diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e8af652..8c3867c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Fork of the ultrasm64 repo by CrashOveride which includes the following commonly
 - Widescreen (16:9) support toggleable by pressing `L` in the pause menu.
   - If you don't want this, you can disable it by removing `#define wide` in `ingame_menu.c`
 - Removed course-specific camera processing
-- Increased maximum pole lenght (The game will read bparam1 and bparam2 together as a single value, so you can have a Snake Eater pole)
+- Increased maximum pole length (The game will read bparam1 and bparam2 together as a single value, so you can have a Snake Eater pole)
 - bparam4 fix (the game no longer uses bparam4 to check if an object is mario and therefore you can safely use it)
 
 It also uncringes the way that apply_patch.sh works, and removes the black border.
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index cab8aaaf..23806692 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #define CAMERA_FIX
 // Increase the maximum pone lenght (it will treat bparam1 and bparam2 as a single value)
 #define LONGER_POLES
+// Uncomment this if you want global star IDs (useful for creating an open world hack ala MVC)
+//#define GLOBAL_STAR_IDS
 // Uncomment this if you want to skip the title screen (Super Mario 64 logo)
 //#define SKIP_TITLE_SCREEN
 // Uncomment this if you want to keep the mario head and not skip it
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@
 
 /* Coordinate overflow fix setting: 
  * Scales the world down by this factor, increasing how far you can render on
- * console in exchange for a slight loss in precision.
+ * console and LLE plugins in exchange for a slight loss in precision.
  * 
  * For double extended boundary hacks, a value of 1.5f or 2.0f is good.
  * For quadruple extended bounds, use 3.f or 4.f
diff --git a/src/game/behaviors/spawn_star.inc.c b/src/game/behaviors/spawn_star.inc.c
index 9a194a5c..76846121 100644
--- a/src/game/behaviors/spawn_star.inc.c
+++ b/src/game/behaviors/spawn_star.inc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "config.h"
+
 // spawn_default_star.c.inc
 
 static struct ObjectHitbox sCollectStarHitbox = {
@@ -17,8 +19,13 @@ void bhv_collect_star_init(void) {
     u8 currentLevelStarFlags;
 
     starId = (o->oBehParams >> 24) & 0xFF;
+#ifdef GLOBAL_STAR_IDS
+    currentLevelStarFlags = save_file_get_star_flags(gCurrSaveFileNum - 1, (starId/7) - 1);
+    if (currentLevelStarFlags & (1 << (starId % 7))) {
+#else
     currentLevelStarFlags = save_file_get_star_flags(gCurrSaveFileNum - 1, gCurrCourseNum - 1);
     if (currentLevelStarFlags & (1 << starId)) {
+#endif
         o->header.gfx.sharedChild = gLoadedGraphNodes[MODEL_TRANSPARENT_STAR];
     } else {
         o->header.gfx.sharedChild = gLoadedGraphNodes[MODEL_STAR];
diff --git a/src/game/interaction.c b/src/game/interaction.c
index 63ef64af..6bc26c05 100644
--- a/src/game/interaction.c
+++ b/src/game/interaction.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "sm64.h"
 #include "sound_init.h"
 #include "rumble_init.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define INT_GROUND_POUND_OR_TWIRL (1 << 0) // 0x01
 #define INT_PUNCH                 (1 << 1) // 0x02
@@ -806,8 +807,11 @@ u32 interact_star_or_key(struct MarioState *m, UNUSED u32 interactType, struct O
         o->oInteractStatus = INT_STATUS_INTERACTED;
         m->interactObj = o;
         m->usedObj = o;
-
+#ifdef GLOBAL_STAR_IDS
+        starIndex = (o->oBehParams >> 24) & 0xFF;
+#else
         starIndex = (o->oBehParams >> 24) & 0x1F;
+#endif
         save_file_collect_star_or_key(m->numCoins, starIndex);
 
         m->numStars =
diff --git a/src/game/save_file.c b/src/game/save_file.c
index da3378eb..7112b706 100644
--- a/src/game/save_file.c
+++ b/src/game/save_file.c
@@ -413,8 +413,13 @@ void save_file_reload(void) {
 void save_file_collect_star_or_key(s16 coinScore, s16 starIndex) {
     s32 fileIndex = gCurrSaveFileNum - 1;
     s32 courseIndex = gCurrCourseNum - 1;
-
+#ifdef GLOBAL_STAR_IDS
+    s32 starByte = (starIndex / 7) - 1;
+    s32 starFlag = 1 << (starIndex % 7);
+#else
     s32 starFlag = 1 << starIndex;
+#endif
+
     UNUSED s32 flags = save_file_get_flags();
 
     gLastCompletedCourseNum = courseIndex + 1;
@@ -456,9 +461,15 @@ void save_file_collect_star_or_key(s16 coinScore, s16 starIndex) {
             break;
 
         default:
+#ifdef GLOBAL_STAR_IDS
+            if (!(save_file_get_star_flags(fileIndex, starByte) & starFlag)) {
+                save_file_set_star_flags(fileIndex, starByte, starFlag);
+            }
+#else
             if (!(save_file_get_star_flags(fileIndex, courseIndex) & starFlag)) {
                 save_file_set_star_flags(fileIndex, courseIndex, starFlag);
             }
+#endif
             break;
     }
 }