As much as all the Cool New Stuff is nice, it’s getting really frustrating that the devs refuse to slow down and fix any old systems, they’re just throwing new stuff on top of a broken foundation and it’s getting more and more clunky. From basic quality of life stuff like being able to turn off the useless auto-Pin feature that literally only ever hinders getting things done, to desperately needed bugfixes (I haven’t been able to rely on any base or freighter based refiners since they were introduced b/c they delete their contents regularly), to dozens and dozens of visual errors with bases and ships, it’s all just building up into a constant frustration. It’s like Factorio’s most recent friday facts (# 374) said – doing that kind of underlying foundation repair and QOL gives more mental space to enjoy New Stuff, and NMS’s refusal to do so keeps me, and I imagine others, returning for new features and almost instantly leaving again. What’s the fun of a new race when fundamental issues with the character customization haven’t been fixed in the entire time it’s existed (like the presets being useless because they only save to the save game they’re made on). What’s the fun of the new inventory setup when half the things you can put in the technology slots are broken/useless/not worth the space and have been since they were introduced? etc etc.

So this is mostly for those who are on a planet that’s actively trying to kill them, though it’s come in handy for me a few times. All you need is a refiner, and 30 Di-hydrogen.

Simply put the 30 into the refiner, wait 1 minute, and you’ll get 1 Di-hydrogen Jelly. Now put that jelly back into the refiner, and you get 50 Di-hydrogen. Put 20 aside, and make another jelly. Now revert, and you have 70, which can make 2 jelly. Revert and repeat as long as you need to.

This can be time consuming, which is why I mentioned it’s mostly for those stuck on lethal planets with little else to do bar wonder what they did to anger the First Spawn. Nothing worse than burning sodium while desperately searching for tiny patches of blue crystals.

Fly safe, fellow Travellers o7