Before you choose a star, let the galaxy tell you what kind of future it holds.

DSP Seed Scanner

DSP Seed Scanner helps you choose a cluster before starting a new game. It automatically scans the seed shown in the New Game preview and gives you a simple summary of its strengths, tradeoffs, and limitations.

Quick start

Install the mod and open the New Game cluster preview. That is all you need to do.

The scanner starts automatically whenever a new cluster preview loads. While it works, the panel shows its progress. When the scan finishes, scroll through the results to see how the seed looks for:

• A fresh start
• A megafactory
• Compact expansion
• Dyson sphere construction and energy

Previously scanned seeds load from the local cache automatically.

Fresh-start guidance covers the starter giant, useful Fire Ice deposits, power on neighboring moons and nearby rich Deuterium supply. Megafactory guidance highlights systems with useful rare resources and plentiful deposits; sphere candidates favor nearby luminous stars.

The statistics panel shows oil rates, moon numbers and resource colors. Its notable-star table shows distance, maximum sphere radius and the number of planets whose orbits fit inside it, followed by systems with Aquatica planets nearest to the brightest star.

The panel appears in the bottom-right corner by default. You can move it by changing Presentation.PanelCorner in the generated configuration file:

• 1 — Bottom right
• 2 — Bottom left
• 3 — Top left
• 4 — Top right

Installation

The simplest option is a Thunderstore-compatible mod manager. Install DSP Seed Scanner and launch the game with mods enabled; its BepInEx dependency will be handled for you.

For a manual installation, install BepInEx 5 first, then copy the package's BepInEx folder into the Dyson Sphere Program game folder.

Compatibility

DSP Seed Scanner's reference game version is 0.10.35.29104. Other game versions can still be scanned. If the version or detected game identity differs from the reference, both result panels have a red border and a red warning showing the current and reference versions. Statistics come from your current game; conclusions use the scanner's existing rules and may be inaccurate after an update. The warning remains visible on cached results.

The scanner still stops if required game information is missing, inconsistent or cannot be read, or if a scan fails. Results from different game identities have separate cache entries. No opt-in or confirmation is needed.

Star and planet names follow the game's native naming option. Changing that option may trigger a fresh scan; returning to a previously scanned choice can reuse its cached results.

DSP Seed Scanner can run alongside other BepInEx plugins. Their changes may affect the generated cluster, scan results, or runtime behavior, and conflicts cannot always be detected automatically.

Useful links

• View the source and report problems

DSP Seed Scanner is an unofficial community project. Dyson Sphere Program and its assets belong to their respective owners.

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