pyrass VI-a Sirius II-a Tau Ceti III Tirna VIII-e Xi Ophiuchi III Zeta Ophiuchi VI-e

DesertSandyNoLife06

Alpha Andraste V Bardeen II Bondar Charybdis V Eridani III-b Foucault VII-e Hawking VI-b Indum IV-d Linnaeus IV-b McClure III Nikola VII-a Procyon I Rutherford V-b Sparta VI-b Ternion V Vern III Xi Ophiuchi VII-a (Has breathable atmosphere)

INSTALLATION: Download the main file via a mod manager. The mod can be installed mid-game.

COMPATIBILITY AND LOAD ORDER: This mod modifies the following vanilla records and will conflict with other mods that edit the same thing: