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release notes leaked and the update is called the Fractal update and introduces a new ship type that allows for "skimming over planetary surfaces at high speed", a VR overhaul, an expedition, and a Wonders Catalogue feature for sharing interesting flora/fauna with others. i'm beginning to think they're more or less finished with NMS and have their main people on whatever the big new project is.
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And here it is https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1628394185018740739 Not out on PS5 yet though.
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Gaspy Conana posted:
Do you say this because it's not including a major content update? I'd be willing to bet that the PSVR port required a lot of work which could be what took most of their time. 
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Axel Serenity posted:I'm sold Apart from the new ship type I don't even know what I'm going to put in those extra slots.
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Gyro menuing sounds good. Cursor based menus on controllers are the absolute pits.
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What is this huge VR overhaul that you speak of, sean
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What is this huge VR overhaul that you speak of, sean Better graphics and handling overall to VR, and full support/official release for the PSVR2 port of the game. There's a poo poo load of vr enhancements listed on the website. This is the only game to make me want a VR setup, holy poo poo. I've played it a bit and I think I would have rather not, since now I know what I'm missing. Edit: I love all of these changes. https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1628402974614495232?t=B1-CumJy1qDjfCSCZUKxRA&s=19
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Do you say this because it's not including a major content update? I'd be willing to bet that the PSVR port required a lot of work which could be what took most of their time. I'm sure it was quite a bit of work. I should've been more specific. I was mostly thinking of the lack of substantial updates to planets or exploration/procgen in general over the last ~2ish years. It's fair to assume they're busy on the next thing? For me the worlds are the compelling part of the game and I'm not interested in new ways to traverse them or fight on them or whatever when I've already seen everything they can offer.
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Here is the whole VR update for PCJim Silly-Balls posted:
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"Huge VR Overhaul"
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It's minor in the scheme of things but Di-Hydrogen expansion is dead. Refining the jelly gives 40 now. Crafting it costs 40. You can refine Di-Hydrogen into the jelly for 30, but doing it that way only gave 1 per minute. Too slow to be all that useful.
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Gaspy Conana posted:I'm sure it was quite a bit of work. I should've been more specific. I was mostly thinking of the lack of substantial updates to planets or exploration/procgen in general over the last ~2ish years. It's fair to assume they're busy on the next thing? I think they were focusing on making the game super nice for psvr2 for this one. I'm in the same boat as you though, all the changes look great but until there's some proc gen fuckery I've already seen everything. Still, Sean said this will be an even bigger year than last year so I'm not worried. I know an update will come soon that I'll really dig TheWorldsaStage fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Feb 22, 2023 |
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The best part is, he's admitted that he's learned his lesson of over-promising and under-delivering from back at the launch, so I'm looking forward to whatever else happens with NMS.
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Nullsmack posted:It's minor in the scheme of things but Di-Hydrogen expansion is dead. Refining the jelly gives 40 now. Crafting it costs 40. You can refine Di-Hydrogen into the jelly for 30, but doing it that way only gave 1 per minute. Too slow to be all that useful. Eh, it was kind of a hassle. Since it was so easy, I felt obligated to do this, but now I guess I just buy the stuff from pirates, like Atlas intended. Fake edit: This made me look up sources of Di-Hydrogen. I did not know that you could burn Tritium down into Di-Hydrogen! That's helpful to know. I guess between buying jellies, the real stuff and Tritium, rich people like me should be set. 
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If anybody has been out of the game for a long time, or just wanting to get into it, the first stage at least of the new expedition is basically speed-running a basic tutorial. e: with the exception of only being able to craft inside your own base, apparently. Powershift fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Feb 22, 2023 |
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Expedition wasn't quite what I expected. There was some underlying plot but what I took to be a mid-expedition stakes raise was apparently meant to be "the twist at the end", unless they continue it in a later one anyways speeder looks cool and unlike the last funky-ship expedition it's the final reward so you can go and redeem it on other saves
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played on PSVR2 for a bit last night, it's quite mixed tbh. On the downside, terrain rendering when flying about is pretty ugly with a lot of nasty pop in of terrain geometry and also plants and buildings and whatnot, spotting buildings before you fly over them is almost impossible. The galaxy map UI is still the most bafflingly heinous and awful interface that has ever been designed by a human being. It's just staggeringly bad. There's also a few issues with stuff like flight controls being really far away from where you 'sit' making things uncomfortable. Tons of general bugs and glitches. VR controls are ok, but at least on PSVR you can't jetpack and change direction at the same time. On the upside, walking around on foot is cool as heck and actually looks pretty good, and you're playing NMS in VR, which is pretty rad. I spent most of my time chilling at the top of a mountain instagibbing birds out of the sky with my super-charged mining beam.
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Man, the Speeder is nimble. E: Sometimes this game is impressive in new ways https://i.imgur.com/ln7BzEO.mp4 Stare-Out fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:Expedition wasn't quite what I expected. There was some underlying plot but what I took to be a mid-expedition stakes raise was apparently meant to be "the twist at the end", unless they continue it in a later one How long did the expedition take you? I generally haven't been a fan of them, I'm too lazy to start anew in this game, but the rewards on this one are pretty good.
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StarkRavingMad posted:How long did the expedition take you? I generally haven't been a fan of them, I'm too lazy to start anew in this game, but the rewards on this one are pretty good. Because of the conceit this one's pretty quick. Go build bases on five planets in the same system (with a few hoops between each step). You can only craft stuff while in a base, so make plenty of launch fuel when the opportunity comes up. That can be a long slog.
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Bruceski posted:Because of the conceit this one's pretty quick. Go build bases on five planets in the same system (with a few hoops between each step). Ok, that doesn't sound TOO bad. I'll probably do it at some point. Or do like I've done with most other expeditions and do half of it, and then cheat engine myself the rewards
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I finished phase one in less than an hour. This seems like a much faster expedition than the set last December. It also lasts 6 weeks, which seems generous for the difficulty level
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It's pretty much the same old stuff, I'm just playing it for the cool helmet.
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Has anyone else been experiencing crashes with this update? I play it, admittedly, in an unorthodox way. I use Proton to run it under Linux and I like to switch between using keyboard/mouse for movement outside of vehicles and using a controller for vehicle movement. Have never had an issue before, but now when I try to switch between using the keyboard/mouse to controiller the game crashes.
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CaptainSkinny posted:I just saw there's Twitch drops again starting today. Does that save editor program still work? I don't wanna idle twitch tabs for hours again. But I will.
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StarkRavingMad posted:How long did the expedition take you? I generally haven't been a fan of them, I'm too lazy to start anew in this game, but the rewards on this one are pretty good. It took me...2-3 hours, maybe? but I also build glitch cheesed some of it in lieu of running around farming the copper you need for all the chromatic metal-- since the conceit is "you can't build in your inventory outside of a base", they made base computers cost 200 chromatic + 500 pure ferrite, and you necessarily have to build 5 of them total, so after the first freebie you have to collect and refine at least 1600 copper and 2000 ferrite dust by hand. (Honestly probably not terrible per se but I never planned ahead so I kept on being short landing on a new planet and everyone's starter hauler is slow as poo poo, so gently caress flying back)
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The expedition took me about 4 hours playing leisurely. Overall it's fairly simple but you'll have to collect a lot of copper and pure ferrite for base computers if you can't find one near the marker. I only found one in the wild on the second planet. Couple of the planets are mountainous which was probably the most painful parts of the whole thing. The Speeder ship is awesome so it's definitely worth doing, especially for anyone new to the game.
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Stare-Out posted:The expedition took me about 4 hours playing leisurely. Pretty glad to read this bc I crapped out of the last two due to boredom and having a family and stuff. NMS is a 'just before bed' game for me.
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confused posted:Has anyone else been experiencing crashes with this update? Game completely froze on me 3 times without crashing, so I couldn't send an auto report. Once I got sick in the found because a mountain popped in around me as I defended from space. It's really buggy right now, but they tend to fix these in about a week or two.
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I just had a 2GB patch go out on the Experimental build. Patch notes says it fixed a crash, but dunno if it's the same issue or an unrelated one. Took me about 3 hours to do the expedition. Mountain planet was the worst one, especially if your camp doesn't end up being close to any of the items you have to collect for the recipe one, but overall not too bad. I'll also say again that I hate Aggressive Sentinel planets, and forcing you to do them is awful. I am perfectly fine never having combat in my normal save ever again.
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I'd been putting off the settlement stuff because there's nothing I hate more than suddenly being informed that I need to stop playing the game like I want to and go do some boring defense crap (hi Fallout 4 and San Andreas!) but it's not anywhere near as bad as I expected! Plus my Minotaur is even more badass now so I'm glad I finally did it. Shame that a few of my settlers are stuck underground but that's No Man's Sky for you. We need an appropriate smilie, something along the lines of  but glitchier.
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There's definitely an issue with NPC placement in his latest update. E: Day 5 of Twitch drops will have the worm companion as a reward. I never did that expedition, so now is my chance. CaptainSkinny fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Feb 24, 2023 |
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