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NoMansSky: Update 1.3, Atlas Rises

74 points by based2 9y ago

maplechori 9y ago
60% off
- nfriedly 9y ago
  For reference, the sale is not on the "official" buy now link - its at GOG & Steam, making the game $23.99: https://www.gog.com/game/no_mans_sky https://www.gog.com/game/no_mans_sky http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
  - cwyers 9y ago
    It's also on sale for the PS4: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/no-man's-sky/cid=UP2034-CUSA04841_00-NMSDIGITAL000001 https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/no-man's-sky/ci...
tiglionabbit 9y ago
> Glitches allow travelers to explore the universe together So it's actually going to have multiplayer? Actually what does this even mean?
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- maplechori 9y ago
  from the patch notes it says they are the first steps to accomplish that.
  - Pica_soO 9y ago
    I so do not envy the engineer who is pressured into hooking what is essentially two procedural generators, with the possibility for a alteration overlay together. If one mad guy alters a whole solar system into planet lava smileys..., how do you pack and transfer that information history on top of that, in real time...
    - cgb223 9y ago
      Why not just have one procedural generator for both players and send changes to and from a server where they both pull from?
      - Pica_soO 9y ago
        The story goes something like this- they in fact have the same procedural generator. Both work upon the same key- thus mountains and everything is in the same place, provided they use the same hardware or the code is protected against floating point deviations. The problem is- where do you begin and end with that? If a player can modify a world, basically, every change has to be distributed.. you have a sort of highres minecraft on your hands. Without originally being intended to be this. How do you sync it, if multiple players join and merge a universe?
        je_bailey 9y ago
        I would have thought something along the lines of an acyclic graph ala git.
    - wmf 9y ago
      This does work in Astroneer, but it was presumably designed for multiplayer from the beginning.
- Shank 9y ago
  No -- it's just communication and basic "hey, there is another person here with you." You still have separate worlds with separate elements and separate buildings. It's just letting you communicate.
nfriedly 9y ago
This might be a weird question, but does anyone know if the GOG version of the game has proper Steam Controller support yet?
- oelmekki 9y ago
  I play the GOG version with steam controller, but I'm a bit of an edge case. I play on linux, installed the GOG version through PlayOnLinux (thus playing it through wine), and I made a launcher in steam so that I can use the steam controller with it (anything you create a launcher for, even an emulator or nethack, gets steam controller support for free). Even if you're not on linux, you can do the same : just create a launcher ("add non steam game") to launch the GOG game. Even then, though, it does not qualify as "proper support" if this means "native support". It's just like using steam controller for any game that has no controller support : you configure it to emulate keyboard and mouse (but it's still a good experience for NMS, once done).
  - nfriedly 9y ago
    Yea, I know you can configure it, but by "proper", I mean that it is automatically configured, and that the buttons can automatically change their action depending on the context. I believe it works this way in the Steam version of the game, but when I tried a few months back, it didn't work that way in the GOG version.
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Cozumel 9y ago
The portal system looks an awful lot like Stargates. I traded in my copy though, I don't know if it's worth getting again for this?
- based2 9y ago
  They need an Obelisk Gate.
azm1 9y ago
After the massive faux-pas with release I see huge potential in this game although I never played it..
Jare 9y ago
After being massively in love with the original game (first Steam game I get 100% achievements), I just started a new save. So far it feels mostly the same amazing and self-guided experience, just a bit deeper, so I'm not people who hated it at launch will change their minds now. I hope the current coop "lite" gives way to true synchronous coop. If that happens, I think I might never play another game, ever. ;)
digitalsin 9y ago
I only started playing it last night for the first time. Really awesome game and I'm having a blast.
cwyers 9y ago
Wait, how did this threat get flagged?
- Jare 9y ago
  And, is there a way to unflag it? Makes no sense...
- sctb 9y ago
  I'm not sure why users flagged this, but we've turned them off for now.
inopinatus 9y ago
The game is very substantially changed since release. Indeed each revision of the last few months has invalidated more of the information you'll find in online game guides from commercial sources, and with this update I'd say most of them are either entirely irrelevant or downright misleading. No Man's Sky is now in a sort of no-man's-land between "interesting tech demo" and "full blown video game". This new update has many new features but also myriad new bugs. It's clearly still a work in progress. What's interesting, and unusual, is that developer has continued to work, as though the first release was really more the start of an "early access" series. Hard to believe they've made significant money from the drip of sales since.
- aguilarm 9y ago
  It appears that they used the massive influx of capital they got from the hype pre-launch to continue building their vision that was entirely too big to deliver in any timely manner. They might be able to turn this around riding that into something that generates enough interest to continue to make plenty. Putting it on sale on steam has it back at the top, which is actually kind of incredible considering the launch outrage. The hype wasn't for nothing, people are craving the kind of game that was described before this launched. This is potentially Minecraft all over again.
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74 points by based2 9y ago

maplechori 9y ago

60% off

nfriedly 9y ago
For reference, the sale is not on the "official" buy now link - its at GOG & Steam, making the game $23.99: https://www.gog.com/game/no_mans_sky https://www.gog.com/game/no_mans_sky http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/
- cwyers 9y ago
  It's also on sale for the PS4: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/no-man's-sky/cid=UP2034-CUSA04841_00-NMSDIGITAL000001 https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/no-man's-sky/ci...

tiglionabbit 9y ago

> Glitches allow travelers to explore the universe together So it's actually going to have multiplayer? Actually what does this even mean?

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maplechori 9y ago
from the patch notes it says they are the first steps to accomplish that.
- Pica_soO 9y ago
  I so do not envy the engineer who is pressured into hooking what is essentially two procedural generators, with the possibility for a alteration overlay together. If one mad guy alters a whole solar system into planet lava smileys..., how do you pack and transfer that information history on top of that, in real time...
  - cgb223 9y ago
    Why not just have one procedural generator for both players and send changes to and from a server where they both pull from?
    - Pica_soO 9y ago
      The story goes something like this- they in fact have the same procedural generator. Both work upon the same key- thus mountains and everything is in the same place, provided they use the same hardware or the code is protected against floating point deviations. The problem is- where do you begin and end with that? If a player can modify a world, basically, every change has to be distributed.. you have a sort of highres minecraft on your hands. Without originally being intended to be this. How do you sync it, if multiple players join and merge a universe?
      - je_bailey 9y ago
        I would have thought something along the lines of an acyclic graph ala git.
  - wmf 9y ago
    This does work in Astroneer, but it was presumably designed for multiplayer from the beginning.
Shank 9y ago
No -- it's just communication and basic "hey, there is another person here with you." You still have separate worlds with separate elements and separate buildings. It's just letting you communicate.

nfriedly 9y ago

This might be a weird question, but does anyone know if the GOG version of the game has proper Steam Controller support yet?

oelmekki 9y ago
I play the GOG version with steam controller, but I'm a bit of an edge case. I play on linux, installed the GOG version through PlayOnLinux (thus playing it through wine), and I made a launcher in steam so that I can use the steam controller with it (anything you create a launcher for, even an emulator or nethack, gets steam controller support for free). Even if you're not on linux, you can do the same : just create a launcher ("add non steam game") to launch the GOG game. Even then, though, it does not qualify as "proper support" if this means "native support". It's just like using steam controller for any game that has no controller support : you configure it to emulate keyboard and mouse (but it's still a good experience for NMS, once done).
- nfriedly 9y ago
  Yea, I know you can configure it, but by "proper", I mean that it is automatically configured, and that the buttons can automatically change their action depending on the context. I believe it works this way in the Steam version of the game, but when I tried a few months back, it didn't work that way in the GOG version.

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Cozumel 9y ago

The portal system looks an awful lot like Stargates. I traded in my copy though, I don't know if it's worth getting again for this?

based2 9y ago
They need an Obelisk Gate.

azm1 9y ago

After the massive faux-pas with release I see huge potential in this game although I never played it..

Jare 9y ago

After being massively in love with the original game (first Steam game I get 100% achievements), I just started a new save. So far it feels mostly the same amazing and self-guided experience, just a bit deeper, so I'm not people who hated it at launch will change their minds now. I hope the current coop "lite" gives way to true synchronous coop. If that happens, I think I might never play another game, ever. ;)

digitalsin 9y ago

I only started playing it last night for the first time. Really awesome game and I'm having a blast.

cwyers 9y ago

Wait, how did this threat get flagged?

Jare 9y ago
And, is there a way to unflag it? Makes no sense...
sctb 9y ago
I'm not sure why users flagged this, but we've turned them off for now.

inopinatus 9y ago

The game is very substantially changed since release. Indeed each revision of the last few months has invalidated more of the information you'll find in online game guides from commercial sources, and with this update I'd say most of them are either entirely irrelevant or downright misleading. No Man's Sky is now in a sort of no-man's-land between "interesting tech demo" and "full blown video game". This new update has many new features but also myriad new bugs. It's clearly still a work in progress. What's interesting, and unusual, is that developer has continued to work, as though the first release was really more the start of an "early access" series. Hard to believe they've made significant money from the drip of sales since.

aguilarm 9y ago
It appears that they used the massive influx of capital they got from the hype pre-launch to continue building their vision that was entirely too big to deliver in any timely manner. They might be able to turn this around riding that into something that generates enough interest to continue to make plenty. Putting it on sale on steam has it back at the top, which is actually kind of incredible considering the launch outrage. The hype wasn't for nothing, people are craving the kind of game that was described before this launched. This is potentially Minecraft all over again.
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