Game Discussions The No Man's Sky Thread

[PiLhEaD]

Just a small 'FYI' update - I've had two missions so far that appeared 'bugged'. Returning the Soul-Arc, and picking up my first (free) Freighter. In both instances the game didn't recognise my completion of the associated/requisite activity, and both 'missions' seemed lost.

I solved both by just going away and doing other stuff for a while, across a few play-sessions, and paid neither activity any attention. I don't recall doing anything 'special'. In time both were reset and I could complete them.

 

[mossfoot]

Can't say I had that problem, though I did have to restart one mission in the log section because I was too far away from it.

Doing the underwater mission chain, and I've got to say the Nautilan is a real treat to drive around. Really take in the scenery!

 

[Han Zulu]

Doing the underwater mission chain, and I've got to say the Nautilan is a real treat to drive around. Really take in the scenery!

Especially if you find a deep ocean planet. Really amazing to drive around in the deep.

 

[RooksBailey]

Looks like I am not the only one to bail on Elite for NMS while the troubles persist.

I have to say that this "Beyond" update is really impressing me. Prior to "Beyond," I would only play for an hour or two just to check out the new stuff. It never held my attention. But now...wow! It finally feels like the game we all wanted NMS to be. Well done, Hello Games! This was a massive update that was pulled off fantastically well, with only a few serious bugs, and those were handled speedily with multiple patches. (Ahem. There might be a pertinent lesson here about what is possible for certain other developers.) There are still some things I would like to see added, of course. In the wake of the great content added to planets, the game's space portion desperately needs some love. Right now, outer space seems to me to be little more than a rainbow-colored intermission between our planetary adventures. NMS needs to make space as interesting as what we have in ED. It would help if solar systems were actual systems rather than what appear to be mere clumps of planets. If Hello Games could fulfill one of their original design goals of having an ED-like system of real orbital mechanics, etc., that would go a long way in making space much more interesting than what we have now. Heck, if NMS had that, I dare say that it might become a serious contender to what ED currently offers - and in the three years of owning NMS, I've never said that before.

Last night I came across a wonderfully stormy planet where rainstorms would blow in, raising the ambient temp from 64 F to around 240 F! These frequent boiling storms were a pain because they limited my outdoor activities, but I do love a good rainstorm (maybe because in RL my neck of the woods has been going through a dry spell). If it wasn't for the fact that I am working on the main campaign, I probably would have built a base on this world to make it a vacation spot for me. Screenshot (modified) of my guy standing out in the storm outside of an alien observatory:

I wish thunderstorms get implemented one day, too! This storm needed some thunder and lightning!

 

[mossfoot]

Hey, how do I transfer my base from one planet to another? Is it possible? I recall some kind of base storage device but am not sure how that works.

 

[Han Zulu]

Hey, how do I transfer my base from one planet to another? Is it possible? I recall some kind of base storage device but am not sure how that works.

Not sure if it works.Some of t he older mechanics are a bit wonky.

You know you can have multiple bases, right?

 

[mossfoot]

Not sure if it works.Some of t he older mechanics are a bit wonky.

You know you can have multiple bases, right?

Oh, I know, but there's a lot of resources put into this one and hardcore takes longer to mine stuff due to storage limits. I'd rather find a way to tear down what I got and rebuild it on my preferred world with as little hassle as possible.

 

[Han Zulu]

Oh, I know, but there's a lot of resources put into this one and hardcore takes longer to mine stuff due to storage limits. I'd rather find a way to tear down what I got and rebuild it on my preferred world with as little hassle as possible.

Gotcha.

Yeah, I'm not sure how the base storage unit works. They added it for one of the updates only for the purpose that they re-seeded the universe and everyone would lose their bases.

I wish they opened that one up to be able to store your base building materials in it, but you can't put stuff into it, I think.

 

[mossfoot]

If this is still valid, I'm guessing it will do the trick

Base Salvage Capsule

Base Salvage Capsule is a base building product. Base Salvage Capsule is a base building product and it contains refunded materials from previous planetary bases (if you have any). A construction recovery device. This optional piece of base technology stores and preserves matter left over after...

nomanssky.gamepedia.com

 

[Han Zulu]

You know what. I'm going to do a little test to see if it still works.

--edit

Tried it, and it seems to be working, but it looks like I didn't get back all of it. Maybe I did something wrong, but there's a bunch of material in the salvage capsule now. I started a base and just put some random stuff and deleted the base unit.

 

[sewerratuk]

Started again in VR earlier for the first time since the update. I was pleasantly impressed with it I have to say. I know I’m late to the party (the sun has finally gone into hiding so I have too) but VR is a game changer for it.
The whole flight mechanic is going to take a bit of getting used to though

Anyone got any good VR mod suggestions?

 

[mossfoot]

So I am on my way slowly toward the centre, in part to progress the story, but trying to plot only rich vykeen worlds along the way (want to find a S class fighter or exotic), when I come across the perfect world for a base.

It's got green grass and fields, red leaved trees, blue sky, no hazards other than brief and infrequent hot rainstorms that aren't too hot, large oceans, and non-hostile sentinels. A ring around it, and two moons, plus a few other planets in the system. Lots of wildlife and plant types.

I set up a base by the coast, and am now transferring everything from my initial hellhole base. Seems like only a percentage of materials carries over, not the full amount, but it's a huge time saver. This will be my home away from home. Can't imagine topping it. I'll try to get some screenshots later.

On the PSVR I noticed having more than three landing pads on your base seems to create a frame rate issue, just FYI.

 

[PiLhEaD]

At times like this I wonder how many words I really want to learn...

Spoiler: Pics

 

[mossfoot]

Yeah, he's a real charmer.

Here's a pic of my place right now. Better ones later hopefully (uploading screenshots while in PSVR isn't exactly easy).

You can't see it well from this angle (and the screenshot for PSVR is kinda warped anyway), but I have two sub-bases linked to this one. One housing my underwater stuff, and one across a river for the exocraft (I'm on a scenic peninsula) and a bridge going over it as well.

 

[PiLhEaD]

The routine crashes at least give me an opportunity to post some eye-candy.

Spoiler: 4 snaps

As an aside, how best to broach getting a separate and brand new PC just for NMS with Mrs PiLhEaD, given the level of crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay... I'm at the point of giving up!). Suggestions please.

 

[Han Zulu]

As an aside, how best to broach getting a separate and brand new PC just for NMS with Mrs PiLhEaD, given the level of crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay... I'm at the point of giving up!). Suggestions please.

Blow out dust in the cooling fan?

 

[VR StarLightPL]

As an aside, how best to broach getting a separate and brand new PC just for NMS with Mrs PiLhEaD, given the level of crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay... I'm at the point of giving up!). Suggestions please.

Introduce her to planet zoo. After she is hooked you will have no choice but to buy a new rig.

 

[Viajero]

The routine crashes at least give me an opportunity to post some eye-candy.

Spoiler: 4 snaps

As an aside, how best to broach getting a separate and brand new PC just for NMS with Mrs PiLhEaD, given the level of crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay... I'm at the point of giving up!). Suggestions please.

Wow, that is some serious instability. Have you tried searching for discussions or clues with others with similar issues? In my case the game has run extremely stable even in VR (PC here, and a potato at that) so far. I stopped playing at around 40-50 hours (the longest NMS has managed to get me in the game actually, so well done Beyond) but that is just me not too attracted in general to these survival type games. I just need my flying and pew pew.

 

[Juniper]

As an aside, how best to broach getting a separate and brand new PC just for NMS with Mrs PiLhEaD, given the level of crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay... I'm at the point of giving up!). Suggestions please.

Every situation is different, but when I want to upgrade, and I get the response of "But you've already got 'X' - what's wrong with it?!" it's because She Who Must Be Obeyed secretly covets the very thing I want to upgrade.

So I offer it to her for her exclusive use... possibly for a nominal sum so that she doesn't feel like a charity case, or that she "owes" you... and then offset it.

I've done this for Kindles, laptops, tablets, Alexas, you name it...

 

[VR StarLightPL]

crashes (currently around every 15-20 minutes of gameplay...

I missed this in the whole ask the missus joke.

This level of crashing isn't normal. If you're playing on a laptop, consider opening it up and cleaning the hot air exhaust. I had a case where friend's laptop was behaving like that and the cause was a 2cm thick dust clot totally blocking the hot air exhaust.

How old is your Windows install? If it's old, consider reinstalling. If it isn't, well, it might be your hardware failing. No real way to tell, maybe NMS stresses it above the point of failure.