No Man's Sky - Interceptor

[robdood]

40 minutes ago, Mogster said:

@pulsemyne I've not tried it, but according to RPS there are a couple of ways return to tabbed out game in progress:

 

 

Or just run borderless full screen @pulsemyne

[Garibaldi]

2 hours ago, Thread Astaire said:

Just watched a Digital Foundry video on NMS on YouTube and all they did was gripe about some stupid graphical issues, rather than focus on what an amazing universe these guys have created.

 

 

 

That's what Digital Foundry are supposed to do. Their entire remit is to focus on graphics, engine, framerate etc.

[Flub]

The bug where you launch straight into space from the ground needs to be fixed pronto. It can get you killed when you're pissing off the sentinels

 

Mind you the best part about this planet I'm on now is the station is a 4 second pulse jump away so even if I get attacked they can't catch me before I dock

[Mr Ben]

6 minutes ago, Flub said:

The bug where you launch straight into space from the ground needs to be fixed pronto. It can get you killed when you're pissing off the sentinels

Every time I get in my ship, I pop out to make a save, then get back in. Its saved my arse a few times. Well worth doing, and doesn't take more than a few seconds.

[Cosmic_Guru]

21 minutes ago, Flub said:

Holy motherfucking shit. Just helped a Vykeen build a nuclear warhead and he gave me plans to build a Warp Reactor Tau. That's the third type

 

 

 

Got one too, from my knowledge of the Gek language enabling an ops centre to get back on-line .  

[Monkeyboy]

I've jumped through a few star systems now, following the Atlas path, but am I the only one who finds the Galactic Map a bit confusing when trying to backtrack to a system you've already visited? I can never seem to find them, none of it seems to make much sense. Maybe I'm being thick. Mind you, I do feel this is a game that because of how huge it is, isn't really made for backtracking. You're always meant to be pushing forward in some way.

[robdood]

It's difficult to backtrack because they don't want you to backtrack! Just keep going forward. You don't need to min-max. 

[McSpeed]

I thought I figured out the map - knowing where I came from, need to go to and can go to, using R1/L1 to switch paths, freely search the universe for interesting systems and warp to where-ever.

 

But then I went through a black hole last night and feel like I ended up quite far away - if not on the other side of the galaxy  Revisiting systems seems like a huge trek, so I guess I'll just keep moving to new places...

 

[Gorf King]

27 minutes ago, Monkeyboy said:

I've jumped through a few star systems now, following the Atlas path, but am I the only one who finds the Galactic Map a bit confusing when trying to backtrack to a system you've already visited? I can never seem to find them, none of it seems to make much sense. Maybe I'm being thick. Mind you, I do feel this is a game that because of how huge it is, isn't really made for backtracking. You're always meant to be pushing forward in some way.

 

19 minutes ago, dood said:

It's difficult to backtrack because they don't want you to backtrack! Just keep going forward. You don't need to min-max. 

 

Don't you listen to him! This is a game of galactic freedom, where you can do whatever you want, wherever you want. It's limitless and without rules or boundaries, beyond our petty earthbound jealousies, concerns and restrictions. If you want to struggle for a quarter of an hour to find the last place you've been, only to get there and be trapped forever by a heady mixture of 90% greed and 10% a completely different type of greed, then be my guest. No, literally - come on over here. We'll have a ball. EVEN IF I AM TRAPPED HERE FOREVER I NOW HAVE 12 MILLION DOLLARS, A MASSIVE FUCK-OFF SHIP (that's going nowhere), AND 49 SLOTS IN MY FRIGGIN EXOSUIT, SO FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU! I BET THE CENTRE'S SHIT ANYWAY.

[Flub]

7 minutes ago, Gorf King said:

 

 

EVEN IF I AM TRAPPED HERE FOREVER I HAVE 12 MILLION DOLLARS, A MASSIVE FUCK-OFF SHIP (that's going nowhere) AND 49 SLOTS IN MY FRIGGIN EXOSUIT NOW, SO FUCK YOU. I BET THE CENTRE'S SHIT ANYWAY.

 

This is how I feel now. I've found my home and it's full of spiky balls

[thesnwmn]

The little Vprtex Cubes just powered me though to max out my exosuit slots (and earn a bit more). They only spawn in caves and the planet I'm on has very relaxed sentinals so even if they see me grab one or carrying them they just don't care.

 

 

 

 

Now to work on this lowly 20 slot ship!

[Cosmic_Guru]

Is 48 slots the limit then?

[Flub]

Danny O' Dwyer from Gamespot says NMS is the most boring game he's ever played but he can't stop playing

 

 

[thesnwmn]

That's what I heard. Will try another drop pod if I find one

[Sng]

I'm really struggling with inventory. I've upgraded my suit by two and have the same ship as I started with. Not seen the option to buy a new one yet? Not that it matters, I only have around 200,000 credits. 

 

So how do I deal with the small pockets? I'm guessing I'm doing it wrong. Should I just be mining stuff I need at that point? That an any extremely rare stuff. I pick up iron and carbon cos I need it for life support and mining. Is that wasted space? Should I just mine it last mini when I need it?

[Mr Ben]

21 minutes ago, Cosmic_Guru said:

Is 48 slots the limit then?

Pretty sure it is. I've still got a way to go for that though. The last upgrade apparently costs 350,000 credits.

 

9 minutes ago, Sng said:

I'm really struggling with inventory. I've upgraded my suit by two and have the same ship as I started with. Not seen the option to buy a new one yet? Not that it matters, I only have around 200,000 credits. 

 

So how do I deal with the small pockets? I'm guessing I'm doing it wrong. Should I just be mining stuff I need at that point? That an any extremely rare stuff. I pick up iron and carbon cos I need it for life support and mining. Is that wasted space? Should I just mine it last mini when I need it?

 

Find one of these:

That's where you'll upgrade your inventory slots.

[MrCarrot]

@Sng The best thing to power your ship's launch thrusters, your life support and your mining laser with is plutonium. You can also use carbon for your laser and, I think, life support, but one unit of plutonium recharges more than one unit of carbon. There's not really any reason to carry much if any iron around unless you need to recharge your hazard protection - in which case it's normally easier just to leg it back to your ship - or immediately before you build something that needs it, and then you can normally find tons of iron just lying around almost anywhere.

[Dave White]

spent a few days with this and although it does conjur up the glory days of sci fi art, and is very relaxing in the sense of exploring and discovering stuff. But I've sadly tired of this really quickly and find the repetition just didnt hold me. I'm really disappointed the meat and potatoes of the game isn't enough for me to invest in.

[Monkeyboy]

Have you followed the Atlas Path or anything like that? To be honest, I was starting to feel a bit fatigued by the game, but then it kind of picked up for me, as the Atlas path threw something new and intriguing at me, and I'm loving it again.

[Monkeyboy]

42 minutes ago, Gorf King said:

Don't you listen to him! This is a game of galactic freedom, where you can do whatever you want, wherever you want. It's limitless and without rules or boundaries, beyond our petty earthbound jealousies, concerns and restrictions. If you want to struggle for a quarter of an hour to find the last place you've been, only to get there and be trapped forever by a heady mixture of 90% greed and 10% a completely different type of greed, then be my guest. No, literally - come on over here. We'll have a ball. EVEN IF I AM TRAPPED HERE FOREVER I NOW HAVE 12 MILLION DOLLARS, A MASSIVE FUCK-OFF SHIP (that's going nowhere), AND 49 SLOTS IN MY FRIGGIN EXOSUIT, SO FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU! I BET THE CENTRE'S SHIT ANYWAY.

 

 

Well, since you put it like that... 

[Gorf King]

42 minutes ago, Cosmic_Guru said:

Is 48 slots the limit then?

 

27 minutes ago, Mr Ben said:

Pretty sure it is. I've still got a way to go for that though. The last upgrade apparently costs 350,000 credits.

 

It is, and it does. I hit 48 and the next drop pod I found wouldn't let me do anything with the upgrade inside. The clicking, it does nothing.

 

Depressed now.

 

Might have to move on.

 

/drag-foots slowly out of room, closes door quietly behind

[squirtle]

I find the game just keeps enthralling me as I progress...

This planet was weird, filled with these strange designs...

 

[feltmonkey]

I don't know whether to buy this on PC or PS4.  I'd be able to run it on medium quality on my PC.  I do have a nice hotas stick for the PC, but I'm not sure if I could use it.  The game does seem to be perfect for reclining on a sofa while playing though which is a plus point for PS4.  I can hook my PC up to the TV fairly easily, but I'd have to use an xbox controller. The PS4 version is £10 more expensive.

 

Given all these variables, I'm paralysed and unable to choose.  What do you guys reckon?

[squirtle]

One question though: How do I land on the landing pads with some regularity? I aim at them, and on occasion a crosshair appear and when it does, I land on the pad. Most of the time, it doesn't and I land on the floor. Is there a sure fire way to land on the pads?

[Quest]

1 hour ago, Flub said:

Holy motherfucking shit. Just helped a Vykeen build a nuclear warhead and he gave me plans to build a Warp Reactor Tau. That's the third type

 

I have the one after that. 

 

Not used it yet. Been harvesting gravitino balls on this shitty ice planet for a while now.

[HarryBizzle]

Destroyed two attacking ships. Felt great! 

[Gorf King]

8 minutes ago, feltmonkey said:

I don't know whether to buy this on PC or PS4.  I'd be able to run it on medium quality on my PC.  I do have a nice hotas stick for the PC, but I'm not sure if I could use it.  The game does seem to be perfect for reclining on a sofa while playing though which is a plus point for PS4.  I can hook my PC up to the TV fairly easily, but I'd have to use an xbox controller. The PS4 version is £10 more expensive.

 

Given all these variables, I'm paralysed and unable to choose.  What do you guys reckon?

 

Have you seen the PC tech thread? PS4, I'd say. It's a game made for a pad, not a stick, technical niggles aside.

[feltmonkey]

Ooh no, I hadn't seen that.  I'll go and have a read.  Thanks, Gorf.

[Yewone]

7 minutes ago, HarryBizzle said:

Destroyed two attacking ships. Felt great! 

 

Thats my next objective.. I'm tired of running scared from those bastards. Time to man up.

[Monkeyboy]

The space combat's really cool once you upgrade a few things on your ship. Now I relish a dogfight with pirate scum. Also, it helps if you don't make the mistake I did early on, thinking that right trigger was "fire".