Talk:Hullmod

What about S-mods? Do I get anything special by scuttling S-modded ships? 178.66.51.136 10:34, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

You get some bonus XP as of 0.95.1a. One of the new tips states: "Scuttling or losing a ship with s-mods you've built into it grants enough bonus XP to gain back the story points spent on building the hullmods in." - Histidine (talk) 12:09, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for slow reply, I couldn't figure out how to check for updates after forgetting the exact page I posted on. I just saw that tip in game as well, but it specifically says "you've built in" - what about recovering enemy ships with hullmods and scuttling them? Is it possible, engine-wise, for the game to track the author of S-mods to prevent green XP farming this way? I'm playing with Nexerelin mod, not sure if AI-generated S-modded ships are the thing in vanilla. Also, amazing, I'm gonna scuttle my early game Onslaught and get a 14th replacement now! 178.66.46.73 10:46, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

I recall Alex saying somewhere that it does track where the S-mod came from, so scuttling S-modded ships you get from elsewhere won't give you bonus XP (indeed, you normally can't acquire such ships in vanilla to begin with, as vanilla removes the S-mods on enemy ship recovery).

As an aside, you may find it easier to use the comments section at the bottom of the main page, instead of the wiki talk page :) - Histidine (talk) 10:51, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Yea, confirmed, game tracks S-mods and doesn't award you anything extra for scuttling NPC-added S-mods. But I found out about another take on the subject, Progressive S-mods mod that basically gives each ship individual XP, very interesting. I can't use comments here, don't know whether it's sanctions (i'm from Russia) or I have to register separate account and I don't really care that much to fix it. 178.66.46.73 20:29, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

I did find an S-mod on an NPC ship in vanilla, not from enemy combat recovery but from a discovered floating derelict. I can also confirm I got no bonus xp for scuttling that derelict.Dynafire