nms-spoilers

[dense quartz]

It's in the experimental build.

[livid zinc]

You mentioned moded stations but they were never in experimental

[dense quartz]

..You misunderstood.
I meant way back when Fractal launched, there were overhauled space stations in the files, accidentally left in by HG and modders managed to enable them so you could actually see them in game.
I'm saying I'm getting that same feeling now when I have a pirate freighter.. feels unintentional for it to be in the game right now.

[livid zinc]

Well at least they wanted you to test this 👍

[dense quartz]

I wonder lol.

[livid zinc]

Maybe it will be an expedition

[dense quartz]

Really? I see no indication of that being the case. There's evidence to suggest it'll just be in the base game.

[late tusk]

you can

who knows maybe its intentonal idk

[dense quartz]

You heard of Schrodinger's Cat, but may I introduce you to Sean's Content?

Why did Sean this thing into the game? Is it an intentional clue? Is it purely accidental? Who knows! Sean's Content!

[late tusk]

is there any way at all to save edit the Exped stuff

in experimental

[dense quartz]

I managed to mess around with a json (?) file to make a bunch of milestones optional so I was done with the expedition much faster.
I think the guide is on the steam forums. Dunno if you can just save edit them though.

[late tusk]

ok

pog figured it out

now i got all the stuffs

[dense quartz]

Hooray! You did the thing!

I am super curious to see how updating to the next update will be like.. I don't think we've ever had unlocked items from an expedition that isn't technically available to the public.
Especially with pirate freighters owning.. I wonder what'll happen to our saves lol.

Then again, my save can get nuked for all I care since I made a backup before switching over to experimental.

[late tusk]

alright.....

CAN WE PLEASE get atlas armor now

atlas cape

🙏

[dense quartz]

I swear these remind me of that insane fanart Sean tweeted a while back.

Imagine if it was inspired by that art.

[late tusk]

now i can be evil pirate queen

time to check out this new ship

[wind panther]

Judging by the LNF engine looking very similar if not the same, I assume they are going to pursue joint updates, so no end to NMS soon.

Thursday around lunch, UK time, is pretty standard.

[uncut harness]

I hope NMS gets that distant building/terrain tech

[wind panther]

New stations were in the files in public release then pulled later. They just weren't implemented and Winder made a mod to enable them.

[uncut harness]

I imagine they've expanded on the work they did for asteroid fields

[wind panther]

Save editors are not updated, so no. You can use the Consumerism mod, though

[gloomy isle]

It contrasts so well with the autophage stuff omg

Does the Atlas backpack have any animations?

[late tusk]

i followed one of the steam guides on skipping one of the steps that was broken. had downloads for all the other expeditions complete or partial

[dense quartz]

Not really.
The shoulder eye thing is a floating triangle tho.

[late tusk]

yeah the wings dont open up (im find with that tho tbh)

[dense quartz]

The echo jetpack is still my favorite, I love those wide ass wings!

[knotty mountain]

Buzz lightyear wings

[knotty mountain]

Last 3 or 4 years the first update of the year was on a Wednesday

[wind panther]

I'll have to look at the release schedule but that doesn't match my memory. I know it's not the norm for all updates

[wind panther]

Thanks!

Saves me having to look it up

[knotty mountain]

No worries it's in the app

[wind panther]

Too bad it doesn't have times, so can't see what day that is for different people

I'll cross-check with the calendar after breakfast

[knotty mountain]

I believe that's the release date gmt

Idk where you would find the times

[wind panther]

There was a spreadsheet at one point that had it I think. Can't remember who made it

[summer hearth]

pirate freighters were kinda teased

there was one in the trailer

[wind panther]

You're right, those dates very heavily favor Wednesdays. I'll have to try to find times to see exactly when. Thanks again for the list

[dense quartz]

If you mean the teaser for 2024, you can actually see the hangar entrance of the pirate freighter on the very last frame lol.

[summer hearth]

they called me crazy for thinking you could own pirate freighters

[dense quartz]

Is there any specific reason why it's usually Wednesdays? Like maybe that's when consoles push updates that's out of HG's control so they just push it out at that time for every platform?

[summer hearth]

whos crazy npw

[wind panther]

I was going to update my custom freighters mod at some point to add them. I'm glad they did it quickly so I didn't waste time

Wednesdays give them time to release and hotfix a couple of times before weekends on Steam, at least

[dense quartz]

Yeah I guess, though they've been known to push patches on weekends. 😅

[summer hearth]

i really wish the pirate freighter colors were more prominent though

they are still mostly black

also are the cannons even usable?

or are they purely cosmetic

[dense quartz]

We'll see when the update rolls out. I'd imagine they'll be cosmetic.

[summer hearth]

heres hoping they add an option to raid npc freighters with it

[dense quartz]

I just wish they would change up the angle for the pirate attacks lol..
Why are they always on the left? Why do we always come from behind the civilians?
At least every time we warp to a system, the space station is always in a different direction and angle and distance.

[unborn bough]

They’re hotfixing the experimental branch and continuously updating the internal branch. The expedition on experimental ends on Tuesday, so I’m inclined to believe we may have a public update on the coming Wednesday.

[late tusk]

same i pointed it out the other daaaaay

[shy lava]

I really do hope the update comes very soon.

[pallid steppe]

I assume we all do.

[hard stirrup]

I mean there are bugs but nothing critical that I've heard of and Hello Games are fixing things fast, every day so far there's been new patches. So I think this will be ready to go public next week.

[ripe verge]

Damn

Pirate freighters

Look smexy

[glad kernel]

I removed the video sound, it's a bit noisy. After I get money from the pirate freighter. I think it is a new bug lol.

[snow stream]

Oh yeah that happened to me a few times, if you get the pirate freighter to surrender, don’t claim it or destroy it, and fly somewhere else in the same system it will keep giving you standing, nanites, and units

[indigo night]

Looks like the same bug from exp12 Phase2

[snow stream]

Warping to a new system stops it

[summer hearth]

i need some name ideas for the new pirate freighter

im thinking black sun

[crude sand]

Billy

[summer hearth]

a most vile and evil name indeed

the black fleet with the billy flagship will strike fear into the heart of its opponents

[crude sand]

Yesh

Only the most fearsome.

[mighty rampart]

Evil McEvilship

[uncut harness]

https://youtu.be/AoQWbCkIylc?si=PefevzNyDDnDJ0as

[summer hearth]

Nah, straight up bad ship

[latent ingot]

@granite blaze

[granite blaze]

damn

[latent ingot]

Yeah, they were just messed up with the destruction of Korvax Prime and won't let it happen again

The full text is good. Can see it on
https://www.nomansskyresources.com/story-and-lore

[heavy light]

Ω

[glad kernel]

Is there anyone who played experimental version get the 4 connected SC slots pirate freighter?

[crude sand]

It u Ω

[heavy light]

Yeah

Literally me

[eternal radish]

We are getting pirate freighters?

[heavy light]

Yep

[analog breach]

Freighter *

One

[eternal radish]

Damn. I just got a new freighter haha

Not so long ago.

Does that mean we can hijack the new pirate freighters after disabling them?

[heavy light]

Yes

[analog breach]

They will be claimable in some way

[heavy light]

You shoot them

Then they surrender

And you claim them

Or demand a tribute

[livid zinc]

Excited

[analog breach]

Is it a emoji tho?

[heavy light]

Close enough

[analog breach]

I Will wait with the hype until update trailer

[livid zinc]

I would say definitely

[long barn]

I couldn't find an omega emoji on my phone so I'm gonna guess that in lieu of an actual emoji that Sean went with the next best thing

♎️ I mean that's best I can get on my phone but it's not quite right I don't think

[heavy light]

Ω

Time to go prep my freighter for the update

[cursive bay]

This man is hilarious. 9 minute video about Sean posting one greek letter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IVjRnYUrEA

[sweet idol]

The atlas path has been updated?

[heavy light]

Like I said yesterday
This guy makes videos for YouTube not for the game

[cursive bay]

he has merch 💀

[hard stirrup]

Yeah, with this update the Atlas path ending will become infinite where you can show the Atlas "wonders"(aka discoveries) and repeat the ending where you birth a new star. I wonder if that will be helpful in some way like maybe if you show the Atlas a lush planet when you go through the black hole you end up in a system with a lush planet, etc.

[crude sand]

Oh god please not him

[late tusk]

the moment you said 9 minute video about. i knew exactly who lmao

[desert wagon]

Who exactly is this Leto character

They seem to fill the same role as Artemis in the main story

Wait where are my twitch drop ships?

Can you not access them in the experimental build?

[sour fossil]

First time seeing this name, where did you get it from

[desert wagon]

Experimental expedition

[gusty stream]

Huh....

[hard stirrup]

I think so, but they are the usual common junk you can find pretty much anywhere. Nothing really worth considering there.

[desert wagon]

They're free nanites/money

[hard stirrup]

Honestly units and nanites are so easy to make that it doesn't really matter.

[desert wagon]

Early game though they're a bit difficult to get

[hard stirrup]

I guess but since we can now transfer things to our expedition saves it's far less relevant. I can have my expedition have one of my main save ships and multitool and I put high value sell items in the stash too if I feel like I want my expedition character to have units to get going.

Though most expeditions in the past I did with basically nothing beyond what the expedition gave me...often finished them with fairly basic equipment and few upgrades.

[safe kiln]

Recent expeditions had the twitch drops be inaccessible for the duration of the expedition

Mostly I’d use them to get a better ship and multitool than the basic C-class ones you usually get

[gloomy isle]

I'm in two minds about this being a big content update or mostly an expedition

Either way the expedition looks great so I'm excited

Plus more Atlas lore= hype automatically

[ripe verge]

GYAT DAMN

[late tusk]

i got a C class that im stuck with till i get a better one

[gloomy isle]

They look fantastic

The bridge positioning makes it look like bases will have an amazing view too

[ripe verge]

Nite

If you transfer bases

Your old head will transfer

So currently I'm stuck with a yellow head

But it's barely noticeable

So doesn't matter

[hard stirrup]

I assume that when you say "the head" you mean the command bridge, where the control terminal and the pilot are?

[ripe verge]

yes

[ripe verge]

not end of the world

[hard stirrup]

Ah...the exterior piece too...I thought you meant just the interior. Good to know. Though here's hoping Hello Game will someday allow us to own more than one freighter. Even just two would be incredibly nice.

[ripe verge]

JESUS

[dense quartz]

Oh wow that looks so much better. Mine has a horrificaly bad color pattern.

[ripe verge]

You can change em

Where you change colours

I found full black and blue stripes

[dense quartz]

Not colors, pattern.
Mine is all over the place. I'll take a screenshot when I can.

[ripe verge]

Colors can changw

@dense quartz

My orignal colour is this

[ripe verge]

Kk

[dense quartz]

Woop. Very weird pattern.

[full meadow]

Lol, dreadnautilus

[ripe verge]

TERRARIA

[dense quartz]

So I have red, green, white, just so I can see where the possible colors get placed.
They're all over the place lol.

[full meadow]

That’s what I thought it was a reference to

[ripe verge]

Default colour

[dense quartz]

Once again, I'm talking about the pattern and placement of colors, not to colors themselves.

[ripe verge]

I'm asking what default colour looks like of yours

xD

Tho so hellogames instead of different size

They are going for patterns

Interesting

[spice gorge]

How many / which things does Expand the Base milestone want that has to be gotten from the anomaly beyond the baseparts you get earlier on?

[ripe verge]

I haven't started the expedition

But will be sure to tell when i do

I have exams so I'm not starting

[dense quartz]

Oohh, they're black by default, no? 🤔

[ripe verge]

But they currently get bugged at placing ceeling

[spice gorge]

Thanks - I'm going in now - will see

[ripe verge]

Coolest screenshot

[ripe verge]

Colour yes

Pattern no

Pattern colour*

Don't want to shit on ventator as that was my first capital freighter

BUT GYAT DAMN

PIRATE LOOKS SO BAD ASS

[dense quartz]

When looking at them from a planet's surface, they remind me of the potato bomb from Halo 2. 😄

[ripe verge]

The purple lights

Make it look badass

[sour fossil]

Maybe HG could set the customization on dreadnoughts so that the accent color affects the lights

So we are not stuck with red lights all over these

[ripe verge]

Could be but i doubt as capital freighter tower light doesn't change

Consistent blue and tower white

[late tusk]

god i am so happy we have pirate freighter

now i can be pirate queen

[ripe verge]

Lol

I just wanted BIG GUNS

I despise pirate

(even tho I'm black admiral somehow)

[summer hearth]

I just want an intimidating freighter

The resurgent and sentinel are nice but they are too flat

And nobody scared of no floppy ass freighter

[uncut harness]

I'm exited about this update even more now

[ripe verge]

IKR

It's like a pancake

[analog breach]

Would pay tones of nanites for freighter SC slot layout change

[ripe verge]

@summer hearth i mean comparison is here

Just look at this

[ripe verge]

In general or my horrendous one

Tho it's not that bad as I use two for expedition and two for hyperdrive

[summer hearth]

I mean the pirate freighter is slightly shorter than a resurgent

But it has GIRTH

[ripe verge]

Ik

[analog breach]

Both

[ripe verge]

I mean again

Mine is not THAT bad

I use em like this

[summer hearth]

Also pirate freighter is straight up built like a warship

[full meadow]

do all the guns on the pirate dreadnought actually fire

[ripe verge]

At the end it will be more.min maxing

[ripe verge]

Never took it to combat

[summer hearth]

From what ive heard the guns are static

Which is a bummer

[ripe verge]

We just don't know how to use em

[summer hearth]

When we took it from the pirates they burned the manual

And the how-to video

[ripe verge]

Lol

[full meadow]

aww

[summer hearth]

The pirate freighter is the only freighter in this game that doesnt look like itll split in half if you turn too hard

[gloomy isle]

I love that it looks both like a star destroyer and a galleon

[summer hearth]

it looks like a mix of a warship and a carrier for me

[gloomy isle]

Ah yeah I can see that too

I think those solar panels look like oars

[native carbon]

W- WHAT

pls tell me its not modded

[hardy ether]

ok but guys forget the pirate freighters and cool space station. if NMS is a simulation and the Atlas is the in-lore computer running the simulation, wouldn't all of our computers combined form a botnet that, in a way, is the Atlas

[heavy light]

Experimental

Likely to release in the next update

[hardy ether]

also dang if we're getting pirate freighters i might have to ditch my cool little system freighter to hunt down a pirate freighter

has the experimental branch shown us how they're acquired yet

or do you just like click a button and be done

[heavy light]

Yep

You fight it

It surrenders

[native carbon]

i need to get oneee 😭

[heavy light]

You board it

You claim it

[native carbon]

best update 10/10

[hardy ether]

so instead of blowing it to smithereens you take it over?

[heavy light]

Or blow it to smithereens anyways

[hardy ether]

very cool

[ripe verge]

its modded

Lol

Early game pet is so USEFULL

This GUY RUNS FAST AF WITH A LOT OF STAMINA

[heavy light]

No

It’s not modded lol

It’s called experimental branch

[ripe verge]

I was jokijg

It sarcasm

[ripe verge]

Bruh I'm playing that lol

My friends response lol

[spice gorge]

But they look horrifyingly distorted in the Wonder Projector.

[gloomy isle]

Wait what does it do to them lol

[summer hearth]

looks like a combine synth

[errant socket]

Can you change the color of the Exped reward jetpack

From omega

[ripe verge]

Yes

[past shuttle]

Hey guys! 🙂 anyone kind enough to give a quick tldr of what's on experimental? I'm playing on PS5 but really curious what's there

[mental socket]

• new expedition
• new atlas path lore
• ownable pirate freighters
• expedition terminal in space anomaly (with item transfer and other stuff)

[errant socket]

Oh bet thx

Does your catalogue save when starting an Exped in expiremental

[past shuttle]

Thank you!

[uncut harness]

So is the Experimental stuff all the things coming in the update or just some of it?

[gloomy isle]

We don't know yet

[long barn]

So how does that New exped terminal actually work

[livid zinc]

You noticed any variations... colours etc?

[livid zinc]

That's the big Q...

[long barn]

I'm inclined to think only some of it. My thinking is they did the beta to test the new expedition and more importantly the new terminal in the anomaly (which if untested could have broken many peoples saves) I also think they added the dreadnoughts as a bit of a hype generator because a lot of us wanted to own one and it got a lot of people talking and somewhat invested

Every chance when it does drop we may get more than what was shown

[tawdry quarry]

yeah. cant spoil everything unless they do closed testing

[long barn]

Exactly, if they put it all into the experimental, well, they may as well have launched it publicly if that was the case

[livid zinc]

Well we know the reason now why they had the pirate dreadnought at the end of the nms update video shown at the awards...

[late tusk]

i see those on every planet i swear. we need more variation

[timid mist]

yeah lots of the newer creature types dont quite have the same level of cool modifiers and parts. would be nice to see them expand on those at some point

[gloomy isle]

I think the same tbh. They added a full update in experimental once before but that was a pretty big addition and a surprise

I think it was living ships iirc

[viral geyser]

I am fairly certain this will be a gigantic update, likes of beyond

It's been ~5 months since our last update

We also did not get a end of year update like usual.

It's also the finally to the third part series Sean mentioned

[analog breach]

It will be big let down if not

[viral geyser]

I belive this is the "end" of no mans sky life

As in last big update

[analog breach]

I dont allow it

Need at least 16 expeditions

[late tusk]

most likley

the experimental was just to test out the new expedition stuff to see if it worked.

the MAJOR parts of it will be given to us next week most likley

[gloomy isle]

I honestly don't think it'll be massive

I'm kinda expecting an outlaws/ interceptor scale thingy

I'd love it to be bigger, and idm if it's smaller either tbh

[gloomy isle]

It's already confirmed not to be

[late tusk]

we are most definatly getting those space stations since the ship was shown inside of it.

[gloomy isle]

There's a good chance we are yeah

I just don't want to have my heart set on it yknow

[late tusk]

thats why im keeping expectations low but to be fair

why would sean show off those space stations if they werent coming in the beggining of 2024

[gloomy isle]

Very true

My main wonder really is if stations will have new gameplay associated with them

We've seen the new vendor/ sign

[subtle gorge]

Beyond took like, a year behind the scenes

[subtle gorge]

We haven't gotten an end of year update that isn't an expedition refresh since like.. 2020? The games update cycles usually end with the big updates of that year before ramping back up early next year.

[livid zinc]

Ω Is also the symbol for ohms (electrical resistance)...

[gloomy isle]

Resistance is pretty fitting thematically ngl

[subtle gorge]

If it was I think we'd be waiting until summer

[livid zinc]

Did someone say before that Shaun Murray was involved in one of the wipeout games?

[subtle gorge]

I expect like, at most something on the level of Sentinel at least something like Fractal where it's just tightening up stuff from the prior update and adding QOL

From what people have found content wise it just fleshing out Echoes isn't unrealistic

[subtle gorge]

Iirc he worked on Burnout not Wipeout

[mental socket]

Yee. Burnout

[livid zinc]

The interior of the dreadnought, is anything different noticed apart from the obvious red lighting and the drapes hanging?

[civic badge]

kinda doubt it, there is a new kiosk in the trailer likely meaning new mechanics that would need testing before hitting the main branch

[clear citrus]

anyone else not able to progress the to infinity milestone
ive asked polo for coordinates and i have the two missions that prompt me to go into the galaxy map to see the location of the blackhole but it just doesnt show up

[compact coyote]

Any theories on the omega update? Feels like a big update is coming

And more story

[civic badge]

I didn't ask Polo, I just jumped through the one of many in close proximity to the atlas/meet ups. But I've only done it once and it was in the first patch

I'm still seeing a lot of black holes in general, try looking a bit further out

[hardy ether]

I'm excited if story's gonna be involved

I want more story like from trace of metal and autophages

[compact coyote]

“Alpha through omega” the seventeenth

[twin oracle]

i can guarentee you that it is a long time away. Hello Games isnt a large game studio, and with the fail of Starfield, a ton new players came to the game. They also do not have many successful games other than NMS if they stop updating this game they risk going under. and because it is space themed, there is so much stuff that they could do. (just some stuff that would fit perfectly in the game) ocean update, fully custom freighters, starships, exocrafts, industry, player built governments, wars, player made economies, revamp multitools, full custom multi tool, more purpose for bases, more alien races, more advanced bases, spacebuildings, megastructures, increase building limits, more biomes in single worlds, more plants, splicing plants to make better plants, more plants, better agriculture, more trade items(like stasis devices), economic alterations for systems, settlement expansion. these are all stuff that are ranging from small to large updates that could be added to the game and would improve the game and would make the community happy as hell and bring in sales.

[viral geyser]

It's been 6 months since the last update.

That's 2 months less then the beyond update

[twin oracle]

expect it soon

[viral geyser]

I mean that in the sense I feel it's going to be a bigger update

[carmine jolt]

never thought of expeditions like that, i would be happy with a 16 expedition signoff as well

[uncut harness]

Wipeout omega collection kinda features the new ship 🥲

[uncut harness]

Gas giants would also be cool

https://youtu.be/AoQWbCkIylc?si=PefevzNyDDnDJ0as

[uncut harness]

I'm very excited about this can't wait

Also turns out that the ship we all saw in the trailer is a expedition ship So far

But they may change it

[compact coyote]

I’m super excited too

This looks like way more than just an expedition for sure

[runic mesa]

The Atlas pieces alone are making me excited..

[late tusk]

sameee

[viral geyser]

Ahem-

[crude sand]

Tripple

[ripe verge]

Only pattern and pattern colour variation

All come in black

[viral geyser]

Y'all seen this? A leaker posted it on Twitter

Yeah

I think that's the title card for the update

[summer hearth]

when is the update coming

[dire drum]

Don’t say that

[summer hearth]

aight

[dire drum]

No, I was mainly joking

It’s just a weird thing to say

[summer hearth]

im not taking any chances

[dire drum]

Yeah, good idea

[summer hearth]

all the servers i been in mods have absolutely no chill

[compact coyote]

That real?

[ripe verge]

Totally not

Real

[compact coyote]

also guys. you remember those autophages that said "Alpha through Omega..." "...seventeen...?"

This might be a hint

[crude sand]

The fact that we are getting them as ownable freighters is, but I wouldn’t take that “leak” of a title card to mean anything until the update come out

[compact coyote]

Yeah im excited for whatever this update comes with

[summer hearth]

i mean they are also teased in the 2024 teaser at the end

you can see a pirate freighter with a bridge

[crude sand]

Hence my confirmation that they will likely be in this update.

What I mean is, the title card might not be the actual one used.

[gloomy isle]

The fact that's in the trailer as well as the station is what makes me think they'll probably be in this update too

Along with the Atlantid thingy

[summer hearth]

i just wish you could change the glow color on them

the red on black looks cool but it doesnt fit with every color scheme

[ember heart]

did you guys see the ||pirate freightrs you can own||?

this update it gonna be so cool

[ember heart]

yeah that

theyre adding so much neat content

[ripe verge]

@ember heart first I was like

I don't need a pirate freighter

My ventator got it

[ember heart]

Chippy sent me these

[ripe verge]

Then I was like

I NEED IT

[ember heart]

now I need one

YES

I'm so exited

:D

[ripe verge]

Interesting mine changed back to blue

[ember heart]

strange

[ripe verge]

Blue lights

After reload

[ember heart]

maybe theres still some bugs to squash

[ripe verge]

Once it was chill

[glad kernel]

Hope someone find a better one.

[compact coyote]

i love it but i hope the interiors can be a little different. I know theres different colors though

[summer hearth]

venator dont have BIG GUNS

[ember heart]

people are already hunting them?

wow

[ripe verge]

If you transfer your freighter base your old bridge colour from your prev freighter will transfer

[ember heart]

ah

they need to patch that :/

[ripe verge]

Mine is absolutely dog

[crude sand]

Definitely a cute little bug to report

[ripe verge]

But it doesn't matter since i use two for hyperdrive and two expedition thing

[crude sand]

Make sure to do that

[ember heart]

Hi Chippy

[ripe verge]

Idk how to

[ember heart]

you changed your nickname

[crude sand]

!hg

[cloud jolt]

You can submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[crude sand]

Report issues here

[ember heart]

wait you named yourself AltF4? 🤣

[crude sand]

Hi hi how is?

[ember heart]

im-a tired 🥱

[glad kernel]

It took me a little time. I don't know if anyone else hunt it.

[ember heart]

ah

[crude sand]

Oh go bed

[ember heart]

no >:)

[crude sand]

Typical cat, always fighting me

[ember heart]

cat do sleep a lot tho

[crude sand]

Ya unless I want my cat to, I’m out and about doing stuff, he sleeping, I’m sleeping he playing

Grrrr

[ember heart]

yeah it's always like that

anyway what if someone comes over to your pirate dreadnought and destroys the batteries

there are still the trenches and stuff

[crude sand]

Curious, wonder if it would just act the same as normal freighters and their cargo pods where you can’t destroy em

[ember heart]

maybe

wait you can't destroy cargo pods?

[crude sand]

Not on your own freighter

[ember heart]

:(

[crude sand]

Other NPC ones you can

[ember heart]

I always wanted to try but was scared to lol

[crude sand]

Ya unrelated but when HG introduced destroyable freighters you could destroy your freighter, however that cause lag then crash unless you reloaded before you destroyed the freighter

Broke some saves until it got fixed

[ripe verge]

@crude sand done

[crude sand]

Nasty bug

[ripe verge]

I said it makes the game unplayable

In one of the thing it said

[ember heart]

done what?

[ripe verge]

Shared two screenshots

[crude sand]

Sweet they should be looking at experimental reports with a keen eye hopefully they tag it

[ember heart]

where?

[crude sand]

Just to the report

[ember heart]

ah ok

i remember now :)

[crude sand]

I’ve been looking over some saves to see what ship and multitool to replace

Ugh so difficult but I now have found a ship to replace

One of my balls

I do not need 2, even tho I would like to have 2

[ember heart]

uh

wut

why are there balls in the ground?

[crude sand]

Because I placed my balls on the ground

[ember heart]

are they explorer cockpits?

[crude sand]

These are save edited, Explorer Cockpit

[ember heart]

ah

do they fly?

[crude sand]

But yeh I don’t need two, just don’t know which one to replace

[crude sand]

Oh yeh

[ember heart]

is it funny?

🤣

it's hilarious

[crude sand]

It’s very funny I just don’t know which one to replace

[ember heart]

are they identical?

[crude sand]

Sorta, the first one has worse SC slots

[ember heart]

ah

replace that one then

[crude sand]

But I like the first one more in terms of colours

[ember heart]

ah

they look the same to me :/

[crude sand]

Ya 1st has a slightly blue tinge with orange, second more grey with yellow

[ember heart]

ah

yeah keep the first one if you like it more

[crude sand]

Ya first one is more likely to stay

[ember heart]

my brain isnt braining 😵‍💫

[crude sand]

Will just hurt like a bitch replacing it

[ember heart]

anything else you don't like all that much?

[crude sand]

Probably a casual random interceptor but I do like how they look, I will need to look through em all and see what one

So far only these balls because they are essentially duplicates

[ember heart]

I hope they add more ship slots soon :|

[crude sand]

I hope so aswell

Kinda why I don’t wanna replace until after the update

[ember heart]

Iteration:AHXA-8V14-T8AFC also really wanted more slots :/

replacing ships sucks

[crude sand]

lol yeh and more ship slots will mean I can finally complete the autophage questline

[crude sand]

Ya I do hope so, just 3 more and I promise to never ask again lol

[ember heart]

hmmmmm

similar style

HMMMM

[crude sand]

HMMMM!!!!

[ember heart]

nah we need 8 more

even 20

[crude sand]

Gimme 100 and we will call it a day

[crude sand]

That is curious, especially considering there are those race flags I told you about earlier

[ember heart]

yep

im seeing some heavy inspiration here

[crude sand]

lol or a crossover

[ember heart]

that too

[crude sand]

I mean a bit of a step down from mass effect but anyway

[ember heart]

maybe Sean was just really into wipeout lately :)

[crude sand]

lol maybe, he’s been playing some racing games

[ember heart]

[ripe verge]

I got deez

[ripe verge]

DEEZ NUTZ

[ember heart]

DEEZ NU-

oh

anyway im off to bed now

[crude sand]

Balls, kinda gave me a thought that I could put my ball ships in your ships balls and with one press of a button my balls would deploy

[ripe verge]

Lol

[crude sand]

Goodnight kitty cat talks soon

[ripe verge]

@crude sand what do you think

Is it worth to go for SC on freighters

These are my current two

Two for hyperdrive and two for expedition upgrade thingy

Current stats

[crude sand]

Nah I personally don’t, I hardly use my freighter for warping and when I do 5000+ is more than enough

[ripe verge]

Okie then

This sold me

IT LOOKS SO COOL

@crude sand if the bug is fixed will my freighters bridge return to orignal colour or no?

[crude sand]

Freighter would need to have more tech like weapons you could install or something to increase say storage or shield (if they could get into actual combat) for me to even think about caring for SC placement

[ripe verge]

Or will stay as my old one

[crude sand]

It should do, most visual stuff like this when fixed it will fix for both past and to come

[ripe verge]

My original colour of freighter looks like this

[crude sand]

You never know it could be an issue they are fixing in the full release

[ripe verge]

Has this type of bugged happened before?

Also do pirate freighter count as capital freighters tho?

[crude sand]

There was a bug that changed player’s freighter design entirely, once fixed freighters reverted to how they should look

That’s an example with freighters

[ripe verge]

Wait the entire colour changed right

Like if you had red it turned to green

Or like the entire look like the parts of it

[crude sand]

Can’t remember if it was the colour or design, or may there was 2 occasions where both happend

Regardless I wouldn’t worry, they will likely fix the issue so that it reverts that back to original

[runic mesa]

My kingdom for more MT slots...

[ripe verge]

most useful mount

[crude sand]

lol

[ripe verge]

THIS

EXPEDITION IS PISS EZ NOW

its fazjover

[cloud plume]

Terraria type name

[ripe verge]

im

just

a

big

fan

[dense quartz]

"Support for NMS is ending!!!!"

[crude sand]

lol are people really saying this is the last update?

[dense quartz]

Yes.. I see it everywhere lol.

[crude sand]

lol that’s fucken hilarious

[dense quartz]

It's such an automatic assumption for some reason.
Like I usually poke friends who don't even play NMS, they see the emoji and they go "Oh it's coming to an end."

[crude sand]

Ugh they are probably thinking Omega = end, technically it does in Greek, but yeh as you pointed out, last part of their story arc they are doing.

[ripe verge]

Bro if nms stops updating

[dense quartz]

Yeah. You'd think it'd be obvious for anyone who is actively following the game but I haven't seen anyone make the connection yet.
If omega = end, then it's regarding the evolving story they started last year.

[ripe verge]

You may as well kiss goodbye to development of light no fire

Cuz currently no man's sky is funding there game

(GLAD THERES NO TRANSACTION IN DIS GAME)

[crude sand]

It’s such a knee jerk reaction, thinking oh just because a new game is coming they will stop development, when literally everything debunks that thinking.

You also have some content creators that like to speculate, then you have people that simply do not listen and just assume, once they do that they talk about it as if it’s gospel

[dense quartz]

I think I know who you're thinking of.

[crude sand]

Professor dip shit is one of them, but there are always more

[dense quartz]

XD

[crude sand]

lol anyway

This update already looks cool from the stuff we have seen, seems like a good start to 2024 for NMS

[dense quartz]

Definitely better than whatever the start to 2023 was.

Only really cool think about Fractal was the introduction of the wonders feature.

[crude sand]

lol definitely, expeditions in 2023, a bit bleh but anyway, this one on the surface looks good, more thought put in

I didn’t mind some of the updates last year tho, some really good content

[dense quartz]

I wonder if 2024 will top last year with how exciting HG's plans will be.
I still say 2022 was the biggest year for NMS, every update was incredible, and Endurance is still my favorite update so far.

[crude sand]

Mmm now that’s a good question, in terms of expeditions personally I think 12 already tops 9, 10 and 11 but will wait until I get to do it

[dense quartz]

11 was miserable for me lol. In generals expeditions aren't my thing but damn.. 11 just has straight up bad design. Having to hit goals that are purely RNG based..

[crude sand]

I never want to remember 11

I absolutely hated it

To the point I tried not to do it but caved and did it on the last day

I am not a fan of expeditions like that but I understand that HG will conduct more

Can’t always appeal to the masses, I know there are players that liked 11

[crude sand]

LOL!!!!

[dense quartz]

Guys I'm downloading the update right now.
||I didn't just opt out of experimental, nah.||

Yeah agreed.

[zinc bluff]

Omega emoji is obviously referencing Omega 3 Fatty Acids, which is contained in fish and seafood. This update is clearly centered around a fishing mechanic that the community has been begging for for years.

[dense quartz]

Finally the game will come out of early access and be considered finished with that feature.
Can't have a game without fishing.

NMS went through a meh period where almost every update added something new, shallow and pointless. Like HG had no freaking clue what they wanted to do with the game.
Then 2022 happened.. and their priorities were flipped around where now every update is focused on overhauling and expanding existing content.

Combat, pirates, freighters, inventory.. all of that is so much better now.

You stood in place, a sentinel would stand in place, you two would exchange fire until the sentinel died. That was basically it.
No multiple drone enemies, no shields, no multiple weapons for sentinels, couldn't shut them down, no sentinel pillar..

As for freighters, you couldn't teleport to them, couldn't teleport to frigates, there were no living frigates, no NPCs on your freighter and base building on the freighter was so underwhelming.

[hard stirrup]

You'd be surprised how many people are incapable of complex thought and can't consider context no matter how obvious.

[dense quartz]

My main issue with combat is that everything is being held back by the player's weird jogging speed.
You can run comfortably or dash around, you can't even jump without your multitool being holstered when you hit the ground for whatever reason etc..

The Atlas Path got a bit updated in the experimental branch, I dunno if there's more to come in the full update tho.

But yeah, the Autophage stuff feels like "season 2, episode 1"
Whereas the Artemis story feels like a whole first season. 😄

Like with the Artemis stuff, nothing really happens other than introduce the universe to us, but the Autophage stuff is where stuff starts changing.

Yeah.

I actually wonder who is writing the new story.. because I think HG hired a writer for the Artemis story, right?
It's pretty cool how they're now making it like it was told by an unreliable narrator.

[hard stirrup]

Well Omega seems to be the end of the 4 part story that Echoes was part of, unless HG decided to expand upon it and make it longer than 4 parts but if that was the case this would probably not be called Omega. So I guess we'll see what this update adds beyond the expedition, but for sure there was an indication that the story of the void mother was just getting started. Maybe the expedition focuses on the Atlas and maybe add a story in this update that is more about the void mother?

Possibly, but they did say that the experimental was just "a version" of the expedition, indicating the public release would change in meaningful ways.

It would certainly be weird to have the conclusion to the story inaccessible after the expedition ends. But people were speculating that with the way expeditions can now tie more directly into our main saves that HG would make expeditions available on a more permanent basis. I guess time will tell. But my guess is that the void mother story continuation/conclusion would be in the main update outside of the expedition itself. It's probable that much of the update itself was not part of the experimental.

[dense quartz]

All I know is that I want those overhauled space stations more than anything..

[hard stirrup]

Speaking of, I wonder if they will have new features when they arrive. I would imagine so but it might also just be all the same stuff as now but in a more spacious layout so some of the larger ship models no longer clip into the stairs and overhangs at the sides.

[carmine jolt]

Based off the fact that we just got an emoji from the Sir Sean Murray himself, what time do you reckon for an update drop?

[dense quartz]

The layout has been moved so that ships can't clip onto anything anymore, thank god. No more railings beside landing pads, and there's 3 runways now instead of 4.
Also, it looks like ships now float towards the center of the tunnel when taking off instead of just flying from the runway they were on.

[hard stirrup]

Wednesday around noon GMT.

[dense quartz]

Yeh probably. Or sometimes Thursday.

[carmine jolt]

Yippee

And then of course a few hours later for Xbox and Playstation, and the poor switch users should expect an update sometime in the next century

[hard stirrup]

Noon GMT is the typical PlayStation update time for NMS. Not all the time but the vast majority of the time. Probably around 9/10 NMS updates launched around then on PSN...whether Steam or PSN got something first has been around 50/50 with Xbox consistently late.

[ripe verge]

is ||pirate freighter and experimental stuff|| still spoiler

One confirmation

Pirate freighters WILL COME WITH NEXT UPDATE

(I mean there's no chance for it to be removed)

[rustic haven]

How many days left on experimental expedition?

[ripe verge]

2

But this expedition is easy

Can be done in 6 hours

[rustic haven]

Plenty of chance to be removed

[ripe verge]

I'm just going for atlas head and jetpack

[ripe verge]

Nope

[rustic haven]

I'm asking to try and Guage next update release date timing

[ripe verge]

I will bet you on that

[sour fossil]

Everything is a spoiler until it gets mentioned in official patch notes

[rustic haven]

So likely not in the next two days

[rustic haven]

And? What of the flamethrower that exists in files that never was put on live

It's existence doesn't imply it's going to be included

It could just as easily not be ready. Especially with some glitches experimental have faced

[ripe verge]

Good point

Goooood point

Ima ask him

See I only started playing for a year

[sour fossil]

They are totally wrong

[rustic haven]

Only way it will ever be confirmed is if it is in trailer or goes on live

[ripe verge]

Trueeeeeeeee

[ripe verge]

Will tell em that

[sour fossil]

For a short period of time multiple player freighters were possible in live version of the game

HG pulled it out after a couple days cause it caused issues in Multiplayer

[ripe verge]

See

That's why I like to confirm here

[sour fossil]

Just becase something exists in the game files, does not mean it will come to the next update

[ripe verge]

Wait so what will happen to my current freighter?

If it doesn't get added

[rustic haven]

Well if your in experimental I guess it will be removed

[ripe verge]

And what about my older freighter

[rustic haven]

Or converted to another freighter

[rustic haven]

If you sold it is gone I assume

[ripe verge]

That would be better

[rustic haven]

Unless you backed up the save

[ripe verge]

All I care about is the upgradez

[hard stirrup]

Yeah but each player could not own more than one. Now we can dismiss our freighter so I'm hoping that pave the way for us to be able to own more than one...even just 2 would be a great thing. I don't care if I can only have one spawned at a time...that's fine.

[ripe verge]

So best to pull out upgrades before hand

[rustic haven]

Well then take em out before the update, or switch off experimental

[ripe verge]

Also @rustic haven he says flamethrower was removed due to his pc consumption

[rustic haven]

Ok and?

[ripe verge]

Yeah yeah I will take em out there's two days left

[rustic haven]

It was removed

[ripe verge]

Just wanted to tell yoh

I DIDNT PLAY AT THAT TIME

[rustic haven]

Me neither lol

[civic badge]

Does the pirate freight function the same as any other? If so it's likely to make it if not only as a new capital freighter look

[ripe verge]

Yes

New capital freighter look

[rustic haven]

Sorry not trying to come off as annoying even though I am

[hard stirrup]

I think it's the same functionally and has the same stat bonuses.

[sour fossil]

Removed due to what again?

[ripe verge]

Lol

I will miss you dreadnautilus if you don't get added

[civic badge]

Seems like they could just convert it to a existing one so you don't lose it all together then

[rustic haven]

For now, I hope they possibly modify it from the basic freighter stats

[hard stirrup]

Would be nice to have it distinguished somehow...like higher fleet coordination bonus but lower hyperdrive or something. But I think that would be more relevant if we could own more than one.

[civic badge]

Some unique pirate themed missions would be cool

[ripe verge]

Maybe

[rustic haven]

I'm kinda hoping for a pirate update part 2

[ripe verge]

Ability to raid

Freighters

Or freighter to freighter combat

[snow stream]

While it's entirely true that HG can do whatever they want and add and remove things as they please, don't you think it's a bit odd they have had several patches to this experimental test, and not removed the ability to claim pirate freighters, if that was something they intended to do

[sour fossil]

Language files hint at || more smaller missions given out by NPCs on planets / structures, one for fighting against pirate raids ||

[rustic haven]

No, I think they are developing it to go on live

[civic badge]

well they have patched them inbetween

I think there was an issue with the interior in the first patch

[rustic haven]

I mean they wouldn't develop it for nothing, everything developed is intended to go on live, but not everything makes it, and especially doesn't guarantee when it will arrive

[hard stirrup]

Oh I think they fully intend to make pirate freighters ownable and will most likely be part of this updated...if they delay it, it will be because they need more time to fix bugs but this is 100% coming.

[rustic haven]

It's likely to come this update. But there are no guarantees, and anyone who tells you otherwise (that isn't the team) is lying or just believes.

[snow stream]

yeah, like it's definitely coming at some point, but unless there was a catastrophic bug with them, it would be so weird for them to have it here from the start of this little test, and not remove it if there was a problem or they werent ready
HG knows better than to let people get excited for something if it's not coming, if it wasnt coming this update i am very, very confident they'd have removed it already

because now people are expecting it to come with this update, and what a nightmare it would be if they didnt

[rustic haven]

It's on experimental, an environment specifically ment to test things. There is no reason to be confident it's coming at all other than they are working on it.

[rustic haven]

Then they are fools to expect anything that is still in development

I once again refer back to flamethrowers

As my main example

[civic badge]

There was no mention of Pirate freighter in the patch notes, the experimental branch was primarly there to test the omega expedition, someone just fell on top of a frieghter and they happened to develope it a little

[rustic haven]

Patch notes leaked?

[civic badge]

I'm just saying, don't expect it this patch

https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/4202490424034312607/?ctp=10 (HG mentions what they have changed in the patch at the top, imo this is saying what they are focused on) Pirate Freighter was never mentioned

[rustic haven]

That's just experimental discussion

[snow stream]

i dont disagree that people should temper expectations more, but unfortunately that's not the reality we live in, and if any company knows this boy fucking howdy is it hello games
like with the flamethrower, i think they removed that pretty quickly after realizing oh whoopsie this isnt supposed to be here, id figure they'd just have removed the ability to own pirate freighters by now since they've pushed several experimental patches for this little test of theirs
that's what id do, if i was in that kind of position

[hard stirrup]

The experimetnal was only for the expedition. But there will almost certainly be a proper update alongside the expedition. The pirate freighters are 99.999% likely going to be ownable once this goes public. They're not removing this.

[civic badge]

I agree, just reminding people of the facts is all

[rustic haven]

Yes, if there where issues that are known and can be fixed quickly, however bugs tend to pop up unexpectedly

[snow stream]

which is also true

[rustic haven]

You can't guarantee anything, you can say it's being developed, but there is no promise of time frame

[snow stream]

im personally well aware that anything can change at any time with any warning, that's how game development goes, but at the same time it still would seem like such a weird decision to leave it in if it wasnt ready/there was currently a bug
but if a new bug appeared after the launch, then yeah i could see them taking it away

[rustic haven]

How is it a weird decision to leave an experimental thing in the experimental server

If it's not ready for live they won't put it in live

[snow stream]

i think it would be weird just based on their previous patterns of how they use the experimental build, less of a place for testing new features, and more to make sure there's no bugs for fixes, or in this case no bugs that break saves, before doing an official launch

[rustic haven]

It has already had multiple bugs showing at the moment it was in experimental it wasn't ready that testing rooted out

[rustic haven]

Ok, but that guarantees nothing, if it's almost ready that means it isn't ready. Like I'm confused how it's weird to test things in a test environment

[hard stirrup]

Realistically they are basically finished and working though...the bugs that remain like the freighter firing into nothing once you own it until you move it and the glitch with infinite rewards once you choose reward over ownership are most likely easy fixes. We haven't seen anything that is catastrophically wrong/broken with them in experimental. It would be nice if we could transfer base without the bridge changing but in general they are basically fine for release.

[rustic haven]

Once again, I'm not arguing it isn't ready, I'm saying people who guarantees its coming are wrong because they can't be 100%, that's not to say they can't be relatively positive, but statistically they can't guarantee

I honestly don't even know what we are discussing at this point anymore, it feels like I'm going in loops or I'm not making it clear what I mean. I think I'm just going to head to bed. Yall have a good night

[civic badge]

Relatable XD Take it easy!

So, just out of curiosity, what is wrong with the freighter atm? I read about the interior colours if you copy your existing setup. Is there more? I've been avoiding getting one in case they are pulled, but I feel kinda bad for not testing out/experiencing the unique acquisition

[snow stream]

Yeah sorry if it felt like I wasn't understanding or outright ignoring your point, I totally get what you mean and you're right, none of us are hello games and none of us know what they're planning, all my comments are just my own feelings and opinions based of what ive seen from HG and NMS over the past several years and the patterns that I've seen

[snow stream]

the only bug ive experienced is if you get them to surrender, and dont destroy them, and fly somewhere else in the system, it will repeatedly give you the reward from making them surrender

i have more nanites than i know what to do with now

[civic badge]

simular to if you turn down the free freighter?

[hard stirrup]

If you choose reward over claiming the freighter it runs into the same glitch as the formerly broken milestone in phase 2 of the expedition and you get infinite rewards until you leave the system, and if you claim it as your own it keeps firing its weapons into empty space until you move it.

[civic badge]

spicy

[rustic haven]

No worries lol, it's like 4:30am and my sleep schedule is a disaster so I'm just tired, didn't mean or want to really argue anyway. Your right that they put it there so it's likely coming. We where mainly discussing a dude who said it was guaranteed earlier so that's what I was referring to mainly. Like I'm 95% positive it's coming as well.

[dense quartz]

As exciting and likely it is that pirate freighter owning and atlas path stuff is getting added in this next update.. I hate to admit that I worry the overhauled space stations might not show up in this update.. and that's the thing I want more than anything.

[snow stream]

I feel like they will be, I feel like the stations are one of the big headline features and they didn't want to spoil those

[long barn]

Can't say that it won't be added, this beta may not have shown the whole update but rather just testing that expedition route via anomaly

[vestal barn]

🥰 it's beautiful

[snow stream]

yeah, i feel like the focus of this was just make sure saves dont break, sprinkle in a few other things that are coming as a fun surprise

and hide the rest

[dense quartz]

I guess, though it's odd how all these things are in the game's code but not the space stations. Even though they were in the code during Fractal. 🤔

[long barn]

Less code means they can focus on the bit they wanted to test

[snow stream]

i think the thing with that is, back then, they were testing those, but now they're likely going to outright replace them

[long barn]

Beta is but only a snippet of the game isn't it

[snow stream]

so why have them listed as station b when they're going to be THE station now

[dense quartz]

Yeah I never understood why they were called "type b" as if we'd somehow have both and not have them replaced?

[snow stream]

was probably either just for internal testing, or for them to let us find them

[dense quartz]

Though honestly.. I'm kinda hoping abandoned space stations still stay the same.
Or have like 50% of them be the new ones and the other half the current ones.

[snow stream]

yeah, ive been wondering what they're gonna do with abandoned and pirate stations

[sour fossil]

Dont look at the internal naming of stuff

[snow stream]

id love for abandoned ones to stay like the super classic look, and pirates to get their own new look

[dense quartz]

Yeah same.

[sour fossil]

Folks at HG call variables / components like they want

[desert wagon]

How in the hell am I supposed to find an underwater freighter

[long barn]

Nautilus

[snow stream]

call the new style Space Staseans

[desert wagon]

No other way? I'm not the biggest fan of the nautilus

[ashen mist]

hey guys, what are your predictions about the upcoming patch? I've not seen any video or read about it yet

[desert wagon]

There's a new expedition

[ashen mist]

but not announced yet?

[desert wagon]

Not yet but it's in the experimental patch

I'm playing it right now

[ashen mist]

ooooh very cool, how is it?

[desert wagon]

Decent

[ashen mist]

what's it about?

[desert wagon]

Seems to be similar to the first expedition

[long barn]

There might be maps to em but if I recall the nautilus scanner should be able to locate one?

[desert wagon]

Thing is I may have accidentally deleted the nautilus the expedition gives

[civic badge]

The guide follows this path and how to build the scanner

[civic badge]

Yes but it also gave you the plans to make it (Yes I know it's a pain) other than that you can hope someone marked one

[dense quartz]

I'm surprised almost no youtubers made the usual 10 minute video talking about the emoji.

[heavy light]

Cynical made a nine minute video saying the game is dead after Sean posted Ω

[dense quartz]

🤦

If only NMS didn't die twice a year.

[civic badge]

I worry for the people "liking" videos simular to this

[heavy light]

Everyone who says game is dead doesn’t realize HG have different teams and that Ω probably means the end of this 4 part arc

Tbh I find LNF more appealing than NMS

[dense quartz]

I dunno anything about LNF. I only saw one trailer of it.

[heavy light]

That’s the only thing anyone onows

[dense quartz]

I do wonder why people are trying to group LNF with NMS so badly.
As if they share the same universe, lore, gameplay, general appeal and community...

[heavy light]

They’re made by the same studio

What do people expect

I think LNF will bring in a lot of fantasy fans, and probably keep a lot of NMS fans in it too

[civic badge]

I genuinely hope NMS gets continued support for years to come. I'm excited for LNF but sci-fi appeals to me more than fantasy

[heavy light]

They’ve got different teams working on the games

And LNF has been in development for the past few years already

EVE is a mix of Loading screen sim and MMORPG if you’re lucky

[snow stream]

i do think that LMF and NMS are connected but in a development way
It's pretty obvious they're both running off the same engine, which really isn't a surprise, but I think they might then be able to let development on each game intermingle
staves in NMS feel like "hey these are cool in LNF, what if we had space staves in NMS", as an example of what i mean
Obviously this is extremely just speculation on my part, but I can definitely see them taking ideas from one and moving them to the other

[dense quartz]

I'm so done with cinematic universes type of stuff..

Just let LNF be it's own thing lol.

[snow stream]

i would be cool with it if they have a cool twist on it or something
but honestly im pretty confident they're separate things, and there might be like, little nods to NMS

like the little gek with a helmet on the new ship being joe dangers helmet

that's a fun little nod to their previous game

[civic badge]

LNF maybe Nada's world! Artemis has become an arch-super villain traveller and has enslaved the Vy'keen, turning them into bunny creatures

[full peak]

when is the new expedition?

[sour fossil]

We don't know, HG does not announce stuff in advance

We estimate during next week, that's when the "preview" of the expedition is supposed to end

[hard stirrup]

Most likely Wednesday the 14th. The experimental test ends Tuesday and Sean is already teasing the launch of the update so almost certainly Wednesday.

[ruby mango]

hey hope im right an my question will be removed

Can someone tell me when i can get the pirate Cargo? When i trie it the Cargo exploded

[sour fossil]

If you mean owning a pirate freighter, that is currently only available for PC experimental branch players

It should come to all players once the update gets released on all platforms

When that happens - only HG knows, we can only guess

[desert wagon]

Where's the last rendezvous point for the experimental expedition, does anyone know?

[sour fossil]

See pinned messages

[desert wagon]

Done the expedition 🙂

[late tusk]

i cant stand cynical

[late tusk]

the issue is really that we only have like the same 3-4 people that do NMS videos. and one of those 4 clickbaits

[cursive bay]

after reloading, my interior is back to normal blue. not pirate red

[livid zinc]

I wonder how the Nintendo Switch will cope when the new space stations arrive...

[cursive bay]

is there a way to change it back?

[hard stirrup]

Did you transfer your base from your previous freighter? That's what causes it I believe.

[hard stirrup]

Probably badly. The Switch version of the game was borderline unplayable, then HG improved it and made it somewhat tolerable but as they add stuff it will probably go back to wrecked.

[cursive bay]

yeah. resetting doesnt help.

[hard stirrup]

Yeah, because importing base moves the entire command bridge from the old freighter to the new one, including the outside model of it but resetting only deletes what you built. It does not restore to the original command center. You'll need to find a new pirate freighter.

[cursive bay]

bye bye my S class 😦

[gloomy isle]

Does the red lighting carry over into the freighter base or just the bridge and hangar?

[past shuttle]

They usually drop updates on wednesday/thursday right?

[dense quartz]

Yep.

[past shuttle]

Trying to stop myself from hoping it drops tomorrow haha

[dense quartz]

We still have a few days. 😄

I believe the test expedition lasts for 2 more days.

[past shuttle]

Ahh i see! So likely weds then! 🙂

Something to look forward to

[cursive bay]

no. lights are still blue in your base

[primal oasis]

FINALLY captured the pirate dreadnought, is this still gonna be a things in normal game update after exditions?

[cursive bay]

i found a new one. didnt import my base, but after reloading lights we turned blue. hope, that some save editors will have a function to change the interior design

[hard stirrup]

That's got to be a bug then. Definitely report to Hello Games...hopefully they can fix this soon.

[cursive bay]

how 2 report properly?

[sour fossil]

!hg

[cloud jolt]

You can submit bug reports, suggestions or feedback to Hello Games here: https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[cursive bay]

thx

[sour fossil]

We assume so, also I don't think owning a pirate freighter will be exclusive to expedition save

[primal oasis]

… I’m sorry what? Are you saying I’m gonna lose it?

[hard stirrup]

https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[sour fossil]

No, where did I say something like that

[cursive bay]

uhh. what a bummer, i live in russia and cant access zendesk rn. Can someone report this?

[primal oasis]

Oh you say something like not gonna be saved in game after it’s finished

[sour fossil]

Im just noting that that feature should not be exclusive to expedition like you mentioned

Since pirate dreadnoughts can spawn in any game mode (assuming options of space combat are set correctly)

[livid zinc]

To much of a coincidence that they had the dreadnought at the end of nms 2024 announcement video they had in the award show that had the new ship & station in.

[open frigate]

Hey random question: is there any story beats to follow after completing the artemis and atlas paths?

[sour fossil]

The Echoes quests about the new race

!faq-echoes

[cloud jolt]

to view, enable Link Preview

❔ **Stuck starting the Echoes content?**

Make sure the steps below are completed.

⚠️ Use #bot-spam for FAQ commands below & check #nms-questions for the latest details about the update.

1. Finish the Artemis Path (main story). Run !Faq-ArtemisPath in #bot-spam.
2. Lift the Seal from a Harmonic Camp. Run !Faq-Interceptor in #bot-spam.
3. Warp to any system -- if that triggers a freighter battle, you must warp again.

❗ This information has been verified as of <t:1694212090:D> (after Update 4.44) & is subject to change.

With update 4.44, completion of the mission, A Trace of Metal is no longer required. A Settlement used to be needed -- except on Switch, where you'd have to trigger it by warping 25 times.

📚 Contributors: Atlas Emissaries & friendlyfirepl

[open frigate]

oh yo sick

i thought the atlas thing was the last story thing which kind of bummed me out lol

[uncut harness]

There's about to be new lore stuff too

Probably next weel

[open steeple]

||Are the sentinels aware of all the other travelers? Like, are all the sentinels capable of going to other universes, or are they limited to their own universe, and they just keep being created over and over in each iteration with the destruction of Korvax Prime?||

[late tusk]

I hate how you HAVE to do artemis quest for it

[ripe verge]

Should I get a new frieghter

My pirate has the blue lights now

It has the old bridge

(which i kinda hate)

[civic badge]

I thought people were testing this outside of the expedition, but it's worth asking if people are doing it inside and out

[ripe verge]

I like blue light interior but hate the old bridge colour

[civic badge]

You can use it for braggin'

'I have a trial Omega pirate freighter, as proven by my normal freighter interior' 😄

[hard stirrup]

It is intended to be end-game content. So having to finish the Artemis questline is the baseline for that. But it's not that bad. If you know what you're doing you can rush it comfortably under 10 hours on a new save. I did the Artemis questline, the Atlas path, and lifted the seal on a harmonic camp in under 7 hours when I was repeating the autophage quest on multiple saves for the different player related titles related to its endings.

[late tusk]

I usually do rush it because ive done it so many times that i just dont care anymore. We need a skip quest entirely option

[dense quartz]

I never understood why settlements used to be required for autophage. They seemed so disconnected lore wise.

[open steeple]

At least Trace of Metal is no longer required, that takes real life days to complete

[civic badge]

Wasn't it because of the bot?

Laylaps//

[hard stirrup]

If you've done it a lot, why keep doing it on multiple new saves?

[dense quartz]

Yeah but lore wise it never made sense to me.

[late tusk]

Cuz large updates i like to restart and i rush it to get the explore the galaxy quest (has no constant popup)

[open steeple]

Maybe the Autophage just don't like us until after we've completed the settlements and Trace of Metal

[hard stirrup]

Probably because the Switch exists, which can't handle settlements at all...so Hello Games had to either make the quest harder on competent hardware, or reduce the difficulty so the quest is the same on all platforms.

[uncut harness]

Maybe they were going to show up in settlements

[civic badge]

they do

[cursive bay]

you cant even warp without losing red interior 😦

[civic badge]

I've had autophage settlers

[dense quartz]

Woah wha

[civic badge]

It's still largely Gek/Vy'keen/Korvax but I had them join later

[hard stirrup]

That makes no sense. It's much easier and faster to access new content on established saves even when there aren't quest requirements that keep you from it. Having the units, nanites, competent ships, etc. all make it far easier and more enjoyable to acceess new content.

[open steeple]

I'm sure that the Switch could handle them, Hello Games have said they're trying to get everything ported into the Switch version, haven't they?

[uncut harness]

I do love that the autophage make every point of interest possibly a little more interesting

[open steeple]

But either way, they definitely want things to be the same, so it makes sense that they made the quest easier to access, which I'm glad they did

[uncut harness]

Also echo seeds are in the game, not sure if there is anything to do with them like the expedition that introduced them

[hard stirrup]

Yeah, not very likely to happen. They barely dragged that port into half playable state kicking and screaming long after the Switch version launched and as they add more content I fully expect it to fall back into basically unplayable.

[open steeple]

Fair enough, let's hope the game runs better on the Switch 2 or whatever we get next

[late tusk]

Maybe people like starting from nothing once in awhile?????

[civic badge]

I do enjoy early scavenging, once you get an interceptor it's hard to go back, so my last save I tried my best to avoid getting one

I hope they add an engine mod or something that gives the hover funtionality to other ship types at some point

[civic badge]

I would hold out, if you got this and didn't copy your existing setup it's likely HG haven't added a player specific bridge type and it defaults to the standard blue. Might explain why we haven't seen an update fixing it as it just needs adding on release

[runic mesa]

Trace of Metal is on Switch, long before Echos. HG made a non-settlement version of it and released it sometime around Fractal. The Switch requirement it to warp 25 times. Then Tethys comms you. The initial Sentinel battle happens at a Traveller's grave instead.

[hard stirrup]

Still structured very differently. To get to it on other platforms there are time gates.

[runic mesa]

Also, I agree. At its current state Switch cannot handle settlements. Capes only happened recently because of FSR2.

[runic mesa]

FYI, the only real rocky parts of current Switch NMS history is just after launch (whee ground glitching and exocraft crashing the game fuuun) and the Interceptor fiasco.

Other than that, it's actually pretty stable other than the occassional crash and graphics glitch. I own indie ports that play waaay worse.

My main save is approaching 500 hrs.

[hard stirrup]

Those lasted for a looong while. Took HG long enough to get the game stable from those.

[runic mesa]

Interceptor, yes. And to be completely fair, Interceptor caused problems across the board.

I've been around since the Switch launch. If it was really that broken, I wouldn't still be here.

[ember heart]

Morgeil can you relate to this:
Me: boots up NMS
My switch: Nuh-uh crashes

Especially on nexus missions :/

[runic mesa]

....that hasn't happened to me in ages.

[ember heart]

Dang

You never put your switch in sleep mode?

[runic mesa]

I shut it down fully every few days.

[ember heart]

I don’t ._.

Apparently it’s fine as long as you don’t leave it for weeks

[runic mesa]

I try not to leave it in sleep for more than three or so days.

[ember heart]

Ah

I had it on for two

Anyway remember what happened with Fractal, Interceptor and Echoes for switch players?

It got delayed for like a week

[runic mesa]

Interceptor, of course. Echos had that ghosting problem. I don't remember major Fractal issues...

Oh. That's not a performance thing though, that's just Nintendo.

[ember heart]

I bet we’ll get a delay again with the next update. (Omega?)

[ember heart]

Yeah ik

But it was still a switch thing

[runic mesa]

Anyway, we might want to move this out of spoilers. It's OT now

[ember heart]

Oh right

I actually thought we were in General lol

[spice gorge]

Is there anything like the !exphelp or whatever for this exp exp? Looking for that underwater downed freighter. Someone must have marked such a find.

[compact coyote]

Autophage settlers? Really? Wow

[hard stirrup]

Is this in the current experimental?

[civic badge]

They just joined like any other random race would.

I tried to find the save that this was happening on, but sadly I think I deleted it. Here are a few specifics that might help.

This was when you still needed to complete the chain with Laylaps to unlock the Autophage (as this was the reason I was getting a settlement at all).
I did in fact complete that chain and I believe I had also completed the main Autophage quest line as I was farming motes via repeatables.
The settlement was on Gek lush world. At least 2 or 3 had joined as I recall seeing disputes between Autophage fairly often.

This only happened on this one save that had actually completed all of the story, so I can imagine that is a factor.

Other than that I could only speculate that perhaps the world also had autophage on it (not entirley sure how that works, but I've seen there mist in several non-dissonance worlds since realising what that means)

[civic badge]

This was back when exp11(the original not redux) was running (or shortly after it finished)

[civic badge]

Okay I was worried I was going nuts, it has been documented else where XD https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/3815166994151374417/

[uncut harness]

Seems pretty rare

If it is still a thing

[gusty stream]

I have had my own experiences with these myself. It's definitely some sort of bug but it would be nice to think that a settlement can rehabilitate these lost souls

[livid zinc]

Thoughts on why Sean Murray posted 3 x Ω

[uncut harness]

3 days till Wednesday when the update drops

3 ends to days

[civic badge]

1/3 1st March

I hope I'm wrong

[livid zinc]

I wonder is the stations will be later in the year

[civic badge]

I see your autophage is arguing with a gek! Is yours also a gek settlement?

[gusty stream]

It is gek and in a lush world

[civic badge]

Nice! Do you have any autophage camps on that world?

[gusty stream]

Every planet that isnt abanoned or infected (or dead) has em

[civic badge]

I reckon you also completed both quest lines?

[compact coyote]

Lmao construct Hank

[primal oasis]

What’s the best way to get S-class pirate dreadnought?

Nvm… I GOT IT

[summer hearth]

i would assume the same way as every other freighter

keep reloading restore points until its S class

[desert needle]

do you automatically unlock glyphs when you do the last parts of the story? or is it only possible to get them from travellers

[dense quartz]

Omega is "the end" probably referring to the 4 part evolving story wrapping up that was started since interceptor.
He posted one omega and replied to it with 3 others to make it 4/4 parts.

[dense quartz]

I need those overhauled space stations.. Tis the only thing I'm excited for.

[dreamy forge]

They're coming

[summer hearth]

You automatically get glyphs

[dense quartz]

Just having my fingers crossed it's this update.

[summer hearth]

I didnt get one traveler grave and i got all the glyphs

[dire drum]

The overhauled stations are more than likely coming this update

[dreamy forge]

Hope so

[summer hearth]

At this rate its more than likely coming on the 14th

[dreamy forge]

it will come this week i'm sure

[dense quartz]

This Wednesday or Thursday I think.

[dreamy forge]

ye

[dense quartz]

I love that clip!

[spice gorge]

I just made a damned biscuit and now it wants me to do that milestone again?

Anyone else see this?

How many biscuits does it want?

[civic badge]

1, with any additional ingredient, like it says in the milestone guide

[gusty stream]

I miss them

[dense quartz]

I love how oddly specific that is.

[gusty stream]

My 5 fingered autophage can't take his gloves off

[dense quartz]

This update isn't going to fix the water surface shader, is it?

[gusty stream]

Very wishful thinking

[dense quartz]

The surface of water in NMS is like one of the weirdest visual bugs I've ever seen in a video game.

[gusty stream]

Wait it's bugged

[dense quartz]

I have no idea how it's been broken for this many years lol.

[gusty stream]

I thought it just looked bad

[dense quartz]

It looks bad because it's bugged.
It's invisible underwater and above water, the surface is determined by your camera angle and position.. and you can't possibly tell where the water starts anyway.

[gusty stream]

Then again it took them SEVERAL years to fix the eyes of traveler head 1

[dense quartz]

Also black hole visuals are bugged really badly.
They used to be just fine with Endurance released, but 2 patches later they got broken and haven't been fixed since.

And I see on reddit people taking screenshots of black holes thinking they're supposed to look like that and saying how good it is.

[gusty stream]

I need a comparison

[dense quartz]

It used to look like light was getting stretched and warped into the center of the black hole, like planets themselves visually stretched into the black hole.

..Now all you see it like a blurry second layer of your screen, which is also misaligned from the center of the black hole, so you see a blurry black hole near the actual black hole. It looks awful imo.. especially to how it used to be.

[gusty stream]

Oh they messed that up?

God dammit

[dense quartz]

Black holes worked fine for only a few weeks when they were overhauled.

[gusty stream]

i think this is before they were borked

You see my loper with the warped afterimage

[dense quartz]

There's better ways of showing off how cool they used to be. Need to find an old video that was uploaded on Endurance's launch.