One Starfield modder liked the RPG's quality-of-life features so much, they went back and added a big one to Skyrim
Oct. 16, 2023Jumping backwards in the Bethesda space-time continuum
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Starfieldinspired one modder to go back and add a quality-of-life feature to Bethesda’s immortal RPG Skyrim.
The Skyrim mod - simply called Press E To Heal Followers onNexusMods- works in much the same way as it does in Starfield. Once an ally collapses in battle, you just need to run up to your crawling friend and press E to administer a potion (specifically, the weakest potion in your inventory). You can then continue to slay monsters and clash steel side-by-side with your friends. While they were at it, JaySerpa also added 200 lines of dialogue to make the companion’s generic “thank yous” more immersive.
JaySerpa is a veteran Skyrim creator at this point; they previously modded inthe much-requested ability to pet dogs, something that I’m very much missing in Bethesda’s space epic due to the lack of non-violent non-humans. The modder has also tackled more expansive additions, including onequest pack that turns Skyrim into a Harry Potter RPG, sort of. I hope we see these kinds of efforts whenStarfield gets official modding support next year.
In the meantime, check out thebest Starfield modsto download now. That doesn’t include thenightmarish mod that swaps every space ship with Thomas The Tank Engine.
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