I can't remember exactly but I think the answer is most likely yes to that. I remember them being one of the first things that were available to build...
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No Man's Sky - Atlas Rises |OT| Nada, Polo and you no longer fly solo
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Aenima
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Ahhh... my OCD cant handle the new base building deforming the terrain permanently.
In previous version u could place a cubic room, and delete it that the terrain would go back to normal and grass would grow again, in this version the cubic rooms deform the terrain under it and grass will not grow again.
The good thing is that in this version you can build a base underground, but i love my grass intact, so i liked the base bulding from the old version a little more.
My solution for now is making a save, and build, if i make a mistake i just have to reload and build all over again. My precious grass
In previous version u could place a cubic room, and delete it that the terrain would go back to normal and grass would grow again, in this version the cubic rooms deform the terrain under it and grass will not grow again.
The good thing is that in this version you can build a base underground, but i love my grass intact, so i liked the base bulding from the old version a little more.
My solution for now is making a save, and build, if i make a mistake i just have to reload and build all over again. My precious grass
Atomic Playboy
Member
Yes. Eventually the overseer will give you the blueprints for storage containers.
I managed to find two multitools with the terrain manipulator already built in within a couple hours after starting. IIRC a Vykeen gave it to me at some point.
eyeball_kid
Member
Yeah, I'm surprised to hear it's not an early blueprint reward. Kind of an essential tool for surviving storms. If you haven't, be sure to check out any multitools for sale in outposts; they'll often already have a grenade launcher upgrade.
Ahhh... my OCD cant handle the new base building deforming the terrain permanently.
In previous version u could place a cubic room, and delete it that the terrain would go back to normal and grass would grow again, in this version the cubic rooms deform the terrain under it and grass will not grow again.
The good thing is that in this version you can build a base underground, but i love my grass intact, so i liked the base bulding from the old version a little more.
My solution for now is making a save, and build, if i make a mistake i just have to reload and build all over again. My precious grass
How do you build underground?
Aenima
Member
just place a cubic room, then place another one under it, u can keep placing more cubes under to go deeper, then u can place the other building too they all auto dig the land, and if u want u can delete all and stay with a underground base with sand walls.
I think u can also use the multi-tool new terrain editor to dig a hole and then start placing buldings underground, but digging with the cubes dont spend resorces. But with the multi-tool if u dont like what u done u can undo the holes, and with the bulding parts placing, the holes stay there permanently.
Its actually impressive the way u can manipulate the terrain. Not perfect for OCD ppl like me, but still impressive.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
Ahhh... my OCD cant handle the new base building deforming the terrain permanently.
In previous version u could place a cubic room, and delete it that the terrain would go back to normal and grass would grow again, in this version the cubic rooms deform the terrain under it and grass will not grow again.
The good thing is that in this version you can build a base underground, but i love my grass intact, so i liked the base bulding from the old version a little more.
My solution for now is making a save, and build, if i make a mistake i just have to reload and build all over again. My precious grass
Yeah, I accidentally built a square room under another and it made a huge hole in the terrain.
I tried to fix it with the terrain tool, finally got something good (but wihout grass), went away from my base to get some Iron and when I went back the ground was all over the place.
So I finally built that room again and now I'm searching for another spot to build on as the terrain is messed up.
Too bad you can't flatten a surface like in Astroneer.
ph1l0z0ph3r
Member
Hmm game crashes when it goes to loading shaders screen after I installed mods. I deleted them any it works fine anyway to get game to work without deleting them?
SirMossyBloke
Member
What mods? Did you also delete the mod disabling text file?
You probably have a conflicting mod somewhere or one that isn't compatible with the latest update. Add them back one by one to figure out which of them is causing it.
aspiegamer
Member
Thanks for the terrain manipulator hint. Never something I would have thought of just because I upgraded my multitool for the first time in forever.
That makes even less sense!
PandaPedinte
Member
Played a little yesterday and I'm liking it so far though I think I'll restart woth a new save
Thanks, will try!
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Am I supposed to just randomly meet
in space stations? I just did, long before I got to that "reveal" in the story (if it's meant as one). In fact, that quest line disappeared, and I now just have the Atlas stuff. It's so weird, I'm pretty sure this isn't playing out the way I've seen it happen on streams.
Travelers
You can't see the quest line in the Log screen under the Atlas one?
lefty1117
Gold Member
Definitely new biomes including desert and some weird hexagonal ones
Yes and yes.
And good lord this thread. I take it this is basically serving as the new OT?
Icyflamez96
Member
As a person who only looks at screenshots, I'm pretty dang sure, yes.
sometimes you need to do a scan on a planet or fly out into space or whatever for it to continue, i've noticed.
but yeah sometimes you see
traveller
Biomes and fauna yes, there are new exotic ones, but iirc only as you proceed to the center of the galaxy.
They rejigged the proc gen so everything is mixed up terrain wise again. I've found some really cool vistas and landscapes a few hours into a new save.
It's pretty crazy, i guess the update is so substantial it's valid to sustain it.
Icyflamez96
Member
More wide shots.
A lot more here. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyT..._my_best_219_3440_x_1440p_screenshots_i_hope/
edit: gotta post this one too.
A lot more here. https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyT..._my_best_219_3440_x_1440p_screenshots_i_hope/
edit: gotta post this one too.
That patch sounds great. Look forward to its formal rollout. Those cargo slots could be real useful.
Maybe. I think it's to incentivize you spend them when you can rather than hoard until you have enough and the proper standing to purchase certain ones.
Atomic Playboy
Member
Make sure they're all compatible with version 1.3, then try installing one at a time and testing until you get a crash so you can identify which mod specifically is causing it. There can also be conflicts between mods. Trying one at a time helps isolate which one is problematic.
eyeball_kid
Member
Yes to biomes, no to fauna. But the flora seems at least somewhat updated. I'm hoping fauna will get a big overhaul next update, as they need both more diversity and better AI and animation.
OT2 still exists, but it got put in Community jail so not many go there. Seems like it would be a good idea to put it back in the main discussion forum, but I don't know the rules for that.
Which is great, because it will continue to give HG the incentive to continue developing updates. They probably paid for their efforts and more over the past year just with 1.3.
edgefusion
Member
Spent most of my day working on my base. Contains a large Frostwart and Fungal Mold farm on the left side, with a little biodome for misc. plants.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Do you prefer the idea of going to space as we recognise it, or going into the world of 70's Sci-Fi book covers and artwork by people like Chris Foss?
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
I think you just missed the £10 or $24 sales, not sure.
As for is it worth it, depends what you were looking for that wasn't there at launch.
No Man Sky is at over 925k on steam
http://steamspy.com/app/275850
I think that is the highest it ever been?
http://steamspy.com/app/275850
I think that is the highest it ever been?
Only you know what you'll like, so who knows.
That said. There's now more focus if that's what you need via a 30 hour story. More planet/biome variation, dynamic mission systems at space stations, working portals and even a limited form of multiplayer where you can engage in "joint exploration". HG made it clear they intend on evolving MP a lot further.
There's way too much to list here but IIRC there's patch notes and the trailer in the OP.
I asked this on the Community thread, but got no answer.
Yesterday I started my save from scratch. Fooled around a bit in Creative Mode, but in before going to bed I started one in Normal mode. Do all starter planets have some kind of environmental hazard? I restarted 5 or 6 times, and I always got acid rain, heat, toxic weather, etc; so I stayed in the last one (frozen planet). I want to know just to see if I stay on this planet or try my luck until I get a starter planet without any bad weather.
Yesterday I started my save from scratch. Fooled around a bit in Creative Mode, but in before going to bed I started one in Normal mode. Do all starter planets have some kind of environmental hazard? I restarted 5 or 6 times, and I always got acid rain, heat, toxic weather, etc; so I stayed in the last one (frozen planet). I want to know just to see if I stay on this planet or try my luck until I get a starter planet without any bad weather.
Well, wow.
I started from scratch and have been mostly pottering with bases and rep missions, while teleporting to and from my base and the surrounding stars to scratch the explore itch and grab blueprints from the 3 species. I've ignored the old vanilla paths for now and just been dipping into the new "First Traveller" quest now and then. Until tonight .
While I thought the vanilla paths did little to entertain the new content has been pretty good, maybe its the linking to the ARG that's helped given it depth but its head and shoulders better than launch. I've no Idea how far I'm through but
and its just a bit bloody good.
I started from scratch and have been mostly pottering with bases and rep missions, while teleporting to and from my base and the surrounding stars to scratch the explore itch and grab blueprints from the 3 species. I've ignored the old vanilla paths for now and just been dipping into the new "First Traveller" quest now and then. Until tonight .
While I thought the vanilla paths did little to entertain the new content has been pretty good, maybe its the linking to the ARG that's helped given it depth but its head and shoulders better than launch. I've no Idea how far I'm through but
I got flung through a portal into an atmospheric first meeting then ditched with a broken ship god knows how many light years away and ended up agonising about what to do when forced to make a choice. I'm now far from where I started with Nada and Polo blinking into existence in front of me and the bar staff at the local Space station is a fellow traveller
Yes.
The ๖ۜBronx;246288010 said:
Darn. Ah well, I'm kinda broke at the moment anyway!
Mmm, that does sound interesting, especially the dynamic missions. That probably would've kept me around at launch.
tyty, I will be keeping an eye on the game, even though I told myself I'd never buy it again, lmao.
I noticed the other day while roaming around a planet that God rays appear to be in the PS4 version now. Looks really good. I'm playing on PS4 Pro, so I'm not sure if it's on vanilla PS4's or not.
I've been loving this update so far. Outside of my base being underground and inaccessible, and one crash, I haven't run into any crazy bugs or issues.
Some of the new biomes are fucking creepy and awesome. The one with the weird pillars is probably my favorite so far. It didn't hurt that it was a desolate looking planet, with a great night time color palette.
I'm trying to play my new games, but I keep getting sucked back into NMS. I've already sunk over 11 hours into this update, and I've barely done anything beyond just exploring, doing missions, and the occasional bounty. I finally upgraded my ship from a 26 slotter to 30, so I'm now working on making money again, so I can upgrade again. I still haven't figured out what I need to do to access the extra cargo storage for my suit, and finding warp reactor blueprints for my freighter.
I've been loving this update so far. Outside of my base being underground and inaccessible, and one crash, I haven't run into any crazy bugs or issues.
Some of the new biomes are fucking creepy and awesome. The one with the weird pillars is probably my favorite so far. It didn't hurt that it was a desolate looking planet, with a great night time color palette.
I'm trying to play my new games, but I keep getting sucked back into NMS. I've already sunk over 11 hours into this update, and I've barely done anything beyond just exploring, doing missions, and the occasional bounty. I finally upgraded my ship from a 26 slotter to 30, so I'm now working on making money again, so I can upgrade again. I still haven't figured out what I need to do to access the extra cargo storage for my suit, and finding warp reactor blueprints for my freighter.
No war needed. They're both great but very different.
Elite is a simulator. Lots of detail, intense depth. No (or limited) planetary exploration: it's a space sim. Get ready to spend a lot of time docking, zipping between star systems, mining. I mean "a lot of time" seriously - minutes to dock, minutes to travel, micromanagement of systems including communication lines, ship control, etc. It's also got a huge online component - pvp piracy, economy, exploration efforts, questing, etc. No overarching story with structure - just a nicely developed universe and secrets being gradually unveiled.
NMS is much simpler in terms of mechanics. Quick docking, travel, inventory and menu management. You still spend a lot of time mining and "grinding" but the minutiae is fast and imo more compelling. Seamless travel between space, ships, planets. An actual overarching story. Singleplayer only atm.
Elite is like living a hard late sci-fi novel. NMS is like living a trippy early sci-fi novel.
That's actually super cool
Travelers, while I'm not surprised they link into the story, can just show up randomly from time to time now as I understand it.
If that quest line isn't in your log at all any more, I believe following the Atlas path a bit is suggested to get back on.
I would like that. The community OT is fine but not everyone knows to go there and there is a LOT of new blood in here. This is very much a "current event." Hell there's a hotfix patch being pushed today, with more to come in the next couple weeks I'd think.
That is nuts. Just crazy.
Anyone who tells you there is a clear answer to this (that is not based on what you're personally looking for) is insane.
Lol, well my answer was brief, but one important thing we now know is that this game will continue to get very substantial updates for a long time yet. Nobody knew what the post launch support was going to be like, and now it's quite clear it's good. So even if you find it lacking now, in a few months, in a year... you'll have even more game for your initial outlay.
It's still not perfect, but it's worth the money,
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