Ship Part Merging Enabled

Make Merged Ships Again!

EDIT: Apr 15 2026 - Updated to add confirmation messsage box and Playstation support.

This mod allows for adjusting the overlap tolerance in the ship builder from -1 to -10 or turning it off entirely. Most merging can be done with a -3 to -5, I have included the additional settings so you can find what works for you. Part movement feels different with different settings so experiment if you do not like the feel of the first value you choose.

This is a temporary change to the setting that will last until you exit the game completely. It will persist through loading other saves as long as you do not leave the games main menu. This must be set each game session and does not permanently modify any game values.

This only replaces the need to flip, change variants, or copy the parts to place them in a position where they will overlap with another part. To snap a part to an occupied point still requires selecting the ship to move it into position.

Head to New Atlantis and see Amoli Bava at Jemison Mercantile to pick up The Art of Merging slate. This item is injected into her inventory so there should be no conflict with any other mod that touches this merchant. It will restock as well; you can buy a new slate if you sell or lose the one you have. If for some reason she does not have it, go outside and wait on the bench for 24 hours.

Read the slate and then back out of the pause menu to get the terminal with the settings. You can scroll through the options; the system only displays 4 buttons at a time.

If you also want to build larger ships, check out Evancy’s Ship Building Tweaks, or TN's Class M (and Starborn Guardian) Ship Building. This mod will work along side both of these others, affecting only the overlap tolerance if you wish to turn down the value they provide.

There should be no conflicts of any kind as the only active thing this mod does is put the slate in Amoli’s inventory.

For any questions or comments please visit the Ship Distribution Discord and post in the Ship-Part-Merging-Enabled channel. https://discord.gg/wuvaYAsuAc If you feel I deserver a jolt of caffeine for my work, you can buy me a coffee here - https://ko-fi.com/sadyr