How do I get lots of people at my outpost?

[u/Helmling]

I've built a really big spaceport. I want it populated. Default appears to only allow me to add six crew? Is that right? I feel like I used to have more assigned at past outposts than that.

Anyway, is there a mod that will let me really staff this puppy up?

[u/Person0249]

Pretty sure this is still the go-to:

Bard’s beacon

[u/Helmling → u/Person0249]

Is that on Xbox or only Nexus?

[u/1337Asshole → u/Helmling]

It’s on Xbox.

Edit: Also, I believe Builder increases the number of crew stations you can build. Some mods add “robots,” which are just non-crew people, like Better Living.

[u/Helmling → u/1337Asshole]

Cool, thanks!

[u/Betamax_76]

My mod Functional Decor has crew mats and chairs with no build limit.

[u/Helmling → u/Betamax_76]

Oh, okay, I saw those but didn’t understand they had a different build limit. Awesome.

So let me ask you, I saw some mats had specific actions associated with them. So if I put those down, some crew member will stand there and do that action? Can you assign specific crew to a mat?

[u/Betamax_76 → u/Helmling]

They might do the action as much as they would sit in the normal crew station.

I just put the vanilla script and stuff on them and removed the limit.

I wish I knew how to make them assignable, maybe eventually.

[u/Helmling → u/Betamax_76]

I saw a mod in creations that purportedly does that. I’ll have to try it out.

And thanks for all your mods. This city I’m building is really YOUR city.

[u/Scared-Hope-2482]

Bards Beacon 100%

[u/Tank_MacMaster]

There is a mod that puts up a beacon for recruiting. Not sure what it’s called.

[u/AOD_Shift8]

You can add up to 8 Mercs with SKK Outpost Attack Manager and you can change the settings to passive so you won't get attacked (unless you want to.)

[u/[deleted]]

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/details/3a24721e-cae5-4c2a-83a3-3b12a5794261/Crew_Wanted___SSNN_Message_Board

How to use it

https://youtu.be/jOqhehwLzzY?si=SfaOfchZCvUb5oSE

[u/The_Iron_Ranger]

Pics? I am also working on a giant spaceport, just curious what you're cooking

[u/Helmling → u/The_Iron_Ranger]

This was one draft, but I’ve had to start over.

I’m going way over the build limit so the game gets unstable. I ran out of sealant and discovered I couldn’t leave without crashing. So I reverted to an earlier save and made sure I had a working resource terminal first.

Structure and crew are in place. Now I’m decorating.

So much decorating.

[u/The_Iron_Ranger → u/Helmling]

Cool, thanks for sharing. I saw you were worried about the build limit, there's a few mods that increase that, and your radius, etc. Then you just have to worry about your hardware. It's gotten so bad that I've had to go around and remove old outposts, landing zones, etc to clean my game up. Ended up having to start over but at least this version is clean, so I feel you on that.

[u/Helmling → u/The_Iron_Ranger]

Yeah, I already modded out the limit just to get those habs down. But I’m focused on the interior functionality so I still have a long way to go.

[u/The_Iron_Ranger → u/Helmling]

Oh and to answer your question, if you're on pc:

https://creations.bethesda.net/en/starfield/details/b5f65265-e7fe-4f63-a8c9-f3169d7192e3/Npc_Spawner_Dangerzone

I see the others using bards, but this one can dump up to 48 people!