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NMS Ship Editor/Colorizer/Customizer
🕑 Added 2022-04-14 15:33:19 +0000 UTCNote: There is now the new Transcender Plugin that brings ingame live colorization of ships/multitools and the character plus many more features. Transcender is a partial replacement for Ship Editor for the colorization part at least. Transcender is also a requirement to get pitch black ships and sentinel custom colorizations since recent game patches made that impossible without the transcender tool that removes these limitations again.
Ship Editor
This tool allows you to customize your ship colors for all your ships in a convenient way. After you apply the changes you don't need the tool anymore and the custom colors will stick to your savegame until you change them again. The tool hereby only uses a natural game mechanic that hasn't been made accessible ingame for the player.
Necessary Operating System: At least Windows 10 or 11. Windows 7 won't work due to a python 3.9 restriction.
Fully supported game versions: Steam/GOG, PS4 SaveWizard Export
Experimental Support (no guarantee): WindowsStore/GamePass (not available anymore)
This tool also allows you to edit many more aspects of your ship plus extras (see preview images).
Main features that no other tool can deliver currently:
Ship Colorizer to apply any RGBA color including usually impossible colors like black
One click option to use any expedition and twitch reward ship including golden vector
One click option to use pre order ships
Conveniently copy a inventory from one ship to another
Ship slot operations to add ships to empty slots or remove ships, copy ship to another slot, rearrange your ship garage sorting
Universal ship import/export
supports all ship file formats: Goatfungus sh0 and NMSC's shp
Extended shp format ship export with custom colors
Export/Import your entire ship fleet to a file and reimport it to any other save
Export/Import your ship inventory
Ready to use "perfect stat upgrade" ship inventory presets
Squad ship/npc change option - including option for squad sentinel ships
New Features arrived with Update 1.8:
Pet Customization: Change Body Parts, Pet Type, Seed
Quick Menu Hot Actions Changeable: Enable usually impossible quick actions on foot like galaxy map without being in ship (fun!)
New Export Options for Pets, Multitools, Location
Option to Export complete save in clean unobfuscated json format and reimport
New Features arriving with Update 1.9 (September 22):
Experimental Support for Windows Store/Gamepass version
New "Any Edit" menu that allows to edit absolutely every savegame value with dynamic self generating drop down menus
Option to change frigate types and seed and to add new ones
Support for PS4 savefiles (when exported with SaveWizard tool)
New Features arriving with Update 1.93 (7. October 22):
Tool updated for NMS 4.0 (Waypoint update)
Added the new switch exclusive ship and multitool
Option to change frigate type and seed including organic frigates and normandy
New Features Update 1.98 (28.02.2023):
- Updated for NMS fractals update
- Added utopia speeder ship
- Reorganized color group boxes, only necessary boxes will be displayed
Update 1.985 (06. April 2023):
- Updated for NMS 4.20+ Interceptor Update.
- Added sentinel ship and both sentinel multitools
- Fixed inventory slot size change options
- Added a button with a link to the web customizer
Update 1.986 (12. April 2023):
- Added second sentinel color group
- updated for latest game version
NMS Ship Editor/Ship Colorizer V1.988 - Updated for NMS 4.4 Echoes (25. August 2023):
- Added Atlas and Staff to multitool selection
- Added pirate frigate
- Added pirate freighter
- Squid Head ship now selectable (like the Orb ships)
- Robot NPC and Spider robot now selectable as Freighter crew and for your sqadrons
NMS Ship Editor/Ship Colorizer V1.990 - Updated for NMS 4.5 Omega (14. February 2024):
- Updated to new saveformat for NMS Omega
- Added StarbornRunner ship type
- Added Atlas sceptre staff/multitool
Ship Editor will always get updated for the latest game version. Future changelogs only on the discord #changelog channel.
NEW - free light version: Does not include ship colorization, all import/export functions, pet customization, hot action edit (based on old version 1.8) (outdated, use main version)
Note: Golden Vectors and Exotic ships can't be recolored since they use a fixed texture and no palette colors (Limitation of the game).
By supporting me and my patreon you ensure further development and updates, thank you!
FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ - FAQ :
- What do I need to do to make Black and White work and when my ship truns out cyan ?
For Black and White to work you need to use the special "Black" and "White" buttons to force these colors. Then don't touch the black/white color boxes anymore. Reason is that the color wheel does not allow negative values and these are necessary for black because the game otherwise doesn't allow black. So reset the custom colors by unchecking and rechecking the custom color checkbox. Then click the "Black" button and save.
- My colors do not apply. The ship still keeps it's original colors on some or all areas.
This happens when your ship has certain texture mode overwrites (procedural textures) that overwrite normal palette color usage. So you need to create a seed with the customizer on nms.center that contains the proper texture modes in it's seed. For sentinels the best texture modes for custom color overrides with this tool is "Painted + Painted". On the other side the texture mode "Orange + White" completely overrides all palette colors and does not allow any custom color. SO be aware of that and create ship seeds with the right texture modes that make custom colors possible.
- How can I get a chrome/metallic/shiny or golden colored ship ?
To use chrome colors your ship seed needs to have the texture mode (procedural texture) "Chrome/Metallic" which can be selected on the customizer web app at least for some ships (fighters, solars, haulers) nms.center.
- Can others see my ship with custom colors in multiplayer ?
The most commonly asked question and the answer is no. Others will see a cyan ship (default uncolored ship state) because the multiplayer game code does not transfer custom colors for ships so only you can see the custom colors. BUT any ship customized on nms.center is like a normal ship and DOES show for others with it's colors you selected. The color range is more limited and no black available but in most cases it's enough and you don't need this tool. Personally I prefer a best of both worlds method: Custom colors with this tool but with a seed that has similiar colors made with the nms.center customizer.
- The options below the color boxes confuse me, what do I need to change there ?
You don't need to touch these at all and only change the color boxes by clicking on them. The options shown below the color boxes should be proeprly mapped for each ship type already and are just there for pro users that know what they are doing.
- As a pro noob what do I need to click to color a ship ?
After you have openend the tool click "Load", this will load your most recently used savegame. Then choose the right ship slot and click the checkbox "Custom Colors" which will give you some color boxes. Click on each color box and change the color with the color wheel that appears. When you are ready click "Save" on top of the app. If you did it one time you see how easy it is to use.
- How do I see what color changes what parts of the ship ?
I recommend to click the "Random" button in the custom color section and save. Then load into the game and you immediately see what color group refers to what part. After that go back to the tool and adapt the colors accordingly. Some color boxes also have descriptions if you hover your mouse above them.
📥Download Ship Editor/Colorizer
Dependency (install only if the tool doesn't work on first run):
Download Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
✅Discord
Comments
obol
Thanks very！Please update to current version5.5~
Zoe Emma Smith
Any idea when this tool will update to current version of the game? I only joined patreon for this tool and can't use it.
Tr3ndk1ll666
Where and how do i download?? Im on PC playing Steam Version
Ashido A
Is it still questionable/experimental if this App works with Pc Gamepass? I am new and struggling to load a save file to use this app. Please Help!
Gurboy
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Deetex Seraphine
App starts, recognizes my save files... but says it needs an update to actually open the save.
Meta Idea
It's just a dummy file with random data to avoid easy sharing on discord (upload limit) to protect my hard work. I don't prefer hard DRM methods so this is something minimal. But now everyone knows ofc...
William Ungerstein Fmerigo
Interesting. The extractor doesn't just give you the ship editor file but also extracts a small file titled '-', 33mb large, with no file extension and marked as hidden. Care to explain yourself?
Meta Idea
See the new FAQ added to the description ;)
this only works for some ships and can only be seen by you others still see the original colour gutted as i was hoping this would be game-wide
Juan Green
How do I create a gold and black ship?
Meta Idea
Hello Brandon, as the description says, this tool here is for windows pc only. On PS5 you can use the discord csutomizer bot with help of www.nms.center and either get a glyph location, visit the solar system and get the ship there or get a seed value with the bot and use the service bot which can deliver the ship to you in multiplayer. Come to the discord and we can discuss in depth ;)
Brandon Phelps
I play NMS on PS5. I cannot figure out how to download any of the customizer tools to my phone how can I do this
Brandon Phelps
Hey. I'm new to All this. I'm a new Patreon Member and I
Meta Idea
Updated for NMS fractals update, also added the utopia ship as ship type, enjoy ;)
it doesn't show a model of what im doing...
孟涛
Bad experience My friend can't see the color behind it, I made black and gold, but my friend saw the hull was cyan!!!
Meta Idea
You need a ship seed that comes with a metallic texture mode. Come to the C&S discord for help.
Logan Massey
For me, my ship is showing all cyan color when it is set to "metal"
Logan Massey
I need assistance, Im trying to create a gold ship like you show in the preview photo but I don't understand how each parameter works to change it to metallic and to make the color right
Meta Idea
Ok fixed it. Your PS4 save will now load ;)
G. A. M. E.
im having the same issue as Mr_ Sqiggly_line. for some reason i recognizes my converted ps4 save but i cannot do anything with it.
SuperHardy
Thank you for your great software and support!
SuperHardy
That's really sad.
Meta Idea
Hi, new update 1.91 should fix this issue, enjoy ;)
Mr_ Sqiggly_line
Hello im on ps4 and I converted my file through save wizard. so i downloaded the V1.9 of this app. So when i open it and click the "F" to find my file when i try to open my .hg save file it doesn't open is there a fix for this?
Nicolas Garaycochea
what does the unique setting do?
Thilo Romberg
Solar. With some tinkering I figured the labels are wrong. Color 8 is labeled sail-color, but in fact color 7 is the sail-color. I don't know why but my ship keeps coming up purple ... maybe because I wanted puple sails and color 8 did that ... I'm continuing tinkering, but I'm still confused.
Meta Idea
Hi which ship type ? Exotic ships and golden vectors cannot be recolored because they use a fixed texture without any palette colors. That is a limitation of the game. Any other ship type works.
Thilo Romberg
The GUI is confusing and whatever I do my ship does not recolor. This either need some documentation or an update ...
CADF
I dont think so, mine is black and white. For my friend it shows all cyan...
Chris Merklin
do ship colors show up for mp friends?
statsey
Thank you!
Meta Idea
Hi, plus color 8 is sail color. Usually I use the random button, go into game and check what group matches what part, then go back to the editor and change accordingly. Hope that helps, enjoy.
statsey
Do solar ships only use colors 1 & 6? I can't seem to figure out what the other colors change on them.
Meta Idea
There are no dependencies I'm aware of. It should run out of the box and completely portable. That is my software design codex: Compact, Bloatfree, 100% Portable
Thorned Rose
I'm trying to run this via WINE in Linux but it's just erroring. Are there any required packages such as .NET or Visual C++, etc.?
Dozzy
Absolutely brilliant software. Thank you very much for making and sharing with the community. This is the type of work I love supporting
Meta Idea
Try to set all palette types to "Metal" where it says "Paint"
Andrew T Adams
ok, i see that changes the color of the metallic. is there a way to make the whole ship metallic?
Meta Idea
Create a ship with the customizer bot https://discord.gg/AEXcap6 And make sure it's metallic mode (command ,T2). Then change color 5 (undercoat) in the ship editor.
Andrew T Adams
how do you make any ship a gold metal like the golden vector?
Niels Larsen
perfect
