No Man's Sky - Exploring a 60s-Scifi-cover themed universe (post-release thread)

[vyshka]

I made it about an hour before jumping back in to explore some more and earn my money back. Using 3 s class scanner modules on the multi-tool generates money so quickly. I think I get anywhere from 150k to 450k scanning fauna, and a flat 73k scanning flora. I got back up to 23m units, and then blew a bunch on nice hauler with a bunch of space, a decent fighter and explorer. So I think I have 4 ships currently, and I’m up to I think 6 frigates with 1 s class, 3 b class, and 2 c class right now. I don’t have a great freighter, so now that I have a decent explorer I think I will go off and build up a bunch of money to get a freighter with better inventory space.

[Andon]

just found a planet with Salvaging and holy cow is that fast money. i was making about 4 million every 30 minutes just bouncing back and forth between salvaging locations and trade depots. The basic items sell for around 200k each and occasionally you hit an item worth 1 - 3 million. Made enough last night to upgrade myself to a Class B Freighter.

[vyshka]

Nice! I guess I should try to find that planet that listed Salvageable again. I wish they would offer you some method keep notes locally instead of forcing you to use pen and paper.

[KevinC]

For VR, is there any way to enable smooth locomotion or is it teleport movement only?

[Timex]

I know it’s a comic and is intended to be funny, but “that easily pleased”?

Dude, NMS’s playerbase are ridiculously forgiving, for… reasons?

Every time I’ve gone back to that game, I get stuck in some questline that just jams up and then can’t ever be completed. And it’s always been some critical one that gives you some unique blueprint you need to do stuff.

Every time. Major, game breaking bug.

I give them credit for continuing to role, but man, I’ve given them multiple shots and had the game catastrophically fail every time.

But hey, I reinstalled it again, so let’s see how long it lasts this time.

[vyshka]

I’d let it bake a bit longer before diving in

[LMN8R]

It’s OK to both be disappointed by bugs in NMS and also disgusted that CAD thinks that comic counts as “humor”

[Skipper]

and also disgusted that CAD thinks that comic counts as “humor”

Important reminder:

[Album] B^U, Why the internet hates Tim Buckley - Imgur Edition

Note: I have no qualms against the guy or this particular comic, but he has a reputation, for sure.

[KevinC]

Every time I’ve gone back to that game, I get stuck in some questline that just jams up and then can’t ever be completed. And it’s always been some critical one that gives you some unique blueprint you need to do stuff.

Every time. Major, game breaking bug.

I give them credit for continuing to role, but man, I’ve given them multiple shots and had the game catastrophically fail every time.

But hey, I reinstalled it again, so let’s see how long it lasts this time.

They just released a massive update they’ve been building for like a year. Given you past experiences, maybe its best to let it settle a bit? :)

[NuclearWinter]

For VR, is there any way to enable smooth locomotion or is it teleport movement only?

Yes, smooth locomotion and smooth turning are options in one of the settings menus.

[rhamorim]

and also disgusted that CAD thinks that comic counts as “humor”

Hey, at least it’s not Loss. ;)

[barstein]

Heh, I arrived at my freighter to discover a gigantic astroid had spawned on it, completely covering the entrance to the docking bay. Then I go to my base to continue the Base Computer Archives mission, and the mission is now attached to a mining outpost base computer and not to my main base computer. So I reload my save, and now my freighter is no longer in the system, or any system, but I’m able to summon it. So I do, and when I debrief a mission commander I can’t proceed because the freighter doesn’t have enough inventory space, and I can’t move items from the freighter into my storage because now the freighter doesn’t recognize that I have storage rooms installed on it. But I’m able to move stuff into my ships, and finally able to debrief the commander.

Then I go back to base, and now I’m able to continue on the Base Computer Archives mission. Then I go to check the status of a large refiner, and find that for the third time it has deleted its contents between saves.

So far I haven’t encountered any catastrophic bugs in the Beyond update (knock on wood) but I kind of live in fear of it despite the fact that I’m having fun. So yeah, I’d say give the update some time to bake, Timex. Like, a few months.

[Timex]

So, by the time they release a new update, and break stuff again?

I may just start a new game, actually… a lot of the game breaking stuff tended to be related to bugs trying to adapt new features to old games.

Also, since it’s been so long, I kind of forget stuff, so maybe starting over won’t be so bad.

Also, bear in mind that I tend not to actually be that hard on a developer for broken stuff.

[KevinC]

So, by the time they release a new update, and break stuff again?

The last major update before last week’s was July 2018. You got some time. :)

[Skipper]

FWIW I restarted. It made sense, I was especially worried that quests wouldn’t work if not. I’ve had zero issues after initially needing an NVIDIA driver update.

[vyshka]

I started a new game since I hadn’t really played since my game at release. I’ve put in about 50 hours now in beyond and have been enjoying it a lot even with the annoying issues I’ve run into. @timex the safest thing for your game might be to disable multiplayer in the network options.

Edit: I think I found the issue that caused my base parts to disappear. From today’s experimental branch:

Fixed an issue that could cause dismantling the Signal Booster to remove other building parts.

I just tried removing a signal booster in my base, and sure enough things disappeared. I remember removing at some point yesterday before noticing what had happened to my base.

[barstein]

Back to money, there are several ways one can make buckets of cash, a few of which have been mentioned. Mineral extractor/supply depot farms are one of the newest and possibly the most efficient. Lots of reddit threads showing how players are making millions by the hour with activated irridium mining now. But I really like what some of you guys are doing with space trucking. Earning bread while exploring strange new worlds strikes me as being the most stimulating and liberating way to do it.

[vyshka]

Speaking of losing: be cautious with the “trade-in” options when buying ships. It seems to be bugged and I lost nearly 2 million credits because of that.

I wonder if this is what is being addressed in the experimental branch:

Fixed an issue where players were charged too much for a starship when trading in their existing ship.

@barstein yeah, I’ve seen some videos on youtube of extractor setups people have going to make tons of money. I will probably try it eventually, but I do enjoy the exploration aspect a lot. I haven’t really dove into space trucking, but I did pick up a hauler yesterday so I’ll have to look into it.

Looks like they also have a fix for the claiming ship issue:

Fixed an issue where ships that were being added to a player’s fleet would be instead be traded in if purchased while the player’s current ship still had cargo aboard.

Changelog for experimental branch (08/21):

• Enabled key rebinding.

• Fixed an issue that caused starships to spin endlessly while attempting to dock in the Space Anomaly.

• Fixed an issue that could cause dismantling the Signal Booster to remove other building parts.

• Fixed a crash when displaying markers for other players.

• Fixed an issue that could cause hands to become invisible.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent players in multiplayer from speaking to NPCs on the Space Station.

• Fixed an issue in Creative Mode that would prevent the Overseer mission chain from starting.

• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to summon the Space Anomaly after upgrading from NEXT.

• Fixed an issue where players were asked to collect nanites from an unusable terminal during the Ghost in the Machine mission.

• Fixed an issue where players were charged too much for a starship when trading in their existing ship.

• Fixed an issue where ships that were being added to a player’s fleet would be instead be traded in if purchased while the player’s current ship still had cargo aboard.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Upgrade Modules popup to display too aggressively, and to experienced players who did not need to see it.

• Fixed an issue that caused overly dramatic camera shake in the Space Anomaly.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when quitting the game.

• Fixed a rare crash in base wiring.

• Fixed an issue that caused the loading progress value to appear in the wrong font in certain languages.

[vyshka]

MP question, am I correct in my understanding that aggro’d sentinels only chase after the player that set them off? Someone was at my base when I got there, and had a bunch of pissed off sentinels after them, but they seemed to leave me alone.

[Pyperkub]

Wow, the patches are coming fast and furious with Beyond. 2.07 was released this morning (or last night), and 2.08 and 2.08a just dropped.

Beyond Patch 2.08a - No Man's Sky