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No Man's Sky "Path Finder" Content Update announced

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paulogy

Member
Did you see that "Own Multiple Ships" they slid in there? :)

"Scan For Buildings"

"Steam Workshop Integration"

"Build+Share Race Tracks"

And whatever "Nanite Clusters" is
 
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barit

Member
Big props to Hello Games for still believing in their game. After all the doom and gloom on the Internet around it (they stole our money!!) it´s refreshing to hear now the good news. Sure the launch wasn´t that marvelous and I was bummed too after paying 60 bucks but I appreciate their dedication and hard work even after the huge backlash. Everyone in the world deserves a second chance so why not game developers too? ;)
 
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A Grizzly Bear

Member
paulogy said:
Did you see that "Own Multiple Ships" they slid in there? :)

"Scan For Buildings"

"Steam Workshop Integration"

"Build+Share Race Tracks"

And whatever "Nanite Clusters" is
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Yeah, such a weird way to organize the video. It took me a second to realize the text wasn't 1:1 with the narrator.
 
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Nerd_Incognito

Member
Obligatory:

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I'm actually interested in this game again. Especially the Pro / 4K / HDR support. But Andromeda will ensure I don't get back into NMS for a very long time.
 
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Effect

Member
I liked the Foundation update and I'm really looking what I see of this Path Finder update. I was iffy on buying NMS even at a the discount when I did. However my hope was that in time the game would turn out better and it's looking like it is. Gamble payed off. So good on HelloGames for sticking with the game and updates. The update looks like it will be better then the last. So I'm looking forward to reinstalling and trying this out.
 
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The Greek Freak

Member
barit said:
Big props to Hello Games for still believing in their game. After all the doom and gloom on the Internet around it (they stole our money!!) it´s refreshing to hear now the good news. Sure the launch wasn´t that marvelous and I was bummed too after paying 60 bucks but I appreciate their dedication and hard work even after the huge backlash. Everyone in the world deserves a second chance so why not game developers too? ;)
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Personally because it felt like blatant dishonesty, not mistakes or anything like that.

That said if the game was "early access" I would have been impressed instead of bummed by what I bought and played.

I also don't buy unfinished games.

Glad Amazon gave me a refund with no fight.
 
GribbleGrunger

GribbleGrunger

Dreams in Digital
The Greek Freak said:
Personally because it felt like blatant dishonesty, not mistakes or anything like that.

That said if the game was "early access" I would have been impressed instead of bummed by what I bought and played.

I also don't buy unfinished games.

Glad Amazon gave me a refund with no fight.
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It's great you got a refund. You can now buy the game with the Foundation and Path Finder update and thoroughly enjoy it.
 
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elco

Member
Interesting. Still keeping an eye on this and hopefully it continues to evolve. May repurchase if/when it goes on sale at some point.
 
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paulogy

Member
A Grizzly Bear said:
Yeah, such a weird way to organize the video. It took me a second to realize the text wasn't 1:1 with the narrator.
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Well you can only do so much in a video. The full patch notes will list it all. Although an end slate with all the bullet points on it would have worked too.
 
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ArchAngel

Member
Woah, the new look of buildings is great. Can't wait for the Update (after playing Horizon again and after playing through Zelda :p)
 
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The Greek Freak

Member
GribbleGrunger said:
It's great you got a refund. You can now buy the game with the Foundation and Path Finder update and thoroughly enjoy it.
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Maybe when the game has more in like 5 years.

Friend was similarly disappointing but made the mistake of buying it digital. I looked at the first update with him and it didn't really address any of the issues we had. Just super glued more mediocrity onto the side.
 
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eyeball_kid

Member
TimFL said:
Website is live: http://www.no-mans-sky.com/pathfinder-update/
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Each starship has a specialisation (Shuttle, Fighter, Hauler or Science) that improves performance in specific areas.
Shuttles are all-rounders, Fighters specialise in combat, Haulers have expanded cargo holds and Science vessels feature increased warp capabilities
In addition to new ship types, all ships will now be class-rated: A, B, C or the ultra rare S class.
When purchasing a new ship, you’ll now be given the option to trade in your current ship for a discount.
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Yes!! Well that's one complaint off the list. I wonder how existing ships are treated though.
 
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Glass Shark

Banned
I have to admit that the stuff in that video looks pretty impressive. If this had been in the game at launch it probably would have been received much better. I'm not sure if I really feel the incentive to go back to it at this point, though...
 
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NH Apache

Banned
So basically, you can go to someone's base and run their circuit and beat their time. And they will see the time.

That's freaking awesome.
 
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Loudninja

Member
Multi-tool specialisations and classes have been introduced. Choose between pistol, rifle, experimental and alien specialisations
  • Pistols offer increased mining capabilities, Rifles provide combat advantages and Experimental weapons are attuned to scanning. The rarest and most powerful are Alien Multi-tools
  • Similar to starships, weapons are also S, A, B or C class-rated
  • When purchasing a new Multi-tool, you can now trade in your current model for a discount
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.http://www.no-mans-sky.com/pathfinder-update/
 
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sirap

Member
Oh wow...that's a crazy update. Being able to store multiple ships alone is a game changer for me. I'm obsessed with collecting D:
 
b0uncyfr0

b0uncyfr0

Member
Anyone confirm the optimised 4K performance on PC? The only reason i'd play this again is if it doesnt run like dog shite and look like shite at the same time.
 
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akileese

Member
The graphical changes are the big ones for me. Now everything won't look reflective and terrible. Obviously we'll have to wait and see when it's released, but those changes, as well as the 4k optimization, sound absolutely amazing.
 
sloppyjoe_gamer

sloppyjoe_gamer

Gold Member
Might finally be time for me to grab this....this update and the last seem to have addressed a bunch of the nitpicks, and the PS4 Pro Mode and HDR is icing on the cake too!
 
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eyeball_kid

Member
Standing with factions is now important. It's a start, at least:
Your standing with the three NPC factions is now more important, as traders will only sell the best technology to their closest allies
Your standing with a faction can be improved by offering relics and curiosities to their representatives, or through conversation choices
Seek out Vy’keen traders for Multi-tool technology, Gek for ship upgrades and the Korvax for Exosuit improvement blueprints
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Ship/ground Combat sounds like it might get a good boost in terms of versatility at least. That Blaze Javelin basically sounds like a sniper rifle:
Three new weapons can be installed into Multi-tools alongside the existing Boltcaster weapon. Each weapon provides a unique combat style:

The Scatter Blaster is most effective in close range encounters, able to damage multiple foes at once
The Pulse Spitter is ideal for mid-range skirmishes, particularly against fast moving opponents
The Blaze Javelin is a long range weapon, capable of eliminating enemies from afar

New ship weaponry offers advanced tactical opportunities:

The Cyclotron Ballista fires a concentrated ball of charged particles at forward targets, causing heavy damage
The Positron Ejector shoots in a wide cone of destruction
The Infra-Knife Accelerator releases a sustained burst of rapid fire
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akileese

Member
Whole patch notes

PATCH NOTES

AUDIO

50% more generative soundscapes
Additional game loading and game start music
Added multi-room base ambiences
More detailed rain system, including room dependent and indoor window rain
Added indoor storm ambience
Changes to reverb system
Fix for a flood of sounds which could occur during the tutorial

SHIPS AND SPACE

Improved ship landing code
Fixed AI ships appearing in the air with landing gear deployed
Ship weapons operate using a new multi-mode system
Fix for being able to spawn freighters underground while you are jetpacking
Prevent all docking points in stations, freighters and outposts being taken by AI ships
Fixed issue where ships could occasionally become invisible
Fixed an issue where spawning into a freighter in near-planet orbit would occasionally place the player underground
Freighter containers now drop less Titanium, Thamium and Copper
Freighter containers now have a chance to drop Nanite Clusters
Traders can now drop Nanite Clusters
Traders no longer drop Copper or Iron
Reduced camera shake whilst taking hits in space combat
Reduced pirate damage in survival mode
Reduced damage on ship laser
Tweaked ship exit animations to improve player placement

GAMEPLAY

Added damage and resource numbers in combat and when mining, toggleable in the Options menu
Allow multiple weapon types on the multitool
Free weapons and ships now have broken slots
Recruit NPCs have more descriptive names
Fixed holes appearing in high detail terrain regions
Made player respawn positioning more robust
Introduced new growable plant type
Fixed slow memory leak in material effects
Removed several minor memory leaks on warp
Boosted shield recharge rate whilst in caves slightly
BoltCaster Rate of Fire and Laser Mining Speed upgrades are now known from start. Tweaked build requirements so that both are possible to build on player's first planet
Drones now drop small amount of zinc on destruction
Reduced amount of platinum from depots
Fixed Vy'Keen depots dropping titanium instead of platinum
Improved balance of hazards on Scorched and Frozen planets
Reworked NPC secondary interactions to give you standing in exchange for offerings
Reduced the amount of tech given by NPCs. In most cases they will now reward tech fragments instead of blueprints
Reduced the amount of tech available for NPC reward
Fixed projectiles shooting through certain unmineable substances
Adjusted space stations to minimise cases where NPCs intersect with the environment
Fixed issue where the suit upgrade chamber would occasionally disappear

BASE BUILDING

Fixed NPC terminals and ladders being removed from the central room of bases after the player leaves
Moved snap points for the glass corridor to be correctly grid aligned
Galactic Terminals now have consistent pricing, regardless of where in a base they are added
Fixed plants not being removed after removing the planter below them
Deleting a room now refunds not only the room itself, but also its contents
Fixed some plants and rocks not being removed when placing down a base building part
Fixed the colour of the base terminal light occasionally resetting to red
Terminals no longer can be build over windows in the central room
Fixed base building colours becoming corrupt under specific circumstances
Fixed some NPC missions counting the number of parts in your base incorrectly
Fixed landing pad not snapping correctly to some parts
Fixed issues where resource harvester would fail to gather resources
Left mouse button and right trigger can now be used to build
Fixed various precision problems with building in freighters
Fixed some cases where grenades would fail to edit the terrain
Organised parts in the base building menu to be more intuitive

UI

Added animation within the Quick Menu
Changed the hyperdrive stat to be measured in Light Years
Opening the menu will now return to the last page you viewed
Added a new Tech stat section to the Tech info popup
Improved mouse smoothing
Improved mouse sensitivity
Clearer and more detailed multitool, ship and freighter comparison screen
Fixed flickering transition between Inventory and Options Menu pages
Reduced number of menu options requiring a button to be held rather than pressed
Improved responsiveness of button holding
Fixed a bug in the options menu where the title bar would flicker
Improvements to discovery timeline UI
Added ”Set Waypoint" option to the solar system pop-up
Improved alignment at aspect ratios other than 16:9
Prevented player notifications showing up during credits and redeem screen
Fixed issue whether error messages would be shown for charging and repairing before the options had been selected
Increased icon resolutions to support play at 4k resolutions
Fullscreen effects are now correctly displayed when entering a hazard
Disabled the quick menu while warping between systems
Removed obsolete Generation Detail option in settings
Updated display of new discoveries to be clearer and more readable
Fixed some Japanese and Russian localisation issues and text overlap
Made cinematic black bars less frequent and obtrusive
Made is so cinematic black bars can be dismissed
Race standing is now displayed on the journey milestone page
Fixed various windows occasionally appearing partially offscreen
New visuals and backgrounds on mode select, options and inventory screens

VISUALS

Reduced banding artifacts on some metallic surfaces
Fixed seam artifacts on some normal maps
Fixed shadows being too black over water on certain planets
Fixed very occasional errant black geometry in space
Improved performance of water rendering
Improved performance in forward rendering passes
Improved performance in spotlight rendering
Fixed some issues with flickering lights
Correctly oriented IBL map, fixing several lighting issues
Fixed issue where vertex displacement would glitch when walking between regions

PC

Support for Intel HD Graphics 530, 540, 550, 580, 630, 640, 650
Reduced banding artifacts in gamma correction on some GPUs
Escape key now goes directly to the quit options page
Improved and expanded Steam Controller mapping

PS4

Support For PS4 Pro 4K Rendering
Support For PS4 Pro Delta Colour Compression
Support For PS4 Pro automatic Depth Buffer decompression
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e: Fixed formatting
 
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