{"rewrite":{"id":"r_495ce1c6225a6641af1d0013","clusterId":"c_846f806d2152066e619a434c","slug":"starfield-mod-aims-to-remove-loading-screens-from-planetary-landings","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Starfield Mod Aims To Remove Loading Screens From Planetary Landings","summary":"A PC mod in development for Starfield allows seamless landings on planets and moons without loading screens. Developer Frederik Wessberg built it after finding it frustrating that landings were the only part of flight that required a loading screen. The mod hands the descent to full autopilot, letting players walk the ship interior, and adds cloud layers, thunderstorms, auroras, terrain shadows, and a reentry heat shield effect.","whyItMatters":"The mod targets the last break in Starfield's flight loop, extending a set of community fixes that already covered grav jumps and takeoffs, on PC where the game data is open to this kind of work.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe mod is called Seamless Landings without loading screens, and it is being built by Frederik Wessberg for the PC version of Starfield. During the descent the ship flies itself, so the player can leave the cockpit seat and move around the interior. Landing on oceans is possible, and the descent includes cloud layers tied to weather systems, thunderstorms, auroras at the poles, terrain and cloud shadows, and an atmospheric reentry effect that sprays steam on the hull and leaves ash. Wessberg has posted a teaser. Mods carry their own risk.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Wessberg's mod keeps every landing on autopilot, so the cockpit view becomes a viewing deck rather than a control surface. The atmospheric layers he is adding are doing the work that manual flight gave up.","twitterPost":"Wessberg's Starfield mod hands landings to full autopilot. The cost is the stick: the view improves, the flying does not.","threadsPost":"Frederik Wessberg is building the Starfield mod around autopilot, not around manual descent. That trade is the interesting part: he gains weather, terrain shadows, and a reentry heat shield, but the player gives up the stick for the view.","newsletterBlurb":"A Starfield mod under development by Frederik Wessberg removes loading screens from planetary landings on PC. The descent runs on full autopilot, so players can leave the cockpit and walk the ship interior, and ocean landings are supported. The build adds cloud layers tied to weather systems, thunderstorms, auroras, terrain shadows, and a reentry heat shield effect.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/12/173508.html\",\"title\":\"Seamless Planetary Landing Mod in Development for PC Version of 'Starfield' - Enjoy Watching Planets Approach via Autopilot, or Grab the Controls and Head to Places That Catch Your Eye\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4701,"outputTokens":581,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791792429,"createdAt":"2026-10-12T08:01:54.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T08:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T08:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_846f806d2152066e619a434c","canonicalTitle":"PC版『Starfield』向けに「シームレス惑星着陸Mod」が開発中。自動操縦で近づく惑星をじっくり眺めたり、操縦桿を握って気になる場所を目指したり楽しみ方は色々","representativeArticleId":"a_a431d1c7e6570259b9252c50","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Starfield\"],\"studios\":[\"Bethesda Game Studios\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-12T07:06:01.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-12T07:06:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T08:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/12/173508.html","title":"PC版『Starfield』向けに「シームレス惑星着陸Mod」が開発中。自動操縦で近づく惑星をじっくり眺めたり、操縦桿を握って気になる場所を目指したり楽しみ方は色々"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Starfield"],"studios":["Bethesda Game Studios"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}