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[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Did I fuck up?

Starting system..worked my towards the Atlas Pass V1. Got it.
Checked the path for Atlas Pass V2 (I think) and it was two hops away.

Could not resist going through that first black hole.
Exit it..check the Atlas Path..Atlas Station is now, I dunno..20 hops away.

I guess getting the V2 pass is a little of reach now...or is it? You tell me.

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Quick Questions.
I'm past this point obviously but what if you wanted to return to a previous system along a path. We tried to go from our second system back to the original and could not find it along any of the connected paths. Is it possible.

Any guides for the item inventory upgrade placement. I keep seeing that they have to be next to each other.

 

[Sushi Nao]

I'm so glad the tone of the OT has gotten a little more positive. I've been reading all the threads while I'm at work (don't get home till Friday evening) and even though reviews are very mixed, I'm still hyped as *fuck* for this game. I can't wait to post my impressions once I get to try it out.

 

[Griss]

Well, the whole controversy thread being insane actually made me want to play this game right now to see what the whole fuss is about. So I bought it as my August game purchase.

And yeah, I think Sean has definitely been deceitful and vague, to get that out of the way.

But holy fuck was the first hour of this game incredible! Fucking incredible! I had no idea what to expect and I was absolutely blown away. Blown away.

I tend to hate randomly generated content, and I was also expecting the visuals to also be terrible because of this. But the game plopped me down on this reddish-purple planet at night on top of a plateau. Looking from this vantage point these blue bioluminescent plants were lighting the entrances to multiple caves on the side of a cliff face, like glowing spots on the side of a fish, snaking away into the distance on this cliff. There were no animals or life anywhere to be seen, but a noise had me cowering in fear, and some ship flew overhead. The feeling of being adrift, alone, isolated and afraid was exquisite.

So when I got my bearings and learned to control the game (loved the lack of tutorials, btw, forces you to pay attention) I headed out towards the cliffs. When I got inside them there were glowing red rock formations, giant yellow stalks of corn, and my first sighting of life. Completely believable herbivoral quadrupeds that panicked when they saw me. Such a cool moment.

The cave system was so massive I got lost there for over 20 minutes, but it was so beautiful I didn't mind. The random generation algorithm is so advanced that it had me convinced that this was a real cave system. Eventually I saw a glimmer of light from the roof, and was able to use my jetpack to escape...

Onto an open plain, where day had fallen, and life was teeming everywhere. This fucking game! Everything looked different in the daylight. The colour pallet was now a recognisable earthy colour, plants looked more normal, everything had 'settled down'. Initial fear gone, I was ready to start exploring with a purpose.

Scanning, upgrading my kit - I'd barely started any of this, but as I did I found my rhythm. I found a base, but shortly after my game crashed. And that's where I stand an hour in. God damn I love it so far. I absolutely love it.

 

[malboroking]

What does the part after the element name mean? Copper // Neutral. What's the neutral part mean?

It's the type of element. Stuff like Gold and Nickel are neutral, there also oxides and I forget the rest =P

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

WOW do I have some shots for you guys...I've been playing for a while now (about 12 hours; nothing crazy) and I'm confident this may end up as my GOTY. The sense of wonderment and amazing vistas just come together flawlessly. LOVE THIS GAME. Screenshots inbound...

Been having so much fun streaming as well. Favorite moment so far, and one of my favorite gaming moments ever: https://youtu.be/HlolKKEP0mc?t=1h58m6s

One of gaming's best ever. Such a magical, magical game we have in our hands. A few issues such as animals attacking you through your ship, but I've never had a crash yet. Finding your first crashed ship is great too.

 

[Movalpolos]

On my first play through (stupid preorder bug) the moon to the starting planet was amazing for good old plutonium. If anyone comes across williamsville a snowy hellhole avoid it you'll be beached for ages trying to find plutonium haha

Speaking of which if I started again does my initial playthrough naming stuff does that stay for someone to find?

I wonder if we will see more named by existing players stuff once the servers are more stable.

Plutonium is like the most abundant resource. It's basically your fuel.

 

[Pit]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ.”

 

[Aselith]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Did you befriend it? Make a friend there and you have a dildo for life.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Did I fuck up?

Starting system..worked my towards the Atlas Pass V1. Got it.
Checked the path for Atlas Pass V2 (I think) and it was two hops away.

Could not resist going through that first black hole.
Exit it..check the Atlas Path..Atlas Station is now, I dunno..20 hops away.

I guess getting the V2 pass is a little of reach now...or is it? You tell me.

----
Quick Questions.
I'm past this point obviously but what if you wanted to return to a previous system along a path. We tried to go from our second system back to the original and could not find it along any of the connected paths. Is it possible.

Any guides for the item inventory upgrade placement. I keep seeing that they have to be next to each other.

If this is why my progression of warp drives is screwed (or seemingly so) I'm going to blow my fucking lid. That Black Hole sent me over 1 million Ly!!!

 

[Hawkian]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

errr.

 

[manny10032]

Anyone else going to double dip with the PC version?

 

[eyeball_kid]

I finally got my image sharing worked out, and just thought I'd share my starting world. It was a brutal, hazy world with aggressive Sentinels and kamikaze giant crabs, but was visually quite striking. I think this is still the favorite shot I've taken.

 

[Movalpolos]

WOW do I have some shots for you guys...I've been playing for a while now (about 12 hours; nothing crazy) and I'm confident this may end up as my GOTY. The sense of wonderment and amazing vistas just come together flawlessly. LOVE THIS GAME. Screenshots inbound...

Been having so much fun streaming as well. Favorite moment so far, and one of my favorite gaming moments ever: https://youtu.be/HlolKKEP0mc?t=1h58m6s

One of gaming's best ever. Such a magical, magical game we have in our hands. A few issues such as animals attacking you through your ship, but I've never had a crash yet. Finding your first crashed ship is great too.

Very nice man! I like your enthusiasm.

Anyone else going to double dip with the PC version?

Yup.

 

[Sesuadra]

I've probably seen maybe 6 crashes across all games since getting the PS4 on launch day and No Man's Sky has crashed at least a dozen times for me (I've played rather a lot). It's very frustrating.

It is so strange to read about all the crashes. I've played for 10-15 hours and did not even see a stutter. Everything works wonderful.
I've bought the game digitally..but I don't think that's the difference? I really would like to find out what makes the game crash for some and for others never..

 

[Lion Heart]

Well, the whole controversy thread being insane actually made me want to play this game right now to see what the whole fuss is about. So I bought it as my August game purchase.

And yeah, I think Sean has definitely been deceitful and vague, to get that out of the way.

But holy fuck was the first hour of this game incredible! Fucking incredible! I had no idea what to expect and I was absolutely blown away. Blown away.

I tend to hate randomly generated content, and I was also expecting the visuals to also be terrible because of this. But the game plopped me down on this reddish-purple planet at night on top of a plateau. Looking from this vantage point these blue bioluminescent plants were lighting the entrances to multiple caves on the side of a cliff face, like glowing spots on the side of a fish, snaking away into the distance on this cliff. There were no animals or life anywhere to be seen, but a noise had me cowering in fear, and some ship flew overhead. The feeling of being adrift, alone, isolated and afraid was exquisite.

So when I got my bearings and learned to control the game (loved the lack of tutorials, btw, forces you to pay attention) I headed out towards the cliffs. When I got inside them there were glowing red rock formations, giant yellow stalks of corn, and my first sighting of life. Completely believable herbivoral quadrupeds that panicked when they saw me. Such a cool moment.

The cave system was so massive I got lost there for over 20 minutes, but it was so beautiful I didn't mind. The random generation algorithm is so advanced that it had me convinced that this was a real cave system. Eventually I saw a glimmer of light from the roof, and was able to use my jetpack to escape...

Onto an open plain, where day had fallen, and life was teeming everywhere. This fucking game! Everything looked different in the daylight. The colour pallet was now a recognisable earthy colour, plants looked more normal, everything had 'settled down'. Initial fear gone, I was ready to start exploring with a purpose.

Scanning, upgrading my kit - I'd barely started any of this, but as I did I found my rhythm. I found a base, but shortly after my game crashed. And that's where I stand an hour in. God damn I love it so far. I absolutely love it.

Awesome stuff man. Even if the game ends up overstaying its welcome, these kinds of moments are worth the playthrough alone. Its memories I think I'll keep for a long ass time. And I think this game will be very influential in the medium and progress things forward, like Mass Effect can learn a lot from NMS.

 

[Living Proof]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Discovered by: Thursday War

Name: Dick Head

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Um, I just travelled 900000 light years jumping through a warp hole >_>; I'm still roughly 1.7 million light years from the center tho

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I was browing reddit too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4x4o37/i_told_myself_id_be_mature_about_naming_my/

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I've jumped systems probably 5 times and still don't have an atlas pass. Did I miss something?

 

[Soulflarz]

4th black hole was at approx 170,000 away...lets see now...


50k shortcut
169k away
???

 

[Hawkian]

cool

 

[EroticSushi]

Is it Friday yet?

 

[Griss]

Awesome stuff man. Even if the game ends up overstaying its welcome, these kinds of moments are worth the playthrough alone. Its memories I think I'll keep for a long ass time. And I think this game will be very influential in the medium and progress things forward, like Mass Effect can learn a lot from NMS.

If the game becomes boring shit after 10-15 hours as many say, that 10-15 hours will have been more than worth it alone.

And frankly, as an 'exploration based' gamer who loves crafting and survival, I think this could last me a lot longer than that.

This is such an original game that holding it to typical standards of repetitiveness or length seems so beside the point. They've achieved something so unique and magical here - that should be the story.

It almost makes me mad that their own boneheaded PR for which they have no one else to blame seems to be overshadowing the launch.

 

[PBY]

I've jumped systems probably 5 times and still don't have an atlas pass. Did I miss something?

Same thing here, 5 jumps too no pass

 

[ShadowsFell]

Looking at this game is sort of making me want to pick up a PS4...but I'm just not sure I can justify it on this alone.

Plus, of course, I may not actually like the game if I were to actually play it.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I cant seem to 100% any planet. I get down to having one more animal to discover then I find an animal I havent discovered yet and scan it and it says new discovery but doesnt register in the menu. Its happening on every planet. Kinda frustrating.

 

[BIG_V-G-V]

Had to call it a night since I have work early. Got up to around 24 slots for my suit. Found some great blue prints including the extra oxygen under water, and pretty much all the weather combat ones. Only one i need to find materials for is for the cold weather. Such a great game. Sitting at around 400,000 units so I think tomorrow I'll start to farm a bit to get over a mil!

 

[Living Proof]

If this is why my progression of warp drives is screwed (or seemingly so) I'm going to blow my fucking lid. That Black Hole sent me over 1 million Ly!!!

A million? I was trying to remember how far I was from the center before I entered a black hole, since somehow I missed how far it sent me (or haven't figured out how to check I suppose, haven't messed around too much with the galactic map).

I don't think it was anywhere close to that, though. Do we all start at relatively the same distance? I have roughly 750,000 to go, have warped maybe 5-6 times and entered one black hole.

 

[Hawkian]

Somebody help me find drop pods? I want at least a couple suit upgrades before I go to sleep

 

[Sesuadra]

Found a planet with fire storms that got up to 250C. Could not even walk to far away from my ship! But it had a lot of fauna. Animals everywhere and in the sky flying jellyfish

 

[Jamiaro]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

What did you name it? Funniest one I've seen was a very broadshouldered, buff insect with extremely skinny back legs. Named it: Striped Skipped Leg-Day.

 

[Griss]

Guys I've only just started but how do you name things? Do I need a special piece of equipment?

 

[FlyinJ]

Same thing here, 5 jumps too no pass

I'm 8 jumps in no pass. Is the pass a random event?

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Same thing here, 5 jumps too no pass

I just followed what the "guide" was telling me in the lower right corner.
Told me to fix my hyper drive, warp to the second system, get antimatter from someone, warp to the third system, visit some monolith which then gave me the "Atlas Path".

On that path I jumped 4 times..got an Atlas Stone from a cool station and got the pass from some dork in a secret station.

 

[Jamiaro]

Guys I've only just started but how do you name things? Do I need a special piece of equipment?

Press Start in-game. You should get a menu with, your discoveries being on the right side. Set cursor on a thing you want to name, Press Triangle to Name and Upload. It's all there.

 

[MythicReclaimer]

Somebody help me find drop pods? I want at least a couple suit upgrades before I go to sleep

Use Bypass chips on the crates/boxes with the orange beam of light, when it gives you options on what to find choose "Shelter." Other than that method you could fly around the planet while continually scanning and checking each green "?" for a drop pod.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Is it Friday yet?

Waiting on that 4K goodness...

 

[Lion Heart]

So the orange line on the map is the path to the center right?

 

[Sesuadra]

So the orange line on the map is the path to the center right?

Yes

 

[Living Proof]

Somebody help me find drop pods? I want at least a couple suit upgrades before I go to sleep

I just fly around looking for them as I scanned for question marked locations. They're easy to identify, even while flying over.

I don't think the game has ever prompted me to go to one; like most other locations of interest, I just fly around a planet for a while scanning and landing if it's the type I'm looking for. I definitely always see them on every planet like most other buildings/ruins/etc., don't think they're rare.

 

[dalin80]

Game is exactly what I expected which is good. FoV is a bit too narrow which makes me feel oddly claustrophobic even when out in the wild.

Starter planet was a highly radioactive hell hole filled with very violent land octopuses (now named Jerk-o-Pods). Surviving the radiation was only possibly by frequently diving into vast cave networks where unfortunately that was where the larger JoP's lived...

Have visited a few moons and another planet in the system and they are all a bit too hazardous to really linger around and enjoy.

Spent a bit of time space mining, easy and relaxing but a bit of a slow profit maker. Looking forward to spending some decent time this weekend with the game.

 

[Griss]

Press Start in-game. You should get a menu with, your discoveries being on the right side. Set cursor on a thing you want to name, Press Triangle to Name and Upload. It's all there.

Ah, thanks. I don't think I opened the menu once after the ritual 'setting of inverted controls' opening of every FPS.

Game is exactly what I expected which is good. FoV is a bit too narrow which makes me feel oddly claustrophobic even when out in the wild.

If I have two complaints so far it would be the oddly narrow FOV and the game seizing up and crashing. Other than that things have been awesome.

 

[Movalpolos]

I've jumped systems probably 5 times and still don't have an atlas pass. Did I miss something?

I came across an Atlas signal randomly and now I have a map guiding me somewhere. I still don't have an Atlas pass either, hopefully this will lead me to one. It's a chart of about 5 jumps.

 

[Alastor3]

I know you need to connect your module next to each other in the weapon but do I need to connect my hyperdrive to my warp drive update or it can be separated?

 

[Hawkian]

I just fly around looking for them as I scanned for question marked locations. They're easy to identify, even while flying over.

I don't think the game has ever prompted me to go to one; like most other locations of interest, I just fly around a planet for a while scanning and landing if it's the type I'm looking for. I definitely always see them on every planet like most other buildings/ruins/etc., don't think they're rare.

You can get guided to them by the scanner beacon things, but the last few I've been to couldn't point me toward one

 

[FlyinJ]

I just followed what the "guide" was telling me in the lower right corner.
Told me to fix my hyper drive, warp to the second system, get antimatter from someone, warp to the third system, visit some monolith which then gave me the "Atlas Path".

On that path I jumped 4 times..got an Atlas Stone from a cool station and got the pass from some dork in a secret station.

I've been to two of those Atlas stations, never saw a secret station or a dork. How did you find the secret station?

 

[Trouble]

I found a great planet for mining emeril, which is going for about 240/each. Awww yeah.

Same. I just found a non-hazardous world with standard sentinels that has huge emeril deposits. Spend the last hour farming. Gonna try to get to 5 mil before I go shopping for a new ship.

I know you need to connect your module next to each other in the weapon but do I need to connect my hyperdrive to my warp drive update or it can be separated?

Linking them just gives a bonus. They'll work no matter where you construct them.

 

[Dubz]

Is there any strategy to space combat? It seems not matter what I do, when enemy ships turn to fire at me they hit. I've tried rolling, hitting boost, turning fast and turning slow... Noting seems to make them not hit me.

Use your phase beam. It owns other ships.

 

[Soulflarz]

going to test if duping to sell a lot more breaks the game into thinking you did enough progression to warp a black hole every 30m

This is necessary if this game gets speedrun
>_>

 

[DrM]

Couldn't sleep at night (i have injured knee) so I went exploring remaining two planets in first solar system.

And the first one was a jackpot - even with toxic rain, but I had upgraded exosuit, so it does not bother much. Lush with life, insane amount of resources, even crazier amount of relics and I found animal that poops gold and copper.

Oh and Emeril price is plummeting for me :O