Game Discussions The No Man's Sky Thread
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It doesn't look like it, does it? They're such a tiny team though. For a project this large they really should have either hired more people or outsourced QA to another company.
If the revelations about multiplayer overshadowed the games release on the PS4 these technical issues have, if anything, been even worse for it. Frontier are probably breathing a big sigh of relief.
I dunno, there are still 200 thousand Steam users ingame, so depending on the NMS's marketing budget the release might still be a big success, even if HG won't fix any bugs (and that's not a given).
See, I can get why something like this would be an utter deal breaker for some. But for me, I was thrilled to see it. Not for my sake, I HATE that about the game, but for my wife. Gill is not a hard core gamer in any way, and this game is actually the perfect sweet spot for her to do it all on her own without throwing the controller at me any time she needs help.
It's disappointing to me in a space-sim sense, but then I got Elite Dangerous for that
But as an exploration game I can share with Gillian, it's perfect.
I suspect they are using SSE4.1 instructions so I doubt it will get fixed. And in all honesty for someone not to have a CPU that doesn't support they must have pretty archaic hardware. SSE4.1 has been a thing for 10 years now .. Time to upgrade!
Hmm On my Nvidia 970GTZ, NMS runs nicely. Yeah there is the occasional stutter or micro-freeze while it does something but it's more than tolerable and doesn't harm gameplay.
Basically I'm loving it. Amazing game. Multiplayer it may be but don't expect it to act like one Apparently it's very rare to run into someone else, especially in the same instance.
Also I don't think this is an 'either/or' thing with Elite Dangerous. They are both enjoyable as different games in their own way.
But I've had more fun in 2hrs of NMS than 2 weeks with ED. That's gotta say something.
Basically I'm loving it. Amazing game. Multiplayer it may be but don't expect it to act like one
Apparently it's very rare to run into someone else, especially in the same instance.Also I don't think this is an 'either/or' thing with Elite Dangerous. They are both enjoyable as different games in their own way.
But I've had more fun in 2hrs of NMS than 2 weeks with ED. That's gotta say something.
Why would you think it was a space sim? The description for it on their own website is:
A SCIENCE-FICTION GAME SET IN AN INFINITE PROCEDURALLY GENERATED GALAXY
AMD processors have SSE 4.1 just since 2011. So that change is pretty recent.
I have that crash problem, i use a Phenom(tm) x4 955 Processor 3.2 Ghz, i can play all modern games just fine for my standard. I dont see a reason to upgrade right now at all. If i still can play all games fine. MGS Phantom Pain had the same problem, they fixed it in hours/days?
But even if it runs, it runs like crap on a 5000€+ PC....sooo
Get a grip mate. :s
Yup, my feelings too, so far.
I am having fun, but it's not grabbed me yet. Just bumbling around my first planet was fun and I took my time exploring, the draw distances looked pretty good and some of the views were impressive. The (space) flight felt a bit rubbish compared to ED, so I'll need time to acclimatise... if I can... but in fairness to HG, FDev pretty much nailed ship handling.
Depite the reports on PC issues I have had none (zero, nada, zilch) so far after 3+ hours play, and on a not very powerful rig - FPS is fine, I've set it to 60 synched, and I've adjusted the FoV to 90. I'm not sure if relevant, but I got it from GOG not Steam, so I have no Steam client 'in the way'.
As an aside, on the assumption you can get the game to load, all the settings' changes I've seen suggested can be achieved through the relevant options in-game, no need for editing files.
How's view distance comparing to PS4? Can it be changed? Curious.
Pardon? I'm not the one who is mistaking it for something it wasn't advertised to be.
Can't really say mate - I've not seen it first hand on a PS4, but from the videos I have seen, what I am getting seems better, to my mind at least - will try to post a relevant screeny!
I don't see any options for changing the draw-distance, but I've not looked. I'm finding their slightly wobbly menus a bit off-putting.
Edit: oh and less noticably popping... (so far!)
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jut leaving these during development quotes out there. some pretty good Molyneuxisms here:
"When art director Grant Duncan wanted the possibility of green skies over a planet, the development team at Hello Games had to redesign the periodic table to create atmospheric particles that would diffract light at just the right wavelength."
"While the basic behaviors themselves are simple, the interactions can be impressively complex. Artistic director Grant Duncan recalled roaming an alien planet once shooting at birds out of boredom. “I hit one and it fell into the ocean,” he recalled. “It was floating there on the waves when suddenly, a shark came up and ate it. The first time it happened, it totally blew me away.”"
“When you die, you regenerate in the same location,” Murray explained, “but you do lose a great deal of things. We wanted the loss to be meaningful—for you to know that if you make a decision, it has significance.”
they also claimed that the appearance of creatures would reflect the procedural biome of the planet
This game reeks of consolitis. I hate to put it this way but it's true. The default controls are completely counterintuitive to any space game i ever played. I'm convinced there's a lot of elements that would have made this game better that were removed or toned down because Joe Public in playtesting phase complained.
"When art director Grant Duncan wanted the possibility of green skies over a planet, the development team at Hello Games had to redesign the periodic table to create atmospheric particles that would diffract light at just the right wavelength."
"While the basic behaviors themselves are simple, the interactions can be impressively complex. Artistic director Grant Duncan recalled roaming an alien planet once shooting at birds out of boredom. “I hit one and it fell into the ocean,” he recalled. “It was floating there on the waves when suddenly, a shark came up and ate it. The first time it happened, it totally blew me away.”"
“When you die, you regenerate in the same location,” Murray explained, “but you do lose a great deal of things. We wanted the loss to be meaningful—for you to know that if you make a decision, it has significance.”
they also claimed that the appearance of creatures would reflect the procedural biome of the planet
This game reeks of consolitis. I hate to put it this way but it's true. The default controls are completely counterintuitive to any space game i ever played. I'm convinced there's a lot of elements that would have made this game better that were removed or toned down because Joe Public in playtesting phase complained.
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Often such things are hidden in ini files, espescially when its heavily pushed as a major console release. Wouldnt surprise me if in the coming days loads of tweaks are being suggested online.