nms-the-future

[marsh terrace]

Have you ever heard the saying "it's not about the destination, its about the journey"?

[supple warren]

Well guess what, the journey was undercut by removing portal interference

[tired basin]

It doesnt matter how you personally play the game, its not up to you to limit how someone else may prefer to play it, obviously barring hacking.

[marsh terrace]

Still have to explore the system to know where you just ended up.

[supple warren]

Not if you're using coordinate exchange

All the basic problems you envision would come of allowing a method to remotely survey systems are more or less already here in a different form

[tired basin]

Youre arguing against the proposal by saying "theres already something like it in game" while also saying "that game function as a whole shouldnt exist"

[marsh terrace]

If you want to find your own sentinel free paradise that hasn't been found by someone else, you should have to work at it.

[supple warren]

And remotely surveying systems to uncover that would undermine "working at it"...How?

You'd still have to have whatever the system would require to do so, whether it's explorer frigates or whatever they might implement

[marsh terrace]

You know what, I agree with you. The game should play itself. Nothing more to argue over. Goodbye!

[supple warren]

🙄

[tired basin]

Neither said anything remotely close to this.

[supple warren]

Because knowing the number of planets in a system and their biomes is totally the same as landing on them and exploring them

If that were the case, do you understand how much of an indictment of the game that would be?

[brave plinth]

Cant have your cake and eat it too. If players believe save edits, mods, or hacks is how they enjoy the game, why should you get to decide whether theyre playing it wrong

[tired basin]

Because theyre not playing the game, theyre breaking the vanilla functions and abusing them.

modding is arguably a grey area. its usually not vanilla friendlt, but its also no malicious

[brave plinth]

Is that directly affecting another players experience?

[tired basin]

yes.... it is multiplayer

[brave plinth]

It doesnt affect other players unless they choose to affect other players though?

I think you believe the game is competitive and have decided that there are rigid guidelines that players must follow.

[supple warren]

Either way, this line of thought is unrelated to the initial suggestion for the most part, given that if it were implemented you could just...Not make use of it, as so many often like to tell me about various features of the game

[tired basin]

i said modding is a grey area, how does that imply i think there are concrete guidelines.

[brave plinth]

Exactly, besides, creative mode is effectively a hacked save anyway.

[supple warren]

Like the original suggestion that's spiraled out a bunch here is roughly speaking: remote star system surveys

If implemented you could simply not do remote surveys if you didn't want to

[brave plinth]

You cant force players to explore and say thats how they enjoy the game. They decide to enjoy the game their way. If that means they explore manually, great. If it means save editing to a new location, whatever, it doesnt affect you.

[supple warren]

Then yeah, you're p. much in line with what Pope's been saying

[brave plinth]

No, i just literally said hacking is fine.

Because it doesnt affect another player in this case

[supple warren]

Well the thing is the argument was against Alcubierre basically trying to impose their model of exploration on the game to reject Pope's suggestion

[brave plinth]

The games not a race or a competition in any way.
I dont have an issue with your suggestion as i understand it, although I do agree it automates gameplay.

[tired basin]

Hacking is the malicious bending or breaking of game functions. If you want to say modding is fine, that is okay.

[supple warren]

It does, but it doesn't really automate away the planetside exploration

So it's by no means whatsoever pushing the game further in a, "play itself" kinda style

[brave plinth]

I think youll find the definition of hacking is very much subjective and not the actual topic I was getting at.

[tired basin]

Your original point was "You cant be for allowing people to play the way they wish while being against exploits/modding/hacking." The definition isn't that fluid. People generally understand hacking as a malicious form of modding. Its hacking because its done with ill intent. If it wasnt done with ill intent it would be modding.

Never said i was against modding btw, but that was included so i included it in your point.

but i agree we are getting off track a fair bit

[brave plinth]

Ok, well guess what, language changes, and colloquially hacking has often been used to describe exploits, glitches, and all sorts of synonyms to describe taking advantage of game structure. But im not talking about the definition of hacking anymore.

[tired basin]

Well people can use words incorrectly. Besides that, do you not see the contradiction? "synonyms to describe taking advantage of the game..." You are then taking advantage, you are acting with ill intent.

[brave plinth]

If players want to explore, theyre free to do so. If they want a ferry to the shiniest earth replica that reddit can offer, theyre free to do so.

[tired basin]

I agree

[brave plinth]

Yeah, I agree. I think its not much different anyway than seeing the planet count from the galaxy map and if it has a water planet etc. If it could do something like a resource scan of the system, they still have to go the system anyway to locate it. Mostly, this just reduces the need for the locate resource feature in the Catalogue (which most players dont know about anyway)

[supple warren]

It also reduces the need to manually, personally warp system over system to do nothing more than sit there, spin about scanning each planet, decide none appeal to them, and bounce

[tired basin]

^

[supple warren]

Which I can assure you does happen, whether or not you may think it should or that that's the "wrong" way to play

(which is what Alcubierre earlier was getting fussy over)

[brave plinth]

Yep, ive spent enough time on the subreddit to see the general opinion. For an exploration game, the community seems to really hate anything that isnt point A to point B or 100% automated, so I understand why theyre (alcub) frustrated at the suggestion of something that kind of makes things easier in a way.

[supple warren]

I kinda can't help but think there's those extremes in part because a lot of the stuff implemented is also to those extremes. It's either really tedious or extremely simple/easy

So even when you try to hit at something between those two, people can't help thinking the reality will end up being that if it's more involved=tedious or if it's too simple=fully automated

Even I've been inclined to think that way at times

[subtle gazelle]

I'd still love for the game to be more ARG-like. Or at least the weekend missions.

[supple warren]

would definitely dig more involved puzzley stuff (without timegates obvs)

[marsh terrace]

That's not ideal, you usually find something good along the way.

[left oasis]

I think being able to do some remote scouting like was proposed would work a lot better if it also came with a significant planet generation overhaul. As it stands, every toxic planet is largely interchangeable, save for the intensity of storms. Sure, the creatures and plants vary somewhat, technically, but not really that much in practice. If there was a significant expansion to diversity, being able to identify Lush planets at a distance wouldn't make searching manually as pointless, and it'd also be more useful if you're after a specific combination of features

yeah, there's exceptions for specific special resources like Ancient Bones and Salvageable Scrap, but outside of that and the occaisonal ocean planet, how different are they really

[supple warren]

I mean there's still the topographical, planet filter, color palette aspects that tend to make or break'em for some folks...Well, also fauna, as some prefer only certain sorts on the planets they're scouting

[supple warren]

May not be ideal, but folks do it either way. Everyone plays their own way. For instance, I refuse to build bases planetside outside of exceptional circumstances (e.g. testing things/seeing if it's improved at all).

Some would also say that's not ideal, but whatever.

[golden cobalt]

hot springs, that can be used in some (extreme) frozen biomes to recover hazard protection. 😄

[red schooner]

i want more opposite-storms

so hot storms on cold planets, cold storms on hot planets, etc

[golden cobalt]

oh, that could be interesting 🙂

[red schooner]

but it wouldnt just be opposites

like occasional hot storms on poisonous planets

that kinda stuff

[golden cobalt]

i'd like to see the "open crashed freighter container, get irradiated" used more often, not just with radiation, but with other things too. say there's a tornado, it's sucking up air from the higher, colder atmosphere - if i jump into it, i could get cold damage.

[red schooner]

😳

[golden cobalt]

to clarify, maybe not cold damage, i meant it more like damage from the cold

but that could also be another interesting thing

[red schooner]

🤨

[golden cobalt]

expand on the buffs the player gets when in a certain environment

i feel that's largely ignored

partially due to how powerful upgrade mods can be

[red schooner]

the hot one is the best one

100%

[golden cobalt]

i think some further tweaking might be in order

[tired basin]

There are only so many planet and fauna and plant templates. The chances of you finding something “surprising” besides your perfect planet are almost 0, and the almost 0% chance is still retained in the system we advocated for, as you still have to manually visit each system individually.

[jovial cove]

Need more cosmetic options

[tired basin]

^

[wide girder]

Imagine buying planetary trading outposts and making money passively with that youd have to buy freighters to let them transport the goods to other planets or freighters

[red schooner]

so... you spend money to get money?

[wide girder]

Yes

Investment basically

[red schooner]

if you were rich enough to get freighters/outposts, you dont need more money

money is pointless after 400 mil

[wide girder]

Well yeah but i think it would be a neat touch for veteran players

[red schooner]

i guess

[tired basin]

Id suggest being careful with that specific game function so this doesnt turn into GTA V Online, but still sounds cool. Though i think the Space Stations promised would be cooler.

[supple warren]

how does this differ much from Activated Indium mines & frigate expeditions, and why another method to passively accrue units?

Aren't those sufficient?

[tired basin]

It doesn't seem like a bad idea. If i remember correctly, they promised an economy that would allow for such diversification.

[supple warren]

still much more interested in diverse acquisition methods over grinding currencies, personally

[wide girder]

Well i mean then youd have more reason to explore and interact more with the star systems and planets because you would be searching for rescource rich system where you could buy trading post that would make you more money than in a resource poor system. Again this is only a suggestion but i do feel like it would be a nice touch

[marsh terrace]

Everyone wants to purchase space stations but I don't see anyone discuss what you'd do with them.

[marsh terrace]

I like to imagine that ownership of a station would grant you control over that system's military force - think controlling all the Freighters in that system like frigates, except you're under control of what the Freighters do I.E. if you like, you could tell the system's forces to attempt a takeover of a nearby system, or send over a few specialised Freighters to go refurbish an abandoned system for repopulation. If you wanted, you could set up a blockade around an important planet, whatever they're important for.

[somber radish]

that would be interesting, but the game's ultimately about exploration. besides, if you did military takeovers, then that would basically just be an RTS with more steps.

[marsh terrace]

Can't we do something a bit more than exploration?

[somber radish]

yeah, and there's stuff like the economy and space battles, but there are things that would probably not be right. some of the stuff you mentioned just wouldn't really fit in a game like this.

[marsh terrace]

Well, what do you imagine space stations could do?

[somber radish]

possibly a money sink, where you could improve the services there like the quality of ship upgrades but it would cost money, as well as more landing platforms to hold your own ships.

[marsh terrace]

Anything new and interesting though?

[somber radish]

not new, but just something to add for endgame content so you don't just end up accumulating money

however you did mention repopulation of abandoned systems and that actually seems like a good idea

[marsh terrace]

Military takeovers migft be a bit far fetched, but more freighter slots and being able to use freighters for a greater good sounds like a win win for me.

[somber radish]

and another thing about owning stations could be possible like semi-ownership of the station, allowing things like the galactic hub to be more prominent in which places are in their space but just haven't been discovered yet or things like that

[marsh terrace]

If you could edit the exterior of space stations (or groups of space stations) to add decals, you could help brand civilised space.

[somber radish]

that too

[marsh terrace]

I'd like to see that with Freighters too, to add extra identifiers to specific ones.

[supple warren]

you've been overlooking the numerous suggestions that more or less fit with what Mega suggested. Just another passive unit generation option.

Sometimes other stuff, like altering the econ/conflict status, but I feel like majority of suggestions I've seen are literally either: big unit sink and/or passive unit generation option.

So many of the things people want from NMS are like MP8 said, "[...] an RTS with more steps."

But also, they're readily available in games built with them in mind, like Avorion & X3/X4.

[marsh terrace]

I meant aside from making money. Aside from 'make it a credit sink' and 'make it a credit generator'.

[supple warren]

gotcha

[marsh terrace]

I want to explore what they could introduce to gameplay if you could own stations, like serving as a natural progression from the already monolithic freighters you can already own.

[supple warren]

would be interested in seeing them make bases interesting at all first tbh

[marsh terrace]

wdym?

[supple warren]

They're largely empty shells with optional passive benefits. There's next to nothing to them if you're not interested in teleport networks and passive benefits.

[marsh terrace]

I've always thought of bases as homes players can make for themselves, how special they are depending on the players' creativity.

[supple warren]

too dead and sterile to feel homey to me

[marsh terrace]

I've always used the prefab parts out of a lack of creativity and a want for simplicity, but the basic parts look a lot less sterile to me.

[somber radish]

yeah honestly there's not much in the bases to make them feel lively

you can decorate them, but there's not interactivity in that

[marsh terrace]

I've seen some very lively bases around the galactic hubs and from strangers I was linked to on the space anomaly.

[somber radish]

yeah, but they still feel just empty. there's not much to do. you can have all the decor in the game but once you get past it, there isn't much to do in bases aside from like having them as functional farms or whatever.

[supple warren]

my point precisely

They're really at their best when you ignore the functional and home-esque stuff and go full on art piece imo

But that more or less requires fighting tooth & nail with the game's finicky building system to achieve (especially on console)

[dense crypt]

Tbh the whole base building thing feels forced in NMS

it wasn't supposed to have base building but they for some reason put it in

and had like 3 years of updates

[marsh terrace]

Too many things are forced, I want to go 5 seconds in normal without being dragged along a rigid linear gather-build-research path.

[verbal urchin]

i'm sure this has been suggested to death but it would be kind of neat to just outright make the limits of base building 1000u rather than 300u

[supple warren]

also make base boundaries visible when placing parts so you don't have to just guess a bunch

[marsh terrace]

Being able to select where you warp into an already visited system (Space station, black hole, space above where your friend has landed, etc). Freighters could have this functionality extended a bit, you select your current star system or another visited one and you're brought up an interface that lets you fly around a virtual representation of a system to choose the dropout point.

[gloomy hazel]

With rumors of the Switch Pro coming out which means the game can possibly run on the supposed rumored console

[supple warren]

I laugh, but hey, who knows

Nothin' like another port to maintain

[wraith spire]

can we get a feature where visited frigates and freighters are marked "visited?" kinda like NPCs are. and/or being able to scan frigates and freighters to receive at least some kind of info (not necessarily detailed, such as class) but at least name of the ships captain or something.

[lament coral]

I want to be able to leave pets at bases so I can free up my companion register without having to abandon them.

[sharp widget]

the problem really is, your bases are part of your save game.

and your save game - keeping it reasonably sized - seems to be the principal bases of these limits

so they could be at your base, or in your inventory. it doesnt matter. its in your save game and using space

one way to store, potentially a far larger number of things, would be to have scanner for your multitool or something that could could turn a scanned ship or animal or anything into its basic rng seed. and then another imprinting mechanisim that we could use to take a "Scan" -being an inventory item that is created using the scanner like this - to materialize an item (or egg) of the scanned type.

the storage space increase would be small as its only as big as the seed data. and the players can self manage as many, or as few, patterns of whatever types they want.

it plays into the everything is a simulation aspect, so the full mechanic might be unlocked once all the atlas simulations have been interacted with or something.

at which point you can reskin your freighter, starships, clone fauna into eggs, and clone any flora or rock formations you see anywhere as a decoration item that you can then remanifest in your base as a decoration using its scanned pattern.

[verbal urchin]

Does the NMS dev team ever visit this channel or is it just players theorizing

[brave plinth]

If they do, its incognito.

[marsh terrace]

Said no-one ever until NMS popped out of the bushes with save games that die if they get too big. Games like Minecraft can store millions or billions of displaced voxels until they get too big.

[sharp widget]

nms saves games as json. json needs to be saved as one go and a small change at the beginning pushes the whole thing out.
Its not the best choice as a high performance, highly resilient, serialization format for reading partioned data.

[marsh terrace]

In that case, if you ask me, NMS should consider switching to a more robust file format so it can raise some of the current limits.

Minecraft has done similar fine, changing how chunks are stored and shipping updates with in-game save converters.

[dim bear]

Minecraft also had basically infinite development money, being the behemoth trend it was.

[ripe dagger]

i agree. but it’s the thing i love most in the game. i like to wrap up my sessions by adding something more to my “home”

[solid goblet]

Scarfs, ponchos and space capes for customization

[gloomy hazel]

Considering how NMS does saves, and the size of the json files currently, I don't think JSON is a bottleneck for the saved data.

[somber radish]

this is just me, but a big change i want is better pve. i can go through wave after wave of sentinels and as long as my jetpack is charged, i don't take a single point of damage. if i do, it's nothing. the supply kits will also heal any damage to the shield as well, which basically just makes it too easy to grind pungeum.

[mint lantern]

YES!!!! I have wanted this for a while. I feel that a possible fix to this problem is to add 5 more waves of sentinels, with new sentinel types, and maybe HG should improve foot to ship combat so we could have some of that. Maybe add a stationary exocraft that functions as an okay SAM turret.

[earnest forge]

This is the best 5/7 channel rename. Love it.

[karmic tiger]

I brought it up in #discord-server-feedback and I have admin approval, so we're just gonna do this for every cryptic tweet Sean makes

[earnest forge]

Nice 😄

[red schooner]

i just got here

anything new?

[karmic tiger]

!anythingnew

[misty iris]

https://www.nomanssky.com/2021/02/companions-patch-3-22/

[karmic tiger]

nope

[red schooner]

btw, folly

[karmic tiger]

wasup

[red schooner]

did you see the second suggestion i made?

the notification thingy

[karmic tiger]

so

that's a tough one

because we either make it self-assignable, but only staff can ping it

or we don't, and dole out the role individually as people request it

...or y'all could just

ya know

check #nms-announcements

that said

[red schooner]

i mean, i just want to know before i hop on the server that an update dropped

[karmic tiger]

I liked the #nms-reddit-feed idea so I just moved it

[red schooner]

when companions came out, i was so confused

[earnest forge]

Self assigned roles for updates would be nice, ngl

[karmic tiger]

or we could be the chaotic evil we want to see in the world

and just ping everyone when #nms-announcements happen

[earnest forge]

Chaotic evil for the win

[wheat acorn]

!whatsnew

[misty iris]

https://giphy.com/gifs/moodman-JQFZzvTP7XmPBmcSdH

[wheat acorn]

Little dude looks lost

[earnest forge]

😂

[karmic tiger]

TIL Sean is secretly a human-suit controlled by a hamster

the hamster is also named Sean

[torn fractal]

That's currently the NMS community trying to figure out the what the emoji means

[earnest forge]

That's us every 2/3 months and most of the time in-between as well

[torn fractal]

i'm guessing release day this coming Thursday

[earnest forge]

I'm going for Tuesday for now

[slow notch]

makes me think safari, something to build on companions...maybe a zoo?

sometimes when examining a companion i have seen the words <Tradeable> 100%<>

[torn fractal]

could be part of the update like an expansion to companions but I think it'll more than that

[violet vortex]

Per #discord-server-feedback, this channel's been temporarily renamed from #nms-the-future to #nms-the-gps based on the emoji Sean tweeted cryptically, to encourage discussion of what the update might be.
https://twitter.com/nomanssky/status/1375594809788882946?s=21

Sean Murray (@NoMansSky)

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Twitter · Mar 26, 2021, 11:45 PM

[quartz echo]

pog

[marsh terrace]

Probably a better compass.

[violet vortex]

i misunderstood what you said. nmd. lol

[quartz echo]

hear me out,

What comes with a compass? a map.

What can you call a collection of maps?

an Atlas

Atlas rises again confirmed

lmao

[violet vortex]

that'd be sweeeet

[quartz echo]

What else can you use a compass for? To find a path.

what is one of the missions? the Atlas Path

idk but my theory might be onto something?

[dense crypt]

maybe

but what thing is for sure... it's something related very close to exploration

[quartz echo]

ye

[dense crypt]

yummy, exploration is always good in this game

[quartz echo]

ye, I just always run out of stuff to explore

[dense crypt]

ehh, you can still find a planet that stand out from the rest

[quartz echo]

True

[dense crypt]

among all the repetitive stuff

[quartz echo]

to me it just gets grindy, thats why i say i run out

[dense crypt]

but i would welcome some exploration mechanics.

Since launch it's kind of the same

[quartz echo]

Yes

[dense crypt]

land on planet, scan some animals and plants

aaaand that's it

[ashen dock]

Dungeons?

Like proc gen ancient ruins?

[dense crypt]

yep

expand the derelict freighter tech

the ruins and building are the same since launch too

same puzzles, same layout

they need to be more random

like derelict freighters

[quartz echo]

Maybe have accually good ancient monuments

[ashen dock]

Buried temples, alien pyramids with ancient tech inside.

[quartz echo]

yez

[ashen dock]

That would be great

[dense crypt]

yep, ancient tech

that you can 'decypher' somehow

with some unique stats

or effects or something

among those lines

[ashen dock]

Like living ships are a different tech, we could get something different for exosuits or multitool

[quartz echo]

Living exosuit pog?

[ashen dock]

Yeah

[marsh terrace]

This needs to be used to expand the freighters themselves. I'm desperate to wander around in the bulk of the ship, the control tower and the structure towards the nose of some capital ships.

[ashen dock]

Biomechanical tech

[dense crypt]

Yeah, normal freighters need some love too

as an explorer it's my main base

give me some scanners, terminals

that you can use to pin point to different POIs

in space or on planets

Terminals that i can research stuff

like ancient tech

found on proc gen ruins on planets

PLEASE hg

[quartz echo]

the ability to drive your freighter would also be cool

[dense crypt]

they are big cargo ships.. they aren't really ment to be used like normal starships

[marsh terrace]

I'm not sure a live control flight model would mix well with monolithic structures.

[quartz echo]

true

[dense crypt]

they would have to turn veeeery slooooow

you don't see big cruisers being used as a jet ski

Same thing here

[quartz echo]

maybe give freighters just more control, like you could make them orbit the space station, or orbit a specific planet

I know not very useful but just would be a cool immersion mechanic

[dense crypt]

That could tie with what i was saying earlier

if you put one in orbit you can use different type of scanner

that can reveal POI hotspots

resources or something else

[quartz echo]

yeah

[dense crypt]

and you have to explore that area

to find it

[marsh terrace]

Want to hear another joke, Murray? What do you get when you cross a developer with a load of rabid fans who never get what they demand less-than-kindly for?

lol

I'm off to have dinner now, cya

[marsh terrace]

Back

[violet vortex]

yeah, the issue in that is the "demand" part. kind of annoying how self-entitled players can be, in general. without even having to pay for dlc content.

and one thing is to "ask" or "suggest" but "demand"...sigh. not a fan of that type of energy, in any scenario.

[rotund stratus]

Soooo any ideas on what this could be?

[supple warren]

everyone keeps saying exploration but a part of me is thinking it's mainly improved navigation

[rotund stratus]

Maybe

[supple warren]

i think that's mostly me trying to avoid being bummed though

[rotund stratus]

Or both

But I doubt it

Like, pets was obvious but this could be a lot. There's even an argument for it being aquatic

[supple warren]

given their model of exploration is largely superficial, any improvements there might only amount to some things to see

[rotund stratus]

Definitely yeah

My best bet is treasure/ treasure hunting

[supple warren]

maybe, albeit we sorta already have that?

[marsh terrace]

lol no

[rotund stratus]

With the ruins yeah

But there's a lot of ways to make it deeper

In both how and what you find

Procedural collectibles for bases, better puzzles etc

[supple warren]

it would likely be more vendor trash if prior approaches are much to go off of 😔

but would like what you're thinking

[rotund stratus]

I guess we'll have to see what it is

But this year seems to be focused on better interactions with the world, following off origins

[supple warren]

yeah, that's how i try to roll with it, but also couch it in what they've done before so i don't get too surprised or bummed

[rotund stratus]

True

Has there ever been an update on a Saturday? Asking because the mini updates usually come out a day after being teased

[supple warren]

I think maybe once or twice but not sure

[rotund stratus]

Hmmm OK

I guess either today or Monday then

[rugged olive]

🧭

[supple warren]

i'd put it more at Tuesday or Thursday for the update itself

[visual cloak]

ima get excited if they add new points of interest and more depth to on foot exploration

[marsh terrace]

What everyone wants player and pirate instigated freighter battles to be like
https://youtu.be/ogIWQwA-pgo

[muted wolf]

A compass? A compass shows directions on a planet. You know what could be in other directions? New biomes. Boom, code = cracked.

[elder rune]

I just think they fixed up the in ship coordinate system, or maybe some navigation on the galaxy map

[muted wolf]

I feel like for an update that requires an emoji, it's gonna be a bit more than just an in ship coordinate system, though of course that could be mixed into the update

[visual cloak]

imagine if they introduced new rare fauna and added a new mission that adds a tracker to a moving creature

[marsh terrace]

I'd like a freighter console that allows me to set a warp from anywhere onboard the freighter.

[marsh terrace]

I love vintage shit and I found this... https://youtu.be/BzopW3EnY9Q
Maybe if NMS took some notes from old janky films and tried replicating things like the audio artefacts and the film grain rather than only taking the boring parts of 70s sci-fi like the horrible blinding warp and boring one-biome planets, the game would feel a bit less dead.

Cinematic bars maybe? More stylish logo reel when launching the game?

I mean, the game does a bad job at replicating 70s sci-fi right now.

Screen shake?

Probably entering the realm of unreasonable requests, but maybe ships could look more like miniatures held by strings?

I'd be less inclined to slam HG if it weren't for the fact that the vintage filter wasn't relegated to the photo mode filters, along with removing permanent filters...

[marsh terrace]

Anything else to add?

[zenith marten]

Not at the moment. Done my complaining so many times and not feeling like it around the time of update hype

[marsh terrace]

You don't have to complain if you don't have to, but what else could be done to make it resemble 70s films?

[zenith marten]

Add the old aesthetic back xD

[dense crypt]

Yep

old art style was much closer to 70s sci-fi

[marsh terrace]

More fitting soundtracks maybe?

The current soundtrack is very good but hardly sounds any 70s or any sciencey.

[visual cloak]

eh

they don’t have to go all out on the 70s vibe

65 fits the game well

alongside Paul’s stuff

[worn idol]

Nms has its own vibe

Inspired from classic sci fi

I'd say

[marsh terrace]

Generic flat shading with no atmosphere or inspiration?

There are elements of that but nothing complements it which is what I want HG to fix

[rotund stratus]

You seem awfully invested into something it looks like you have little love for

[oblique hawk]

maybe they will finally add north and southpoles to planets

so even a non freezing planet have cold areas

and a warmer climate near the equator line

[last orbit]

E

[gloomy hazel]

Explorers Guild Icon is a compass in the Milestones tab

Combat, Economy, and Exploration are pretty much the 3 pillars of NMS, all the ships, races, and guilds are built on it

[supple warren]

find it yet?

[oblique hawk]

the combat one havent been fleshed out much so far

and economy in this game is pretty much non existent after a certain point

really need more variation for combat and also make it more satisfying, right now you either one shots somethibg or it takes too long to kill something and the combat AI are very lackluster

[supple warren]

similar can be said for exploration, even now

[sharp widget]

What economy?

an economy is more than some supply and demand sinks. to call it an economy there would need to simulated purchasing of goods by agents, followed by simulated manufactuing and production.

i.e. if there was an actual economy, supplying goods in the trade cycle in the correct order should progressively increase supply of the produced goods in the systems you sell into.
doing this repeatedly should ramp up the economies over time. have the ability to live tier 1 to tier 3. and have the ability to lift tier 3 to crazy levels of productivity.
i.e. the more input goods you sell the more they produce. they more they produce the more you can buy, the more you buy the more you can sell to the next system. repeat for exponential profit growth

or something like that.

but we dont hve that

we have some supply and demand curves that sell us back the same things we just sold, for less. because its not an economy simulation. its just stupid.

not that it really matters because theres a supposed 32bit unit cap and its also not like s are a limit.

[supple warren]

also even if you do all that, if the games X3/X4 are any indication, that only really appeals to a very niche group of folks that are very enthusiastic about trading for...reasons...

Well, that and offworld trading company i guess?

[feral dawn]

I agree we need a combat update. Add some new weapon types, new sentinels with improved AI, new ship models and ship weapons/upgrades, new exosuit upgrades.. Just all new stuff in general to grind for would really get me back into the game.

To take it a step further I've been waiting since launch for underground caves and underwater to be overhauled. Yes they did fix underwater a bit but still so much potential there. Caves with new flora and fauna, not all 90% identical, maybe with some new rare resources to find deep underground/water?

Lastly I've seen it posted around here a bit, but underground cave or ruin proc gen'd dungeons would be freakin amazing! Could have a chance to find rare resources for the gear/upgrades I mentioned grinding for earlier.

I know this seems like a pipe dream, but I'm really excited to see if Hello Games will add anything like this this year! 🤞

[zenith marten]

https://youtu.be/iMvu4C5F8vk

this does have quite an atmosphere

[marsh terrace]

I like NMS, but I'm not a cultist who ignores any flaws it has.

[rotund stratus]

Disagreeing with your critiques and opinions doesn't make someone a cultist

[marsh terrace]

You seem awfully invested into something it looks like you have little love for
This is less "I disagree" and more "hardy harr harr you hate NMS"

See you later.

[rotund stratus]

Not really

It's just that looking on the bright side for a change is nice

[sharp widget]

new caves and underwater?
I think we should really talk about terrain generation generally.
the lack of rivers and lakes and waterfalls.
It's not that planets are single biome, but they are single terrain, there is no flow of plains into hills into mountains.
The basic terrain generators need to be a whole lot better.
and, on top of that, there needs to be altitude (and lattitude) based temperature gradients to give polar regions and snow caps.

[wheat acorn]

why more complicated generation just makes travel harder

so rivers and waterfalls require a dynamic water simulation which is beyond even the already taxing requirements of the game

at least acknowledge that

[zenith marten]

Same, there are too many of those people already

[storm igloo]

Compass

🧭

[wheat acorn]

yeah

!whatsnew

[misty iris]

https://giphy.com/gifs/moodman-JQFZzvTP7XmPBmcSdH

[marsh terrace]

Someone said somewhere someone who really loves a game will know its flaws and will really want the devs to address those flaws.

[oblique hawk]

i mean you can like a game and still spot its flaws

i guess no mans sky is really going the aesthetic way with places to get nice screenshots, but sean himself said that aesthetic is important but you need to have something to do as well in the origins update ign interview

so i sure hope they will do more with the NPCs and if possible add cities since now with the nexgen console it's very possible

and also add more combat focused features to make it more challenging and rewarding

[feral dawn]

I keep coming back to Hello Games calling Origins a "small" update and stating how there's much more to come. Very excited and looking forward to all the new stuff this year

[wheat acorn]

[dense crypt]

i like that the updates since desolation are related to exploration

[oblique hawk]

desolation is more of an exploration update too imo, not about planet exploration tho

[feral dawn]

Just thinking about Proc gen ancient ruins dungeons has so much potential. Randomized mini bosses that drop new resources, platforming jumping puzzles, dungeon crawler style maze corridors, strange artifacts to sell.. the list goes on. Hello Games plz!

[solid goblet]

New geography. If we take it as the explorer guilds symbol then we could expect new terrain and maybe ocean moons and moons with water and such

[red schooner]

i really want glowy grass lights on some planets to stretch as far as the eye can see

[marsh terrace]

Replace the chair spinning with the ability to sit down on them

[tame ginkgo]

Yes

[somber radish]

yes

[sharp widget]

I'd suggest planet sculpting tools like Spore has.

[marsh terrace]

You mean large scale intercontinental sculpting?

[tame ginkgo]

Penis ravine incoming

[sharp widget]

but ppl will just use them to create giant genitals

it would be epic if joe rogan did, in fact play some nms.

[tame ginkgo]

Yes

[calm turtle]

I hope there's a better galactic map, like the ability to zoom out and see where you've been highlighted

because, like, knowing the relative location of the ends of a black hole is a pain

[tame ginkgo]

Maybe the update will increase the ship limit

[elder rune]

Would be nice I suppose, but I really only use a couple daily of the five I keep now.

[tame ginkgo]

I'm at the limit already but want more

[slate narwhal]

Nms compost update for all your farming needs

[marsh terrace]

5, 6 ships per freighter is pathetic considering how much volume a freighter can contain. A low ship limit is fine if a player doesn't have an orbital warehouse for such storage needs, but the ship limit should increase somewhat with regular freighters and increase substantially with capital freighters.

[tame ginkgo]

Yes

[timid summit]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/men472/atlasfalls_odysseyascends/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

This came up yesterday. It's very interesting. I dont know what it could mean but the binary translates to ODYSSEY

Could refer to elite dangerous but It could mean something more...

[marsh terrace]

Looks like an alt, probably just trying to stir fans up

[marsh terrace]

lol what

[timid summit]

Anyway I'm very intrigued about this whole compass thing

[sharp widget]

i hope its related to exploration. and I hope that means the discoveries ui is being significantly improved with the ability to index all fana discovered.(as well as flora but that way more boring). the ability to set way points from discoveries. as well as view planetary maps with POIs set by the Traveller / other players.

of course, its a compas. and the primary antagonist is called the atlas. so maybe its a new cheesy storyline introducing "The Compass" and a set of missions

[supple warren]

i hope whatever it is doesn't involve grind and/or timegates

[visual cloak]

kinda safe to bet it will

[feral dawn]

If it's grinding for new upgrades/weapons I'm totes in

[supple warren]

I'm not, that stuff just means going to vendors and that's boring

[brave plinth]

I'd keep an eye on that. I don't think thats a troll posting, I think thats someone cooking up an ARG thats going to drop around the same time of the update.

[supple warren]

I don't know that it may relate to NMS in any official way tho

[night night]

It reads an awful lot like a troll post. A well thought out troll post, but one of them nonetheless.

[lilac crane]

Do we have a new ARG?

[oblique hawk]

the update will come out in a few weeks I guess, not sure about that reddit post being legit tho

[brave plinth]

To be clear, I dont think HG has any involvement.

[lilac crane]

Does HG normally notify when an account has involvement?

[halcyon portal]

Previously it’s been a week at most between emoji tweets and release - normally 1-3 days.

[halcyon portal]

Nope. It’s 99.999999% a hoax though, the next ED update is odyssey.

The remaining 0.00001% cause I have no inside information.

[lilac crane]

I was thinking NMS:Oddyssey? Nah, unlikely.

[oblique hawk]

it seems like its just a post trying to steer people into checking the odyssey update for ED

[blissful hare]

Odyssey is a good name tbh

[oblique hawk]

it looks interesting tho not gonna lie

[halcyon portal]

It’d be bad form for two games to publish an update with the same name in the same month.

[lilac crane]

Why then, does the account only post in r/NoMansSkyTheGame?

[blissful hare]

It happens though

[brave plinth]

I have reason to suspect its merely a NMS player taking advantage of the timing to possibly gather interest in an ARG but tbh, its not harming anyone to have that opinion, so im sticking with it.

[halcyon portal]

I don’t even think it’s an attempt at an arg, just someone stirring tbh.

[brave plinth]

A lot of NMS players are also ED fans, so that's why I think that was the reasoning of mixing the update streams

But again, you don't have to buy it.

[blissful hare]

We've had Pathfinder

[halcyon portal]

If it was an arg, it’d be subtle. Whoever it is is trying way too hard to get attention.

[blissful hare]

Wayfinder is basically the same thing

So I'm ruling that name out

[brave plinth]

@halcyon portal were you around for The Fall?

Subtle that was not

Well, i dont want to push it too much. Its not hurting anything to watch it, and id rather see it have the time it needs if i is a community event

[halcyon portal]

I wasn’t around for that, no

[blissful hare]

I think the name will be a nautical term

[halcyon portal]

Ever Given.

[supple warren]

Nauty Navigators

[halcyon portal]

As long as I can keel haul a gek I’ll be happy

[icy thicket]

I was

[brave plinth]

Eyyyyyyy, 👋

[icy thicket]

Ayyy

I was summoned by the mentioning of "the fall"

[brave plinth]

See above link. Possibly a thing, also possibly a hoax.

[icy thicket]

Already saw it

Seems like is one guy shitting on nms

[brave plinth]

Weird, i didnt get that from what i read, but didnt read the whole thing either

[icy thicket]

Because ED odyssey is going live

[brave plinth]

Ah, nice, well, wont affect me since I dont play ED anyway. Oh well

[icy thicket]

Ok I'm prob wrong

The guy posted a binary when answering another guy accusing him of shitting on nms players

I MEAN NO HARM INTERLOPER

It translates to this

[brave plinth]

Yeah, blue's been awfully quiet for the last couple weeks but i dont want to ping them just in case

[icy thicket]

You think it's him

[brave plinth]

Maybe, i dont want to speculate too much and put them on the spot. Iirc, they went silent on the server for a few weeks before the first messages showed up last time.

[icy thicket]

Hmmm

It could be

But I think that he would have mentioned the fall in some ways

[brave plinth]

"Atlas Falls"? Idk, maybe i just really want another quest haha

[icy thicket]

I guess we'll get something in the next few hours anyway

So not that big of a deal

[brave plinth]

Yeah, its a win either way

[icy thicket]

If it is an "official" arg it will probably be updated when the update will go live

Ngl if hello games "hired" blue for the arg it could be so cooool

[brave plinth]

Oh i doubt it, though, thats be pretty awesome. Im pretty sure if it even is something, its not official.

[icy thicket]

U N L E SS

[brave plinth]

Its...

Nothing, jk idk

[icy thicket]

Yeah

We will see

2-1-1-8-5

Hmmm

And then [SEEK]

Fuck I'm going down in the rabbit hole again

Search among stars

[brave plinth]

Ah shit, here we go again haha

[icy thicket]

Yeah

Seems like atlas and odyssey are two entities

Like one darkness and one light

Two opposite of the same medal

Odyssey is finite

Atlas is infinite

We as players are probably the odyssey

As we are finite

[brave plinth]

Oh ok, were gonna probably have to slow down on this one. Heading to crazy town reallllll fast

[icy thicket]

Okok

I'll do my research

Then return with real answers

Goddammit

[brave plinth]

Yeah, ill be working and waiting on actual updates in the meantime but will probably also drink the koolaid

[icy thicket]

I want to know what those numbers means tho

[timid summit]

Loollll very interesting

[marsh terrace]

New freighter interior layout: similar to the legacy, except the ceiling above the walk to the bridge is lower and the walkway leads into the bottom half of the bridge. The top half of the bridge has a door where you would have entered the bridge in legacy versions, except this now leads to your standard buildable area from the current layout with much reduced space, hence the lower ceiling. No dissonance between exterior and interior bridge locations and no bigger-on-the-inside bull unless you've already got a massive interior that's being moved to its new location. New players still have to put up with a smaller base size if they want to build here, but escalators at the back of the docking bay provide access to the lower portions of the freighter where the player has access to a massive buildable area as large as the module of the freighter holding the buildable area. If you own a capital ship, going beyond the rearmost section section leads to a procedurally generated interior as introduced by Desolation.

[lilac crane]

This whole Odyssey account leaves me concerned, hope the subreddit mods are at least watching. If this goes wrong, this could go to hell in a handbasket.

[marsh terrace]

U in the right channel?

[lilac crane]

I am.

I was about to say that people are jumping on the bandwagon way too quickly.

[marsh terrace]

I don't recall a pissy Elite Dangerous fan having anything to do with what the future holds for NMS. Probably more jelly Elite fans.

[lilac crane]

And when the update does go out and the account isn't what people expected, this could go horribly wrong.

[marsh terrace]

You're making a massive deal out of twatall

[lilac crane]

This may not matter to you, I myself have no real idea what is going on, but this has already started mattering to others.

Don't reduce a word to contemporary usage. Odyssey is a word used for a lot of things.

[marsh terrace]

Why don't we see this for what it is, a young Reddit account posting a bunch of cryptic nonsense with no meaning.

Now why don't we discuss something that hasn't become stale? Why don't we discuss new ideas for NMS since this is the relevant channel for that?

[lilac crane]

Sure.

I completely disagree with what you just said, thats all.

[marsh terrace]

You're seeing meaning where there's nothing, that's all.

[lilac crane]

The direct only see direct.

You wanted to suggest something? Go ahead.

[marsh terrace]

You don't want to admit that this isn't how HG hints at stuff?

[lilac crane]

I don't see it that way.

[marsh terrace]

Well I suggested something a few paragraphs back, but I suppose it's been buried by all this stale ARG stuff everyone makes a big deal out of nowadays.

[lilac crane]

We could tackle space combat.

In a way, combat in games is like dancing.

Part of it is about managing the space you have.

[marsh terrace]

I'd like to be able to temporarily disable the autopilot so I can keep aiming at a ship even when my prograde is behind me. Elite II, a better game than Elite Dangerous, has this - you disable the autopilot so you can fight properly instead of the space jousting we see in games where you are always moving where you're pointed.

[lilac crane]

ED has "flight assistance on/off".

Its actually key to mastering the combat.

[marsh terrace]

Probably closer to that, yeah.

[lilac crane]

Do you consider NMS movement a bit too "arcade-like"?

[marsh terrace]

That's a hard question to tackle.

[red schooner]

we are checking out the atlas

[meager sage]

Oh boy and stuff

[red schooner]

nothing

[fierce stone]

okay, i got two more coords, and if those don’t lead to anything interesting, i am gonna head out for today

[meager sage]

So we have 14 digits in total

[red schooner]

were gonna check out planets and ships rq

[meager sage]

And we need 12 or 16

[fierce stone]

i was experimenting with some more stuff, and these are the last possible things that could lead to something interesting

[red schooner]

there is a viradescent planet

[fierce stone]

0FFF:007F:0FFE:0001

[red schooner]

whats a "shell-strewn" planet?

[meager sage]

Shells

[tame ginkgo]

Shells , a lot of them

[meager sage]

galore

[fierce stone]

if these two are dead ends, i think ill go offline for today

[icy thicket]

ok

imma go to the first set

[red schooner]

how did you leave the system so quickly !?

[meager sage]

Hyperdrive

[icy thicket]

loaded the save lol

[red schooner]

ah

ima go to the second set

[icy thicket]

this one gives error

[fierce stone]

hm.. thats odd

can you still try going through?

[icy thicket]

i'll try again

[fierce stone]

but does it say "APPROXIMATING DESTINATION" ??

[meager sage]

Question

Have we all finished the main story here

[red schooner]

omw to #2

[fierce stone]

yes

[meager sage]

I dont wanna spoil

[icy thicket]

yes

[fierce stone]

i can’t speak for everyone, but i have

[meager sage]

So are portal coordinates different for the different galaxies

[icy thicket]

going through anyway

[fierce stone]

should be okay, try going through

[fierce stone]

nope

[meager sage]

When you choose a color

To go to

[red schooner]

OH SHIT

[meager sage]

In atlas station

[red schooner]

WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCOVERED

[meager sage]

O

[red schooner]

AND ITS A BLACK AND WHITE BUBBLE WORLD

[brave plinth]

oh my goodness, how many rabbit holes deep are yall at this point?

[meager sage]

OH BOT

[red schooner]

HERE WE GOOOO

[meager sage]

Boy

OOOH BOY

[icy thicket]

previously discovered too

[timid summit]

Pog

[meager sage]

this could be something

[icy thicket]

almost 100

[meager sage]

Send picture of whole galaxy on discovery page

[red schooner]

by who?

[meager sage]

@red schooner

[brave plinth]

this could have been a hoax/prank and yall made somethng of it, im so proud

[meager sage]

maybe

[icy thicket]

Thamalandis

[fierce stone]

this was literally a shot in the dark but it somehow worked

[icy thicket]

is the guy

[red schooner]

OOOOOOH SHIT

[meager sage]

Any...bases?

[red schooner]

SAME PERSON

[brave plinth]

i have to admit, ive never seen a red bubble world before

[icy thicket]

they are close

tbf

[red schooner]

3 years ago?

[icy thicket]

yes

[fierce stone]

3 years ago?

woah

[brave plinth]

wait wait wait

[red schooner]

thats when it was discovered

[brave plinth]

thamalandis

holy shit

[red schooner]

what?

[brave plinth]

oh man, i cant do this, this is killing me

[timid summit]

Thamalandis?

[meager sage]

Oh probably nothing if its 3 years ago

[brave plinth]

Ive been on worlds discovered by Thamalandis

[red schooner]

this is crazy

there are bases

im gonna check them

there is a comm station

[icy thicket]

this one has tornadoes

[meager sage]

Thamalandis is from germany

[icy thicket]

fire tornadoes

[timid summit]

Ooh comm station

[meager sage]

According to steam page

[brave plinth]

https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/UserProfile:Thamalandis

[red schooner]

first comm station: "welcome to heaven"

[meager sage]

Normal enough

[fierce stone]

can anyone go in space and give me coords?

[red schooner]

the second one is also irrelevant

[fierce stone]

i still can’t comprehend how these coords lead to something

[meager sage]

I’ll go there too after my school work is done

[fierce stone]

—but im not complaining

[red schooner]

all but one planet was discovered by thama

there is also a redacted planet

[icy thicket]

there you go

[fierce stone]

Oh fuck

[icy thicket]

this is from the First set of cords

[timid summit]

Gamma polaris

[fierce stone]

okay:

[red schooner]

what?

[fierce stone]

either one of two things happened

[meager sage]

What

[fierce stone]

Thamalandis IS u/odysseyiscoming

OR

[icy thicket]

not close

[meager sage]

Doubt it

[icy thicket]

i thought we were very close lol

[red schooner]

but thats even crazier

[meager sage]

I doubt odyssey is tham

[icy thicket]

we are quadrillions of lght years away

[red schooner]

that is insane

[fierce stone]

the coords are so tremendously corrupted/glitched, it sent you to extreme limits and capped your location to galaxy’s edge

[red schooner]

there is a base.

[marsh terrace]

Do you expect to find anything?

[fierce stone]

and considering my approach, i think its safe to say it is the latter.

[meager sage]

Named?

[icy thicket]

this is galaxy edge?

[fierce stone]

Akola and/or Qyrae, can any of you try going further out?

[red schooner]

wdym?

[meager sage]

I mean I will later

[red schooner]

wait

[icy thicket]

out of the galaxy?

[red schooner]

are portals supposed to be active

when you find them

[fierce stone]

into the void

[icy thicket]

i mean why not

[fierce stone]

away from the core

[red schooner]

im going through the portal.

[timid summit]

Yo wtf no. They're always shut off when you find them

Woahhhhh

[brave plinth]

this shit is wiiiiiild

i am vicariously enjoying the heck out of this

[elder rune]

Do it. Be the man Qyrae. Leap into the unknown

[red schooner]

it just brought me back to my original portal :/

[icy thicket]

brb in 5 mins

[fierce stone]

i think if you go even further you’ll see crazy glitches

[red schooner]

such as?

[elder rune]

Oh well, you took the shot

[fierce stone]

planets changing upon re-entry

etc

[meager sage]

Probably whatever happened to artemis lol

[fierce stone]

galaxy does weird, weird stuff at the edge

Atleast, that’s what i’ve been told

Could be fixed by now, no idea

[red schooner]

this so spectacularly wierd

[brave plinth]

if Leap in the Dark is anything to go off of, id agree

[red schooner]

i love it

[red schooner]

wish me luck.

[fierce stone]

Keep us updated. Thanks for your help

[red schooner]

while im going, can someone check out if thamaladis had any reddit sutff?

we could explain what this system is

this is wierd

weird

[fierce stone]

can you go higher?

[red schooner]

how do i do that?

[timid summit]

This is very interesting stuff

[fierce stone]

when you open the galaxy map, just try to select a star system that is above the one you're in right now

[red schooner]

wait

barealy

[icy thicket]

ok im back

what should i do

[fierce stone]

can you try to go further out?

into the edge?

[icy thicket]

sure

[red schooner]

but why am ionly 50k away?

[icy thicket]

jumping

[red schooner]

i can go farther

but not higher

i can only go about 69 ly higher

[timid summit]

Are you technically in intergalactic space at this point??

[fierce stone]

did some more research, the area you're both in is called The Fade. it is known for having severe glitches and a phenomenon called "Planetary Uncertainity" or (PU).

[meager sage]

Wow really

[fierce stone]

PU is the shifting of planets' biomes and fauna in irregular intervals

[meager sage]

I never knew any of that

[timid summit]

You're basically in intergalactic space now

[red schooner]

so what do we do

there is a really weird... light

everything is so bright

[fierce stone]

woah

i have never seen something like that

[timid summit]

What the

[fierce stone]

what?

okay, thats it, im heading in myself

[red schooner]

its getting brighter and drarker

flashing

[icy thicket]

floating platforms lmao

[red schooner]

😦

[fierce stone]

i need to experience this for myself

[red schooner]

oh

[fierce stone]

this is so cool

[red schooner]

i thought you ment heading to sleep lmao

btw

the steam sale

it was extended

to april 5th

[icy thicket]

pyramids???

[timid summit]

Wtf

[red schooner]

what about them

[meager sage]

So you’re just going directly up from the middle

And up and up and up

[red schooner]

@fierce stone i await you at the system

[meager sage]

Or is it north

[fierce stone]

can i join you?

can you send me your friend code/steam name?

[icy thicket]

im 1 and a half million light years away from the center

[red schooner]

im on normal

and im only 50k

[red schooner]

nice name

[icy thicket]

unfortunately i cant go further

[meager sage]

I’ll add that and Im definitely going there too after my school work is done

Never seen it get so bright

[red schooner]

it got brighter

but i didnt ss it

[meager sage]

Wait

What if the numbers don’t have to do with portal coordinates

But a friend code

Not very likely

[rotund stratus]

The clip is confirmed nothing btw

[red schooner]

we know

[timid summit]

You might be onto something

[rotund stratus]

See in #no-mans-sky

Oh ok

[meager sage]

Odyssey talked about “beyond a bleak star” and stuff so probably more coordinates

[red schooner]

we are on other stuff

we have actual discoveries rn

[icy thicket]

no fauna whatsoever her

[brave plinth]

dont worry, theyre drinking the good good kool aid in here.
this is exciting

[rotund stratus]

Is this odyssey thing actually confirmed official?

[meager sage]

No

[fierce stone]

woah

[timid summit]

We dont know

[meager sage]

Probably just a troll

[fierce stone]

im actually seeing werid stuff here

[rotund stratus]

Or has anyone got a quick rundown of what's going on

[red schooner]

yes

[brave plinth]

oh hell no, we are working off of wild unfounded conspiracy.
as per usual with NMS fans though

[red schooner]

blue tech did some number magic

we have now found systems

trillions of ly apart

[meager sage]

Send portal coords

[fierce stone]

this "scanning-ring" is stuck in place

[red schooner]

discovered by the same person

[fierce stone]

it only moves if i move

[red schooner]

and, we are on the edgge of the galaxy

about 70 ly from the top

@rotund stratus

[rotund stratus]

Huh OK that's pretty cool

I'll definitely stay tuned

[red schooner]

idc if this is a troll. they did their research

the person who discovered this stuff happens to be part of a well known explorer group too

[fierce stone]

i can go further

i went to the very top

[red schooner]

and?

[timid summit]

Break barriers

[fierce stone]

warping now

[rotund stratus]

How are you all going so far so fast

[timid summit]

"Search among the stars"....

[red schooner]

can someone leave this guy a message applauding him?

[fierce stone]

freighter battle aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghyasjuhkfbn, .f

[gloomy hazel]

Weekend sale on steam doesn't end till April 5th, so I bet we're a week out from the release

[timid summit]

"Search among the stars"....

To go where no one has gone before

[red schooner]

@fierce stone

[fierce stone]

yes?

[red schooner]

im stuck in your freighter

i cant take off

[meager sage]

We still dont know if thalamandis or whoever is Odyssey

[red schooner]

nvm

it worked

[red schooner]

we know who thala is

[timid summit]

Thamalandis is a very.. weird user name

[fierce stone]

undiscovered?

how is this undiscovered?

[meager sage]

But we dont know if they’re Odyssey

[fierce stone]

that doesn't make sense?

[meager sage]

There’s no reason to believe they are

[fierce stone]

WOAH

this planet

had a name

i dont remember exactly

[red schooner]

@fierce stone im going to the system next to yours

[fierce stone]

and when i entered the atmosphere

it had an entirely different name

[red schooner]

"discovered by Tehcaro"

it apperars to have an earth planet

[rotund stratus]

A lot of discovered planets considering how far out they all are

Definitely unusual

[timid summit]

Yeah that's very weird

[red schooner]

insanely wierd

we are literally at the edge of the universe

[fierce stone]

I just noticed something

[timid summit]

I'd say intergalactic space but yeah

[fierce stone]

i entered the system

[red schooner]

earth planet has some kinda wierd terrain but thats it

[fierce stone]

"UNDISCOVERED."

[fierce stone]

discovery menu:

[brave plinth]

in case y'all are wondering why I recognized the name Thamalandis, they have the longest black hole distance recorded on the wiki. I tried to locate their hyper black hole when I was exploring them but could never find it.

[red schooner]

can you check out Tehcaro?

because he discovered both of out planets

[red schooner]

WAIT

[icy thicket]

s class multitool here lol

[red schooner]

that was discovered 3 years ago

this planet was discovered 4 months ago

[timid summit]

Wtffffff

[meager sage]

Still a bit long ago

For odyssey

[red schooner]

but why would they come back

after 3 years

[thorn vine]

what is the portal code

[red schooner]

just join my game

[thorn vine]

no im not trying to go there lol

[red schooner]

oh

[fierce stone]

this is what my galaxy map looks like

[timid summit]

Wow!!

[red schooner]

this is spectacularly wierd, but i have to go in 5 ish minutes

i want you to @ me if anything happens

[timid summit]

Why do I have a feeling that time dilation is playing a big part...

[gloomy hazel]

what does this have to do with the upcoming update?

[red schooner]

this is even more wierd

he discovered this system 3 years ago

but discovered the planet 4 months ago

[gloomy hazel]

So nothing to do with the update

[red schooner]

but its taking us somewhere

[lilac crane]

Can we go back on topic?

[red schooner]

no

thats what this channel is for

[fierce stone]

everything is glitching for me...

lagging, random visual bugs

[red schooner]

im getting some lag

[gloomy hazel]

How is that what this channel is for? Discuss the future of No ManSky

[red schooner]

and a lot of pirates

but thats it

we are

[fierce stone]

we got sent here by the mods.

[icy thicket]

I WENT EVEN HIGHER

[lilac crane]

Wait what?

[timid summit]

Woahhhhh

[thorn vine]

has anyone tried putting in all

[lilac crane]

What are mods doing?

[fierce stone]

this investigation took place in #no-mans-sky , but they wanted us to discuss here

[fierce stone]

yes, error

tried that before

[red schooner]

i just had some pirates come through.

[thorn vine]

and it should redirect right

[red schooner]

predamaged

[lilac crane]

How does this have to do with the future of NMS?

[icy thicket]

5 YEARS AGO TC DISCOVERED IT

woop

caps

[red schooner]

ask adam

[fierce stone]

yeah, but afaik it doesnt go to anywhere special

[red schooner]

he sent us here

[fierce stone]

^

[timid summit]

It's fun tho

[fierce stone]

is space supposed to look this dark?

[lilac crane]

Well, what does this investigation reveal about the future?

[red schooner]

we'll find out

[timid summit]

Uh that's abnormal

[red schooner]

those planets look stretched

[timid summit]

Space in NMS isnt that dark

[gloomy hazel]

It's nothing...

[red schooner]

is that your screenshot software's fault?

[thorn vine]

the only reason i mention it is because that user's steam profile has this screenshot under it

i think people are possibly just chasing an auto-corrected portal address lol

this was posted in 2017

[fierce stone]

might be trying to get to a phantom star

not sure

[red schooner]

its been fun.

but i have to go

@ me

if anything happens

[thorn vine]

try entering only the first glyph

[fierce stone]

thanks for your help. have a nice day.

[thorn vine]

then check the address of the system you end up in

[timid summit]

Lots of cool discoveries

[thorn vine]

because this is a really popular way to skip to the center

[lilac crane]

What does 16x lead to?

[meager sage]

I dont know

[fierce stone]

i have tried before, and can't remember it leading to anything special

[thorn vine]

yeah I am curiouswhere it goes when you actually go thru

i wouldn't be surprised if it's either the coords you're at now or some other spot this guy has discovered

[icy thicket]

anything new?

[fierce stone]

this should technically take you straight to the center

like- spot on

cause it is x: 0 y: 0 z: 0

[lilac crane]

Wait, its like jumping to the center immediately?

[fierce stone]

i dont know

these should take you to the exact middle of the galaxy

these

[lilac crane]

How does a portal code lead to an adress? How does one read a portal code?

[fierce stone]

i think?

i am confused

[icy thicket]

blue im jumping to you

[fierce stone]

wait what

wha-

i am very confused now

[brave plinth]

Last 8 glyphs of portal address are XX.YYY.ZZZ (yeah, clarified sorry)

[fierce stone]

portal format = 123456789AB

[icy thicket]

everything is so slow to load

[fierce stone]

portal format can be converted into 4-block

4-block is 0000:0000:0000:0000

both portal format and 4-block can then be converted into glyphs

[lilac crane]

Interesting, a system can have max 16 planets.

[timid summit]

16 16 16

[fierce stone]

lol i was so confused

i was like:

[icy thicket]

were you trying to get in my ship?

lol

[fierce stone]

did an NPC just fly in with the exact design of the '417 interceptor?

but i realized it was you hahaha

[icy thicket]

AHAHAHA

[fierce stone]

im gonna try to go higher

[gloomy hazel]

This channel is dead

[timid summit]

No it's not lol

[fierce stone]

actually- hold up. im gonna try something else

[brave plinth]

Well, we were in main chat. Not sure why we were asked to move here

Its not like we were chatting about non-NMS stuff

[gloomy hazel]

Go to #go-live-2 or something, you're just talking to each other while you play in this channel

[marsh terrace]

The channel is dead and the bacteria of that silly reddit post is eating at it.

[icy thicket]

DID YOU LEFT?

[brave plinth]

Well, why dont you ask the mods if the discussion can go back to main?

[timid summit]

It's pretty fun. Keeps you busy

[icy thicket]

oh again caps

[fierce stone]

don't understand the problem. we're actually not talking about the reddit post anymore

[timid summit]

Exactly

[fierce stone]

not directly

[icy thicket]

@fierce stone discovered anything

?

[fierce stone]

nope

[icy thicket]

oh well

[fierce stone]

wait

hm

[icy thicket]

i have a red icon

perma on