No Man's Sky

Potential-Monke · 07-04-2020 9:17pm

Free again, HG can stop making up for the perceived bad launch now. Ye have more than made up for it! That'll be awesome in VR!

Varik · 08-04-2020 12:15am

Anyone know how this summoning vehicles work from the freighters, they just appear or do we get titan fall.

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Free again, HG can stop making up for the perceived bad launch now. Ye have more than made up for it! That'll be awesome in VR!

While I agree, they'd need to make it a big one. New multi crew ships or something big.

MOH · 18-07-2020 3:32pm

Finally! Teleporters on freighters.

Also, Alien.

https://www.nomanssky.com/desolation-update/

dreamers75 · 18-09-2020 8:21pm

More free ****.

Hello Games' space exploration sim No Man's Sky is expanding once more, and the developer has now teased its mysterious new Origins update, which is launching next week.

There's little in the way of specifics regarding the update at present, but Hello Games calls it "the beginning of something new, as No Man's Sky continues to grow and evolve."

But while the developer hasn't explicitly detailed the features coming in Origins, it has released a (fairly small) bit of artwork to accompany the news, and it's almost certainly worth a squint and a scour in case it holds a few tantalising clues...

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-18-hello-games-teases-no-mans-skys-origins-update-out-next-week?fbclid=IwAR2rJBEnulbAX5_zQFgW9zC7x5toBSnxG0oODV_h9cbZ6sMQJOHSYXcC7O0

Potential-Monke · 18-09-2020 8:28pm

You can't fault their dedication!

DirtyBollox · 18-09-2020 9:31pm

I'm only getting into this now, and I think it's great. Well aware of the release disaster, but they're still around and people do take part in the co-op events at the weekend, so it still has some players.

No idea what origins will add, but I'm looking forward to it.

dreamers75 · 19-09-2020 7:28pm

Only downside to this game (I have it since release) is the main story.

Its just terrible.

They should fix that.

marcbrophy · 19-09-2020 9:58pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Only downside to this game (I have it since release) is the main story.

Its just terrible.

They should fix that.

Maybe that's what origins is about!
At least that's where my mind went when I heard the name of the DLC

Taylor365 · 21-09-2020 6:27pm

Just came back to this 4 weeks ago to finish it off (have it from launch).

Did all the quests to get up and running, fetch fetch fetch!
Did the ATLAS quest

Broke all my gear/ship and puts me essentially back to the start, under some 'New Galaxy' guise bs.

Attempted to do the center galaxy quest but there really is no point. Just grind grind grind to make a number smaller and smaller til its 0.

All this base building and customisation means nothing to me. Everything is dead and you are the only real actor. Everything leads to a grind.

I envisioned something akin to the X series or Starsector when i first heard of NMS. A living universe full of ever changing conflicts, economies, factions, etc.

DirtyBollox · 22-09-2020 9:36am

I'm just enjoying crashing the economy in each sector i warp into and i'm attempting to save for a living ship. Not much time to spend on the missions for the quiksilver, but i'm getting there.

dreamers75 · 22-09-2020 9:55am

DirtyBollox wrote: »

I'm just enjoying crashing the economy in each sector i warp into and i'm attempting to save for a living ship. Not much time to spend on the missions for the quiksilver, but i'm getting there.

I used to drop into random games and give away millions in stasis devices or the thingies you learn make in the main story.

Most people happy with the unexpected millions got a few not so happy tho.

Very easy to make billions in that game.

DirtyBollox · 23-09-2020 3:01pm

Origins is live, patch notes here, https://www.nomanssky.com/origins-update/, available now on PS4 at least, I would assume on xbox and pc as well.

EoinMcLovin · 23-09-2020 5:06pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5KpR4F12Cs

circadian · 23-09-2020 5:44pm

Looks great. Just over a GB on pc.

marcbrophy · 23-09-2020 8:40pm

circadian wrote: »

Looks great. Just over a GB on pc.

9.46 GB on Xbox :eek:

Kiith · 23-09-2020 10:17pm

Will get stuck into this at the weekend. Looks like yet another great update.

23-09-2020 10:35pm

Not that it matters really but kinda would have liked new achievements/trophies

EoinHef · 25-09-2020 4:33pm

Downloaded the update last night on PS4 Pro,runs like garbage. Have the framerate unlocked and I reckon its in the 20s on planets and stations.

Flying in space is probably the only part of the game that runs smoothly and even then going to a planet to land causes the framerate to tank.

Pop in is horrendous,textures dont load till your right on top of them,input lag is pretty bad.

All in all a terrible experience. Turned it off after about 90 minutes. I dont think Iver ever called a game unplayable but this is really bad.

Was going to give it a good few hours but atm I not going to waste my time. I've played a decent amount of it on PS4 and PC and this is the worst I have seen it.

endainoz · 26-09-2020 1:45pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Downloaded the update last night on PS4 Pro,runs like garbage. Have the framerate unlocked and I reckon its in the 20s on planets and stations.

Flying in space is probably the only part of the game that runs smoothly and even then going to a planet to land causes the framerate to tank.

Pop in is horrendous,textures dont load till your right on top of them,input lag is pretty bad.

All in all a terrible experience. Turned it off after about 90 minutes. I dont think Iver ever called a game unplayable but this is really bad.

Was going to give it a good few hours but atm I not going to waste my time. I've played a decent amount of it on PS4 and PC and this is the worst I have seen it.

Interesting, I hadn't heard of these issues, possibly a ps4 pro issue?

Ionised · 26-09-2020 7:35pm

Appears to be better optimised on Pc anyway. Framerates have improved for me and overall quality is better.
New additions are always nice.

EoinHef · 26-09-2020 7:54pm

endainoz wrote: »

Interesting, I hadn't heard of these issues, possibly a ps4 pro issue?

Could well be,I havent played in a good while so it could just be a PS Pro issue. Just wanted to give this patch a bit of time. I'll see if they patch again soon and try again

Laszlo Cravensworth · 27-09-2020 9:17am

Hey folks, I played NMS at release and actually really enjoyed it warts and all. Eventually I lost interest due to other games pulling me away.

I have the chance to pick up a v2 psvr for less than 200 quid and was only really interested in it for NMS and possibly skyrim.

Is it worth it purely for the NMS Vr experience?

Potential-Monke · 27-09-2020 7:45pm

Some people seem to like it, but I can't get into it in VR. Just doesn't look as good and I feel like it's an inferior experience because of it. I'd imagine it's a lot better on Quest/PC VR, but I can't get past the last-gen look/feel of the VR version.

Saying that, there are plenty other PSVR games worth getting it for, AstroBot, Moss, Beat Saber, etc, but if you could splash on a Quest I'd go for that over the PSVR at this stage.

J Mysterio · 27-09-2020 10:47pm

brady12 · 22-10-2020 12:10am

Iv never played this . What’s it like with updates of last few years ?

DirtyBollox · 22-10-2020 9:56am

I picked it up a month or two ago, i've almost 70 hours into it and thats still only my first playthrough.

You can play Normal mode, exploration, planet discovery, completing the story etc. Then you can play Survival mode, this is more or less the same but its harder than normal mode, Permadeth mode where you lose everything if you die and then creative so you can just base build.

Compared to the initial release its almost to what was promised, i never played the original but i've seen videos, and i'm thoroughly engrossed within it.

endainoz · 22-10-2020 11:51am

I e been playing it for a bit but haven't been too engrossed in it. Have come back to it a few times over the last few months. Picked up a second hand psvr, waiting on it to arrive in the post. No Man's Sky in VR sounds pretty amazing. Also looking forward to giving Grand Turismo Sport and Skyrim a go too.

EoinMcLovin · 28-10-2020 4:16pm

https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/1321443645871005696?s=19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnOtGftJek

marcbrophy · 28-10-2020 4:27pm

Okay, credit where it's due!
Well done Hello Games for their commitment to this game

endainoz · 28-10-2020 4:34pm

Can confirm, the VR is pretty epic. I'm still getting used to it but it's so immersive to fly your spaceship around the place chasing after pirates. Might look into that new star wars game too. VR was made for flight sims/space shooters.

Potential-Monke · 28-10-2020 8:27pm

I don't think anyone should still be holding a grudge against HG, they have gone way beyond the expected to make the game what they wanted it to be. After watching that video above, the Engoodening of HG, it's made clear that Sean was an introvert, was not able to handle interviews because of that, and no doubt was tied to NDA's about what was/wasn't happening with Sony.

Well done HG, really looking forward to playing this on the 5 now.

DirtyBollox · 29-10-2020 10:42am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I don't think anyone should still be holding a grudge against HG, they have gone way beyond the expected to make the game what they wanted it to be. After watching that video above, the Engoodening of HG, it's made clear that Sean was an introvert, was not able to handle interviews because of that, and no doubt was tied to NDA's about what was/wasn't happening with Sony.

Well done HG, really looking forward to playing this on the 5 now.

The fact it was hyped up so much, and then pushed to be released before it was ready caused some issues as well. Considering some of the game publishers out there who release a game thats ****, and then ignore it, Sean and the rest of the team have done a great job!

I do fear though that Cyberpunk is going to go down the same rabbit hole. I wont be getting it and i'm not sure i have much of an interest in it at all, but it does look like it may experience the same things or else just fade away as it gets delayed constantly.

EoinHef · 29-10-2020 3:17pm

endainoz wrote: »

Can confirm, the VR is pretty epic. I'm still getting used to it but it's so immersive to fly your spaceship around the place chasing after pirates. Might look into that new star wars game too. VR was made for flight sims/space shooters.

VR on the PS? If not and your on PC,Elite Dangerous in VR is very good.

endainoz · 29-10-2020 4:02pm

EoinHef wrote: »

VR on the PS? If not and your on PC,Elite Dangerous in VR is very good.

On ps4, might not be quite as advanced as some pc vr headsets but I'm really enjoying it so far.

EoinHef · 29-10-2020 5:14pm

endainoz wrote: »

On ps4, might not be quite as advanced as some pc vr headsets but I'm really enjoying it so far.

Ah no I wasn't suggesting its bad,just that VR for Elite is only available on PC.

Potential-Monke · 26-11-2020 2:45am

Been playing this on the PS5, the loads times are basically gone. Warping from system to system takes no more than 8 seconds, and the game loads from main screen to your save in under 10 seconds. Plus its so smooth, and chock full of stuff now.

However, the games crashes to desktop every time I try to customise the look of my character. Googled and can't see any other complaints about it.

26-11-2020 12:51pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Been playing this on the PS5, the loads times are basically gone. Warping from system to system takes no more than 8 seconds, and the game loads from main screen to your save in under 10 seconds. Plus its so smooth, and chock full of stuff now.

Yeah, I saw similar improvements going from Xbox One X to Series X. Portal travel is crazy fast too.

SomeSayKos · 30-11-2020 3:51pm

endainoz wrote: »

Can confirm, the VR is pretty epic. I'm still getting used to it but it's so immersive to fly your spaceship around the place chasing after pirates. Might look into that new star wars game too. VR was made for flight sims/space shooters.

Star Wars Squadrons is great in VR. You should definitely check it out

ItsHoggie · 09-01-2021 2:44pm

Is it only possible to transfer your save from PS4 to PS5 if you import it in game on PS4? I’ve downloaded the game on PS5 and downloaded my save from the cloud storage but can’t get the option to use it in game.

Potential-Monke · 09-01-2021 10:40pm

IIRC that's what I did and it worked for me. Don't remember having to do anything stupid like Borderlands.

Nevermind, I just remembered I started from scratch again.

DirtyBollox · 10-01-2021 1:31pm

ItsHoggie wrote: »

Is it only possible to transfer your save from PS4 to PS5 if you import it in game on PS4? I’ve downloaded the game on PS5 and downloaded my save from the cloud storage but can’t get the option to use it in game.

Has to be from in game, upload on nms on PS4 and the download on ps5 on nms. No point downloading the save from cloud, different formats.

ItsHoggie · 10-01-2021 2:07pm

DirtyBollox wrote: »

Has to be from in game, upload on nms on PS4 and the download on ps5 on nms. No point downloading the save from cloud, different formats.

Ah balls so, my PS4 is long gone ffs.

11-01-2021 9:31am

Is it possible to "force" the PS5 to play the PS4 version of the game?

DirtyBollox · 11-01-2021 10:57am

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it possible to "force" the PS5 to play the PS4 version of the game?

Dont think so, different formats and all that. Worth tweeting at sean murphy though, he's quite active.

See comment below, its what you need.

EoinMcLovin · 11-01-2021 11:36am

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it possible to "force" the PS5 to play the PS4 version of the game?

On the PS5 you can switch between the PS4 and PS5 versions if both are installed on the console

https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015591617-How-to-transfer-saves-from-PS4-to-PS5

Potential-Monke · 11-01-2021 8:59pm

I'm gonna ask, why? I've had no issues with the PS5 version, it's better imo.

MOH · 12-01-2021 11:47am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I'm gonna ask, why? I've had no issues with the PS5 version, it's better imo.

I'm guessing so people can play their PS4 save on PS5 if the save format is incompatible with the PS5 version?

Potential-Monke · 12-01-2021 8:30pm

MOH wrote: »

I'm guessing so people can play their PS4 save on PS5 if the save format is incompatible with the PS5 version?

Is that a thing though? I thought there were only a few games where they made bringing the save over awkward, but any PS4 game I've played on the PS5 so far I've been able to use the save from the PS4 version.

Granted, you have Borderlands 3 and a few other games where you have to upload the save in the game menu on the PS4 in order to download it on the PS5. Stupid really.

18-01-2021 1:58pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Granted, you have Borderlands 3 and a few other games where you have to upload the save in the game menu on the PS4 in order to download it on the PS5. Stupid really.

That's exactly the problem that ItsHoggie was trying to solve for NMS:

ItsHoggie wrote: »

Ah balls so, my PS4 is long gone ffs.

It's a good workaround though - run the game in PS4 back compat mode, upload the save, get the PS5 version of the game, download the save.

Doesn't bother me in the least; got myself a Series X and the save "upgrades" were handled automagically.

EoinMcLovin · 17-02-2021 5:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJMwhOQ30U

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