SolidChamp
Banned
So wait, you can claim a home planet and easily find your way back there??
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No Man's Sky |OT2| Maths Effect
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R_thanatos
Member
Yes.
It'll be a race for the more intresting planets now.
Currently trying to get back to the more intresting planets i saw during my journey
SJRB
Gold Member
..what part of this update hints towards microtransactions, exactly?
EdwardTivrusky
Member
I'm in the UK and Steam had just then queued the download when i checked a few minutes ago, it's now downloaded and i'll be going back in after more coffee and mice pies 
I'll check out my save on Normal and then give Creative mode a whirl. Neat.
I'll check out my save on Normal and then give Creative mode a whirl. Neat.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
can you build bases on different planets? Like could I have 3 bases on 3 different planets I travel between? Or do I just pick one?
Superkewl
Member
Basebuilding immediately reminds me of Subnautica. Going to wait and see how the game pans out...which is an upgrade from my previous position of "never going to play it again"
EdwardTivrusky
Member
It looks a hell of a lot nicer that's for sure. I just loaded up my old save after updating and the LOD is much better with much less fading in, charge times and weapon colours have changed too i think. My retirement fund planet has been regenerated and is much more meagre so i may as well warp to another system and chase the Warp achievement before starting on Creative.
Warning; If you have stacks of 100 in your inventory then use them up or sell 95 of them before updating as i have lost shitloads of resources now my stacks are capped to 5
Warning; If you have stacks of 100 in your inventory then use them up or sell 95 of them before updating as i have lost shitloads of resources now my stacks are capped to 5
Looks great! I was not super bothered by the original game, my expectations were tempered and I didn't follow much of the game prior to launch. But I love just going around exploring. It's a very relaxing game. This update adds all sorts of cool stuff, so I'm more than happy to dive back in.
Ballistics
Member
WARNING!!!
If your home planet is a hostile one, make sure you have plenty of Iron and Platinum for shields and Carbon and Plutonium for life support.
I've just spent an hour trapped in a death loop. Get out of crashed ship...die. Loaded back to the ship with no health...die. I had to run with the 30 seconds I had to find Plutonium and Carbon, send it back to the ship, die and then create Power Gel. I've just about got away with it.
For some, it's game over on a loop forever to the point where it's better just to start a new game save. So if you're reading this HG, sort it and sort it now, before the pitchforks come out again.
It's an incredible update though...if I ever get off this planet...and that's a real fear
If your home planet is a hostile one, make sure you have plenty of Iron and Platinum for shields and Carbon and Plutonium for life support.
I've just spent an hour trapped in a death loop. Get out of crashed ship...die. Loaded back to the ship with no health...die. I had to run with the 30 seconds I had to find Plutonium and Carbon, send it back to the ship, die and then create Power Gel. I've just about got away with it.
For some, it's game over on a loop forever to the point where it's better just to start a new game save. So if you're reading this HG, sort it and sort it now, before the pitchforks come out again.
It's an incredible update though...if I ever get off this planet...and that's a real fear
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Thinking of starting over fresh with this new update. I'ma miss my home planet PurpleWinds tho.
SolidusDave
Member
So are the three modes completely separate? That's kinda stupid?
I can understand creative mode w/o resource pressure but survival stuff should just kick in by virtue of having planets with differently harsh environments.
Don't want to split up progression on 3 saves in this game...
I can understand creative mode w/o resource pressure but survival stuff should just kick in by virtue of having planets with differently harsh environments.
Don't want to split up progression on 3 saves in this game...
They're effectively difficulty modes now, right? I'd imagine some planets on normal mode will still have harsh status effects, it's just they'll be harsher and more frequent on survival mode.
Edit: I'm good to continue from where I stopped playing a month or so back, yeah? No need to restart the game or anything with this update? Everything is still compatible?
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Thanks for this i was just about to ask about Freighters as i've just found a neat Gek one that looks like a flattened Lego Star Destroyer and all the others look like cubes. How much does each cargo slot hold do you know?
I was a bit miffed about losing my stash and the seemingly slower regen/quicker depletion of my jetpack but i'm placated by the prospect of buying a big ship
cross post. I want to see if grass still rotates!!!!
I loaded it up for a few minutes after the update. Already loving the freighters. I can't afford one but I went on board on to check it out. Much larger than expected and it's a little thing but I love seeing multiple NPCs in one place.
I was going to leave this update until after I get my fill of Skyrim PS4 and Titanfall 2 but I may end up checking out the new stuff sooner than later.
I was going to leave this update until after I get my fill of Skyrim PS4 and Titanfall 2 but I may end up checking out the new stuff sooner than later.
SolidusDave
Member
They are different difficulties I guess, but considering there are so many planets you could easily make some of them survival/hard difficulty (and have the new resources as reward only there). Kinda goes with their original plan of making the universe harder in the center.
Motion blur looks great. Had to tone it down a bit though as it goes overboard when turning your view IMO. Temporal AA looks better on the planets, on the stations it kinda looks worse now as everything is more blurry than before.
Speaking of graphics, I experience WAY more (close range) pop in on PS4 than before...
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Does the item you're trying to stack say "1 of 5"? I just transfer stuff into my inventory and if it can stack it does otherwise it just transfers across and takes up another slot.
PintSizedSlasher
Member
I think it only does in your ship inventory, not in your suit.
vpance
Member
Yep I see it now, just stacked some Atlas Stones. Thought it was for all items including resources.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Do you want tips on how to turn Pirate fights into easier mode? Read on...
When you are told Hostile Scan, Enemy Ships approaching etc just slam the reverse thrusters but stay pointing forward. After a few seconds the pirates will warp in front of you and you can blast them more easily as they group up to chase you.
I found it helps with ambushes but not with dogfights defending freighters.
Gravy Boat
Member
How do you suggest they put 'Normal', 'Survival' and 'creative' into one mode? What an odd complaint.
Pirates spawn even if your inventory is empty. Also atlas stones are key items, and significantly harder to come by than other rare commodities.
Perhaps my mind set is wrong, but having a normal sized ship with 10 slots, and having a freighter with 13-15 slots, seems off to me. Or am I not understanding it correctly?
SolidusDave
Member
as I said, creative mode I can understand but I would have preferred making use of the virtually unlimited amount of planets and star systems to implement a scaling for difficulty/environmental hazards/enemy strength etc.
It was probably easier to implement a new ruleset though, especially when it comes to limiting resources.
Or give normal mode something tougher than the "extreme" worlds and keep survival mode as it is. I just dislike the idea of starting new as the only way to get difficult content (and none for my current progression). It also goes against the idea of the shared universe, that whatever you find would be experienced in the same way by another player. Speaking of which, are the new player messages mode-specific?
Anyway, just had my first space battle after the patch and it's much more intense due to motion blur + better effects. I also like how the freighter canons tear through the asteroids and that there are now actually other fighter ships attacking the pirates. Though aim-assist is now even more overkill thanks to targeting even passive targets (which was annoying before).
Freighter boarding is very neat as well. I noticed I can melee on the ship, I didn't dare to but can you kill/shoot the crew?!
PintSizedSlasher
Member
Maybe the slots in the freighter can hold more resources (like 5000 units instead of 500)?
EdwardTivrusky
Member
It depends on how many units of an item can stack in Freighter slots. If you can stack say 5,000 units per slot then it's a big inventory expansion otherwise it's just an extended storage container for stuff you don't need at the moment.
I've seen other ships docking at the freighters so i wonder if another update will let you designate cargo slots as saleable items so you can earn cash while on the planet exploring and gathering?
Are freighters still governed by the old pricing model? Base on your ship loadout?
Getting ready to fire this game back up. I've been across quite a few perfect homeworld systems, but would rather continue on and find a new one I guess. I hope I can load my old save without any trouble.
Getting ready to fire this game back up. I've been across quite a few perfect homeworld systems, but would rather continue on and find a new one I guess. I hope I can load my old save without any trouble.
So loading creative mode starts you in a new save, new game. Clean slate.
No way to base build and continue in the normal game but create?
I had explored about 100 systems in my local group and carved out territory for an empire, but looks like I'll need to start from scratch?
No way to base build and continue in the normal game but create?
I had explored about 100 systems in my local group and carved out territory for an empire, but looks like I'll need to start from scratch?
EdwardTivrusky
Member
You can base build in normal mode. Well, i assume you can as there are NPCs at space stations offering their skills to your base if you meet their specific terminal requirements.
Be aware that all stacks in your inventory have been capped at 5 now and i've lost some stock so i advise you sell your stacks leaving 5 in each before you update if you can.
edit: oh you've already updated. If you load your normal save you will be place on the space station as all planets in the system have been regenerated and are marked as undiscovered. When you land you will rediscover them and there will be a duplicate entry in the logs but you will be placed on the record for your old planet so you can finish finding beasties etc.
SolidusDave
Member
I think you can do all the basebuilding in normal mode just fine, if you have the resources.
Go down on a planet, build a search booster thingy (press up on dpad) and search for planet base or whatever it's called. Fly there and inside you can declare the planet your home planet. I didn't accept just yet but from the wording it seems you can switch to another planet any time, might even take resources from an old base with you as there was a resource-of-current-base button. There's also a portal inside, I wonder if the monoliths work now haha
edgefusion
Member
Gah, I forgot how awful the FOV is. It's like I'm playing the game through a pair of binoculars.
This is all very impressive but I'll wait until they fix the azerty issue. Double tapping walk forward every god damn time is getting on my nerves. Also I ended up defending my freighter against pirates and I got a "Talk to the captain of the freighter" for what I assume was a reward, but the captain didn't tell me anything. More bugs heh.
SolidusDave
Member
Too late for me to post a screen but yes, both Motion blur, changed effects (weapons etc.) and TAA are in the PS4 version.
Vic_Viper
Member
This update is what ive been waiting for tbh before buying the game. If I want to do the base building stuff do I need to play in the Creative mode or can it also be done in Survival?
Has anyone been playing with the Base Building here yet? Is it similar to Fallout 4's mechanics?
Would you recommend the PS4 version or PC as the best platform for play?
Has anyone been playing with the Base Building here yet? Is it similar to Fallout 4's mechanics?
Would you recommend the PS4 version or PC as the best platform for play?