Just build a cuboid room and have 3 facing into the room. Then a corridorfrom the cuboid room.
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No Man's Sky |OT2| Maths Effect
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On planetary scans the red ones do, grey ones don't. At least that what I noticed in two systems with them.
On the visor scan they both have the purple icon, as 8byte said
GodParticle
Member
I wish they would work on the clouds. They're really terrible looking and distracting
I think Sean has been working on a new cloud technology.
Wind's Howling
Member
He is. One of the first things he mentioned after the release of NMS.
Is Creative mode even something that is worth choosing over Normal mode? Sounds like unlimited health and resources kind of ruin the overall point of the game being about exploring dangerous new worlds.
somme
Member
Yeah I built a cuboid room, then built the storage containers and rotated them s the interface was attached to a cuboid room.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
To me it's more about the exploration side of what you said and less about the dangerous. When i'm finished with Normal mode then Creative will probably be my default type for NMS.
Sometimes you just want to pootle about building stuff and looking at the pretty views, it doesn't have to be about fighting every 2 minutes for me to find it interesting and compelling.
Ballistics
Member
I'm trying to be positive about this, but I really don't get some of the criticism surrounding Survival mode.
At the start I get it. I walked for 5 minutes on a freezing cold planet to find my ship and got taking in by the new patch. I never realized - because I had no idea how the systems worked - what was happening to my health and life support. This is a hangover from the original game, where we had become complacent. You could just recharge everything easily. No need for upgrades or more slots in your suit, just walk over there for a second and recharge everything with just a couple of elements. I don't know why anyone would have expected that then, let alone now in a Survival mode?
I just wasn't prepared for what I had to do. Before, the only real need to upgrade my protection or life support was on a very extreme planet, but even then it was easy to recharge everything. Now, you actually have to think about whether you can even land on a planet. And why shouldn't you? A ship's slot can carry 500 of an element. Two slots can carry 1000 Plutonium. That's 5 take offs. Taking off is now a responsibility. It's tough at the start, yes, but surely that was the wake up call? It was to me. That's when I realized, "If I don't have the Plutonium to lift back off, then I shouldn't be landing at all". That's down to me.
But what happens when you land on a planet? Again, if I don't have the required elements, then I need to find them first. Thamium9 is number 2 on the list of most important elements. It maybe harder to mine Iron in space to fuel your Pulse drive, but you only need 50 Thamium9 to recharge your life support and it's out there. Two slots of an exo suit hold 10 recharges. If you don't have any of that then you're back to the Plutonium mixed with Carbon. I haven't even upgraded any of the systems required for on-foot, but I know that if I prepare my inventory before hand, I'll be fine. So I'll be even more fine when I find the upgrades for life support. Those upgrades that never made any sense before, are you sure they won't make it a hell of a lot easier now? That's where we've become complacent. I installed those upgrades and never saw the point, so I forgot about them, but they are probably integral to how you move about in this mode. Not forgetting the increased importance of linking upgrades together.
Not all planets are going to be devoid of the 4 elements you really need, so stock up. What I do is divide them between my suit and ship. That way, if i die, at least I have enough resources to carry on.
At the start I get it. I walked for 5 minutes on a freezing cold planet to find my ship and got taking in by the new patch. I never realized - because I had no idea how the systems worked - what was happening to my health and life support. This is a hangover from the original game, where we had become complacent. You could just recharge everything easily. No need for upgrades or more slots in your suit, just walk over there for a second and recharge everything with just a couple of elements. I don't know why anyone would have expected that then, let alone now in a Survival mode?
I just wasn't prepared for what I had to do. Before, the only real need to upgrade my protection or life support was on a very extreme planet, but even then it was easy to recharge everything. Now, you actually have to think about whether you can even land on a planet. And why shouldn't you? A ship's slot can carry 500 of an element. Two slots can carry 1000 Plutonium. That's 5 take offs. Taking off is now a responsibility. It's tough at the start, yes, but surely that was the wake up call? It was to me. That's when I realized, "If I don't have the Plutonium to lift back off, then I shouldn't be landing at all". That's down to me.
But what happens when you land on a planet? Again, if I don't have the required elements, then I need to find them first. Thamium9 is number 2 on the list of most important elements. It maybe harder to mine Iron in space to fuel your Pulse drive, but you only need 50 Thamium9 to recharge your life support and it's out there. Two slots of an exo suit hold 10 recharges. If you don't have any of that then you're back to the Plutonium mixed with Carbon. I haven't even upgraded any of the systems required for on-foot, but I know that if I prepare my inventory before hand, I'll be fine. So I'll be even more fine when I find the upgrades for life support. Those upgrades that never made any sense before, are you sure they won't make it a hell of a lot easier now? That's where we've become complacent. I installed those upgrades and never saw the point, so I forgot about them, but they are probably integral to how you move about in this mode. Not forgetting the increased importance of linking upgrades together.
Not all planets are going to be devoid of the 4 elements you really need, so stock up. What I do is divide them between my suit and ship. That way, if i die, at least I have enough resources to carry on.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
Finally finished my normal mode base. I was forced to take out a bunch of windows because I hit my base complexity limit, which was a bummer. Otherwise it felt good to get everything up and running, now just need to buy a better freighter
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Just made a new base on a planet that's 90% water it's a pretty cool looking planet but now I need to finish the builder quest line so I can get some glass going. I can't believe how many hours I've sunk into this game since the update. I kind of wish they would adjust the amount of energy it takes to launch down abit. 25% every time is a bit much it should be like 10% that way you can get a few launches out of a full charge. I keep finding myself not landing because of limited plutonium and the nature of the game and hopping around it would be nice to not always have to stop to find plutonium.
I asked this question in the Foundations thread as well, but how do I see the different space stations to teleport to from my base terminus? I'm on to my 4th or 5th space station and only see the last one I came from when back at the base rather than all or at least multiple of them. Did I miss something?
I believe if you return to your base and warp to a different area and start on a new path it'll put the two in your list. I warped around solar systems and then I returned to my base and warped on a different path from my original solar system and when I used the teleporter it save both of the stations in the two areas I was in. I could be wrong though because that's the only time I've had two options.
somme
Member
I have four but no idea how I got them there - other than simply visiting them. Sorry!
Well, survival has it take 100%
ChackanKun
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metareferential
Member
So is the update finally available on PC?
The Experimental branch is on going
http://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/154642447914068500/?ctp=12
Dude, some screenshots or videos would be nice
Here is a few images for now but I'll probably update when I actually have my base built and my video card comes in so I can take nicer shots. This is a cool planet it's like a large land mass surrounded by water, it has water bases, beaches and out in the water are large rock pillars with trees on them it is pretty cool. I also found this weird jelly plant monster thing bouncing around.
eyeball_kid
Member
Impressive-looking base. I don't know how some of y'all are advancing so fast, I'm struggling post-update to even find basic elements.
Hello posted this morning with a FB album of user screenshots. They continue to ignore GAF though. :/ https://twitter.com/hellogames/status/804740450619949056
noonespecial
Member
Sounds like it was a real crab battle.
That is an awesome looking base! I agree with eyeball_kid - some of you are advancing well past where I am at. I haven't played NMS as much as I can as my two sons have been squabbling over who gets to play Fallout 4 on the PS4 since I bought it on Thanksgiving off of PSN while it was $20. So I've had to end up playing a lot of Dragon Quest Builders on my PS VIta while I am jonesing for more NMS...
Dragon Quest Builders is probably my favorite Vita game ever so it's not all bad though! Still fun to read about everyone else's adventures in NMS with the new update. So glad that HG released it and that *finally* there seems to be some legitimately good feelings from the community for this game.
metareferential
Member
Can't select it in any way.
EDIT: now it works. Let's see what's up. Still no Foundation update?
Foundation is already out. No need for beta for that.
eyeball_kid
Member
Yeah, if you look at those Twitter replies, they're actually mostly positive now. Quite a change from the deluge of "stop lying, thief!". I'm sure the positive feedback is good for the team's emotional state, and also increases their ability to hire good people.
??? The Foundation update has been out on PC for days...
somme
Member
It must be a big relief for them - just in time for a lovely Christmas!
Found some really deep canyons earlier. They're deeper the pictures give them credit:
This game has gotten so much more beautiful since the update.
EDIT: Also I've never seen creatures like this before. They were underwater sea creatures on a radioactive planet. And they glowed.
GodParticle
Member
Good to hear(err...read). I'll be interested to see this game in a year's time. It really is an early access title
eyeball_kid
Member
Found some really deep canyons earlier. They're deeper the pictures give them credit:
This game has gotten so much more beautiful since the update.
EDIT: Also I've never seen creatures like this before. They were underwater sea creatures on a radioactive planet. And they glowed.
Wow yeah, that's yuuuge. I was on a planet yesterday that had canyon networks that went on and on... I was flying through a trench for a couple minutes.
I think I've seen a screenshot of a creature somewhat like that underwater, but never seen any creatures that glow...pretty cool.
Thank you for some great ideas. Also, screw them Albumen Pearls. Make a boat load of Carrion Roots and make Lubricant for some quick dough.
Due to this post I'm gonna try and get the two upgrades I'm looking for, secure and build up my freighter, and rack up another mil, before landing on another planet.
Is Tropheum new with the foundation patch, for killing pirates? I remember just getting random elements from them before.
I think so, and the name's a little too on the nose. Same with the element you get for killing animals ("Mort" something).
Whatever they've changed about the terrain generation is brilliant. The deep trenches peppered with caves and even little forests are lovely. The texture tiling seems more obvious now, but textures overall seem to hold up a bit better, so it's a decent compromise. Flora seems to clump together more naturally, and creatures are appearing in bigger packs as well - although the distance at which they spawn makes for some amusing moments when all of a sudden 30 skittering critters come from nowhere.
My biggest gripe is not being able to turn off the milestone notifications. After that, it's the obstacle to taking screenshots: a toggle in a menu to hide the hud is not 'photo mode' - especially when it doesn't have a key bind. Ideally I'd like to see hud toggle with a hotkey, and a toggle for the scanlines/CA, and a proper photo mode that allows for freecam. All these things can be achieved with mods or cheat tables, but if the game supported them natively it'd be a lot more stable, wouldn't require downtime after an update, and I mean come on, the game was made for beautiful screenshots. (The icing on the cake would be hotsampling support.)
My biggest gripe is not being able to turn off the milestone notifications. After that, it's the obstacle to taking screenshots: a toggle in a menu to hide the hud is not 'photo mode' - especially when it doesn't have a key bind. Ideally I'd like to see hud toggle with a hotkey, and a toggle for the scanlines/CA, and a proper photo mode that allows for freecam. All these things can be achieved with mods or cheat tables, but if the game supported them natively it'd be a lot more stable, wouldn't require downtime after an update, and I mean come on, the game was made for beautiful screenshots. (The icing on the cake would be hotsampling support.)
Nostremitus
Member
Yep, and we can probably thank the ass hats who filed suit for delayed patches and updates. Every day spent on defending themselves (meetings, collecting data for review, whatever the hell else they had to do) was at the expense of work on the game.
And let's not forget coprite
I don't mind so much. In this silly sci fi universe I imagine they were just named in the atlas by the first person to realize each was a new element and associate it with the activity they did to get it.
Tropheum sells pretty well, though the system I'm in has it going for below galactic avg, will have to hop around a bit. My PS4 character (who is a violent psychopath) could have a field day with this.
Ballistics
Member
So today I decided to go for "little" walk. This is from the highest point of a mountain (not even that big a mountain) on planet Granaylia. That in the background is a VERY red moon called Red Dwarf.
Ballisticolia (top) and an unnamed planet. That black spot is the space station.
I waited for the sunrise (20 minutes plus), I never thought it was going to come.
A similar shot to the second, but as the sun came up.
This is the view from my ship when I went back down. That spire jutting out under the planet was where I was standing.
This is where I'm going next. It's to the left of the last shot.
This is from the top. That slight piece of land you can see in the bottom right is the last mountain.
You can't even see where I was standing.
The FIFA World Cup?
Jet packing the first spire I ran out of fuel and died. So I refined my technique. Then on the way back down, I got cocky and fell off a cliff I did go to a third and forth, but they didn't look as good...and I was 30 minutes away, so I just went back.
Ballisticolia (top) and an unnamed planet. That black spot is the space station.
I waited for the sunrise (20 minutes plus), I never thought it was going to come.
A similar shot to the second, but as the sun came up.
This is the view from my ship when I went back down. That spire jutting out under the planet was where I was standing.
This is where I'm going next. It's to the left of the last shot.
This is from the top. That slight piece of land you can see in the bottom right is the last mountain.
You can't even see where I was standing.
The FIFA World Cup?
Jet packing the first spire I ran out of fuel and died. So I refined my technique. Then on the way back down, I got cocky and fell off a cliff
I did go to a third and forth, but they didn't look as good...and I was 30 minutes away, so I just went back.eyeball_kid
Member
And let's not forget coprite
I don't mind so much. In this silly sci fi universe I imagine they were just named in the atlas by the first person to realize each was a new element and associate it with the activity they did to get it.
I just think the tone is a bit uneven. We've got beautiful, majestic worlds, and lore that is fairly meaty, introspective sci-fi fare, and races that while a bit comedic are at least well fleshed-out and consistent, but then names like Vy'keen and Tropheum. All I'm saying is the fellow that's in charge of the lore should also be in charge of the names.
Am I missing Vy'keen being a pun for something?
eyeball_kid
Member
Vy'keen .... Vikings
Wow. Didn't occur to me… But not an immersion breaker for me personally so it's all good as far as I'm concerned. The element named after Sean Murray was the only one that annoyed me.
I can't believe how good the artstyle of this game is. I made so many screenshots ... damn! I even love my new winter base-planet. Can't stop taking screenshots and I hope there will be a more simple way to toggle photo mode
Same here. Been a long time since I saw one lower than V2 and I get some V3s as well. I feel like I missed something.
CarbonFire
Member
Did they make V2 and V3 Atlas passes worth getting in the Foundation Update? They were basically useless before 1.1.
somme
Member
Not really, no.
eyeball_kid
Member
So someone matched up a star constellation on the galaxy map with a constellation seen from within a star system. No lie confirmed.
Yeah there's one named after Grant Duncan (the Art Director) as well...Grantium or something. That doesn't really bother me, except that it was bad optics considering the state of the game at launch.
I only have a V1 also, and now it doesn't even open anything. :|
V2 and V3 passes apparently are sometimes rewards in the factories that you break into.
Yeah there's one named after Grant Duncan (the Art Director) as well...Grantium or something. That doesn't really bother me, except that it was bad optics considering the state of the game at launch.
I only have a V1 also, and now it doesn't even open anything. :|
V2 and V3 passes apparently are sometimes rewards in the factories that you break into.
legacyzero
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somme
Member
That is very cool. I had kind of assumed that the stars I saw didn't match the galactic map. Very glad I was wrong.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
haha is that the most effective way to make money? I was getting around 155k for 8 pearls. I'm down to make more than that
Ballistics
Member
I once suspected this, because of a glitch where the stars in the sky became fixed to the map and I could move through them. So basically, all the stars seems to be always present in the background, and activating them simply makes them show up.
It's needlessly impressive. Wasted power!
It's needlessly impressive. Wasted power!