nms-spoilers

[wind panther]

Since launch

[silver goblet]

true

[analog breach]

At least Its good to se that HG have a lot of ideas and are testing stuff.

[silver goblet]

HG doesnt like to confirm things for a reason xd

true

[wind panther]

Yeah, and I don't think purple systems would directly help with LNF development, so it shows they are working on NMS at least a little bit independently

[analog breach]

I would be concerned if they didint add anything into files for like a year. Then i would start thinking that hg are finishing supporting nms

[wind panther]

I think they'll keep updating it at least in line with LNF. I think the past year or so has been mostly bringing NMS in line with LNF development so they can do both simultaneously

So like if LNF has an active development life of 5 years, releasing 1 year from now (made up numbers), NMS would get at least 6 more years of updates

Which is why I don't think we'll get robust modding tools anytime in the next 5 years or so 😦

[round kite]

what does LNF means?

[mortal laurel]

Light No Fire, hello games' upcoming game

[round kite]

oh yes you're right, haven't thought about that

[winged sable]

alright so im barely started, just put down a computer, and this bear... dog... thing is haunting the area i put it down and to make a long story short:

Somebody please spoil me: is there a way to carpet bomb a planet and extinguish all life.

it's okay if it takes awhile i will come back

[glass flare]

um no... genocide is not a feature of this game

[analog breach]

U can throw creature pellet to draw hom away

[winged sable]

yeah the game says i can do that but i don't have any and don't know where they're from

so my current plan is to circle the area with my ship and shoot rockets as soon as i see it

[analog breach]

Build above ground so he cant get to u

[winged sable]

You put it like that and it sounds unreasonable BUT IT FOLLOWS ME TO MY SHIP and now im huddled up and scared and every time i take off to try to shoot it it blends into the earth somehow and i swear to god im gonna run outta fuel and its gonna hunt me down...

it wont lemme copy paste a screenshot but its here right outside my first attempt at a house and it knows neither mercy nor sleep

[glass flare]

Some planets have predators that are a threat to you. Eventually you'll upgrade to the point where they're more of an annoyance than a threat. But you can also just find another planet where everything is chill

[heady wyvern]

Crafted from your inventory for a handful of carbon.

The pellets, I mean.

[winged sable]

okay is that a research unlock or am i particularly dumb 'cause i swear i dont see it as an option here

i've got, in order:

Metal plating/carbon nanotubes/di-hydrogen jelly/hermetic seal

starship fuel/warp cell/ion battery/life support gel

then next page:

Just "Projectile ammunition"

nevermind. it turns out the solution was to craft something, but not the pellets.

No, the solution was the boltcaster.

[coral stone]

so what exactly are the consequences?

do I need to concede to progress main quest?

and get atlantid mt or whatever cool stuff there is

from what I read it just teleports you into another galaxy but teleporter list gets wiped and you cant add new stations in euclid ever, is that right?

[analog breach]

!faq-atlaspath

[cloud jolt]

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<:AtlasNmscord:1269532093076078658> The Atlas Path

The Atlas Path objective is to visit Atlas Stations and learn the 10 Atlas Seed blueprints. Once a blueprint has been learned, the mission will task you with progressing on to the next Atlas Station.

To unlock all the blueprints, you must have reached Magellan rank by completing 50 Journey Milestones. Check your milestone progress and rank in your Catalog & Guide.

The Atlas Path can be progressed in tandem with the main story mission titled The Purge. Type !faq-artemispath in #bot-spam for more details.

Craft the last seed, Heart of the Sun, after unlocking it. For a list of resources you'll need, see image »

Depending on the choice made at the 11th (final) Atlas Station, you will either learn the Star Seed or the Mark of the Denier exosuit technology blueprint. An endless mission titled Atlas Eternal will then be available, rewarding 1 Atlas word, and approximately 600 nanites with each additional interaction.

Known issues:

• Leaving the final Atlas Interface system to get resources for crafting Heart of the Sun can lead to bugs. We strongly recommend that you craft Heart of the Sun before entering the last Atlas station.
• You may end up with two Atlas Eternal missions in your Log if you unlocked Mark of the Denier.

Contributors: Atlas Emissaries

[coral stone]

where in that path am I currently? do I have star seeds? I dont remember crafting them but it doesnt sound like I will get star seed whatever

it sounds like it will just yeet me into another galaxy and wipe my dear teleporters

also is it safe to leave the station now? will the choice stay?

that faq entry is like alien words for me

also is it true that I will never be able to get portals to euclid ss after that?

I'll just reload restore point for now and fly out I guess

[vagrant thunder]

No, you can go back with portals freely

[coral stone]

will the items get damaged? or only slots and when I repair slots I get all my modules/items back?

[heady wyvern]

• Only installed technology will be damaged. Empty slots will not be damaged.
• Only the core jump will cause damage. Using station teleporters to go to and from the new galaxy will not cause damage.

[coral stone]

but will I actually lose items or when I repair slots all items will be back?

[heady wyvern]

Only technology will be damaged. Slots will not be damaged.

[coral stone]

ah so it's not like when you pick up crashed ship and it has broken slots?

[heady wyvern]

Yes

[clever copper]

I am at the point of finishing The Atlas Path for the first time. I know that Hello Games just added a counterpart to the Star Seed with the Mark of the Denier, which seems to be linked with The Void Mother. I know the mechanical differences between the two items, but I've seen it mentioned that the Atlas treats you differently if you deny it, too. I feel like I have a good grip on the lore, and even though I lean towards Void Mother I can't see a good reason to deny Atlas, who simply wants my Traveler to experience creation as it has. There hasn't been much discussion about this online, so I thought I'd come here to see if anyone had any thoughts.

[silver dawn]

Now I'd have to agree, I tend to see to thw atlas more tho, I call my character Keeper of the atlas for that very reason

[urban oak]

What does the Mark of the Denier do?

[clever copper]

The same thing as the Star Seed, allows a repeating quest with the Atlas but instead of showing it wonders it charges with finding nanites, which seems way easier to do. Star Seed has slot synergy with the Rememberance, but not the Mark of the Denier. Not that the health cap is hard to hit anyway.

[regal orchid]

The reason that Void Mother denies the Atlas is because it did nothing about the horrific acts that were taking place (Destruction of Korvax Prime and enslavement of the Korvax). I'd be pretty mad too if a god who usually intervenes in major issues allowed me and my children to be obliterated across the entire multiverse

[fringe token]

Throwback to that time that I correctly predicted the connection between Korvax and Autophages bc "Eheu" means "Alas" in Latin and the auto pages use a lot of Greek letters in their language. I know Latin and Greek are two different languages, but they do have a degree of cultural connection which is how I made that leap lol

[clever copper]

I understand it from Void Mother's POV, but from our POV, with all the lore we have access to, it doesn't feel like denying the Atlas in creating a star helps Void Mother in any way, but would be denying one of the final requests of a dying entity. But on the flip side, this is new content and may link up to future content, and mechanically it's easier to fulfill, so I'm on the fence between what my Traveller would do and what gamer me would do.

[winged sable]

just had a thought and wanna avoid wasting time: are there different/better ore veins way underground like some games have and i should actually be digging down to the mantle?

Just realized i've only been going over the surface/the rare cave without any big digging, and in a lot of games with mining the 'good stuff' is way down...

[mortal laurel]

no, there's no such mechanic in nms; can't dig very far down either

[winged sable]

thank god. infinite space and planets was big enough without also having to core out the planets lol, thank you

[coral stone]

Starbound sends its regards

[muted elm]

Okay so a bit better of phrasing of why I hate second person voice for inner monologues in non-psych games. It ruins immersion. Immediately it takes me from, yeah let's save our friend to, "What no that's not what i'm thinking at all" out side of games where the point is to explore philosophy I truly believe second person voice should be informative to the player only purely for immersion reasons. Let me get lost in the plot, even if that plot then asks me to decide whether an empty simulation or true final death is worse

[quiet arch]

Thinking about how I felt exactly as a traveler entity did when I was given the option to go to a new galaxy from Atlas.

Like I didn't think about it until now but it was like I bumped a stimulant.
I was shaking, my heart was pounding, it was 3 am and it felt like I just downed 3 cups of coffee when in reality I just picked a new galaxy.

Like that right there is the drive of the fallen travelers

[gaunt timber]

Is there a new story quest line once you switch to a new galaxy? I never did got to the center of it all to reset things. Didn’t want to have to restart with a new ship , etc. unless you don’t, then I may do that.

[analog breach]

There is artemis path and atlas path storyline

[sour fossil]

No new story quest in new galaxy

All your stuff carries over, but the technology modules installed in currently active equipment will get broken

So either prepare a lot of resources to repair or get a burner ship and MT to make the reset

[gaunt timber]

I have burner ships. Do your multi tool and exosuit get damaged?

[heady wyvern]

Yes to both.

[gaunt timber]

Thank you.

[clever copper]

You can't talk to Autophage until you've left Euclid, though.

[heady wyvern]

False. Echoes content simply requires completion of the main quest path. The choice you make at the final interface does not matter for this purpose.

[tender perch]

Does the purge cause you to lose your current ship and multi -tool?

[analog breach]

They will be damaged but will stay

[tender perch]

oh, so that's hwy ppl switch to a junk ship and tool?

[edgy bluff]

Yes, more of a throwaway kind of thing. The main reason is that when you switch galaxies by either doing the Purge or he traditional way, everything will be damaged. Your Exosuit technologies, currently equipped multitool, and primary ship will all be damaged, which is why people switch to a ship they don't use often and the same thing goes to a multitool. They don't want to spend hours repairing something they invested a ton of upgrades into.

Ships and multitools not used will not be affected.

[prisma spindle]

I'm doing the autophage quests and I'm at a portal

Will any of my stuff break if I go through it?

[edgy bluff]

Stuff will remain intact once you go through a portal, and your ship will be a walkable distance nearby the portal once you emerge. Just be aware there is annoying bug where it takes too long to warp, which will warrant the game being restarted. Don't worry, the game saves before you enter the portal, so nothing crazy will happen.

[prisma spindle]

K, thx

[zinc knoll]

I’m letting Artemis die if that isn’t right choice then tell me

[glass flare]

the right choice is whatever you think is right

[slender sun]

ive been reading the lore and its actually crazy bruh

skipping through story dialogue is criminal

[merry estuary]

Yeah, maybe skipping the story when playing a story game is not the smartest thing to do crazy

[abstract ocean]

Did I kill the atlas?

[abstract ocean]

I put him in the simulation, I genuinely feel bad when they call to ask what we’ll do when we meet

[zinc knoll]

Same

[abstract ocean]

Where in the galaxy is the center, I’ve been jumping for 30 minutes

[analog breach]

In the direction of light.

[abstract ocean]

Guess who’s going to disappear in a dark alley way tomorrow

[analog breach]

Santa

[abstract ocean]

Should I reset the simulation

Nvm

I didnt

[novel iron]

Hey with as minimal spoilers as possible is there an "order" (lore wise) to finishing the main quests? Rn I have the null one, space anomaly, and atlas.

[analog breach]

Artemis path is main story

[novel iron]

Right there's 3 "primary" missions though

I guess what I'm asking is is there a difference if complete the atlas path before the artemis path

[heady wyvern]

Nil.

[novel iron]

Neat thank you

With the artemis path being the main story im usually a complete everything else first kinda guy then wrap up the main story

[novel iron]

Is there any reason this would be difficult?

[abstract ocean]

The orbs you have to craft is what I found hardest, you need a bunch of still like cadmium,indium, and emeral drive

And then you need the previous orbs too

For the atlas

Hope that helps 👍

[novel iron]

I've got thousands of all that stuff the only time I mine is with the smallest setting so I'm good on that, super helpful thanks!

[abstract ocean]

Let’s go I did a thing

[novel iron]

Hey, I just finished the atlas quests as far as the orbs and it gave me the blueprint for the star seed, I think is what it's called, but I can't find it when I go to craft it

[wind panther]

It's a suit technology

[novel iron]

Oh neat, what's it do?

[wind panther]

Increased health slots, 1 each for the Star Seed and I forget what the other one is named. Put it next to the other one for 3 total.

[novel iron]

Oh neat, I guess you get a similar at the end of another primary quest?

[wind panther]

Ahh, Remembrance is the other one

Finish The Purge

[novel iron]

I dont know what this means

[wind panther]

It's the name of a quest

[novel iron]

Oh cool, thank you!

[sour fossil]

Not sure if this been mentioned before but

Found a message embeded in the model for starship fabricator machines

right at the foot of the terminal with which players interact with

The message reads

this equipment is for
the use of authorised
entities only

ok so it's not hidden, just didn't notice it before lol

[analog breach]

Yeah i found it long ago and translated..basicaly it was found in first days of new stations

[sour fossil]

And now I see the same message can be found on the space station core and ship upgrade terminals

[merry estuary]

On the station core? Now thats interesting

[sour fossil]

yeah on the terminal on top of stairs

If you look down on it you will see it as well

[analog breach]

Imo the messages where there from day 1 of new stations. But i can be wrong.

[merry estuary]

Time to authorisingly manipulate the station

[analog breach]

To bad station overrides dont work

[merry estuary]

Maybe one day

[random fjord]

Bruh what quest is this from?

[analog breach]

Main story

[spare compass]

without spoiling too much, can you help me with this? before i played started playing the game, i heard that there are multiple universes/galaxies? are there any differences between them? like in terms of planets and what not. should i wait before i get to the other universe/galaxy before i look for a planet to set as my permanent base?

[ebon spoke]

The different galaxies have different weight values that make certain types of planets and systems more common in them. None of the galaxies have any 'exclusive' content or anything though, if you find a planet you really like in your first galaxy there isn't much reason to not put your base there. The differences are more about what kind of systems and planets you want to see more often as you explore.

[spare compass]

so for example if i'm looking for a specific type of paradise/verdant planet, i could find it in the first galaxy but another galaxy could have higher chances of spawning them right?

[ebon spoke]

yeah, exactly

[steady aurora]

Do I lose anything when transferring galaxies? Do I explicitly gain anything? Like on coord exchange I only ever see Euclid, Eissentsm, or Ody, is there a reason folks are in/stay in those? Please feel free to tag me/reply, bout to konk out

[vocal horizon]

I know that it damages all of the modules in your exosuit, starship, as well as multi tool. So if you have another starship and multi tool it’s worth swapping to the one with less modules first. Beyond that I didn’t notice any other down sides, but it might be worth waiting for somebody more knowledgeable.

Im pretty sure its simply because there is so much in Euclid that there is not much reason to leave

[tender barn]

I think Eissentam is the next “normal” galaxy out of Euclid (correction it’s a lush galaxy) but still people go there just to say they’ve been somewhere beyond Euclid (also it’s one of the options from the main quest). Euclid is just where everyone starts. Odyalutai can no longer be reached on your own, so you have to go there with someone who is already there (I think, don’t know exactly how that works). It’s galaxy 256 and after one of the updates anything above 255 was removed (or the ability to get there through normal gameplay I should say) so you normally stop at Iousongola. As said, if you’re core jumping between galaxies your tech will all get damaged so it’s advantageous to have a crap ship and crap MT without a lot of good tech on either and then package up all your helpful suit tech since packaged tech won’t get damaged iirc. @steady aurora

[steady aurora]

But I don't lose inventory slots or glyphs or anything? And so long add I have a base there, I can get back, yeah?

[tame grotto]

You don't lose anything.

Yes, you can get back as long as you got a base in any galaxy you wanna go back to.

[tired mantle]

If you're looking for those, there's a featured base in a lush Galaxy right now, just use the anomaly teleporter to go to I think it's called the last egg of the dragon or something like that

[short raft]

Im on mission 16/16||. Its telling me to travel to the galactic core, does this mean i just keep warping on the path towards the galactic core?|| || I keep getting data injections but dont know how to interact with them ||

[analog breach]

Just warp in any direction

[short raft]

And keep warping?

[mortal laurel]

16 times total

[short raft]

Aah makes sense

The mission before this where they reveal everything about 16 almost had me in tears. Is it just me or are some of these parts of the lore really deep and somewhat emotional?

[analog breach]

Lore is indeed deep

[tired mantle]

Wait until you find the autophage, they have some crazy lore

[short raft]

Im so excited for the endgame content

[tired mantle]

The autophage quest is one of my favorites, I just wish it was a bit longer

[short raft]

Is the autophage quest considered endgame content? Was it added to the game later?

[tired mantle]

Yes, it was added I think summer 2023 and is only unlocked after the artimis quest

[short raft]

Have you been playing since release? I only started in february this year

[tired mantle]

I started November 2022

[short raft]

Ah so i guess thats pretty recent still. Its amazing to see the knowledge that some of these NMS veterans have

[tired mantle]

Yeah it is

[short raft]

Where does the name Korva originate from? Is it connected to the Korvax? Im curious because I doubt that the names are that similar by coincidence

[frigid valley]

Who even is Korva?

[short raft]

Apparently a machine monitoring the Atlas, found it in the rogue data log at remembrance terminal

I only found 1 other youtube video refer to it though

This guy also found it in the logs but it was never referenced again

[frigid valley]

Pesonally I never went on a hunt for all the logs and lore but wiki has this:

In entry #5-A, Telamon refers to the Korvax Convergence as an artificial intelligence modeled after earlier instances of the Atlas. This could be a reference to the KORVA, a machine of unknown purpose mentioned in Rogue Data log #3.
https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Boundary_Failure

[short raft]

Interesting, there seem to be very little references to it

[short raft]

In light of the 16 minute loop, i was wondering if there is data or dialogue which tells us how time works across distant systems and different galaxies? In the theory of general relativity, the black holes warp spacetime. Is time synchronized throughout the galaxies and different distant systems? This would have to be true in order to make instant teleportation possible

[analog breach]

Whole galaxy is simulation. time flows the same everywhere

[analog breach]

Does ghost frigate birngs anything intresting in logs after missions? I dont have free slots to add it to fleet.

[tired mantle]

It just is a reskined normal frigate, but it's funny when you see the guy piloting it in your freighter despite it supposed to be driven by spirits

[analog breach]

I was intrested if it has some lore in it.

[tired mantle]

Just for the expedition

[analog breach]

Or diffrent logs like living frigates

Ok then

[tired mantle]

Nope, same logs

[analog breach]

Ok thx.

[compact coyote]

That atlas lore video was eye opening. I remember waking titan very well but wow. I didn’t know about all of those logs. I’ve never seen them in the game

[flint hollow]

does it matter what i choose

[prime inlet]

this is just going to set your active mission; 1) the purge, 2) atlas path, 3) none

right after, you could swap to a diff mission; this isn't going to block you of completing either

[flint hollow]

so 1 for artemis path right?

[flint hollow]

ah thats what i needed to know got it

[prime inlet]

it really doesn't matter

but yes, 1, the purge

[cloud jolt]

@flint hollow
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<:info:850810445577453658> Do I really have to travel to the center of the galaxy?

A: Despite what its objective says, no. The Purge simply requires the player to warp 16 times in any direction, to any system. Please wait for the mission to acknowledge progress on HUD before warping out again. Each warp teaches 1 portal glyph, if the player hasn't learned any yet.

❗ Warning: After the 16th warp, it is recommended to take a moment to store installed tech/modules on exosuit, active ship and multit-tool tech inventories (or swap to secondary ship and multi-tool you don't care about, only do it for exosuit).

Note: If the player hasn't completed The Atlas Path yet in this save, it is suggested to do so now, since The Purge will keep registering progress even if it's not the selected mission.

Shared by: bkay201 Contributor(s): Atlas Emissaries

[flint hollow]

why is the warning needed?

[flint hollow]

why do i need to store the things?

[prime inlet]

see post before this one

[flint hollow]

ahaha

got it

so swich to secondary ship and remove upgrades from exosuit right?

[tired mantle]

And switch multi tool

[flint hollow]

from where does one do that exactly?

[tired mantle]

The settings option in the quick menu

Far left

[flint hollow]

is resetting the canon choice?

[analog breach]

All choices are canon.

[uncut quest]

@analog breach I met the autophage, didn't finish all the quests though

how do I unlock their looks? aren't they past-expedition-exclusive?

[analog breach]

Only 2 heads where past exp exclusicve

Rest u unlock buy doing they who returned mission.
U do missions for autophages for void motes. Use the terminals in their camps to buy stuff

[uncut quest]

cool, thanks, gotta progress it then

btw how can I unlock the atlantid mt?

[analog breach]

U will unlock it eventualy when doing the quest

At point of visiting a monolith

[uncut quest]

it's random quality, right?

thanks

[analog breach]

Np.

[silk whale]

What option should i choose im doing the purge atlas is askin if i should
ask for another way
reset universe
refuse atlas

I'm refusing them

[analog breach]

@native carbon

[native carbon]

🔥

thats it tho?

i remember seeing like the new palm trees

[analog breach]

They will come later

In what order hg will drop them we are never sure 100%

[short raft]

I was told the other day this is where lore goes as well

[merry estuary]

Yes, this is the right place

[spark egret]

What are these from?

[tired mantle]

The quicksilver shop

[spark egret]

Expedition, or just in general?

[tired mantle]

General I think

Yeah general

[bold sluice]

Whats the benefit of reseting atlas?

[merry estuary]

You get transported to another galaxy, and all your current tech breaks

[icy veldt]

That's a good benefit lol

[merry estuary]

Benefits are good by definition. I'm not sure it is a benefit though, galaxies don't differ a lot from each other

[icy veldt]

Twas sarcasm, my friend.

[merry estuary]

Hard to detect over text

[icy veldt]

But why you answer with that then when he specifically asked for benefits lol

[merry estuary]

What else would I say? "There are no benefits"? New galaxies not qualifying as benefit is just my opinion, if they know what happens they can decide for themselves.

[icy veldt]

Hmm strange reason, but okay I accept it.

[short raft]

I wanted to pick this up, i went to the gliph and visited the space station and trade post but it wasnt in the rotation. Any advice?

[analog breach]

Be patient. 0.33% spawn chance

[short raft]

Ohhhh

So you cant find coordinates to guaranteed ships then right?

[analog breach]

Need crashed ships. Model of ship is tied to crash site Need planetary +- coords to find specific spot.

[lucid epoch]

Hey guys since this server is so big, idk where to post a planet I found. I wanna share it because it's a chameleon planet and other people should be able to see it too and it's lonely here with just me and Crackers!

[analog breach]

#nms-media

[lucid epoch]

Thanks!

Since it's not in Euclid, it's in Eissentam, would that be a spoiler

[analog breach]

No.

[fiery iron]

WHEN WILL I STOP HAVING TO GO TO ATLAS INTERFACES

[cloud jolt]

@fiery iron

No gifs in this channel please

[fiery iron]

ok you didn't have to out me like that

in front of everyone

😢

[analog breach]

Atlas eternal quest is well ... eternal.

[fiery iron]

so i will indefinitely go to atlas interfaces?

so now this game wants to make me look stupid?

wow.

thought we had something special

wait so why do people talk about "the final atlas interface"

and how it like wrecks your ship and exosuit and everything

where do i go to get that?

[analog breach]

Artemis path quest

[fiery iron]

am i not in the artemis path

is this not the one

pls explain

[analog breach]

!faq-artemispath

[cloud jolt]

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<:AtlasNmscord:1269532093076078658> **Artemis Path Missions**

The main storyline The Artemis Path is composed of these missions:

1. Awakenings
2. Alone Amidst the Stars
3. Ghosts in the Machine (requires progression in Expanding the Base, a secondary quest)
4. A Leap in the Dark
5. The First Traveller
6. Patterns in Time
7. 16 / 16
8. The Purge - 16 warps in any direction. It does not require travelling to the core.
9. New Beginnings - Like the Space Anomaly mission, this will forever remain in your Log tab (even after this quest's completion).

Do not reuse portals found via the storyline to prevent bugs.

❓ For in-depth questions about these missions, ask in #nms-spoilers, or in #nms-questions with spoiler tags -- run !SpoilerTag in #bot-spam for help.

📖 Did you know? The Atlas Path and The Purge mission can be completed in tandem.

📚 Contributor: bkay201

[analog breach]

!faq-atlaspath

[cloud jolt]

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<:AtlasNmscord:1269532093076078658> The Atlas Path

The Atlas Path objective is to visit Atlas Stations and learn the 10 Atlas Seed blueprints. Once a blueprint has been learned, the mission will task you with progressing on to the next Atlas Station.

To unlock all the blueprints, you must have reached Magellan rank by completing 50 Journey Milestones. Check your milestone progress and rank in your Catalog & Guide.

The Atlas Path can be progressed in tandem with the main story mission titled The Purge. Type !faq-artemispath in #bot-spam for more details.

Craft the last seed, Heart of the Sun, after unlocking it. For a list of resources you'll need, see image »

Depending on the choice made at the 11th (final) Atlas Station, you will either learn the Star Seed or the Mark of the Denier exosuit technology blueprint. An endless mission titled Atlas Eternal will then be available, rewarding 1 Atlas word, and approximately 600 nanites with each additional interaction.

Known issues:

• Leaving the final Atlas Interface system to get resources for crafting Heart of the Sun can lead to bugs. We strongly recommend that you craft Heart of the Sun before entering the last Atlas station.
• You may end up with two Atlas Eternal missions in your Log if you unlocked Mark of the Denier.

Contributors: Atlas Emissaries

[fiery iron]

so it's not meant to be completed

i just go there and do it if i want 600 nanites and a new atlas word

what quest does it wreck your ship and everything?

like im preparing for that

and i feel like if i don't get to that point i've missed something

[zenith copper]

Sooo you’re looking to destroy all your stuff? Well ok than. 🤣

[fiery iron]

yes

i just wonder if i never get that event/cutscene/section im not actually completing the story

and that never happened to me

just wnana make sure i don't miss anything

[zenith copper]

Just head to the center of each galaxy and warp through it. There’s just 256 of them. Done and done. All the destruction you will ever want. 🤣

At some point you quit going to atlas.

[zenith copper]

Understood. I’m only half way there. To the very center.

[fiery iron]

oh do i actually have to go to the center

[zenith copper]

There is a center of each galaxy and there are 256 galaxies. So no or yes it’s up to you. You have fun doing what you want. That’s the joy of NMs.

I would say do one just so you can experience it.

I can spoil it for you if you want or not help you and not tell you to get a crappy ship with no mods and a crappy multi tool with no mods and store all tech off your exosuit. Before you jump. ( making sure you use the crappy ship and tool)

[uncut harness]

why did I do all that awakening and stuff for a dead person

[zealous bluff]

Continue with the atlas and the other quest (dunno the name) with the half circle or something as the icon, at one point you will get a choice to choose between 3 alternatives and one of those is that you get the quest where your stuff will be wrecked

[next yoke]

I haven't redone the main story in years (last total completion was a little after Atlas Rises), how much has changed? Is it worth running again?

[native carbon]

its WP2!!!!11!1!

[glass flare]

it could just be a patch also, let's not get ahead of ourselves. first update of the year usually doesn't come right after the new year

[native carbon]

i thought i made it clear that im joking

[tired mantle]

We wish 😥

[native carbon]

also... "usually"? did they ever release an update in january?

im curious

[glass flare]

Sorry it's hard to tell sometimes on this server, people can get hyped over a single word Sean utters

[native carbon]

nah its fine, im known for being overhyped over the smallest things

but i really hope that WP2 is soon, im sooo impatient, and the fact that according to datamined stuff it will focus on oceans it makes it even worse 😭

im a subnautica fan

[analog breach]

No update till mid feb/march imo

[glass flare]

probably February

[native carbon]

what i mean by early is february

watch us gettin something on the first wednesday in february

[glass flare]

I mean I would love to be wrong and they shadow drop Worlds pt2 in Jan

[analog breach]

Fun fact. This year has 53 wednesdays

[glass flare]

are there any expeditions still running right now?

[native carbon]

my very unlikely theory is that they might drop purple systems for the cursed expedition

[native carbon]

ye, liquid. and the cursed left

[analog breach]

And aquarius

[native carbon]

oh yeeaaah aquarius too

i forgor

[glass flare]

oof. well it'll be a while then

[native carbon]

the RNG expedition went hard

[analog breach]

Remeber to bring back the treasures from cursed exp

From what i know cursed exp is only source for the plant treasure

[native carbon]

the last time i tried doing that the game refused

[native carbon]

cuz its a "Important story item"

[glass flare]

I am so burnt out on expeditions

[native carbon]

same

[analog breach]

It was task reward. So I dont think it should be blocked.

Will check eventualy

[native carbon]

wait let me count

adrift, liquidators, aquarius, cursed, beachhead, omega (redux), adrift (redux), liquidators (redux), aquarius (redux), cursed (redux)

10 expeditions in a ROW.

and watch us gettin a february expedition 😭

[analog breach]

Its fine 4 me If its story heavy

Liquidators and aquarius where zzzzz for me

[native carbon]

as a person who is more on the exploration side, expeditions are boring

the only one i legit enjoyed was liquidators

short, enjoyable, and not annoying at all

the cursed was also fine but, something about it was off

[analog breach]

For me it was boring. It felt like doing weekend mission again and again

[native carbon]

for me it would be better for em to delay expedition 16 and like release it when WP2 would also release

[analog breach]

Ending felt wierd.

[native carbon]

yup

the "boss" if we can even call it a boss was meh

buff it and bring it to the core game

[analog breach]

Something more should happen after drinking the infameous water.

[native carbon]

also my theory is that
aquarius is a teaser for WORLDS part 2, which will focus on oceans
the cursed is a teaser for WORLDS part 3, which will add cursed systems with like their own systems and terrain generation

or worlds part 2 will add both, but i doubt that

[analog breach]

The jellyfish was overused. Its everywhere

[native carbon]

i like that they used a different design but come on

like why not a squid

or a octopus

u know

[glass flare]

I just want like 5x as much actual narrative per expedition. Doing so much grind work to get a sentence or two of really vague lore really stretches the limits of what I'm willing to do

[native carbon]

i hate when for example expedition is focused on a thing, while some of the milestones are about the last thing u expect

(example)
lets assume theres an expedition 17 focused on... farming

and then boom a milestone to defeat 3 SENTINEL WALKERS!1!!

or fishing... for some reason

[glass flare]

The reality is they are low-investment "things to do" while they work on bigger features, so you get random stuff thrown in

[analog breach]

Imo Expeditions reached the limit of what they can ask u to do atm without adding big fat content update that adds new mechanics and Untill they are focused on lnf they will drip the content.

[native carbon]

oh yeah, old me thought 2024 will focus on NMS (aka adding WP1 and WP2) and 2025 would be a year for lnf

[native carbon]

imagine an ocean themed update, where oceans are 1000u deep with new biomes, creatures and materials, and a new expedition focused on void mother, where you explore cursed oceans full of mystery.... that would be amazing 😭

[glass flare]

they'd better have a new submarine if they do that, I'm not driving around 1000u deep oceans in the Nautilus

[native carbon]

and with those new materials u can craft speed upgrades for your nautilius

[glass flare]

they should just make a big submarine that can act as a mobile underwater base

[native carbon]

aaaand jetpack speed upgrade while u are underwater

[native carbon]

yeah, they should also add a submarine called "seamoth" and an armour for minotaur called "prawn"
also a new boss called reaper leviathan

-# jokes aside we need a mobile base 🙏

[analog breach]

I kinda dont want copy of subnatica. I just dont want shallow features. Why even need big sub when no water pressure and we can just use exisuit to swim and kill everything with our mt.
Make deep oceans worth your time to explore. Diffrent looking buildings depending on system race . Powering a deep sea should reqire diffrent type of power. Make items have more uses than just sell.

I had idea of land mobile base. Type of exocraft that would unfold to small base Like in oldschool rts games.

[native carbon]

tbf depth pressure and new resources would be enough for me

and like the deeper u go the more valuable treasures u can fine

find*

[analog breach]

Imo we dont need more ways to make money..we need more money sinks.

[glass flare]

I don't really want to go around exploring in giant oceans just swimming. I'd like to have some facilities available to craft and other things, or just park the sub at a nice looking spot for a while where the giant glass windows provide a chill setting. Yeah I definitely want interesting features to go along with it, but big oceans require big speed and some conveniences

[tired mantle]

Time to take out the cyclops!

[steel lodge]

To my knowledge, because of their nature, they're either generations down the line or were there for like, the tail end

[tired mantle]

The gek Dominion was long before Polo and nada

[vestal barn]

👀

[native carbon]

thats cool

but ngl a little bit random too

[analog breach]

Looks Cool . But can we get back tech module trading?

Talk about opening to modding community and giving some freedom to keep up game alive is up for some time. Maybe this is a small glimpse of it.

[native carbon]

cannot wait for a mod themed expedition 🔥
-# /jk

does that mean anything

ppl say its a "WP2 preparation"

[analog breach]

Wait a bit so pepole can actualy check what is going on in the files. Untill then its only speculation

[native carbon]

k

[tired mantle]

That's already a thing in a roundabout way

[native carbon]

cuz i assume its just re-downloading the files but, did that happen before with patch notes?

[analog breach]

Im not pc player. But i think few times that was the case.

[native carbon]

ah get it

well i think its nothing big

[tired mantle]

Yes

[native carbon]

isnt it weird that i said that lol, im usually the one who gets overhyped over the smallest things

[analog breach]

Bc the file size dont mean much.

[native carbon]

i still remember me being overhyped because aquarius was like "16 GB" or smth like that

but the game was just re-downloading

[analog breach]

I remember when nms was 16 GB on ps4

[frigid valley]

Im no expert but Ive seen people mention how HG changing structures in the files can show as a big update, it doesn't mean new files have been added, but that compressed files have to be redownloaded or something along these lines

[native carbon]

hmm....

[frigid valley]

looking at how experimental patch notes mention changes to how mods will work this is more likely that

[analog breach]

Yes. After even small change whole files need to be reinstaled

[native carbon]

yeah i dont think theres anything new coming this month

[analog breach]

My bet is new stuff in qs shop to unlock and maybe some bug fixes max. No update Untill after end of expeditions.

[frigid valley]

We are missing some really important stuff in QS shop
Like NMScord banner

When Sean? When NMSCord Decal?

[analog breach]

Soon****

[native carbon]

wait can we see how those look?

[frigid valley]

Pic by Mattmaxnoir that I stole

[native carbon]

ah nice

what about the plants???

[frigid valley]

Those Items are already in the game and can be unlocked with a save editor, they just aren't in the quicksilver shop yet so you can find pictures of them online, I think they also have their pages in AssistantApp with pictures

Example

#102

[native carbon]

yooooo WP1 props

i love em

[grizzled apex]

HG changed the file format they used, so steam had to redownload everything. Not indicative of anything other than that

[merry estuary]

GAWD DAMN that looks good

[sour fossil]

Just to add on top of what BomberBoi said

At this point we can't even take a peak inside the game files to see what has been changed or added for the gameplay

HG changed the file format to a degree that the basic tool used for decompiling game files doesn't work anymore

So currently noone knows what's inside and all claims can be dismissed as utter bullshit

[analog breach]

Intresting. But why change file format in the first place

[sour fossil]

Real answer: because HG

[analog breach]

[sour fossil]

Right now the modding community is more focused on figuring out how to get mods loading into the game using this new system

[grizzled apex]

In short: Because HG can and we have no way to know their motivations

There's probably some performance benefits or it may be tied to internal engine changes, but it's all at the whim of whoever's working on said feature in the office

[native carbon]

so no more datamining?

[sour fossil]

Not at this point

[analog breach]

4 now

[grizzled apex]

Not until the tools to unpack the files can be rewritten

[sour fossil]

Until new version of the tool in question becomes available

Or some new tool gets created from scratch

[native carbon]

Noooo no more overthinking 😭

[analog breach]

My bet would also be on engine changes tied to performance.

[frigid valley]

You can still overthink and overhype if you try hard enough

You just have to belive

[native carbon]

sure, WP2 will release tomorrow

[merry estuary]

If you tell yourself that every day, eventually it will become true

[mighty rampart]

what I am understanding is that HG streamlined mod installations but broke even the decompiler tool so people have to start from scratch?

[analog breach]

Wont happen without pact.

[sour fossil]

Somebody claimed the notorious lag when leaving atmosphere is gone now

But I can't verify that

[native carbon]

i already have a pact about WP2

that it will release in february

if i lose, ima explode

[analog breach]

I had more lag when entering than leaving. But its maybe platform and hardware performance related.

[mighty rampart]

HG really ought to provide more accessibility to modding, I don't get why they're so averse to it unless I'm just being dumb

at least they're doing this in experimental

[merry estuary]

If you think this is averse you really haven't seen much

[sour fossil]

NMS with all its technical systems in place is their crown IP, their secret sauce

They can't go open it up for everyone willy nilly

It's still the game that pays their bills

[mighty rampart]

I mean some basic accessibility and not open sourcing their game, if they don't want people to mod at all then why even do this

[sour fossil]

Compared to Bethesda games that is the same engine rehashed for the 20th time or so

They don't want to support mods and modded game instances

What isn't their code is not their problem

[mighty rampart]

clearly they're open to it but just want people to do it the painful way of "well you guys figure it out on your own"

[sour fossil]

No they aren't that open

Maybe that will change

[mighty rampart]

so giving a mod folder and being forward compatible isn't a big deal?

serious question btw I really don't know the modding scene of gaming in general

[sour fossil]

It will be a big deal once we know exactly what we're dealing with

Right now the community (not even me) are figuring out stuff trial and error style

[analog breach]

There is a talk around for some time about when hg switches to more to LNF it will give some nms commmunty freedom to keep up game alive and create some content.

Its just wishfull speculation tho

[native carbon]

sentinel

ups wrong chat

ima keep it here anyways

[sour fossil]

I doubt that will happen given it would be easier for them to reuse the many systems they already have in LNF

But since WP1 at least NMS feels like a beta test for LNF systems already

[analog breach]

If not freedom with interference with software. Then at least some tools to keep up game alive

[glass flare]

I wonder if the new mods system will mean that mods can finally be loaded on Macs 🙏

[glass flare]

I just hope these modding changes are "we've wanted to make modding better for a while" and not "this is to prepare for EOS for NMS"

[grizzled apex]

Given that one of the main bullets spells out "We have absolutely nothing to do w/ modding and don't actively support it", I doubt it's entirely the former. I can see it resulting from a change they've been wanting to make to their file system anyway, but tbh this does seem to have been in the works since Frontiers...

[glass flare]

I think they say have to say they don't actively support it to cover their butts legally. But obviously they are supporting is since they have hooks for modders in their architecture

Could these changes be used to add support for the Steam workshop? I don't know what's involved in that

[grizzled apex]

HG have a very hands off approach to modding. They tolerate it and leave us to our own devices to deal with any changes they make.

[glass flare]

Yeah I agree that it's a different level of "support" than say BG3 or Bethesda games

[grizzled apex]

It kinda feels like the new system's meant to work alongside some sorta UI since asking people to edit a file to change load orders and enable/disable a mod is kinda weird, since we sorta had ways to do that anyway.

[glass flare]

Yeah, hmm. Combined with the note about how they'll disable mods on restart after a crash, I wonder if they want to provide some in-game way to manage what mods are installed

[grizzled apex]

Iirc the struct used in the ModSettings file had fields for mod authors, mod IDs and dependencies, but only the dependency field shows up rn and we don't really know how that works so far afaik

So it could just be a prep drop for an update coming soon, something like Crossplay or Omega maybe?

[glass flare]

Purely hypothetically, if they set up a cloud system for mods combined with in-game management, maybe that could mean consoles could get mod support as well? That's incredibly far-fetched, but I guess that could open the door ever so slightly.

And I guess storing mods on their servers for distribution would probably go beyond not "actively" supporting them

But it would make some sense, if you have a modded save and want the experience to be similar on all platforms, now that cloud saves are here

[grizzled apex]

I don't see how HG intends to use "AuthorID"s without linking to some sorta mod distribution platform tbh. Keep in mind half these properties haven't been seen used yet, if they're used at all since they're a pre-existing struct that's been updated.

[glass flare]

is AuthorID a new field in this experimental? But yeah either they have bigger plans, or they just put them in for future-proofing

AuthorID definitely goes beyond just ensuring uniqueness of each mod, and into the realm of a mods database

[native carbon]

i think its building up for something bigger 🤔

[grizzled apex]

Nothing's really new except for LoadOrder being renamed to ModPriority (which is the main field we see used rn except for Enabled and Dependencies (which doesn't seem to work rn? More testing needed ofc). But it does look like HG've preserved the older fields too

[neon idol]

@noble portal you mean dissonant planets? I’ve hunted wrecks from there and made loads of units!

[glass flare]

Still unknown when they'll show up. Could be in Worlds part 2, but we've had no further hints about them to my knowledge

[umbral smelt]

From what I understand in the lore (and random wiki reading too), ||KORVA == Korvax Prime == Void Mother == The Abyss?||

[pliant aurora]

I do hope Worlds pt 2 is the next update but I have a feeling it might come later in the year. Idk we'll see.

[native carbon]

yooo Mykeyc long time no see

here is my speculation

[pliant aurora]

@native carbon I know right. I've been lurking trying to patiently wait for Feb and March to come but it's way too hard. 😭

[umbral smelt]

My hope in worlds part 2 is that the presumed purpl systems get even weirder exotic worlds

[pliant aurora]

I would love it

[native carbon]

10 expeditions in a row is crazy

[pliant aurora]

heck yeah lol

[native carbon]

and i bet we are getting another one soon

[pliant aurora]

LOL

youre mostly right for sure haha

[umbral smelt]

Like I would legitimately love if the "weird" worlds (ex. hexworlds) became just as varied as the chromatic/mega exotic worlds for example

[native carbon]

only thing on my nms wishlist are deep oceans

[umbral smelt]

Anything that deepens the lore for me, someone on reddit likened NMS to "cosmic horror hidden behind an exploration and resource optimization interface" and I would love for Hello to lean into that harder than they already have

[uncut harness]

I have a question but it has a spoiler, so I'll ask here

There's a crashed ship as part of the first mission. Is it worth claiming it even though it is completely broken?

[sour fossil]

you can claim it in order to scrap it for parts to sell or upgrades for your existing ship

[uncut harness]

Nice! Thanks

[polar delta]

Sooo I just finished the story went to a new galaxy and my sentinel ship is totalled and I don't have any inverted mirrors pugneum or radient shards am I boned?

[analog breach]

If u dont have freighter or other ship to summon then kinda u have a problem

U have to make a base. Build a exocraft with scanner to find another ship to repair or find npc to buy ship from.

[polar delta]

Jesus 🤣 let the adventure begin i guess

[outer bobcat]

If you are completely stuck, PGSC offers a servers that gets you unstuck

[uncut harness]

I see a blue sentinel quad walker on some forum posts.

Does this help protect the player or it's just a passive pet?

[mental socket]

It does attack enemies occasionally but isn't really that effective. Mostly a fancy pet

also you can ride it!

[unique thunder]

it happened to me too, if you dont have other ship I only can wish good luck

[tired mantle]

Summon a different ship

[uncut harness]

Aw not so effective? Thanks though

[heavy light]

Anyone got experimental patch notes? From todays exp

Nvm found them

[native carbon]

Showwie

[mental socket]

hmmst

[glass flare]

for not "actively supporting mods" this sure is a lot of support for mods

[analog breach]

" Actively" supporting mods like bethesda workshop for example

[glass flare]

I suppose part of this work is to just reduce support costs from people blaming NMS for crashes when it is in fact the fault of crashy mods

now the game will restart and work fine for them

[analog breach]

Making it mod friendly will prolong game lifespan. Like with skyrim.

[glass flare]

Eh. Well on one platform anyway.

[analog breach]

Some mods can pour to consoles. Like with flying pets for example.

[sour fossil]

Just because HG allows modding, doesn't mean they support it

They don't support bug reports when mods are involved

They didn't support save editors' programmers when they changed save data structure a year ago with Omega, leaving them to figure shit out

[glass flare]

well maybe I have a different definition. adding features to support mods being viable is to me "supporting" mods. it takes dev and QA time

[sour fossil]

They didn't support all the mod authors when they changed file headers over half a year ago with Worlds Part 1, leaving us to figure shit out

It does take work, I'm not denying that and I'm glad to see changes being made

But saying HG supports modding is an overstatement from my personal experience

And I'm sure couple other mod authors would agree

[glass flare]

there's definitely a spectrum of game support for mods, and HG is probably in the middle or lower third I guess

[grizzled apex]

Imo, HG's stance up till this experimental has just been "tolerant" of mods instead of actively supporting them. They did reinstate some obfuscated info they removed which hurt base building mods a while back, but I'd take that more as them fixing something they broke rather than being involved in supporting / encouraging mods.

These changes are a slight departure from that in the sense that they're amazing QOL features for mod creation going forward, but still don't indicate any future mod "support" from HG. We didn't get any documentation on the extremely vague patch notes and had to figure out how all of this works on our own, and they definitely didn't give any sorta heads up. We don't know how far they're gonna go with these changes either.

I have an (admittedly out there) theory on what they're planning with these changes, but it all rests on HG's decision making, which we have 0 insight into. It just kinda seems like Sean wasn't lying when they said "I think we’re adding things the community has almost given up hope on ever happening." since I don't think anyone really expected modding changes to ever happen haha.

[glass flare]

Hmm did Sean say that? I must have missed that

[grizzled apex]

https://www.nomanssky.com/2024/07/no-mans-sky-worlds-part-i/
Below the embedded trailer

[sour fossil]

things community has given hope on

So actually playable UI?

One can dream

[glass flare]

rotating planets 🙏

[icy citrus]

Cheeseburgers

[analog breach]

Undo button

[sour fossil]

For UI, yeah much agreed

[umbral smelt]

I heard this existed pre-release but it was removed since playtesters got confused that they would return to the same spot and find everything to be different

[novel iron]

Hello, what is the sentry for? The little sentinel bot you get after getting a settlement?

[buoyant zealot]

I just finished the story I believe I reset the simulation and by ship is completely destroyed it’s a sentinal ship too so it need different stuff am I gonna have to repair this all??? Manually ?!!! It seems like a stupid thing to have in the game

[sour fossil]

For being a cute little companion

That occasionally gets in the way of scanning things

[sour fossil]

Yes, it's intented gameplay, you can always swap to another ship and use that or swap difficulty preset to allow for free crafting to repair stuff quickly

[buoyant zealot]

Damn..

[novel iron]

Thats what I figured thanks!

[bitter tendon]

Hello, I finished Artemis story by resetting simulation. After that I did atlas path which I cant seem to finish it or, it's just infinite. Also should I still get to the core after finishing the story or it's for changing the galaxy?

[analog breach]

Atlas eternal part in atlas path is eternal.

[polar delta]

I'm trying to hatch a void egg following the quest i used a portal to get here but it's saying none of the planets match the eggs resonance

I have no idea what to do

[analog breach]

Need to put address from egg description

[polar delta]

I can't add photos in the chat but I used the portal code from the guide I looked up

[analog breach]

!faq-starbirth

[cloud jolt]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

<:void_egg:680150254951333934> Starbirth Quest

• To unlock Living Ships (!faq-livingship), the player needs to complete the full Starbirth quest once per save. Disable multiplayer when progressing the quest to avoid bugs.

• It's strongly recommended that the player has learned at least the first 12 portal glyphs (!faq-portalglyphs) in order to complete the quest.

• To start the quest, obtain and store 1 Void Egg (3200 QS at the Quicksilver Companion shop) in your suit inventory and then pulse in space until hailed by the Alien fallen host.

• Progressing the quest, keep the related items in your exosuit to avoid duplication and issues with progression.

• Quest has 4 real-time organ maturing phases, and another 2 final stages. Time skipping is highly discouraged, since it causes bugs anywhere in the save file that uses real time counters.

• If the current Starbirth mission objective mentions that "Unconventional travel may be required" to progress to the next stage, and the egg item card screams EUCLID 3 times find a portal in Euclid, and dial this address.
Also see Hunting for different Living Ship designs when completing Starbirth quest »

• To get additional Living Ships, the player will need a Void egg and 10k nanites per ship, but will not need to run the entire quest again. How To target specific crashed ship site coordinates found online »

Known Bugs:
• While waiting for the next organ to mature, changing galaxies by core warping or completing the Artemis Path may reset the organ mature timer.

• If a non-Living Ship spawned at the marker instead, restart the game to fix it.

Contributors: Atlas Emissaries

[polar delta]

I did that i went back to the starting galaxy and used a portal to get here

But there's no quest marker here

@analog breach

[analog breach]

Are u sure u entered right address? Do u have quest marked in log tab?

Quest needs to be done in euclid galaxy

[polar delta]

I definitely put the right address in i redid it twice ended up in same place

Portal I came out of has a bunch of drones around it with different messesges from players

Maybe it's just glitched and i can't finish it

[keen dock]

It has to be the one from your logbook the first time (I'm 90% sure)

[prime inlet]

@unborn furnace

I can't build anything though like if I was reset. Is that part of the questline? cause if I bought all these base parts to lose it all...me no be a happy camper

what do you mean exactly, where are you right now, what's the title of the primary mission that's not the atlas path or the space anomaly?

need to go to bed sorry, but will catch up tomorrow

[dark wigeon]

During the Adrift expedition, I got freaked out so bad by Nada. Their empty shell was standing there, but there was a glitch that allowed them to move when you got close.

So I went up, stood there for a minute, staring at them just standing there, and proceeded to scream when they moved. It was funny.

[pine flare]

Hey y'all what did Null do exactly? I know they killed people but is that like.. it??? What're the details? Null was the first to kill a sentinel, correct? Did null cause the sentinels to completely wipe that one universe? And did they use that for eternal life somehow?
(And was that the universe used in adrift?)
Does anyone know any of that or is it open ended??

[dark wigeon]

I haven't played that storyline in a while, and when I did, I was younger and not good at piecing together the story, but it was my interpretation that Null was the first everything. They were essentially an Adam.
Of course, I could be wrong about this, I'm rusty on the lore.

[tired mantle]

That part about tying null to adrift, I love that. As for the rest, I haven't done this quest in about a year and don't really remember it

[ebon spoke]

Null is (debatably, can't remember if its directly confirmed) the first traveler. They wanted to explore the entirety of their universe so they found a way to extend their life by killing others. If the Adrift universe is in fact the same one, then the implication would be that Null ended up eventually killing everyone there.

[quasi acorn]

what do you guys think the reason is (lore-wise) that travellers can change their appearance so easily?

i mean, apparently travelers can/have to eat, but they can also turn themselves into metallic husks

[quasi acorn]

the mission where he is introduced is literally called the first traveler so

i'm pretty sure he is the first

[quasi acorn]

i didn't realize the connection between those two things

yeah, null killed everyone to live longer

[analog breach]

Lore wise player always has anomaly apperance. Rest is for gameplay mechanics and to please the players.

[quasi acorn]

I'm not sure

I mean

With it all being a simulation and travelers being so... weird I'm sure its possible

[analog breach]

Anomaly is a recreation of vauge memory of atlas creator

[ebon spoke]

Somewhere, I think in the base building description for the player customization terminal, it's described as using holograms to change your appearance.

[quasi acorn]

well yeah but

look at the construct limbs

at that point you are fully replacing the limb, not just shrouding it

so i think that anomalies can be anything

the true "you" is the "soul", anything else can be made up by the player/the atlas as everything is fake anyways

[stiff minnow]

I don't know if this is changed since the last time I went through the game. But this is the number of planets in the game

[analog breach]

Its the number of planets that in TEORY game engine can handle. In practice the number is around 2 quadrilions atm.

[iron idol]

Are there any cool things datamined (or confirmed) for World patch II?

[glass flare]

there are cool things datamined, but none of those things are confirmed for Part 2

[rigid mauve]

so what happens if i decide to make a new galaxy

can i return back to my old bases or am i just stuck there forever

[frigid valley]

You don't make new galaxy, you can travel to another galaxy tho, there are 256 of them in total

And yeah, you can always return by teleporting back, but before you do thay drop a base in the new galaxy so you can return there if you want to

[rigid mauve]

ohhhhh

ty

that stressed me out

[iron idol]

Which cool things are datamined? 🙂

[analog breach]

Things like new purple system type. New warp drive.

[native carbon]

heres my prediction of WP2

[unborn furnace]

okay so I am on 16/16 part of artemis path but thought it was the end sine i selected "wipe the system". To be clear, the actual end where I select a new galaxy is "the purge" part which is after 16/16 of artemis path, right?

[prime inlet]

right; the purge will want you to warp 16 times, in any direction, waiting enough time in each system for mission to register progress -- before going through the portal though, if you plan on going to another galaxy (side note: can teleport back to Euclid ofc, but make sure to drop and claim a base comp in the new galaxy to ensure you can return), be sure to swap to a ship and MT you don't care about, and store tech/modules installed on suit to protect main ship+MT and exosuit from damage

[unborn furnace]

yes I did the whole thing with tech/modules, ship, multi-tool. planning for days to the realize it was not the end. Just got thrown into another planet. Now I have to undo all I did, get back to normal, and then undo it all over again lol

[lunar river]

i think they should shorten the warp time and put an animation/ a short video of some sort when entering a planet

[native carbon]

this aint starfield

[tired mantle]

The warp is actually a loading screen, that can't really be shortened

Also to the second point- I hate to sound contrary, but I agree with fi. This isn't starfield and I'm glad it isn't

[glass flare]

on PS4, star system loading could take over 30 seconds. to the point that sometimes I wondered if the game had hung lol

[tired mantle]

It usually takes that long for me on steam deck

[tired mantle]

@muted jackal so basically the Atlas is an AI that was made by humans in the distant future and everything on earth died and it got bored with nothing to do so it made a simulation with people in the simulation who think they're real. This simulation is the nms universe

[icy citrus]

Huh

[surreal terrace]

Have subway surfers playing while you warp, problem solved

[solar cairn]

New underwater stuff huh. Wishing into existence?

[native carbon]

Based on datamined info a big underwater update is coming

[solar cairn]

Ooh. But still no Station Override chip function

Sad days

[native carbon]

Ngl an orbital part 2 would be nicr

Nice

[solar cairn]

Oof, about 30% correct.

[tired mantle]

Oh sorry that's just what I thought from taking to them

[solar cairn]

I just want to own space stations.

[native carbon]

Adding randomly generated rooms, exotic and shuttle customisation, station override chip function, pirate and abandoned station redesigns, and owning a station/system.

That would be a 10/10 update for me

Also creating a custom exotic would be pain cuz not only u need to get 3 exotics but also to get the right parts 💀

[solar cairn]

Ooooh. Gotcha, well as far as humanity goes, No clue about them. There are some things in game which are very confusing. Like Atlas depicting their world outside and everything. And other things, not aligning correctly. But, lots of that is up to interpretation

[solar cairn]

YESSS

[native carbon]

Orbital part 2 sean i beg

[solar cairn]

Let us explore abandoned stations like derelicts for unique bp and deco

Please, I beg

[native carbon]

Yeah and u cab repair them

[tired mantle]

Yes

[native carbon]

Can*

And own em

[tired mantle]

YESS

[solar cairn]

Lemme use my totally legit station override chips

[native carbon]

Idk if its possible technical wise but imagine deciding which race should be in your system, what economy, and u can change the conflict levels based on your actions.

[tired mantle]

And make it so you can put ships into deep storage in them and those ships don't count towards your 12 ship cap but you still own them

[solar cairn]

I don't know if we would be able to choose since it still counts as a "primary race system"

[native carbon]

Man

Imagine tho

[solar cairn]

The economy though, is blank. Aside from what type of manufacturing it is.

So theoretically, you could get it to a T3 economy sorta like settlements

[native carbon]

Also i want planets to feel different gameplaywise

All of the planets are almost the same

U collect sodium to protect yourself and blablabla

[solar cairn]

That's the unfortunate thing with NMS. That is unavoidable imo. How would it be changed without changing core functions?

Aside from new planet types, or new type variety generation (still want more glitch planets HG)

How do you change the loop style?

[native carbon]

add more little planet stats, like the brood

[solar cairn]

This is gonna be temporary. Soon after, the same feeling returns

[native carbon]

like for example "megaflora detected"
where giant sentient plant aliens spawn, which can be friendly or evil, or a planet where geysers can spawn, like "geyser activity detected"

the more the better

[solar cairn]

Hopefully they have something good in the pipeline

Sean is tweeting more, so now I check the discord if the Hype channel is out of archive

[native carbon]

also please add normal weather, like rain which isnt extremely hot

or wind without any crazy storm

or thunderstorm without any crazy temperature

[solar cairn]

How about some normal snow and not a blinding blizzard

[native carbon]

i would be fine with those only spawning on "weatherless" planets

[solar cairn]

I swear, visibility is so kneecapped on cold planets

[native carbon]

lollll

yeah.... im not a big fan of storms in NMS

[solar cairn]

The cold isn't gonna kill me. Being blind will

[native carbon]

i love the waves they added but please make em less annoying

[solar cairn]

I kinda enjoy the crazy waves

[native carbon]

like maybe a helmet upgrade that makes u see better during storms?

that would be cool

[solar cairn]

An anti frost visor or something.

Lemme have an exosuit defrost button please.

[native carbon]

i mean it would be universal

[tired mantle]

I'd like that

[native carbon]

it would cost like 3 storm crystals, and like 300 activated copper

!hg

[cloud jolt]

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

[solar cairn]

Storm resistant antiglare visor

60% improved visibility and decreased environmental effects on hud

[native carbon]

submitted the idea

now lets pray

[sour fossil]

Wasn't there a setting to reduce hazards effects on hud already?

In accessibility options I think

[solar cairn]

Not that I was aware of. If so, imma fiddle so much

[native carbon]

how about removing that and turning it into a gameplay feature hehehe

[sour fossil]

How about not removing stuff willy nilly and break shit in the process

[native carbon]

yeah i was joking there

[solar cairn]

Oh there is

Hazard effects

[native carbon]

but still i would really appreciate the helmet upgrade

[solar cairn]

Welp... that's gonna get reduced

[native carbon]

lol, i find it funny that even after those 2k hours spend on nms i still find something new

[solar cairn]

I mean, outside from visibility. What would that upgrade do if it's an accessibility feature

[solar cairn]

That's just a huge credit to the game

[native carbon]

yo where is it i cant find it

[solar cairn]

Try the display, or visuals tab

In accessibility

[native carbon]

omg tysm

my dumb head thought its in the graphic settings

@solar cairn oh my god that changes EVERYTHING

[solar cairn]

Can you now see?

[native carbon]

i mean didnt tested ice world so far but look at this

it looks so sick!

[solar cairn]

:D

[solar cairn]

None of that weird green mist

[native carbon]

i love it

ima test a ice world now

[restive fractal]

what does "drink their foam" mean? spoken from the broken autophages

[solar cairn]

Uhm. Well, they are likely the Korvax that became martyrs in the First Spawn Spawning pools. Nanite foam is their blood, as is all robotic organisms.

Now, they likely followed Void Mother but returned by building their own bodies as the barriers are decaying and Void Mother having more influence.

[robust forge]

I'll ask this here since it relates to endings and achievements, but is it not possible to trigger center of galaxy achievement without doing the story? I'm at the 3k range. Does my ship need to have 3k hyperdrive?

[frigid valley]

Warping through the core will complete permadeath and survival achievements if you do it in either permadeath (both achievements) or survival (only survival mode achievement)

!faq-corewarp @robust forge

[cloud jolt]

@robust forge
-# to view info below, enable embeds

<:atlasnmscord:1269532093076078658> **Galactic Core Warp**

• How to reach the Galactic Core via Portals in any galaxy »
• How to warp to the Galactic Core in your ship »
• See infographic guide below or watch quick demo
• See list of galaxies. More Wiki info »

Contributor(s): Use Less UK#7734 & Atlas Emissaries

[robust forge]

@frigid valley yahoo!! Got it, tank you!

Wasn't selecting center properly

[frigid valley]

Happens quite often to folks

[robust forge]

Now for my last acheivement, Extreme Survival! 9/10 atm

[frigid valley]

Artemis' grave on my new save is on white grass planet with extreme storms

[glass flare]

does the PC version save NMS screenshots as OpenEXR? I just made one on the Mac version -- not the Steam screenshot function, but NMS itself -- and noticed it saved one of these along with the PNG. Seems that this is a file format that can render HDR, which definitely seems the case when looking at it

[jolly vault]

You will get a better answer in #nms-questions .

[fickle gorge]

what does resetting the simulation do?

[uncut harness]

Ykw would be cool if we could make our own space stations that you can control and manage what gets sold who works there and the guys you hire would get recourses for the space station and npcs or people could buy stuff from it and you would make a lot of moneys

[tame grotto]

@hasty jackal Forwarding here since I should've done so to start with. Will edit in NMS channel.

[hasty jackal]

Ok 👍

[drifting perch]

Hi all, I just picked the game up this morning... so completely new to the game. After watching a stream the other day, I was on the fence about buying the game at full price or waiting for it to go on sale. As you can see, I couldn't wait. Anyways, I am just looking for some advice on anything I should watch out for, both good and bad. I'm not looking for complete spoilers, but just things that are "I wish I had known" to make my experience better in my first playthrough. Thanks ahead of time.

[paper python]

I did not know i can recruit living ships to my fleet

[tame grotto]

That's wonderful you got the game! There are so many aspects of it to cover when you're new. My recommendation always is to follow the game's main "questlines" (Artemis & Atlas). And to abstain from keeping Multiplayer enabled while starting the game, at least until you make it to the Space Anomaly (where MP is more "officially" unlocked). It could save you from potential glitches during the initial intro missions/objectives. And most important of all, don't feel the need to hoard or stress over what to keep or discard. You'll be able to expand inventory spaces galore the more you progress in the game. Relax and enjoy the journey, this is a very chill sandbox type game.

Oh and if you don't get more replies here, don't hesitate to ask this or other questions in #nms-questions

[tame grotto]

fun times

[spark egret]

Just adding my two cents on top of RHT’s advice above, which I strongly second- there is no way wrong way to play this game. Go for what looks good, worry about stats etc later. Keep your eyes on #nms-questions routinely and you’ll pick things up, even if you don’t have questions in the moment. Otherwise, boot up, get lost, tinker, and enjoy! The only thing that can’t be upgraded to max level is a freighter ship, but having ANY freighter is better than none, and at that, you’ll get there before you know it, so don’t rush anything. I repeat, don’t rush anything.

[drifting perch]

Thanks again. So I can turn off MP and then back on? Is there any issues if I play completely offline for about a week? I'll be traveling in a few weeks and I won't have a reliable internet connection.

[tame grotto]

Yes If you go to Network Settings, you can disable it. And re-enable it later once you've got the Space Anomaly unlocked.

And it's perfectly fine if you play completely offline too. I personally prefer it tbh. As long as you're not doing these time limited events called (community) Expeditions which do require your system to connect to Hello Games' servers.

[solar cairn]

Disturbing lack of floating crystal or ancient data structure decorations.

Time to enter another suggestion to hg

[tame grotto]

!Faq-Multiplayer

[cloud jolt]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

<:AtlasNmscord:1269532093076078658> **Multiplayer Tips**

• Find your Friend Code via Network Options » View Friends List » Show My Friend Code / Add Friend -- see image for example.

💡 Share it with others here by typing !MyFriendCode

• See other multiplayer & cross-play tips »

• Cross-play issues? Check #nms-questions & pinned info »

• Recommended Network Settings »

When progressing quests, it's strongly recommended to disable Multiplayer to avoid bugs. See Recommended Network Settings »

Additional and useful information:
Basic steps: Hosting/Joining [a session »](#nms-questions message)
Having issues with multiplayer? See common Issues, suggested Troubleshooting steps and Workarounds »

Contributors: Atlas Emissaries

[tame grotto]

In case the screenshot above helps btw @drifting perch

[drifting perch]

Perfect. I'll be starting my first game as soon as I'm done with work.

[tame grotto]

[glass flare]

Also there's a lot of game options you can set to customize your experience, and you can set most of them dynamically while you play. So you can really finetune the kind of experience and difficulty level you want out of the game

[hollow sapphire]

Can this go in the Gallery?

[tame grotto]

Yes

[rough depot]

Any recent datamined stuff other than the quicksilver shop items lately?

[glass flare]

just the modding changes I think

my Worlds pt 2 hype is starting to return though... hope that's coming in Feb.

[rough depot]

probably gonna see an update either way in February

expedition reduxs end on the 5th so maybe the 12th would be update day?

they been dropping a lot of updates on wednesdays if i recall

[uncut harness]

https://x.com/NoMansSky/status/1882550400957718804 Gas giants?

[umbral smelt]

unironically if that happens its going to be awesome

[uncut harness]

There are really only 2 planet emojis. Earth (not counting earth at different angles), and Saturn

World part 2, second planet emoji

[umbral smelt]

if so, it will be interesting how they actually go about gas giants given that you really dont have solid ground to stand on

do you sent frigates down

are there floating stations

[compact coyote]

GAS GIANTS!

[uncut harness]

Gas giants wouldn't be more interesting than moons, and would be probably more work

But if they did add them, obviously nobody would object. Just never seemed like it'd be a serious consideration unless they are ticking boxes off and have no other ideas

Purple systems, I'm hoping for interesting new content there.

In my perma save, I've made it to the top edge of the galaxy in the Hilbert dimension, would be interesting to see some stuff to make travel more interesting

NPCs walking, seemed like there was some datamining that showed at least they were experimenting with ragdolls and navigation

Which would make sense to port that tech from LNF since they have to have NPCs walking around all over planet I imagine

[uncut harness]

Fair, but the idea of there being Gas Giants and whatnot would make the universe feel much bigger

Could also lead to new types of bases, such as floating bases

Since...well...gas giants have no surface of any kind

That's what I mean though, it'd be a lot of tiny tweaks to get existing mechanics to work, for functionally not enough change in the game

[compact coyote]

Imagine they add Gas, ice giants, hot jupiters, Brown dwarfs

[uncut harness]

I don't think it'd be bad for the game, just to be clear, I like the ideas, if that's what they do I wouldn't be uspet

[glass flare]

I think this convo is probably better suited for #nms-the-future since this isn't spoiler-related

[gloomy isle]

Tbh I always just assumed they'd have floating islands or something

[fervent fern]

I'm out of the loop and I have just one question.
Worlds pt 2. How are the chances?

[frigid valley]

50/50, it'll either be worlds part 2 or not

[fervent fern]

Odds are good enough

(But I'll make that 75/25 in my head for no reason other than wishful thinking)

[slender raft]

It's either worlds or the exact same emoji sent being added to the game in particular, good luck finding that.

[fervent fern]

Now that I think of, it's a bit early for an emoji, assuming the update will only come when the expeditions end

I reckon the last one was scheduled to go until beginning of february...

[pliant aurora]

I hope its finally Pt 2

the wait has been painful

[gloomy isle]

It'll probably be pretty big since it won't release next week

So this is quite an early tease

[fervent fern]

Same as Worlds pt 1. 👀

That one had an "early" tease too...

Can we dream?

[molten karma]

My greedy dumbass is thinking if this is Worlds Part 2 and it's this early on how big will the summer update be this year and would it be a possible Part 3 to Worlds that is even bigger? It was kind of like this last year. Orbital was a pretty big update overhauling the space stations early on and then we get Worlds Part 1 which was amazing. So it makes you think that this is Part 2 leading into a 3rd Part or it's a update that is quite significant that leads into Part 2 during the summer.

[solar cairn]

If there is a part 3

[native carbon]

worlds part 2!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!11!

[native carbon]

it can release next week

but it cant have a expedition

[native carbon]

nah. i think we will not get a big summer update this time

[short raft]

so do i need an interceptor to start the echoes content?

[sour fossil]

!faq-echoes

[cloud jolt]

-# to view info below, enable embeds

❔ **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

[gloomy isle]

I'm trying to think, have we ever had a content update drop mid expedition?

[analog breach]

I dont think so

[gloomy isle]

I do wonder if this is worlds part 2, or actually gas giants

I feel like there's enough fantasy elements in NMS to make gas giants interesting

Floating islands etc

[icy citrus]

As long as they aren't just skybox scenery

[gloomy isle]

Or if they might be another bit of worlds part 2. We know it's been delayed probably

[icy citrus]

Could just be a ringed planet too

[rancid flax]

i feel that if we got gas giants it will be for worlds part 2

theres no reason they have to be separate updates

which some people have mentioned

[gloomy isle]

Speaking of, I'd like to see rings overhauled with the new volumetrics etc

They've not really changed since next iirc

[icy citrus]

Could be happening

[rancid flax]

gleam probably already knows lol

[gloomy isle]

We know they are working on pressure as a hazard, so that could feasibly apply to gas giants as well as water

I've always liked the idea of them having floating islands, with higher pressure the deeper you go

And more resources etc

[rancid flax]

most likely 🪐 is for worlds part 2

we are kind of short on planet emojis

so it makes sense

[gloomy isle]

Definitely. I just expected he'd use 🌍🌍

Since we've never had an update get a sequel before

[slender raft]

World vs the cooler world

[rancid flax]

if i remember correctly one of the tweets involved several earth emojis, just at different angles

[slender raft]

Literally

[gloomy isle]

Makes me wonder if they might be freeing up summer for something else

[slender raft]

If it turns out to be a space update that'd be cool as well

[rancid flax]

we still havent had the 4th part of that arg, have we?

[slender raft]

I wanna see things like large asteroids you can land on, shattered planets, stars actually existing, nebula and solar dust clouds etc

Ik clouds exist but they barely do much

[rancid flax]

well technically you can already land on asteroids

on foot

not too hard to do with a freighter

[gloomy isle]

Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if LNF was this year

Or next

[rancid flax]

nah im expecting it to be way off from now

but we'll see

[slender raft]

Hopefully they release it finished. I think they are fully aware of that

[gloomy isle]

Yeah definitely

Either way, the next time we see it, it'll probably release soon after

[rancid flax]

could light no fire be the "real world"? the structure shown appears to be the atlas being built

maybe not

just my intital thoughts for it all

[gloomy isle]

Personally I think it'll be in the HG multiverse but any connections will be sly mentions here and there

[rancid flax]

and im sure many others have come to the same conclusion

[gloomy isle]

Like how portal and half life share a universe but it's barely mentioned in the games

[rancid flax]

i wasnt aware of that

[pliant aurora]

dam im too hyped now

[gloomy isle]

Yeah it's not mentioned much. There's a few lore connections and some stuff confirming it but they're set in completely different time periods

[rancid flax]

figures. i only played the first half of portal 2 and that was it

[gloomy isle]

Since we got an emoji with likely no update next week, I wonder if we might get an announcement or a trailer

[analog breach]

Usualy trailer releases close to the update release.

Often on same day

[slender raft]

I honestly love that

I hate long waits

Being jumpscared by an update is way more fun

[gloomy isle]

True but origins got update art and announcement early

Frontiers too iirc

[analog breach]

Imo patern and circumstances at the time where diffrent. Hg was working on getting back the trust . So it was crucial to show that they are working on the game asap imo.

[gloomy isle]

Idk, it was already seen as a massive comeback by the time origins dropped

It's just weird to me that they announced it a week earlier than usual

Or at least it won't likely drop next week

[analog breach]

I doubt it will drop next week when exp rerun is still on..my bet is on same day of redux ending

5 feb (wednesday)

[runic mesa]

If they're teasing it this early then, isn't that usually an indication this will a big update?

Not getting hopes up, any new free update is 10/10. Just factoring in precedent.

[analog breach]

I wonder if more HG focus on nms content means we are closer to LNF being finished..since some things whrere done and pepole got tranfered over to nms team

[gloomy isle]

Seems likely to be worlds part 2

[analog breach]

High chances but nothing 100% sure

[gloomy isle]

Yeah I agree, just thought it's odd they're not teasing next week instead

[slender raft]

Ill grab that game in a heartbeat

[runic mesa]

Oh, of course

[fervent fern]

Would make sense to tease that early, if it actually introduces a whole new system type and some closure to some of the game's main lore

Dammit, I'd love if it was that. 😆

[lunar river]

have you ever wished like we get an update at some point where ,,, 1. you can assemlbe any ship part and create one of your own, like the radiant fighter with vesper sails, 2: LIVING SPACE STATION, 3: 2: living frigates with DOCKS 4: LIVING ENTITIES 5: LIVING BASE PARTS, LIVING FLIGHT PACK AND COSTUME APPEARENCE 6: and many more

also ever wished that #hellogames) create a side game for action and shooting concerning No Mans Sky History with atlas and sentinals, how the war between GEK and KORVAX, How the VYKEEN and sentinals battled each other and where the travellers actually came from,

[analog breach]

Living artemis

[lunar river]

yes like artemis finally getting a full body different from the simulation

[lunar river]

Maybe they could call it (No Man`s Sky Battles)... a full game with multiple campaigns to choose from and a multiplayer mode for peaople to choose any race to play with ,,,

[solar cairn]

I just want a space station base

That's it

Everything else is caviar

[uncut harness]

I treat my freighter like a space RV

[solar cairn]

Same

[late tusk]

:D

[analog breach]

We cant see experimantal and internal steam branches anymore 🤨 . HG wants to keep us in the total dark untill update drop.

[late tusk]

Astaroth fren!

[analog breach]

Hello

[slender raft]

My planetary overhaul senses be tingling

[glass flare]

I didn't realize devs could block access to that 🤔

[sour fossil]

We don't have any confirmation it was HGs doing

[analog breach]

Its a new featue from what i understand

[sour fossil]

Could be part of global change to Steamworks in general

What are private branches?

Starting in November 2024, Steam implemented changes to its password-protected branches, converting them into fully private branches. This new system makes these branches completely invisible in the appinfo data, preventing third-party services like SteamDB from detecting or tracking changes to these branches — or even knowing they exist at all.

ChangeNumber – 26892267 › 27103115
This changelist affected 206 other apps.

[icy citrus]

It's that

[sour fossil]

Though that doesn't mean 206 other apps had their depots hidden, it means 206 other apps had changes happened in the same time frame

I'd assume HGs internal branch was passwork protected cause ofc it was

[glass flare]

that makes sense for internal branches, but hiding experimental branch sounds like a bug since it's available to the public

[sour fossil]

And the Experimental branch we could access also used the password

That was the whole code we input in Steam settings to access it

So it got hit by the same change as well

[icy citrus]

Ya, everyone needs to suggest they remove the password for it (if you want steamdb pushing the update notice)

[glass flare]

strange way to enforce access, but Steam has always been wonky in that aspect

[icy citrus]

As of now we have to rely on exp users to tell us when it updates

[sour fossil]

We can still access it the same way, it's just not visible at glance

Yeah I guess it leaves Gunter blind when it comes to updates on experimental

[icy citrus]

It does indeed

[sour fossil]

damnit Greg-like person at Steam

yells at a cloud

[glass flare]

I guess there's no way to give Gunter the password? I don't know anything about the Steam API

[icy citrus]

Sadly there is not

[fluid valley]

I bet little updates before summer update (World part 2)

And its interesting for steam, because no man sky is not the only game have restricted exp

[worthy kindle]

I just finished the purge for the first time and wow didn't expect that to happen lol

[umbral smelt]

bro if the one + three planets mean the worlds part 2 is on the 1/3 (first of march)

[fervent fern]

lol don't worry. Not how it works.
Sean often retweets his emojis this way. It doesn't point to any specific date

If there's an emoji, update is days always

[icy citrus]

Except for Origins

And Frontiers

And we have an expedition going on right now for another 11 days

[rancid flax]

how did origins and frontiers hint at specific dates?

i dont remember anyone knowing the date before hand

[icy citrus]

They didn't, but they were posted weeks ahead of the updates

[analog breach]

Would be wild if update droped in nearest wednesday

[icy citrus]

Not just a few days

[rancid flax]

oh yeah i suppose

[analog breach]

But from the other hand. If update would drop nearest wednesday ,players who already did the exp would had something to do.

[icy citrus]

With the likelihood of bugs introduced with any update, I doubt they release before the end of the expedition. But I don't rule anything out with them anymore

[rancid flax]

the 10 days on the expedition kind of throws a wrench in everything

otherwise id estimate tuesday-thursday next week

it could very well be the week after

[icy citrus]

That's my guess

Could be same day the expedition ends tho, it does finish off early in the day

[rancid flax]

thats been a recent pattern ive noticed

[gloomy isle]

This is why I'm convinced it's part 2, personally

There's no way they would tease an expedition or even orbital sized update a full 2 weeks in advance

[vocal prism]

Just called Sean, he told me the update is pretty cool

[fervent fern]

Wasn't there for Origins, but Frontiers had a reason -- it was the whole 5th anniversary thing. It made sense to tease something. And there were some other differences: we knew the name beforehand, tease wasn't an emoji (the emoji would come later iirc)...

That being said, yep, I do think it will come when the current expedition ends

My point was: it's 11 days away, not some five weeks away 😆

[late tusk]

hello friends!

[zenith perch]

I wonder if we'll have some random website leak an update like wp1

[sour fossil]

uhhhh

Wp1 was leaked?

Wasn't it Echoes with an article?

[grizzled apex]

A chinese article leaked it a few hours before release

Iirc @glad kernel was the one who brought it to light

[sour fossil]

huh didn't know that, thanks

[grizzled apex]

right here, and above

[gloomy isle]

What day are we all betting?

I'm predicting the 5th or 6th

[analog breach]

5th

[late tusk]

hi friends! :D

wrong chat woops

[runic mesa]

Going out on a limb and predicting next week. Could be an update with no expedition.

I'm not making a pact tho 😛

[glad kernel]

[fervent fern]

11th.
~~But I really want to be surprised. ~~
(oooops, scratch that. I'm bad at maths and just woke up).
Same here, 5th.

[unique otter]

If this is worlds part 2, and its on the same level as worlds part 1, there probably will be articles about it, so it might leak again. Hello games might have learned from what happened before though, since early articles leaked updates twice already

I bet next week though as release

[copper ore]

||https://youtu.be/B4Ajahuuq8s||

[wind panther]

I would guess it will have purple systems, which will have water worlds and ruins biomes. Beyond that, the new file system for PC. Maybe some alternate terrain gen for the new purple systems, but don't know.

And some story expansion involving GLASS, water, atlantidium or however you spell it, and Void Mother.

[solar cairn]

New expedition later on?

Please let's own space stations

[viral geyser]

I have a feeling the update is gonna drop this Wednesday

I think they are purposely dropping it in the middle of the cursed because it runs along side it

I actually have a theory that the cursed was the expedition for part 2 but took it out so they could give themself more time

[solar cairn]

Better that and polished than a Bugfest nightmare worse than the brood mothers

[viral geyser]

Yeah, but also we haven’t waited more then a week for an update after an emoji in forever

Even wp1 it dropped 5 days later

I was looking at his twitter history he’s been consistent with timing

If it’s not worlds part 2 I think Sean made a mistake using a planet emoji tbh

Also Saturn was the god of time and space, and the cursed was litteraly about time and space

Just saying

Here’s my prediction for wp2 or whatever the update ends up being

-Auroras/more stellar weather event
-deeper oceans
-purple system
-new ruins/structures
-new enemies (the squids)
-new vehicle
-and other misc proc gen stuff

[solar cairn]

We were given a jar, and the update was about fishing

Lots of people, myself included, thought that was going to be a ruins overhaul update

Sean sent a snowflake. It was about fractals.

The guy loves puns and meanings, but also loves telling us nothing about the meaning

If it's worlds pt2, fantastic. If it isnt, it isnt. We don't know until it updates and the expedition ends in 10 days.

[drowsy dune]

And there hasn’t been an update not released on a Wednesday since origins

[zenith perch]

I need more settlements stuff

Imagine a settlement on one of those exotic worlds and its weird corrupted looking animals somehow running a settlement

[gloomy isle]

I personally feel like it'll be around the 5th

Like, there's absolutely nothing stopping them from releasing a big update during an expedition

But at the same time they've not done it before

[runic mesa]

The urn is the astrological sign for Aquarius. I thought it was clever, to be honest. But I totally get others being frustrated about it be less straightforward.

Actually, releasing it during Cursed redux because it's a lore tie in isn't a bad theory.

[gloomy isle]

Tbf from what we know of it, it's definitely supposed to be a lead- in

So they might actually do that

It's a weird choice to announce it a week earlier than usual, if they're waiting for it to end

[runic mesa]

2023 and 2024 updates already changed a lot of precedent, so logically we can't even rely on that as much.

[gloomy isle]

Yeah it's kinda been feeling like each year almost has its own cadence now

Either way, if it's part two, I can't wait to see those ruin biomes

[runic mesa]

Gimmie the lore.

[gloomy isle]

Yeah I really hope we get a good chunk