No Man's Sky Orbital: Custom spaceships!! Space stations! more!

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Toast King: Jun 22, 2007

Verviticus posted:

man, i do not think ive played a game with worse base building than this

nothing snaps except wood and paving, which seems completely worthless, the game demands that you use their dumbass cylinders without providing hallways???

There were definitely corridors in the original base building update. Straight, curves, T-shaped, X-shaped, maybe others?

I haven't got far enough into it since NEXT, maybe they're hidden away with the base parts you have to buy with buried modules now.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 10:34

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# ? May 26, 2024 12:05

forest spirit: Apr 6, 2009; Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny
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Verviticus posted:

man, i do not think ive played a game with worse base building than this

nothing snaps except wood and paving, which seems completely worthless because you can only connect three together, the game demands that you use their dumbass cylinders without providing hallways???

if you want to build terrain you have to build it in loving spheres, so good luck getting something flat

Take like two minutes and create a Creative Mode save to see every Lego piece you can build with because I've never had whatever issues you're talking about

# ? Jul 31, 2018 10:37

Krogort: Oct 27, 2013

Toast King posted:

There were definitely corridors in the original base building update. Straight, curves, T-shaped, X-shaped, maybe others?

I haven't got far enough into it since NEXT, maybe they're hidden away with the base parts you have to buy with buried modules now.

They definitely are in this dumb blueprint gambling machine

# ? Jul 31, 2018 10:58

DaveKap: Feb 5, 2006; Pickle: Inspected.

Powershift posted:

-Don't claim more than 8 additional broken ships or there is nowhere for new ships to land in your freighter to trade

You can only ever own 6 ships at a time. Once you own 6, though, NPCs will never land on your freighter, despite having 9 parking spots. If you own 5, you have to leave your freighter for just 1 to enter.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:03

Broken Cog: Dec 29, 2009; We're all friends here

Krogort posted:

They definitely are in this dumb blueprint gambling machine

Yeah, the blueprint analyzer has a LOT of stuff, and you won't see most of it unless you invest into it. There is a limit to how much it shows at any given time.

Edit: Apparently you're supposed to get a landing platform blueprint from the base building questline, but it's bugged and gives you a starship module instead?

Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 11:05 on Jul 31, 2018

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:03

Party Boat: Nov 1, 2007; where did that other dog come from

who is he

DaveKap posted:

You can only ever own 6 ships at a time. Once you own 6, though, NPCs will never land on your freighter, despite having 9 parking spots. If you own 5, you have to leave your freighter for just 1 to enter.

I assume this is so if you're in a party with three other people your buddies will always have space to land? It seems pretty poorly thought through.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:05

DaveKap: Feb 5, 2006; Pickle: Inspected.

Verviticus posted:

if you want to build terrain you have to build it in loving spheres, so good luck getting something flat

There's actually an option (look at the bottom right for the keybind) to build in squares.

Not that it matters much because the terrain tools are actually poo poo without a proper "flatten" option.

Party Boat posted:

I assume this is so if you're in a party with three other people your buddies will always have space to land? It seems pretty poorly thought through.

I hadn't thought of that but, yes, that makes sense.
And yes, that is poorly thought out considering there are single-spot trade depots with NPC ships coming in and out taking spots, I see no reason why you can't do the same thing on a freighter.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:05

Broken Cog: Dec 29, 2009; We're all friends here

DaveKap posted:

There's actually an option (look at the bottom right for the keybind) to build in squares.

Not that it matters much because the terrain tools are actually poo poo without a proper "flatten" option.

I hadn't thought of that but, yes, that makes sense.
And yes, that is poorly thought out considering there are single-spot trade depots with NPC ships coming in and out taking spots, I see no reason why you can't do the same thing on a freighter.

I just wish you could sell spaceships. Or just store them somewhere so I can buy up every single exotic I come across.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:07

Waffle House: Oct 27, 2004; You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.

I really enjoy this fleet mechanics, even the fixing broken frigates part.
It contributes good mouthfeel to the scale and size of the game, and it's sorta EVE-feeling to sign for a few minutes at 4AM when I can't sleep to check whether I've made The Moneys.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:10

Pyroclastic: Jan 4, 2010

Jumped to my first Emeril star today, and drat was it a wealth of cool poo poo. Sadly not running at max settings, since my computer complains.

A world full of rings to fly through. Can't damage or scan them at all.

An extreme radioactive world just full of creatures, like this neat raptor. Saw him pop up on my scanner HUD during a storm so I had to go out.

I liked the two worlds in the background of this nearly airless moon.

A feathery raptor that actually had a fearless trait.

4-way Conjunction

I should've named it Tyrannosaurus Hop before I uploaded it.

Smile!

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:17

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Found these delightful flying nightmares

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:24

TjyvTompa: Jun 1, 2001; im gay

Verviticus posted:

does di-hydrogen ever get sold by a trade terminal?

You can buy di-hydrogen jelly and put into a converter thingy, gives you 50 di-hydrogen.

Broken Cog posted:

Yeah, the blueprint analyzer has a LOT of stuff, and you won't see most of it unless you invest into it. There is a limit to how much it shows at any given time.

Edit: Apparently you're supposed to get a landing platform blueprint from the base building questline, but it's bugged and gives you a starship module instead?

I got the landing platform blueprint yesterday from the base building questline on a pre-NEXT (launch even) save.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:26

..btt: Mar 26, 2008

Broken Cog posted:

Edit: Apparently you're supposed to get a landing platform blueprint from the base building questline, but it's bugged and gives you a starship module instead?

Worked fine for me last night on PC

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:27

Wingnut Ninja: Jan 11, 2003; Mostly Harmless

Toast King posted:

You can also teleport between the last 4 or so stations you've visited.

ToastyPotato posted:

Aw there is a limit on saved space stations for TPs?

Just wanted to address this - I don't know if there's eventually a limit, but I've been able to choose from any of the 30-something systems I've visited. It only displays 4 or 5 at a time but you can cycle through the list with the shoulder buttons (or whatever the keyboard equivalent is).

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:44

Duke Chin: Jan 11, 2002; _{^{Roger That:}}
MILK CRATES INBOUND

_{_{^{- FUCK THE HABS -}}}

Hey so is the stuff you sausage from buried ruins (potential bronze blade / trunk o sparkling gems / chest of runes) just for sake for good $$$ or are they needed at all for something else?

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:54

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Looks like 1.52 just went live on PS4. Will report back if Freighters are unfucked.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 11:56

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Hell yeah, I just warped with my Freighter and all my ships showed up in the hangar :woop:

# ? Jul 31, 2018 12:14

victrix: Oct 30, 2007

Powershift posted:

Here's the full formula from scratch for the $18m object

100 frost crystal + 200 solanium = Heat capacitor
100 cactus flesh + 200 star bulb = poly fibre
Heat capacitor + poly fibre = circuit board(1,200,000)

250 sulphrine + 50 condensed carbon = thermic condensate
250 nitrogen + 50 condensed carbon = nitrogen salt
thermic concentrate + nitrogen salt = semiconductor
250 radon + 50 condensed carbon = enriched carbon
Enriched carbon + semiconductor = superconductor($2,000,000)

Superconductor + circuit board = quantum processor($5,200,000)

250 sulphrine + 50 condensed carbon = thermic condensate
250 radon + 50 condensed carbon = enriched carbon
Thermic condensate + condensed carbon = organic catalyst
250 nitrogen + 50 condensed carbon = nitrogen salt
organic catalyst + nitrogen salt = fusion accelerator($2,000,000)

600 fungal mold +25 mordite = acid
200 cactus flesh = unstable gel
acid + unstable gel = liquid explosive($1,000,000)

Liquid explosive + fusion accelerator = portable reactor ($5,000,000)

50 pyrite + 100 pure ferrite = dirty bronze
50 ammonia + 50 ionised cobalt = herox
50 uranium + 100 pure ferrite = lemmium
dirty bronze + herox + lemmium = geodesite($150,000)

Quantum processor($5.2m) + portable reactor ($5m) + geodesite($150,000) = fusion ignitor($18,000,000) for a profit of nearly $8m over the 3 top level parts themselves.

Funkmaster General posted:

How to find your 24-slot S-rank Multitool :

* Install an economy scanner in your ship and unlock and build a save point (carry this with you).

* Find and warp to a rich star system (last word of the economy report should be something like wealthy, oppulent, booming, etc). These have higher chance of selling an S-rank multitool. As an added bonus, they also have a higher volume of ships, which equates to a higher chance you'll find an exotic ship while you're working on the tool.

* Visit the space station and check the multitool shop display. This is important: The class ranking of the tool displayed here will never change. If it's an A-class tool, it will always be an A-class tool. Keep warping until you find an S-class display. Don't forget to buy exosuit upgrades from each station!

* Once you find the S-class display case, we're going to use a trick to reroll the contents of it. Fly to one of the planets and land. Place the save point on the ground and use it. Wait a second for the save to register, then go into the menu and reload the last manual save (the one you just made).

* Fly back to the station and check the display again. If you don't like the results (it isn't 24-slot, you don't like the color or model, or you'd rather try for an experimental or alien tool), fly to a different planet and repeat. You can do this once for each planet and moon in the system.

The reason this works is that every planet has a multitool associated with it, that you can buy from one of the buildings on that planet. However, some planets don't have that building. Each system also has a multitool, which is for sale on the space station. The station tool is determined when you warp to the system, but if you load a game and never warp, the station just sells the last planetary tool it loaded up instead. For some reason, it's the display case that determines the rank and stats of a tool, but the planet determines the model, color, installed tech, and number of slots.

Quoted for future use.

I know what I'm doing next :v:

Star questions: is the "visible" star color unrelated to the actual star classification?

Do the star color hyper drives replace each other so you can just keep blue or whatever and warp to red and green?

Spent awhile last night trying to find a decent ship before I remembered I had found an A class explorer with 38/12 slots and a decent appearance. Turns out it was better than any of the alternatives so I'll be farming a ton of materials to patch up the radioactive leaking hull tonight.

Wish you could give ships paint jobs though.

Friendly reminder that if you scan a ship it shows you class / primary / tech slots in one convenient line on the ui left side (e.g. A 30+4) and its cost as well.

Second friendly reminder that if you find and take possession of a crashed ship you can summon it/find it on your freighter. Find a multi million ship and you can board it, then use a base or station teleporter to hop to a rich system and sit around perusing ships to trade for. This is potentially a much faster way to get a multi million ship early if you win the crashed ship lottery instead of the ruins or cargo lottery.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 12:32

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

You need each drive to travel to multiple star color systems with one ship.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 13:13

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

You need each drive to travel to multiple star color systems with one ship.

Actually you don't in NEXT. My ship right now only has an Indium and I can warp to Red and Green. The priority is Cadmium > Emeril > Indium and since having more than one doesn't improve your jump distance anymore, once you get to Indium you can trash the others with no worries.

Also with 3 S Rank upgrades I can warp about 1000 per jump now.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 13:23

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

WHY DOESNT THE GAME SAYS THAT ANYWHERE gently caress

# ? Jul 31, 2018 13:35

Braco: Nov 29, 2005; My name is Grimes, Simpson, Frank Grimes.

Does anyone know if there is a cap on how many times you can do the "save the freighter, get a freighter" event without accepting the freighter given to you?

# ? Jul 31, 2018 13:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

All my korxax currently look like this. :ohdear:

# ? Jul 31, 2018 13:48

Roman: Aug 8, 2002

precision posted:

Actually you don't in NEXT. My ship right now only has an Indium and I can warp to Red and Green. The priority is Cadmium > Emeril > Indium and since having more than one doesn't improve your jump distance anymore, once you get to Indium you can trash the others with no worries.

Wait, so the S class ship that I lucked into with preinstalled blue & green drives can warp anywhere? And I can get rid of the green for an extra slot?

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:25

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

The_Doctor posted:

All my korxax currently look like this.

They're flirting with you. Try to find the degauss button.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:26

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

Man, this game is fun but the multiplayer is so drat glitchy. My friends and I were in a group of 4 and kept getting desyncs and weird bugs. At one point, two of us were seeing one version of our base while the host was seeing a completely different one, that's how desynced we got.

I hope they drop another patch or two to fix some of that stuff. I want to play way more of this game but I am hesitant to get too invested in multiplayer games like this if the server can't keep things straight.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:29

GruntyThrst: Oct 9, 2007; *clang*

Roman posted:

Wait, so the S class ship that I lucked into with preinstalled blue & green drives can warp anywhere? And I can get rid of the green for an extra slot?

Yes. Freighters can also warp anywhere, and get a full fuel tank with just 1 unit of warp cell.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:48

Zaa Boogie: Sep 13, 2007; "Suckle on this receptacle!"

Calaveron posted:

So the weapon specialist quest line sent me to destroy a sentinel depot I had already destroyed so there�s that quest stopped to a screeching halt

Jump to another system and see if the quest lets you reset it. If it does it should show you another depot to attack.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:51

xilni: Feb 26, 2014

Always warp with your freighter basically, it�s awesome as long as you�re not falling through the world, even then be sure to get cool photos for us.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:52

Roman: Aug 8, 2002

GruntyThrst posted:

Yes. Freighters can also warp anywhere, and get a full fuel tank with just 1 unit of warp cell.

Very cool, thanks

Do you get the ability to customize ship colors at any point? My only complaint is the "rubber vomit" color scheme

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:57

PantsBandit: Oct 26, 2007; it is both a monkey and a boombox

Question: I bought an upgrade for my scanner that is supposed to make it come off cd faster. When I bought it, I traded nanite clusters for a blueprint, but I have no idea what actually happened to said blueprint. I tried looking at the technology options in the inventory and the craftable items but can't find it anywhere. Is there something I'm not seeing?

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:57

Roman: Aug 8, 2002

PantsBandit posted:

Question: I bought an upgrade for my scanner that is supposed to make it come off cd faster. When I bought it, I traded nanite clusters for a blueprint, but I have no idea what actually happened to said blueprint. I tried looking at the technology options in the inventory and the craftable items but can't find it anywhere. Is there something I'm not seeing?

is it in your exosuit inventory? that's where they go for me when I buy them, i just move them over

# ? Jul 31, 2018 14:58

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

PantsBandit posted:

Question: I bought an upgrade for my scanner that is supposed to make it come off cd faster. When I bought it, I traded nanite clusters for a blueprint, but I have no idea what actually happened to said blueprint. I tried looking at the technology options in the inventory and the craftable items but can't find it anywhere. Is there something I'm not seeing?

Was it a blueprint or an upgrade module? If it's a blueprint it should be somewhere in the Install Technology popup. If it was a module it's an item delivered to your suit or ship inventory.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:01

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Can you make storage containers to place in bases? I tried putting some stuff in an extra ship I found, but all of that disappeared and I never have enough room it seems.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:04

SubNat: Nov 27, 2008

By the way, do generic 'Hazard protection' modules exist?
Aside from the one the suit has built in, as well as the one you get as a blueprint ( Shield Lattice, +20% Hazard Battery.), I don't think I've seen a single one at vendors.

I know of the extra shield ones, the ones that specifically add a buffer that you can recharge. But I'd rather have a larger primary hazard defence, than specific shields that only work against one type of hazard, and clutter up the recharge menu.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:06

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

SubNat posted:

By the way, do generic 'Hazard protection' modules exist?
Aside from the one the suit has built in, as well as the one you get as a blueprint ( Shield Lattice, +20% Hazard Battery.), I don't think I've seen a single one at vendors.

I know of the extra shield ones, the ones that specifically add a buffer that you can recharge. But I'd rather have a larger primary hazard defence, than specific shields that only work against one type of hazard, and clutter up the recharge menu.

I found some gloves that let me handle radioactive and toxic substances. I have no idea if they work.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:08

Communist Bear: Oct 7, 2008

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

WHY DOESNT THE GAME SAYS THAT ANYWHERE gently caress

This game is hilarious at telling you gently caress all.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:08

SubNat: Nov 27, 2008

Mr Hootington posted:

I found some gloves that let me handle radioactive and toxic substances. I have no idea if they work.

I have those, pretty sure the only thing they do is take up 1 slot, and let you harvest specific, huge plants on some planets. ( Like Gamma Root plants. ) dunno if they have any benefit beyond that.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:09

Bob Socko: Feb 20, 2001

My PS4 save is still corrupt in 1.52, guess I�m waiting for 1.52.1.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:18

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# ? May 26, 2024 12:05

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

Mr Hootington posted:

Can you make storage containers to place in bases? I tried putting some stuff in an extra ship I found, but all of that disappeared and I never have enough room it seems.

Yeah, but they're pretty small at 5 slots (so far, dunno if there's a bigger one)

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:20

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