No Man's Sky - Procedural space game

[willhub]

Mods are such a chore that brake with every update.

 

[Haze]

Mine has been broken since latest patch, as soon as it has loaded, and I try to move it just crashes, have removed all the mods, but still no joy

 

[agnes]

@agnes Gameplay tips I’d say don’t concentrate to heavy early on making a huge base. Follow the story and quests early on to unlock very important blueprints. Don’t get hung up on building a nice base early, just make it functional until you find the perfect system which has the key elements for crafting the big money makers. Early game you want to unlock as much inventory space and tech space as you can afford, focus on your suits extra cargo slots as they hold twice as much stack. Either find drop pods on planets or visit every space station in a new system where you’ll find the exosuit merchant, there you can buy a slot upgrade each station you visit. Place your mods adjacent to each other for big bonuses, you can link up to 3 maximum, you’ll see the colour box match when you get the bonus. Try and get the scanner upgrades early so every Flora and fauna you scan on a planet will net you lots of coin, (I’m getting about 500k for each creature and flora scan now). If you find a 48 slot ship bag it no matter what class it is .

There’s so much to the game now, just run with it for a bit to get a feel. Oh and play survival mode for the most enjoyment, just remember to hit alt+f4 very quickly if you die as it’s a one life save

I highly recommend you download a few very handy mods from nexus mods and no mans sky mods to improve things hugely, including stack size. I’ll send you a few links of ones that so far have been updated for latest Visions Update which improve some key areas.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/820 Ship flight mod (hover, reverse, speed etc)
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/382 true lights
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/883 Larger stack size
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/484 Better ship seat
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/808 Effects Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/652 No blinding lights
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/693 HD clouds 1.3
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/335 Rotating clouds shader 1.3

There are 2 big mods that are yet to be updated, no scan lines/vignette and Creature Killer Instinct, need these bad. Im also using a ship launch reduce mod as it gets tiring crafting launch fuel all the time, just using a 50% less version. I use the mods to find the right balance not to make it easy and break the game but rather to improve on Vanilla. The stack size I just use the x5 version.

Just enjoy the mellow chill out.

Thank you! I've only spent around 4 hours in the game so far, I may dive in a bit more tonight. Is there a mod to reduce/remove the amount of star 'blur' that occurs at the higher cruising speeds? It gives me a horrible headache.

 

[ic1male]

Is this game similar to Subnautica? I need something new to carry on with the survival/exploration mood I'm in.

 

[Grumps82]

Yeah I would say it's more or less the space version of Subnautica.

I'm not sure if the story is up to much in NMS. It's worthwhile playing that's for sure

 

[ic1male]

Thanks, I’ll get it then.

 

[Bishie]

A couple more:

 

[bigmike20vt]

VR may be back on the table!!!

if it comes, i will be buying and i may be losing a lot of time to this.
https://www.roadtovr.com/no-mans-sky-vr-support-considered-by-developer-hello-games/

sorry if this is old news.

 

[Gimpymoo]

Can this be played well and is it fun with a joystick/throttle?

Thanks.

 

[seabiscuit]

Looks like the next update will be called "Beyond"
https://www.nomanssky.com/2019/03/no-mans-sky-beyond/

Familiar name to Elite: Dangerous players at least.

 

[Haze]

Not played it for months, gets a bit rinse and repeat after a while

 

[jonneymendoza]

@agnes Gameplay tips I’d say don’t concentrate to heavy early on making a huge base. Follow the story and quests early on to unlock very important blueprints. Don’t get hung up on building a nice base early, just make it functional until you find the perfect system which has the key elements for crafting the big money makers. Early game you want to unlock as much inventory space and tech space as you can afford, focus on your suits extra cargo slots as they hold twice as much stack. Either find drop pods on planets or visit every space station in a new system where you’ll find the exosuit merchant, there you can buy a slot upgrade each station you visit. Place your mods adjacent to each other for big bonuses, you can link up to 3 maximum, you’ll see the colour box match when you get the bonus. Try and get the scanner upgrades early so every Flora and fauna you scan on a planet will net you lots of coin, (I’m getting about 500k for each creature and flora scan now). If you find a 48 slot ship bag it no matter what class it is .

There’s so much to the game now, just run with it for a bit to get a feel. Oh and play survival mode for the most enjoyment, just remember to hit alt+f4 very quickly if you die as it’s a one life save

I highly recommend you download a few very handy mods from nexus mods and no mans sky mods to improve things hugely, including stack size. I’ll send you a few links of ones that so far have been updated for latest Visions Update which improve some key areas.

https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/820 Ship flight mod (hover, reverse, speed etc)
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/382 true lights
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/883 Larger stack size
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/484 Better ship seat
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/808 Effects Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/652 No blinding lights
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/693 HD clouds 1.3
https://www.nexusmods.com/nomanssky/mods/335 Rotating clouds shader 1.3

There are 2 big mods that are yet to be updated, no scan lines/vignette and Creature Killer Instinct, need these bad. Im also using a ship launch reduce mod as it gets tiring crafting launch fuel all the time, just using a 50% less version. I use the mods to find the right balance not to make it easy and break the game but rather to improve on Vanilla. The stack size I just use the x5 version.

Just enjoy the mellow chill out.

Thanks i will try some of these out

 

[Bishie]

No Man's Sky VR announced!

 

[lokiss]

Ain't it great.

Good summer coming up, No mans sky, Borderlands 2, Dirt rally 2, and whatever we don't yet know about

 

[atomic7431]

No Man's Sky VR announced!

sounds good, just need a good vr unit lol

 

[Reppyboyo]

Noice, may have to pick up vr again.

Wonder if this will release with or near he oculus rift s.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Has to be one of the biggest gaming turnarounds in gaming history. They could easily have just abandoned this. I think they have earned a paid expansion now with all of the free updates released.

 

[8myers8]

One game i look at all the time and never get ....IS IT TIME TO BITE and press the buy button ?

 

[shadowbane]

One game i look at all the time and never get ....IS IT TIME TO BITE and press the buy button ?

It's one of those games for me where I love the idea, then every time I play it, no matter what they have added it never feels like I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally doing anything. I'm sure it'll be great in VR but even then I have a feeling it'll be installed for a few days/weeks then gone again.

Do it if you can find it dirt cheap I say

 

[DampDog]

One game i look at all the time and never get ....IS IT TIME TO BITE and press the buy button ?

It may be discounted come the next Steam sale, but it's only on at £19.99 anyway. I put over a hundred hours into it before it felt like a grind and I put it away for a while. But it is something you can go back to, and content keeps coming.