TheGoreMagala
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There is no right or wrong way to play. Some people have played 20 hours and have only visited the starting planet or another.
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There is no right or wrong way to play. Some people have played 20 hours and have only visited the starting planet or another.
I hope they never, ever allow for this.
Even better, change it to Kelvin. Fahrenheit has no place in spacefaring science.
bananafactory
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Feels like there's some input lag for sure, if that's what you're experiencing
SomedayTheFire
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Hopefully this game teaches some Americans Celcius.
EndlessSky
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Boost dashing is absolutely essential to making ground exploration manageable. The normal walk/run is way too slow. Also, I don't see why you can't use your ship's fast mode while in an atmosphere. Instead they make the fastest way to cover ground being leaving the atmosphere, going fast around the planet, and then going back into the atmosphere, stead of just letting us go fast when close to the planet. Pretty annoying.
Like how Pokemon Go taught americans about the metric system.
I bet you can find Joe Danger skiing on an snow planet somewhere.
KCroxtonJr
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I found one underwater but the door was open
Was pretty cool, didn't think that was a thing.Yeah, I know. As I said, plutonium is the best I can do as far as work vs reward. I could look for emeril but by the time I found enough to fill my ship, I could'ave did multiple plutonium runs for more. I haven't left 1st planet yet, I wish I could answer.
GustyGardens
Banned
I started on a planet, fixed my ship and went to a nearby planet to a beacon where I reacher a space station and received a blueprint for something new for my ship. On the way I named various plants and creatures and uploaded them. I am absolutely filled with questions, which is a nice feeling as I dont have that a lot in games anymore. I just need a few important ones answered:
- saving is done by landing on a new planet or at a 'saving beacon' correct? Not when returning in your ship or whatever.
- and about returning to your ship, i walked like half an hour to get from my ship to the station, do i have to hike all the way back? No shortcuts?
- for now the game is telling me what to do next. By following the 'missions' and naming stuff here and there, i am playing the game in the correct way?
- my mining gun doesnt do anything against attacking creatures. I mostly run into herbivors but this carnivor ripped me a new one until I jumped on a plateau. Do i have to upgrade my gun or buy a new one to fix this?
- big part of my time is just mining for resources so that i can stay alive in toxic air. This is normal? And the limited space I have for it is normal as well?
All in all i feel completely lost when playing this game which is a nice feeling but scary at the same time. Im constantly worried Im not playing the game the right way.
Thanks for anyone that can help out! What a mysterious game
It's pretty overwhelming.
Don't get too caught up with wondering if you're playing the game the right way, because there is not right way to play this game. The game will naturally lead you on a path toward the center of the galaxy, especially if you stick to the path that's given to you once you have your hyper drive.
As you play the game, you'll become more familiar with the systems, and you'll feel more comfortable exploring off the set path and making one of your own.
There are ways to get your ship to come to you, but you have to find an outpost on the planet that you're exploring. Once you're there, you have the ability to craft something called a Bypass Chip, which can be used at terminals located outside of the outposts and that will teleport your ship to you.
Your gun can be upgraded and you can find new ones. At the start, you don't have much in the way of attacks against the more abrasive lifeforms.
Your first planet was pretty bad, but the environments change as you progress through the galaxy. No all of them will require you to fight for your survival.
Mining is a big part of the first hours of the game, but you have several paths to choose from if that's not your style. You can equip guns and other offensive weapons if you choose to be a pirate and steal goods from those you've killed. At some point, you're going to find what's right for you.
Pierre Levegh
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Has anyone found a way to bookmark a location? I found a derelict ship on my starting planet and I want to see all my vendor trash at the station first. I'm not sure how to leave and them find it again.
SirNinja
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One stream I watched had a facility like that with the doors already destroyed. It was completely flooded and there was no way to interact with anything; the guy nearly drowned on his way back up.
Sometimes the game just generates facilities underwater. So far, they can be considered completely useless, but who knows. Maybe in a future update, these places will have airlocks? (A lot of above-ground structures in hazardous planets really should have those anyway...)
First off, I have some good news. YOU get to decide if you're playing the game the right way or not.I started on a planet, fixed my ship and went to a nearby planet to a beacon where I reacher a space station and received a blueprint for something new for my ship. On the way I named various plants and creatures and uploaded them. I am absolutely filled with questions, which is a nice feeling as I dont have that a lot in games anymore. I just need a few important ones answered:
- saving is done by landing on a new planet or at a 'saving beacon' correct? Not when returning in your ship or whatever.
- and about returning to your ship, i walked like half an hour to get from my ship to the station, do i have to hike all the way back? No shortcuts?
- for now the game is telling me what to do next. By following the 'missions' and naming stuff here and there, i am playing the game in the correct way?
- my mining gun doesnt do anything against attacking creatures. I mostly run into herbivors but this carnivor ripped me a new one until I jumped on a plateau. Do i have to upgrade my gun or buy a new one to fix this?
- big part of my time is just mining for resources so that i can stay alive in toxic air. This is normal? And the limited space I have for it is normal as well?
All in all i feel completely lost when playing this game which is a nice feeling but scary at the same time. Im constantly worried Im not playing the game the right way.
Thanks for anyone that can help out! What a mysterious game
Check out the tips I posted above and see if any of it helps. For starters, you want Triangle to switch between your gun and mining laser. The laser and gun techs are separate, the gun is something like "boltcaster" in your inventory.
You can save simply by getting in and out of your ship. As far as shortcuts back to your ship, generally nope- if you venture forth be wary of the return trip. But be sure to try transferring the contents of your inventory back to your ship as you go. However, occasionally you do find outposts and such with a landing pad, and you can use a Bypass Chip (craftable) to summon your ship to you.
UpDownLeftRight
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I found one. But it was really deep in highly radiated water so I couldn't even reach it. Just before taking a break I found something even more unusual. A space anomaly that looked like a small death star. Inside were two aliens who spoke my language and a terminal selling a great gun very cheap. There was a weird glowing sigil too but they didn't give me any context as to what they were supposed to be.
GamerMax73
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Seems to be whenever you leave your ship or at outpost beacons
If your at an outpost you can use that hacking chip thing (forget its name, you'll have a blueprint to craft it) to call the ship to you.
This is open world in the best possible way. There is no "correct way" there is just your way. If it's fun then you're playing it right - however that is.
You should find some upgrade blueprints in some of the outpost sheds. One of the craftable upgrades gives you the ability to fire lasers. If not, I think it's an upgrade you'll get from an alien somewhere.
To start with. Took me awhile to work out how best to manage essential resources. I've had a couple of suit upgrades for extra storage space, and now grabbing Carbon or Plutonium as I'm wondering around is just second nature. Kind of collecting resources without thinking about it - more concentrating on the exploring until I'm rudely interrupted with a "no free storage space" warning...argh!
For me, this is the whole point of this game. If this feeling ever completely goes away - then the magic of the game might die with it.
swazzyswess
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The second guy was able to see the customized name of that planet though, so he's clearly online. This won't make a difference.
Isn't there something you can press to access a legend/explanation somewhere in the menus. ?
Definitely, learn it love it.
You can use the regular boost in atmo, just not pulse jump. No?
MastAndo
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KCroxtonJr
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I suppose ignoring it would be the "third path"?
Moz La Punk
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Thanks for all the answers and tips folks! Enjoying myself and I have wednesday, thursday and friday off to play all the time I want (and watch all seasons of sopranos for the fifth or so time lol).
Happy exploring folks!
Happy exploring folks!
Dreadnought
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Found out how to get the Atlas pass! I just warped to a new system with a space anomaly. I went into this space station and got hit with a bit of narrative and they game me the blueprint.
Personally I'd consider this a minor spoiler, but I think that's correct, though I can't know for sure. I think it's the one yes/no you get for that path.
lol
I spent many hours exploring my first planet. Left briefly and returned. I eventually stumbled back across my original crash site. The atlas beacon had spawned again and let me choose again (I chose atlas both times). If you fled your home planet for good... I don't know.
CaptainSmirnov
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Finally home from work time to open up the game!!
Definitely playing some God is an Astronaut over the game later on.
Definitely playing some God is an Astronaut over the game later on.
I guess I was lucky with my initial world - hospitable environment, tonnes of resources. So good that I haven't yet left.
Also, MY GOD THE TIMESINK THAT THIS GAME IS GOING TO BE. I started playing bang-on midnight, and then looked at the clock and it was 3:30am
Same here, I've even seen lots of ships coming and going via trading outpost.
AcademicSaucer
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I found an undiscovered planet called Kotaku:
change it to hulk or ziff davis
Tell me your sitchyeeation and I'll help. Did you accept the preorder ship? What quests do you have active?Having trouble finding the anti matter recipe. Hope my game isn't glitched
A Serious Man
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This is the podcast game to end all podcast games.
TheGoreMagala
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Have any of you guys tried stealing cargo and being a pirate? Shooting down any ships that cross your skies? The reason it's called No Man's Sky is because I don't allow the sky to be claimed by anyone.
Yeah me too, I'm at the point now where I'm just flying to each of the unknown locations to discover new stuff. I'm still not all up on things like ship upgrades (or swapping to new ships) but I'll take my time getting there
Ahh. Gotcha.
Immediately wander off when I start the game, find a cave with a chest icon inside. Walk in. See a little creature. Walk up to see if he's friendly. Fucker attacks me. Instantly try to get away. Get turned around in cave. Four more little fuckers start chasing me.
This game is pretty cool.
That said, walk speed and FOV reeeeeeeeeally need to be bumped up.
This game is pretty cool.
That said, walk speed and FOV reeeeeeeeeally need to be bumped up.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Having trouble finding the anti matter recipe. Hope my game isn't glitched
It says find and activate the signal booster, but there isn't anything on the map.
Go to space, scan and visit whatever shows up. It seems to be given to you randomly but still a high priority recipe in general. I took the dlc ship and had to hunt a little for mine. I think mine was from breaking into a building.
This is my goal on this character. He is a violent psychopath.
Pretty neutered for now though. I had a couple small battles against other pirates (1 or 2 at a time) and did fine, but anything bigger or more than that and I'm wrecked. My first order of business is getting a decent ship from the
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