No Man's Sky |OT| Hello Worlds.
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pots555
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I have been playing since launch day (around 12 hours so far). I have been to only 4 star systems and visited maybe 16 planets. My suit as a lot more open slots than in the beginning (man theses upgrades are starting to cost me some money!).
Sometimes, I stay on one planet for 20 minutes, others for 3 hours. Surprisingly for me, I am not tired of it even tough it's very repetitive and you see the same types of fauna and vegetation on almost every single planet.
Best one so far has been one with a lot of water. I really enjoyed swimming with peaceful creatures and trying to get out of the way of some shark type agressive one.
In my opinion, aside from the same locations on planet time after time, I am having fun and that's all that matters.
Sometimes, I stay on one planet for 20 minutes, others for 3 hours. Surprisingly for me, I am not tired of it even tough it's very repetitive and you see the same types of fauna and vegetation on almost every single planet.
Best one so far has been one with a lot of water. I really enjoyed swimming with peaceful creatures and trying to get out of the way of some shark type agressive one.
In my opinion, aside from the same locations on planet time after time, I am having fun and that's all that matters.
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I guess I could be wrong, I believe that speeds up mining like, a block of heredium or copper.
I don't think the beam can be used for voxel geometry terrain at all, not sure though
Gotcha.
I wonder if some of the complaints people have about exploration would be alleviated if traversal of the planets was more fun. I keep thinking back to the boring planets in the first Mass Effect game which were still fun to drive around on just because the Mako was a wonky piece of junk that was fun to play around in.
You might be stuck, sorry dudeI've tried reloading a save and going to space, then while in space open my inventory and the communication icon pops up again but it's the same place on the planet in the middle of the ocean
Some traders in space stations will buy them for top dollar (yellow star next to the item in the sell inventory).
Edited my post. Apparently there may be more tools. The search will continue :]
CheDominik
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Traversal is much more fun if you use the jetpack jump. Sprint(you don't have to hold it down, just click it once), then hit the melee button and the jetpack button quickly. It's so much better and faster.
I almost wish that this game was announced as PS4 console exclusive with a PC version giving a bit of a nebulous release date.
I say this not because I want PC gamers to get shafted, but because I feel bad for PC gamers that are having to suffer through all of the performance issues. I have no doubt that if Hello Games were able to put more time into the PC version, instead of having to release it within days of the console release, it'd have launched in better shape. I think their small team has bit off more than it can chew, and now they're being worked to the bone to fix the game.
I've worked on a lot of games, and post launch is supposed to be where you can sigh that breath of relief, take a break, get your bearings and recover, and then get to work on the next project, or any scheduled updates. Hell, we're currently in the midst of that down time, and have been for a few weeks now, so I feel really sorry for the 14 Hello Games employees that are no doubt still working long hours to improve the quality of the game across both platforms, as well as the planned update 2.
I hate that excited PC gamers are having to deal with shit like this, because I know if given more time, they'd be able to iron this stuff out. I've never worked on a team that was less than 100 people, so I can't imagine how stressed the Hello Games guys might be right now, when they should be celebrating.
I say this not because I want PC gamers to get shafted, but because I feel bad for PC gamers that are having to suffer through all of the performance issues. I have no doubt that if Hello Games were able to put more time into the PC version, instead of having to release it within days of the console release, it'd have launched in better shape. I think their small team has bit off more than it can chew, and now they're being worked to the bone to fix the game.
I've worked on a lot of games, and post launch is supposed to be where you can sigh that breath of relief, take a break, get your bearings and recover, and then get to work on the next project, or any scheduled updates. Hell, we're currently in the midst of that down time, and have been for a few weeks now, so I feel really sorry for the 14 Hello Games employees that are no doubt still working long hours to improve the quality of the game across both platforms, as well as the planned update 2.
I hate that excited PC gamers are having to deal with shit like this, because I know if given more time, they'd be able to iron this stuff out. I've never worked on a team that was less than 100 people, so I can't imagine how stressed the Hello Games guys might be right now, when they should be celebrating.
Dandy Crocodile
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Wow, already crossed two systems discovered by another player.
Didn't think that'd happen so early.
Didn't think that'd happen so early.
I honest to god find it fun as hell.
It's night and day if you're using the melee boost dash or not so I'll just ask to make sure you are. If you still think it's not fun at all I understand, just making sure.
An update with something like a drone, rover vehicle, and underwater exploration vehicle would be awesome.
cleveridea
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I wish I just have performance issues. Game locks up PC on a i7 4790K 32GB RAM and Titan X Win 10. Game is garbage for me.
I'll give that a shot. Not saying the planets are boring, haven't had nearly enough time to play just yet to make that kind of judgement. More that some of my friends are complaining about it. Don't think they're aware of the jetpack jump thing though.
The thing that gets me though is I see some of the terrain in screenshots where there's huge hills with drops or drops into smaller canyon type things and I keep thinking it'd be fun to drive off.
rbanke
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So last night I read about the hyperdrive problem with the bonus ship. I had already swapped to using it and went to the second system. At that point, I started looking for ships with hyperdrives before I dumped the dlc ship and this doesn't work because the game knows I haven't found the blueprint yet so no ships have the hyperdrive. Today I decided to just jump back to the first system and buy any ship I could hoping that would trigger the game to tell me to find the blueprint (which the NMS website later confirms is exactly what should happen).
Forward 4 hours of game time later and still no blueprint. I've cleared out every single 'map' marker there is on all the planets in my first system and have been just going to random camps trying to get this mission to trigger somehow. I'm now at the point where I am going to just put the game away and be done with it but before I do, I wanted to check to see if anyone was in this spot and figured a way out of it.
Forward 4 hours of game time later and still no blueprint. I've cleared out every single 'map' marker there is on all the planets in my first system and have been just going to random camps trying to get this mission to trigger somehow. I'm now at the point where I am going to just put the game away and be done with it but before I do, I wanted to check to see if anyone was in this spot and figured a way out of it.
orthodoxy1095
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Uh. When am I going to find a warp drive upgrade or some way to travel faster? I've been through quite a few planets and maybe twelve systems and still nothing.
Its Betty.
Elitist1945
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I've already left my starter system (after discovering the 4 planets) and I'm onto the second planet in my new system. Should I slow my pace down a little?
JetBlackPanda
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never skip leg day.
Not unless you want to... you are not intended to get super attached to any particular system, it's a big universe.
Stratosphere
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I'm also assuming anything labeled a Trade Commodity is just that? No secret uses or recipe combinations?
valkillmore
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So I found this planet with these gravitino balls all over the fielded areas. They're worth 30,000 each, and there's a space station a 3 second pulse jump away. Can make $1 mill each round trip.
I've chosen black hole each time, however each warp didn't seem to bring me any closer to the centre. So you pick Atlas then tell me what happens lol
Got 100 percent on my starter planet last night. Had to shoot down an annoying bird thingy to do it though. It was the only time I had to use my boltcaster on the planet. That's what I like about this game. The ability to spend hours exploring and not have to worry about some 13 year old little shit shooting me out of nowhere and tea-bagging my dead body. It's just a relaxing time sink.
Fushichou187
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Every drop pod I've come across on a planet has been an upgrade for that so I imagine that's what to look for. My starter planet had a ton of them. I'd suggest just flying around low as you can make them out pretty clearly. I've also read you can find them behind locked doors in space stations. I've also had luck choosing "search for Shelter" option when using bypass chips on transmission beams. A few times they've lead me to those.
I don't know. Maybe the jetpack's upgrade is just flat and not meant to be buffed? I haven't seen any exosuit screen shot that shows the jetpack in a place other than the one it starts in.
my man! Yeah I had a great time on my first planet as well. Didn't leave it until day 3.
Not that I've seen. I think it's meant to be "throw away" if that makes sense? I was bummed about not being able to find my way back to my initial go-to airport with shop, but I quickly realized that a billion others will pop up eventually, so not getting attached to a particular place has saved my sanity.
Hah. Never even thought of that! That'll make 100% certain planets a lot easier.
I want to do this but don't want to have to keep switching it back for other games :\ Really wish we could have controller profiles for specific games on PS4. Oh well.
Empty Space
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So at what point is safe to redeem the preorder ship and not miss out on tutorializing? After you can warp?
JetBlackPanda
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once you have the blue print and have warped a few times, I would also make sure new ships have warp drives.
I did that and it worked fine.
Elitist1945
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Cool. Also how do I refuel my ship. Travelling between so many planets at higher speeds of course deplete my fuel.
Hollywood Hitman
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Great game, I'm loving it the more I play but for fucks sake please fix the life support timer and please let me have more inventory, that's the only two things ruining this game for me
JetBlackPanda
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open space almost always has asteroids that you can mine for fuel.
Possible the game could come to Xbox One? Saw it on Reddit
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/537409/No-Mans-Sky-Xbox-One-release-steam-pc-PS4
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/537409/No-Mans-Sky-Xbox-One-release-steam-pc-PS4
Fushichou187
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All I know is that they cost millions to buy.
Collateral22
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What specs you got? I'm getting mostly 60fps with small dips when boosting. GOG version, not sure if there is a difference.
The small asteroids between planetes in space are great for it.
Stratosphere
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Can upgrade your existing multi-tool, or do you have to buy increasingly upgraded versions?
rbanke
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Thread moves fast, Anyone have some input?
CheDominik
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Most outposts with an alien inside have these vending machine looking things. I made the jump from 16 to 24 slots.
DigitalScrap
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I guess I'm a bad pilot. This just happened. And it is so high that I can't jetpack back to it. Guess it's time to load the last save restore point. lol
Fushichou187
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Like your ship, MT slots are hard-coded to the one you bought (afaik). The only way to go from a 9-slot MT to a 12-slot MT is to buy a 12-slot MT. What you actually stick in the MT though is for you to decide. Also, once you start getting accustomed to aligning upgrades for synergy bonuses, you realize that how the slots on the MT are laid out also makes a huge difference.
a very cute dog
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Any opinions about KB+M vs Xbone controller for playing this on PC?
CheDominik
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I guess I'm a bad pilot. This just happened. And it is so high that I can't jetpack back to it. Guess it's time to load the last save restore point. lol
EIther that or you explore on foot until you reach an outpost with a beacon that can summon your ship.
This happened to me too. After 8 hours I deleted the save file and just started over. On the second go I waited until the game gave me all the blueprints for warp supplies before I redeemed the bonus ship.
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