No Man's Sky - Procedural space game

Digital X · 24 Jul 2018 at 19:45

I loaded up on a planet from a fresh start and wandered around, now gathering resources with some random guy.

Muska · 24 Jul 2018 at 19:55

Graphics look improved to me, performance is on a par at least with the game prior to the patch. I'm not sure about the MP yet, seems you either host a session that people join or you join someones, that was with me joining a creative game though so I can't be sure it's the same for the normal game experience. The VOIP was live all the time, I couldn't see a way to make it PTT and it wasn't distance based either.

docsonic · 24 Jul 2018 at 20:17

Optimised various engine components using async compute

Nice, let's see if vega benefits.

34,879 current players according to steam stats. My d/l has just finished so let's give this a go.. again

Digital X · 24 Jul 2018 at 20:34

https://i.imgur.com/ULRBBXM.jpg

Standing on my ship lol.

djimty · 24 Jul 2018 at 21:04

What do people think of this so far? Is this worth picking up now? Only playing PUBG and Subnautica at the moment so want to try out something new.

Boycey0211 · 24 Jul 2018 at 21:08

djimty said:
What do people think of this so far? Is this worth picking up now? Only playing PUBG and Subnautica at the moment so want to try out something new.

I'd give it a while and wait for a few reviews of the latest update to trickle in, before the patch I would have said no but it may be a game changer. Although personally I'd rate subnautica as the better game overall this has more 'areas' to explore, but less atmosphere and content imo.

Digital X · 24 Jul 2018 at 21:18

Few of mine here, went adventuring with a group!

https://imgur.com/a/PRKk0jK im in the orange/yellow suit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyT...youre_playing_on_pc_tessellation_seems_to_be/

dirtybeatfreak · 24 Jul 2018 at 22:43

Really really enjoying it. There are a lot of bugs though. Looks beautiful and the changes are really nice.

Digital X · 24 Jul 2018 at 23:02

^ Did you fix the Tessellation?

Here's my tiny base, keeps me warm.

TonyTurbo78 · 24 Jul 2018 at 23:24

digitalx said:
^ Did you fix the Tessellation?

Here's my tiny base, keeps me warm.

Somewhere to take a leak you mean

Minusorange · 24 Jul 2018 at 23:24

I'm trying to understand how running around trying to find sodium just so you don't have to run around and find it for 60 seconds and can actually play the game is remotely fun gameplay ?

BlizzardX · 24 Jul 2018 at 23:30

Plutonium was the same, I ended up getting a mod to remove the need for this for taking space ships off the ground as it just sucked!

Digital X · 24 Jul 2018 at 23:40

It's a start of a base then

Boycey0211 · 25 Jul 2018 at 00:48

Minusorange said:
I'm trying to understand how running around trying to find sodium just so you don't have to run around and find it for 60 seconds and can actually play the game is remotely fun gameplay ?

Effectively its the same as other games having to grind to get stuff, although when you know what youre looking for and get a better mining laser that does get easier. As mentioned though a mod to remove that sounds pretty good.

Rroff · 25 Jul 2018 at 00:52

Boycey0211 said:
Effectively its the same as other games having to grind to get stuff, although when you know what youre looking for and get a better mining laser that does get easier. As mentioned though a mod to remove that sounds pretty good.

Most games end up removing grind from the basic mechanics - especially anything that limits the most fundamental aspects of using or exploring the game.

Old Man · 25 Jul 2018 at 01:04

I did not notice the total size of the download for pc, so what was it?

Rroff · 25 Jul 2018 at 01:09

Mine showed as 6.5GB - I think around 4GB of that is additional to the size of an unmodified previous install.

Emlyn_Dewar · 25 Jul 2018 at 02:29

Is anyone playing this using their existing save? I see that there have been issues with past saves, and game runs better with a new playthrough.

dirtybeatfreak · 25 Jul 2018 at 08:13

digitalx said:
^ Did you fix the Tessellation?

Here's my tiny base, keeps me warm.

Nah, I read that the tessellation doesn't play well with Flora atm. Think there is a very near patch for that being added officially (as you have to ini tweak it in now I think). That and volumetric clouds. Don't quote me on that though as I don't know how true it is.

Emlyn_Dewar · 25 Jul 2018 at 08:35

I opted for a new survival game, after going in on my existing save and finding all my ship/suit/tool upgrades were Obsolete Technology.

Easier to learn how the new stuff is working, going through the tutorials.