Pestilence11
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No Man's Sky |OT| Hello Worlds.
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Where it says 100% is actually a button.
If Hello Games is pulling an all-nighter tonight, it's only right that I should too. Have to go to the airport at 5:30. I'll sleep on the plane, and when I'm dead.
Karak
Member
I played for 2 during a livestream in a place I called Boss Battle planet. And thats because it was. It was like friggen enemy mine and the Martian mixed together. I must have traveled and almost died 100 times. It was epic. Those moments. Rare. But when it happens its great.
Glass Shark
Banned
Ships also cap out at 48 slots. These cost over 100,000,000.
Good question, when we pin this down I'll add it to the tips post.
BizzyBum
Member
Is it possible to find a crashed ship with 48 slots?
Clockwork5
Member
There can be cave specific fauna. Otherwise, not really.
Glass Shark
Banned
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I'm pretty early in (only made 2 jumps so far, 5-10 hours in). Earlier today I found a wrecked ship and switched because it had 3 more slots. I struggled to find the elements to repair it, but after a few hours I got it ship shape. Now I realize it has no warp drive. I've found a recipe for a Warp Reactor Sigma, but have no other Warp Reactor recipe. I've checked 5 terrestrial trading posts and one in space and there are no Warp Reactors. I have bought some of the materials needed, but it's been slow work and I'm not even halfway there (84/200 iridium, 0/400 copper, 1/1 dynamic resonator).
So what should I do? I have zero chance of finding my old ship, and it's taking forever to craft a new warp drive. Is there an easier way to get back on track?
So what should I do? I have zero chance of finding my old ship, and it's taking forever to craft a new warp drive. Is there an easier way to get back on track?
Mononoaware
Banned
So I got attacked by 3 ships while trying to go to my next planet, and while I survived, my ship got beat up pretty badly. I only got 1 pip of health on the ship left. How do I repair it?
travisbickle
Member
Have you tried performing a scan in space. I don't know if it's just luck, but I've found that has always led me to new tech/materials.
Played for just under two hours and I still don't know what to make of the game. When I did finally manage to get a nice starter planet, I had fun exploring at first. Lots of interesting terrain on the planet like huge caves and large ravines. Not much alien life around to speak of but plenty of those Sentinel things
What life I did come across seems to do... just about nothing. They wander around. I haven't seen them interacting with each other or doing anything with their environment. It could just be what I've seen so far. I don't know if there are instances of things like this happening.
As is, it seems like there's not a whole lot to do on the planets other than gather things. Exploration doesn't really seem to lead to a whole lot from my experience so far. The terrain still makes me feel like the game would have benefited from another form of travel like a ground vehicle of sorts or a grappling hook even (let me swing around when I'm surrounded by cliffs!). Basically, something to actually let you play with the planet you're on. Were it not for the jetpack jump trick I think I would have a much bigger issue with how slow traversing the planet feels.
Can't say much about the ships so far as I only recently left my starting planet. They feel pretty basic and looking through my ship upgrades, I'm not sure that will be changing soon.
So far the game feels incredibly lifeless, even when you do happen upon alien life. I made it to a space port and there wasn't really anything going on there. Other pilots parked in their ships and a trader or two. I'm wondering if there's anything beyond that.
I'm kind of at that awkward point where playing any further would void my steam refund, but I don't necessarily want to give up on the game either. It's just that my experience so far has been fairly similar to the more negative impressions of the game, which worries me. I'm wondering just how much more there is to this game.
What life I did come across seems to do... just about nothing. They wander around. I haven't seen them interacting with each other or doing anything with their environment. It could just be what I've seen so far. I don't know if there are instances of things like this happening.
As is, it seems like there's not a whole lot to do on the planets other than gather things. Exploration doesn't really seem to lead to a whole lot from my experience so far. The terrain still makes me feel like the game would have benefited from another form of travel like a ground vehicle of sorts or a grappling hook even (let me swing around when I'm surrounded by cliffs!). Basically, something to actually let you play with the planet you're on. Were it not for the jetpack jump trick I think I would have a much bigger issue with how slow traversing the planet feels.
Can't say much about the ships so far as I only recently left my starting planet. They feel pretty basic and looking through my ship upgrades, I'm not sure that will be changing soon.
So far the game feels incredibly lifeless, even when you do happen upon alien life. I made it to a space port and there wasn't really anything going on there. Other pilots parked in their ships and a trader or two. I'm wondering if there's anything beyond that.
I'm kind of at that awkward point where playing any further would void my steam refund, but I don't necessarily want to give up on the game either. It's just that my experience so far has been fairly similar to the more negative impressions of the game, which worries me. I'm wondering just how much more there is to this game.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Mine a bunch and get enough money to buy one of the ships landing on a planet or space station.
For only 3 more slots, you're looking at maybe 600k. Mine is 29 slots and cost 3 and a half million.
WaterAstro
Member
Omg, there are these ladybug size creatures that I can't scan! They are microscopic and they can't die!
How do I scan these things! They are so tiny and fast!
How do I scan these things! They are so tiny and fast!
Dandy Crocodile
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Found a planet littered with poison sacs.
They are pink balls and when you get close they spike out like puffer fish. So just walking places I constantly took damage from them.
I can harvest them and the sacs sell for a decent amount but harvesting ONE calls in sentinels. Two of the sphere ones and the laser dog things.
Annoying. I want money.
They are pink balls and when you get close they spike out like puffer fish. So just walking places I constantly took damage from them.
I can harvest them and the sacs sell for a decent amount but harvesting ONE calls in sentinels. Two of the sphere ones and the laser dog things.
Annoying. I want money.
Do you mean hyperdrive or warp reactor? You can still jump systems with a hyperdrive. If you want to craft the one you have, You can get iridium from asteroids in space around planets and copper sometimes too. Copper also occurs in floating eggs and columns on planets.
KCroxtonJr
Member
send as much of your ship inventory into your suit inventory before you fly in space. Also, improve your ships offense and defense.
27k per when I sold them. The sentinels are very aggressive however but the melee/jet pack trick trivializes their attack.
CheDominik
Member
I wound up in a fight with 11 other ships. Fucking 11. Needless to say it didn't end well.
If it's flying or moving too fast, I just kill 'em and scan their corpse. I find the mining laser works best when doing this.
Quick question:
After crafting the hyperdrive and putting fuel in it, I bought a fancy new spaceship. However, I now have no idea how I'm supposed to get antimatter to craft the warp cell I need to get hyperdrive fuel for my new ship. I don't have the blueprints yet so I've just been stumbling across planets hoping to find an alien to help me out.
Any idea what I should do? I feel like I'm stuck...
After crafting the hyperdrive and putting fuel in it, I bought a fancy new spaceship. However, I now have no idea how I'm supposed to get antimatter to craft the warp cell I need to get hyperdrive fuel for my new ship. I don't have the blueprints yet so I've just been stumbling across planets hoping to find an alien to help me out.
Any idea what I should do? I feel like I'm stuck...
valkillmore
Member
So a thought just occurred to me. Why didn't we read in any of the previews about the run/melee/jump/jet pack game play? That has got to be the single biggest surprise about this game for me. Not the procedural generation, which is gorgeous. But I kinda knew what to expect from the previews. The biggest question was how the game played. And now we discover this fun, useful and we'll implemented game play mechanic. Thats's the answer to miles of procedurally generated terrain in front of you you need to survey for resources.
BizzyBum
Member
Yeah, but a lot of times my inventory is jammed pack as I'm heading towards the space station to sell all my shit. I haven't been upgrading my ship because I don't want to deck something out and then find a new ship with more slots later on.
If you don't have the recipe for antimatter you can buy it in trade, so check the station; if you scan in space you might find a beacon leading you to the blueprints.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Break into a manufacturing plant... not sure if the recipe was mission specific after your first warp, but maybe it's always the first recipe you find. *shrug*
Maybe scout for ground based tradung spots. Spam one of the locator thingies until you find a trading post.
NeptunePirate
Member
I came here to ask the same question.
Thanks! I'll keep checking around. Surely, I didn't screw myself completely.
If you continue speaking with an attendant in the space station you should get an option for repair. However, you always start a session with full ship health so quitting and logging back in works too.
KCroxtonJr
Member
edit: nvm read that wrong lol.
WaterAstro
Member
They're flying and moving too fast, and they're immune to all my attacks.
NeptunePirate
Member
Oh awesome! Thanks a lot for the info! Appreciate the quick response.
The way your relationship with the procedural algorithm changes as you play the game is really interesting.
At first, it's mindblowing. Absolutely mindblowing that an algorithm could create such a realistic planet-sized space for you to discover. And not just one, millions.
Then you get used to it. The animals aren't that impressive, each planet is just one biome. The seams start to show. After about 5 or 6 planets you wonder if you've seen it all.
But what's interesting is that AFTER this low point, once you've 'seen behind the curtain', the game then is able to surprise you by doing things you've suddenly assumed it couldn't because you hadn't seen them before.
After seeing 15 planets without proper oceans, I thought that wasn't possible. But I just found my idyllic planet - green grass, blue skies, massive oceans and coastlines you can follow in your ship. Then I found a nice beach with a base in waist-deep water, and off the beach was a sea cave. Under the water was a stunning diversity of plant life. Just 'being there' was enough to entertain me for 30 minutes to an hour, whatever about the gameplay loop. (The fact that the place was stuffed with graviton spheres didn't hurt.)
Then the next planet I went to had a massive crater. Another thing I'd assumed the game couldn't create. I parked my ship on a floating island so I would be forced to explore, and the next hour was a fascinating trek to try and find a spaceport.
Just now I found my first planet with megafauna - massive dinosaur like creatures. Hilariously, they were surrounded by bouncing pineapple creatures. It's once your trust in the ability of the algorithm to surprise you hits rock bottom because you feel like you've probably 'seen it all'... that's when it gains the ability to surprise you and the pleasure of exploration returns to the game.
The gameplay is pretty fucking dire, but this is one of the most memorable experiences I've ever had with a game. Also, just got my AtlasPass. Finally!
At first, it's mindblowing. Absolutely mindblowing that an algorithm could create such a realistic planet-sized space for you to discover. And not just one, millions.
Then you get used to it. The animals aren't that impressive, each planet is just one biome. The seams start to show. After about 5 or 6 planets you wonder if you've seen it all.
But what's interesting is that AFTER this low point, once you've 'seen behind the curtain', the game then is able to surprise you by doing things you've suddenly assumed it couldn't because you hadn't seen them before.
After seeing 15 planets without proper oceans, I thought that wasn't possible. But I just found my idyllic planet - green grass, blue skies, massive oceans and coastlines you can follow in your ship. Then I found a nice beach with a base in waist-deep water, and off the beach was a sea cave. Under the water was a stunning diversity of plant life. Just 'being there' was enough to entertain me for 30 minutes to an hour, whatever about the gameplay loop. (The fact that the place was stuffed with graviton spheres didn't hurt.)
Then the next planet I went to had a massive crater. Another thing I'd assumed the game couldn't create. I parked my ship on a floating island so I would be forced to explore, and the next hour was a fascinating trek to try and find a spaceport.
Just now I found my first planet with megafauna - massive dinosaur like creatures. Hilariously, they were surrounded by bouncing pineapple creatures. It's once your trust in the ability of the algorithm to surprise you hits rock bottom because you feel like you've probably 'seen it all'... that's when it gains the ability to surprise you and the pleasure of exploration returns to the game.
The gameplay is pretty fucking dire, but this is one of the most memorable experiences I've ever had with a game. Also, just got my AtlasPass. Finally!
KCroxtonJr
Member
I think you just land in a space station and it'll repair itself?
NeptunePirate
Member
Inventory space becomes better as you get the upgrade slots. I'm finding it getting easier as I get further into the game.
I will when I load back in
Turtle Cheetah Dog, that's maybe 5-6 feet tall
Large Trading Station about 200 yards from my beginning spot. 7 Landing Pads
Only really been on 2 planets, but I really kind of wanted to get the "completion" award for my beginning world, and I'm at 88%, think I need one more "species" of animal.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
If anyones renting this on gamefly, send your copy back the wait is killing me!
Holy fucking foliage. Gorgeous grass.This is how the game started for me, had to take a shot^^ Pretty damn beautiful!
Mononoaware
Banned
Well it doesn't repair itself on a planet, I can say that much...I guess I'll have to risk going to the station. Just hope I don't get attacked again.
Dohhohohohoho. Welcome to my world from about 12 hours ago
Your only real option is just to keep going at it, as it is definitely possible, though really hard. Or drop it and your dreams of getting a 100% on that planet.- Status