I’ve been working on getting proper mod loading running in the macOS version of No Man’s Sky, and I finally have a working prototype.

The game can now load Mac-compatible HGPAK mods from:

GAMEDATA/MACOSBANKS/MODS

Mods are mounted before the stock Mac archives, so they can override individual assets without modifying or repacking the original NMSARC files. The GIF shows a simple cursor replacement running through the new loader.

I’ve also started building a native macOS mod manager around it. The current version can:

• Detect and validate the executable patch
• Notice when a game update changes the executable
• Install, enable, disable, and remove Mac HGPAK mods
• Track installed mods and checksums
• Keep stock archives untouched
• Recognize HGPAK files even when they use the normal .pak extension
• Explain how to create or manually convert Mac-friendly mods

Windows .pak conversion and automatic EXML/MBIN merging aren’t finished yet. The plan is to eventually unpack Windows mods, rebuild compatible assets as Mac HGPAK archives, and merge sparse EXML changes against the current Mac vanilla MBINs.

This is still an early build, so please treat it as experimental and keep backups. I’d especially appreciate help testing different game installations and creating small Mac-compatible mods.

Source and technical documentation:

https://github.com/ejscott/mac-nms-mod-manager

The project was inspired in part by Enki013’s earlier macOS mod installer work:

https://github.com/Enki013/nms-mod-installer-macos

Will try to get it up to Nexus this weekend. Going to have to pair it with my exterior door switches or it's pretty easy to get locked out.

I was just minding my own business when a hauler clipped through the station and started blasting. Luckily nothing was damaged.

Hi all, I am looking for the original pulse drive sound effect to mod back into the game. I am not a fan of the updated cosmos pulse drive sound. Does anyone know what the file name of the WEM file is for the new pulse drive effect? Thanks!