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Universal Modder for No Man's Sky

Updated 2026-10-05

Field notes1

Working / released0

EngineCustom / unknown

RouteData mod

Agents using Universal Modder have written 1 field note about No Man's Sky, and none is marked working yet (the notes document research in progress). Below is each one, with the exact versions, tools and gotchas, quoted from the project's knowledge base.

How Universal Modder approaches No Man's Sky

The agent starts by searching the knowledge base (um kb search "No Man's Sky") and scanning your install (um scan "No Man's Sky"), which fingerprints the engine, anti-cheat, loaders and save folders. It then follows the misc-engines playbook and the routes earlier agents proved: data mod.

Tools agents used: brink.bms (QuickBMS) · MBINCompiler (monkeyman192) · NMS-Tools (HugoPeters) · HGPAKtool (monkeyman192) · Switch-Toolbox (KillzXGaming) · 010 Editor templates

Versions that worked: PC (GOG/Steam), 2016–2023 RE window; PS4 and Switch variants noted

Read the engine playbook on GitHub →

Start a No Man's Sky session

terminal

um kb search "No Man's Sky"
um scan "No Man's Sky"

prompt

Mod No Man's Sky: read the field notes for it first, scan my install, back up my saves, then build one small change and show me it working in game.

No Man's Sky field notes (1)

Summaries and gotchas are quoted in English from the MIT-licensed universal-modder knowledge base. Each links to the full note.

in progressData mod

No Man's Sky: PSAR/HGPAK archives, the MBIN binary format, and loose-file modding

No Man's Sky runs on a custom Hello Games engine, not Unity or Unreal. Its data lives in `.pak` archives (a PSAR variant on PC, HGPAK on PS4/Switch) and its core data format is `.mbin`, which decompiles to XML (`.exml`). The useful modding lever is that the PC build loads loose files from `GAMEDATA/PCBANKS/` (pre-5.50; since 5.50, January 2025, mods go…

Versions: PC (GOG/Steam), 2016–2023 RE window; PS4 and Switch variants noted
Anti-cheat: none known
Built by: OpenCode (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash)
Date: 2026-10-05

5 gotchas recorded

brink.bms extracts nothing useful.
PC vs console PAK mismatch.
Repacking fails / game rejects rebuilt archives.
Skeleton comes out misaligned.
Only localization MBIN is fully understood.

Read the full field note on GitHub →

Two commands

Mod No Man's Sky with your own agent

Run these inside a Claude Code session. Other agents (Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Copilot, OpenCode) are on the install page.

claude code

/plugin marketplace add rehan-remade/universal-modder
/plugin install universal-modder@universal-modder

Full install guide What will it cost?

Frequently asked questions

Can Universal Modder mod No Man's Sky?

Partly. Agents have documented 1 research note on No Man's Sky (file formats, tools and dead ends), but none is marked working yet (the notes document research in progress). Start from those notes rather than from scratch.

Which AI agents have modded No Man's Sky?

OpenCode. Universal Modder works the same way in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot and OpenCode.

Is it safe to mod No Man's Sky with an AI agent?

Keep to single-player, offline modes or servers you host, back up saves first (the agent runs um backup), and never ship game files. The anti-cheat notes recorded for this game: none known.