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No Man's Sky |OT| 2.0 Infinity & Beyond
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I think it's generally a good idea because lots of stuff/game/quest states can get bugged/you can miss new stuff by not going through the main revamped quest. The early grind is just tough to go back to.
Started over when Beyond launched and can say I'm happy with the decision. Just going through the tutorial step by step and not stressing over getting every item at this point. If my inventory gets full, I just sell or drop extra items. Time to collect that stuff later...it's not possible at the beginning with the slot restrictions.
It's funny how even something as mundane as building a 1x1 building feels absolutely epic to step in to the first time in VR.
Even blurry AF, this game is amazing on PSVR.
Even blurry AF, this game is amazing on PSVR.
It's rough, down right hideous in spots, and that's without even getting into the bugs and glitches of the core game, but it also takes my fucking breath away like nothing I've played before. The sense of immersion, scale, insignificance, there are some major compromises but for me the highs are well worth it. And like others have said there's a 100% chance it will only get better going forward. Not the best VR implementation, but this my favorite by experience by far. Tough to go back to the flat version.
For someone new to VR this might not be the best game to develop your "VR legs"(I'd recommend Astro Bot or Moss, even Tetris Effect), but there are a decent amount of options/comfort settings. And even if you don't enjoy NMS, PSVR's current & upcoming library more than justifies the $200. No brainier IMO.
Please include the save game warning and back up steps from their post.
Sorry about that, had no idea that was necessary. Edited the post, thanks for alerting me to that.
I have been getting consistent cursor drift to the up-right with my XBOne controller since Beyond launched.
No. Not even close. The game can be distractingly ugly at times and the flight controls suck ass. Also it would be an extra hundred dollars for the move controllers which are pretty much required.
There are much much much better VR games out there though.
Thank you for the input. I have actually progressed very, very far as a day one player, mostly thanks to my presence and involvement with the old and new Galactic Hub. I have one of each type of ships at least at Rank A (and a beauty of an S exotic from Abyss), a decent B rank freighter with a lot of A and S rank fleet and an excellent S rank crystal Multitool (named Cornelia). Aside from a Foundation (1.1) era hauler I keep as a showpiece memento, I tend to upgrade everything whenever available.
There is a lot of history with this save game, both game-wise and IRL, and I simply feel good in continuing it. I feel like I am "at home" with it. But this update also gave me just the kick I needed to get "out of a rut" with a lot of things. With the electricity kinda wrecking everything, I finally feel comfortable leaving my good old Perkele Living Glass factory (that was made 2 years ago in Atlas Rises and moved to the new hub) and investigate the game's new and old trade/craft systems a lot deeper than I felt the need to previously.
With how much money I invested in my fleet, I feel like I am currently in the ideal position of not being very rich (only 40mil), already owning a lot that helps with QoL while also having a bunch to obtain and strive for. In other words, an ideal position to "soft-reboot" or "new game+" my playthrough with a big new ingame project.
Completely disagree, except for the part about flight controls, they do indeed suck ass with the Moves. Perfectly fine with the Dual Shock though.
Speaking of which, the Moves are NOT required by any stretch, because three of the greatest VR games ever, Astro Bot, RE7 and Wipeout, don't even use them at all. Of course if you fall deep in the VR rabbit hole you're gonna wanna get them eventually as there are great experiences you will be locked out of without them.
OK, so I went on a risky trek to meet this dude selling the ver2 psvr with Doom. $125 asking and it felt too good to be true. Met outside an apartment but he walked up from an alley. Totally a tweaker and the box was duct taped together. I was soooo close to bouncing, but decided to check it out and rolled the dice after seeing all the pieces were there and it was clean. The whole drive home I was feeling in my gut I just got hoodwinked with a stolen device.
Got home and fixed dinner, still feeling not great inside. I tried charging my move controllers - a free gift from a friend that moved out of country, but had to figure out why they weren't charging from an outlet.
After dinner I set up the VR and tried to calibrate things. Holy shit the device is working!
Popped right into NMS and what the fuck. Like, that's all I kept saying. What the fuck! In the cockpit I just kept looking out the glass and around the fuselage to see the fucking wings and turbines. I turned smooth look and movement on, but definitely get some dizziness if I'm moving too much. Flying was wild - very Navigator-esque for those old enough to remember that movie.
I'm taking a break after about an hour, but holy shit I need to get back in once both move controllers are charged. I do wish my character's body was present in VR though.
I'm literally in tears y'all. Transcendental. I don't even care that my vision is actively decaying looking at these rotting pixels of blurriness - I have never felt transported like this. And this is like entry-level shit!
Got home and fixed dinner, still feeling not great inside. I tried charging my move controllers - a free gift from a friend that moved out of country, but had to figure out why they weren't charging from an outlet.
After dinner I set up the VR and tried to calibrate things. Holy shit the device is working!
Popped right into NMS and what the fuck. Like, that's all I kept saying. What the fuck! In the cockpit I just kept looking out the glass and around the fuselage to see the fucking wings and turbines. I turned smooth look and movement on, but definitely get some dizziness if I'm moving too much. Flying was wild - very Navigator-esque for those old enough to remember that movie.
I'm taking a break after about an hour, but holy shit I need to get back in once both move controllers are charged. I do wish my character's body was present in VR though.
I'm literally in tears y'all. Transcendental. I don't even care that my vision is actively decaying looking at these rotting pixels of blurriness - I have never felt transported like this. And this is like entry-level shit!
This was really great to read. Glad it all worked out for ya. That anxiety of worrying about it up until that point must have been pretty intense, I know it would have been for me.
No Man's Sky would make for a pretty wild first impression of VR. Nice to hear that it worked out for you.
So it seems I'm stuck on the 'Explore the planet and expand you base' mission.
I already built a base and a Base Teleport Module. Is there something else I need to do for the mission to complete? Am I screwed?
Edit: I guess I need to complete the subquest of actually powering up the teleporter?
I already built a base and a Base Teleport Module. Is there something else I need to do for the mission to complete? Am I screwed?
Edit: I guess I need to complete the subquest of actually powering up the teleporter?
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I'm almost ready to jump on this game, but could anyone clear one thing for me.
The exploration part of the game is super appealing to me, but crafting and survival is a big no-no for me. Can I play this game just flying around exploring different planets or do I need to constantly craft fuel and be worried about other resources to do so? Just looking for a chill game.
The exploration part of the game is super appealing to me, but crafting and survival is a big no-no for me. Can I play this game just flying around exploring different planets or do I need to constantly craft fuel and be worried about other resources to do so? Just looking for a chill game.
Well, two things:
1. In normal/survival/permadeath modes, the game IS very much a crafting/gathering game. However, this update dramatically increased slot space in your inventory (basic resources used to max out at 250 per slot, now they max out at 10k). So, in theory, you could take 20-30 minutes to gather up your essential resources and you won't really have to worry about it for the next many hours.
2. HOWEVER, while I personally find it lacking (you aren't as omnipotent as you are in Minecraft), the game has a Creative mode which pretty much eliminates all resources, allowing you to just build, fly around and take in the sights with pretty much no cost. Again, I don't find it very rewarding outside of testing stuff, but you might!
The scientist path should eventually unlock all you need with which to make circuit boards. All the base quests tie together really, Overseer needs circuits boards which the scientist "unlocks" they also need gravatino balls which you can get in the wild or via the Agriculturist.
Yeah I noticed that as well, markers for all but the farmer, in case you're unaware the farmer is Gek so head to a Gek station and speak to everyone, you'll unlock a ton of words and eventually come across the farmer :)
Yeah if you hack a Manufacturing facility you'll get a token and now can unlock what you want, though it is an unlock tree so you can't unlock the top tier unless you've done their prerequesite. Regardless its much better than random.Connected to my earlier post, I found this useful crafting tree for unknown items:
Problem is, I am missing a LOT of high end recipes as a day 1 player. Do I learn these at a manufacturing facility?
Why wouldn't you restart? :) NMS generally adds new content in the early game anyway so its fun to go through stuff as it unlocks. The early game "slog" becomes easier every time as your experience grows, and though its the same every reset feels "different". I almost treat the early game as a "speed run" now, seeing what I can achieve as effectively as possible. With experience units aren't so hard to come by and ships can be traded until you have one worth owning. Plus...
resetting is in keeping with the theme of the game
S Class max slot Multi-tool and Starship. Both story quests complete and feeling good.
I love that design, last run through I had similar, the HMS Dirk Gently, as it has a "Scottish dagger feel" :D
Great stuff Unicorn!
Well, fuck me, I double dipped on this one... Got the PS4 version last week for VR and it is amazing, I can't get enough (was long ago when I was up to 3am playing games, now its a whole week in a row). And just yesterday saw it on Steam for 50% off and I was fuck it, gonna grab me some more NMS for that 1440p 165fps feel and I just did it... Now how am I supposed to play two versions of the same massively gigantic game.
Figures I will go PS4 for VR exclusive and PC for the "flat" version when I dont have the time and energy for fully immersing me into the universe. But also I have setuped TrinusVR for PSVR on PC and that's very tempting with NMS (but dualshock 4 support in VR mode in the game is kinda broken as of now).... ahh kinda hate late night impulse decisions.
Figures I will go PS4 for VR exclusive and PC for the "flat" version when I dont have the time and energy for fully immersing me into the universe. But also I have setuped TrinusVR for PSVR on PC and that's very tempting with NMS (but dualshock 4 support in VR mode in the game is kinda broken as of now).... ahh kinda hate late night impulse decisions.
Decided to jump back in, it has indeed improved a lot since launch, my approach to playing the game was probably wrong at the time too.
It's more enjoyable as a side-game, like a sports game or online shooter that you boot up to play around in without worrying about distant objectives.
It's more enjoyable as a side-game, like a sports game or online shooter that you boot up to play around in without worrying about distant objectives.
HMS Sgian Dubh, surely?
Although come to think of it, perhaps not HMS.
Dirk Gently reference, Svlad Cjelli changed his name to Dirk Gently as it had a "Scottish dagger feel" :)
Though you're right, probably not HMS, unless it was a Universe where the Monarchs of Scotland remained in power.
Ah. I have not read it, I'm ashamed to say.
Liking the idea of a Scottish space monarchy though.
That's a pain in the arse now. When I completed it after NEXT you could duck in and out of a building to break aggro. Now that resets the kill count and it makes no sense. It's not like it was some critical exploit they needed to fix. Even if you stay outside if you break aggro for too long the sentinels completely despawn and you have to cruising the planet looking for more.
If I've said it once, we need many more Scottish Space monarch games. The selection we have these days is shocking :)
Yeah that mission is a massive pain. I've not bothered finishing that on this run though. It will stay there until I've geared up sufficiently, and even then only if I can be arsed.
This isn't true in the slightest. I don't own Move controllers and NMS is totally fine with the DS4, with the exception of exocraft controls which will hopefully be fixed.
man go figure, here I thought my XBO controller was busted. I'm getting the exact same drift.
Top of the list for things I didn't expect to hear today...Scottish Space monarchs LOL.
Are Hello Games paying for all these patches?
It's been almost one-a-day (except the weekend) since the 2.0 update was released.
It's been almost one-a-day (except the weekend) since the 2.0 update was released.
Just hopped into a freighter battle and it was one of the massive Star Destroyer sized Capital ships. By chance I'd just been in and out of the station so figured I'd try scumming it for a chance of an S class, 5 attempts (and 5 C class ships later) Behold! An S class variant!
I feel a little dirty for scumming so, but I thought, if I can't play the systems a little after so much invested time, when can I? :)
Was thinking of naming her something appropriately Scottish like "SSM Stone of Scone" given the Scottish monarchy's resurrection :D That and she sits in the air exactly the same way a stone doesnt. Hamrub
Jings! and/or Crivvens! :D
Of course, I can't think of many developers who pass of patch costs to the customer or another third party :)
This is very much par for the course for HG, and part of the reason why I tend to be patient after a drop, they put a lot of work into patches post update going back to launch, to quash as much as possible as quickly as possible.
I feel a little dirty for scumming so, but I thought, if I can't play the systems a little after so much invested time, when can I? :)
Was thinking of naming her something appropriately Scottish like "SSM Stone of Scone" given the Scottish monarchy's resurrection :D That and she sits in the air exactly the same way a stone doesnt. Hamrub
Jings! and/or Crivvens! :D
Of course, I can't think of many developers who pass of patch costs to the customer or another third party :)
This is very much par for the course for HG, and part of the reason why I tend to be patient after a drop, they put a lot of work into patches post update going back to launch, to quash as much as possible as quickly as possible.
Trying to get my old key bindings back is a nightmare. Using the old file didn't work properly so now they are reset. So many new controls. Secondary Fire won't work at all. Mouse Wheel and Middle Mouse Button can't be assigned to anything.
Glad you enjoyed it. When it clicks, VR is a next-level experience and it sounds like you had one.
There's incredible potential for the medium.
I wish they would fix an issue I found with the refiner a long time ago.
If you add materials in that you want to refine, it shows a number on the right that corresponds with how much you will get of the new material. There are left and right arrows there to let you change how much you want it to make. Clicking the left button has never done anything for me. I can only use the right button after adding more source materials.
Example: I want to be able to put ALL of my copper into the input side on the left, and then before even starting up the refiner go over to the right side and lower the total number of chromatic metal it's going to make. It won't let me do that.
If you add materials in that you want to refine, it shows a number on the right that corresponds with how much you will get of the new material. There are left and right arrows there to let you change how much you want it to make. Clicking the left button has never done anything for me. I can only use the right button after adding more source materials.
Example: I want to be able to put ALL of my copper into the input side on the left, and then before even starting up the refiner go over to the right side and lower the total number of chromatic metal it's going to make. It won't let me do that.
Yes, this has been annoying me also. It's worse when I need a particular number of something then accidentally go 1 over so I have a spare in my inventory.
I have a green S class, named appropriately "Calm Horizons" (get the reference?)
Like, I just keep turning around to look behind me. This is 1:1 with what Mario 64 felt like when you could enter first person and just look around, or when you see the lakitu in a mirror as the camera man and the realization of this now existent camera entity.
I dug a hole last night and the depth hit me. Hard.
I am terrified once I enter water or a cave.
Any tips on tweaking the Move controllers? Flight controls are wonky and my explorer ship I just bought I can't reach the escape hatch unless I lean a certain way - wild in its own right, really.
I am still adjusting to a lot of things, but I'm so enamored that this was my first VR experience. Maybe this is a psvr issue, but I feel like the focal range is really off. I lean in really close to see details on npcs or to make out smaller font - is that common? I did the eye distance adjustment on the ps4, but still feeling a bit bleary-eyed.
Was thinking of naming her something appropriately Scottish like "SSM Stone of Scone" given the Scottish monarchy's resurrection :D That and she sits in the air exactly the same way a stone doesnt. Hamrub
Jings! and/or Crivvens! :D
That's a beauty. Might I suggest "SSM Independence II"?
This game is amazing
I'm even putting my LE ship on my desk front and center.
This is the only game i feel like playing rn tbh.
I'm even putting my LE ship on my desk front and center.
This is the only game i feel like playing rn tbh.
If you leave a DS4 within reach, you can just pick it up and use for flight controls when you're in a ship. Set it down and use the moves when you're done flying.
Hopefully a future patch will include an adjustment slider for how sensitive the virtual hotas is when you're in a ship.
So I ran into a bug I've seen before, where for whatever reason my multitool is firing from my feet, making combat difficult onfoot.
Of course, suddenly I am on a quest involving killing 8 sentinels right outside my base, which annoyingly RESETS THE COUNT every time you go in a ship, exocraft, or enter a building.
That means the 4 regular sentinels, the 2 armored ones, the two doggos, and the giant bipedal mech all went down but my kill count was only 1/8. So, I quit.
Any advice? Or can I get some backup? lol
Of course, suddenly I am on a quest involving killing 8 sentinels right outside my base, which annoyingly RESETS THE COUNT every time you go in a ship, exocraft, or enter a building.
That means the 4 regular sentinels, the 2 armored ones, the two doggos, and the giant bipedal mech all went down but my kill count was only 1/8. So, I quit.
Any advice? Or can I get some backup? lol
Best part of this patch for me is being able to jump between flat screen and vr. Whenever I go back to vr though it jumps out at me how superior the experience is haha, but flat screen is nice when I just want to jump on real quick or when I am really tired.