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[Daffy Duck]

liberate tuteme ex inferis

DO YOU SEE!

 

[Deckard Chapel]

Yup. Huge update 2 will add multiplayer functionality and the ability to fix all initial complaints. It's truly a great update.

Thanks...that was great...

Good one.

Well, saw how a black hole functions on twitch just now. Freaking cool, dude traveled 33733 light years by entering it. Music was giving it a Star Fox vibe almost.

I like the sound of that vibe!

You're going to be real disappointed if you think they are working on an algorithm that calculates every single randomly generated planets randomly generated rotation and axis.

And you will be disappointed if I'm right

That is alot of assumptions.

No, only hope.

There are other games that have done it since 1990s (i.e Frontier: Elite II that you could land on), it's not very difficult to do if you generate planetary systems appropriately from the start (i.e not just a scatter of static random planets). I've programmed it myself too for university although you couldn't seamlessly land on planets, I had to program randomly generated planetary systems that were scaled and accurate.

Elite: Dangerous and the free game Space Engine has procedurally generated planets/systems and they all move in real time (you can speed it up if you want). The sunsets/sunrises are appropriate for its stars, so some that have binary systems you will see two shadows even For example, here's a video of a timelapse in Space Engine.

This.

Exactly this.

I earnestly can't tell if this is optimism or sarcasm.

Optimism

 

[LookAtMeGo]

https://www.twitch.tv/mechanical_beehive2

This guys planet is mad. Pretty sure he doesnt need to use life support, or its at the lowest possible rate of loss.

Hnnnng. That planet he is on.. mah gawd.. lawd have mercy on me. Pls.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

When you die...

 

[travisbickle]

It's looking more and more like we've been molyneuxed.

Didn't someone who has the game say they watched planets rotate on their axis and rotate around the star?

I don't know how they've managed it unless the different sized planets are programmed to rotate at a particular speed that allows the same time for daylight?

 

[Ravensmash]

I wonder if the patch will make it more unlikely to find lush worlds.

I think the most fantastic thing about the game is that there's huge potential for Hello Games to keep on improving/tweaking/introducing new things.

I mean, they have a universe to play with.

 

[SirRattleBalls]

Something im still unsure about is if you can "steal" another NPC's ship, like shoot it out of the sky if its in the planet you are exploring.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

The guy's being pretty lucky, another temperate planet with cool stuff.

 

[Seiniyta]

In regards to the beacons, from what I understand it is that you still need to activate them before you can actually upload your discoveries. But once done it doesn't auto-upload them and instead you have to do it manually in the menu.

I believe the reason this is done so that it guides you to the menu and you can look at all the things you've discovered.


I could be totally wrong though.

 

[MattKeil]

Something im still unsure about is if you can "steal" another NPC's ship, like shoot it out of the sky if its in the planet you are exploring.

No, it'll just blow up. You can find crashed ships and salvage them if you follow distress calls from installations, though. You have to do a lot of repair work, but they're free.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

No, it'll just blow up. You can find crashed ships and salvage them if you follow distress calls from installations, though. You have to do a lot of repair work, but they're free.

Ah man. I really hope I just find the craziest looking ship to fix up.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

No, it'll just blow up. You can find crashed ships and salvage them if you follow distress calls from installations, though. You have to do a lot of repair work, but they're free.

And that's a good thing, I've seen new ships going for 960k Units.

 

[Houndi101]

Is the ship levels increasing only by buying ships still confirmed to be true?
As in you have to buy a slightly better ship to get to the next tier etc.

 

[Tovarisc]

Is the ship levels increasing only by buying ships still confirmed to be true?
As in you have to buy a slightly better ship to get to the next tier etc.

Buy or repair, but yeah that seems to be case.

 

[TheKingOfPain]

Is the ship levels increasing only by buying ships still confirmed to be true?
As in you have to buy a slightly better ship to get to the next tier etc.

It appears so, I've watched a lot of stream and this mechanic seems to be a constant. It works this way with wrecked ships and multitools too.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

That 1010100010101 dude is streaming again on youtube under another account. His stream is good. Nice guy.

https://youtu.be/_eW6RiJ11R4

 

[Tovarisc]

That 1010100010101 dude is streaming again on youtube under another account. His stream is good. Nice guy.

https://youtu.be/_eW6RiJ11R4

Thanks for the link. He is very chill streamer.

 

[Moreche]

Thanks for the link. He is very chill streamer.

I agree, thanks for the link.
Seems like a great guy.

 

[King_Moc]

Gonna start this in a moment. Does anyone know when the servers are being reset?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I think he is just doing a speed run towards the center since the reset at launch. Probably wont do too much exploring.

 

[Ravensmash]

So they weren't lying about the size of everything were they?

Absolutely massive...

 

[Tovarisc]

Interesting looking multi-tool, it is organic?

 

[bigDave]

happy walking

 

[Tovarisc]

happy walking

This game needs hotkey for toggling auto-waling On / Off, make it easier for those long distances on foot. No need to hold W / Stick 24/7.

 

[EatChildren]

It's looking more and more like we've been molyneuxed.

actual molyneuxed or "fans inflated expectations and are now cranky"

 

[Tovarisc]

Barcode just came across spaceship that looks a lot like Pelican's from Halo, neat.

 

[Pit]

actual molyneuxed or "fans inflated expectations and are now cranky"

Mhmm

 

[Flipyap]

TP Review also got an organic multi-tool.

and murdered a huge dinosaur

actual molyneuxed or "fans inflated expectations and are now cranky"

Actually pre-22cans Molyneuxed, which is still better than getting Will Wrighted.
A few hyperbolic descriptions don't match the final game and maybe some pie-in-the-sky dev plans didn't pan out, but it's still a cool game.

 

[Ravensmash]

Is the structure of the beginning the same for each player?

 

[King_Moc]

Not sure how people could have thought this was 60fps... It's a smooth 30 so far.

 

[Tovarisc]

Is the structure of the beginning the same for each player?

Structure of having broken ship next to you and you need to repair it in order to continue your travels? Yeah it is same for everyone. What we don't know yet is if pre-order bonus ships start as broken or fixed.

 

[Flipyap]

The multi-tool/ship exchange system is kind of a bummer. It's gonna be tough giving up some cool designs which you might never encounter again.

 

[bigDave]

 

[raviolico]

1080p 60fps.

Not sure how people could have thought this was 60fps... It's a smooth 30 so far.

Uh...ok.

 

[Betty]

Come on and reset those servers dammit, I can't progress due to a glitched out station and need to see more galaxies.

 

[theWB27]

Tell me something cool is happening there.

 

[bigDave]

Tell me something cool is happening there.

the guy of the screenshot compared it to venus

 

[Jac_Solar]

I think 234 kg is the heaviest weight for a creature I've seen in the screenshots -- even though it doesn't seem to match the actual size (Should be several tons), could this mean that it's the biggest the creatures can get?

I also think that I've seen 234 kg for more than 1 of the creatures -- or, at least in the 230 kg range.

 

[Freeman76]

Come on and reset those servers dammit, I can't progress due to a glitched out station and need to see more galaxies.

The patch isnt out until tomorrow anyway so anything you have will be deleted, might as well wait and restart

 

[King_Moc]

Uh...ok.

I'm playing it now, it's definitely 30.

 

[theWB27]

the guy of the screenshot compared it to venus

That's not bad looking.

 

[ThankeeSai]

I'm playing it now, it's definitely 30.

This.

Played last night for 4 hours. Most definitely, 100% ISN'T 60fps.

Seems to hold a relatively solid 30 most of the time though.

 

[OriginalThinking]

An organic multi tool? What! Been through my first black hole. Traveled about 250,000 light years. No idea if that's good or not.

 

[Netherscourge]

the guy of the screenshot compared it to venus

That looks so great on the PS4.

I can't wait to see this on a high-end a PC.

 

[Tovarisc]

That looks so great on the PS4.

I can't wait to see this on a high-end a PC.

Cynic in me says you just saw what it looks like on high-end PC.

 

[Netherscourge]

Cynic in me says you just saw what it looks like on high-end PC.

Which is fine with me.

If it supports 75fps with G-sync, I'll be happy.

 

[stump sock]

Not sure how people could have thought this was 60fps... It's a smooth 30 so far.

probably have motion smoothing turned on on their TVs because apparently neogaf loves that

 

[Felix Lighter]

There are other games that have done it since 1990s (i.e Frontier: Elite II that you could land on), it's not very difficult to do if you generate planetary systems appropriately from the start (i.e not just a scatter of static random planets). I've programmed it myself too for university although you couldn't seamlessly land on planets, I had to program randomly generated planetary systems that were scaled and accurate.

Elite: Dangerous and the free game Space Engine has procedurally generated planets/systems and they all move in real time (you can speed it up if you want). The sunsets/sunrises are appropriate for its stars, so some that have binary systems you will see two shadows even For example, here's a video of a timelapse in Space Engine.

FWIW I don't think they're going to add it in NMS but it is possible in games.

I was going to mention Elite. Not that it's a big negative for NMS, but it's not some insane unachievable thing. The too scale nature for everything in Elite is something that I really appreciate but NMS isn't really going for that.

 

[Rainmaker]

The multi-tool/ship exchange system is kind of a bummer. It's gonna be tough giving up some cool designs which you might never encounter again.

This is the biggest bummer about the game so far for me.

 

[Betty]

The patch isnt out until tomorrow anyway so anything you have will be deleted, might as well wait and restart

That's what I plan to do, I can't wait to restart.

I think 234 kg is the heaviest weight for a creature I've seen in the screenshots -- even though it doesn't seem to match the actual size (Should be several tons), could this mean that it's the biggest the creatures can get?

I also think that I've seen 234 kg for more than 1 of the creatures -- or, at least in the 230 kg range.

I've found bigger than 234 kg.