Experimental Branch 21/11

• The Exobiology, Blighted, Leviathan and Polestart Expeditions have been recreated as Redux editions.

• Redux expeditions are shorter versions of the primary version of the main expedition, with the same rewards, designed to offer players a chance to gain any rewards they missed from the year’s expeditions.

• The Redux expeditions will run over the holiday period and will be available on all platforms, including Nintendo Switch.

• As well as their previous rewards, Redux expeditions will also award bonus Quicksilver to all platforms.

• Community expeditions now carry a set of minimum difficulty settings, similar to Permadeath mode.

• Fixed an issue that caused the upper half of the mission details UI to occasionally spill out of its box. The entire mission description panel will now adjust its height and scroll as appropriate.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Life Support guide entry to unlock even when the Life Support difficulty setting was disabled.

• An “Other” filter has been added to the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion’s shop interface.

• Fixed an issue that caused the glow to be missing when locking on to a marker with the Pulse Drive.

• Fixed an issue that caused the glow around locked-on or tagged markers to occasionally be the wrong shape for that particular marker.

• Fixed an issue that caused fleet debrief markers to be visible while visiting another player’s freighter.

• Fixed an issue that caused an animation glitch on certain cockpit components while in pulse engine flight.

• Fixed an issue that caused supercharged slots to fail to appear in newly-purchased ships until the game had been reloaded.

• Fixed an issue that could cause ship landing gear to appear to be raised while the ship was landed.

• Fixed an issue that could cause your previously owned ship to immediately vanish if exchanging it for another ship at a trade outpost.

• Fixed an issue that could cause your previously owned ship to become uninteractable if exchanging it for a crashed ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused your previously owned ship to be available to reclaim for free after exchanging it with an NPC for their ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused the correct trade-in price to be missing when exchanging a Multi-Tool.

• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause incorrect text on the subtitle of the exchange button while purchasing ships.

• Fixed a rare issue that could cause an extra mission marker to become stuck on the screen during the tutorial.

• Fixed an issue that caused the scrollbar to always display on Guide pages, even when scrolling was not needed.

• Fixed an issue that caused the “Summon Companion” icons to always appear greyed out.

• Fixed an issue that could cause additional or incorrect expedition rendezvous markers to occasionally appear on the Galaxy Map.

• Fixed a collision issue that could allow players to fall out of the Space Anomaly if they jetpacked in a specific location.

• Fixed an issue that made it very difficult to use the Analysis Visor while riding a creature, as the visor would always detected the ridden creature rather than the current target.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Multi-Tools to become immediately fully repaired after a reload.

• Fixed an issue that could cause unfixable damage to become stuck in Multi-Tools.

• Fixed a number of issues that could cause the Exosuit Upgrade Chart reminder to appear on screen either after all inventory slots had been unlocked or after already using or discarding the chart.

• Fixed an issue that allowed inventory filters to be clickable underneath the currently active popup.

• Fixed an issue that prevent ship maneuverability stats to be missing when comparing an available starship with your current ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused the inventory to always default to opening on the Multi-Tool when starting a new session, even if there was no damaged technology in the current Multi-Tool inventory.

• Broken technology is now highlighted more strongly in red to improve visibility within an inventory.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Mission Board to occasionally give the wrong reward instead of the one promised by the UI.

• Fixed an issue that caused some information to be cut off in specific enlarged mission notifications.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Neutron Cannon to fail to register any damage potential to the Multi-Tool UI.

• Fixed an issue that could cause some ship jittering at low speeds when using “locked” mouse controls to pilot the ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused too little salt to be available in particular underwater biomes.

• Fixed an issue that caused too few ferrite dust rocks to be placed on swampy worlds.

• Fixed a visual glitch in the third person character animation when running on slopes.

• Fixed an issue that could cause teleport destinations to fail to add automatically when visiting a base.

• Fixed an issue that could add an invalid freighter teleport destination to be added to the list.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the ship to automatically take off after reloading a save made within a landed ship.

• Fixed an issue that caused a UI mismatch for nanite costs when purchasing blueprints from a planet-based technology merchant.

• Fixed an issue that caused some cost details to be missing from NPC dialogue options on the Nintendo Switch.

• Added additional filtering and ordering options to the list of Expedition rewards found at the Quicksilver Synthesis Companion.

• Multi-Tools collected from Sentinel Hives are now free, though will have damaged slots that need repairing.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the cinematic black bars from being skipped in certain circumstances.

• Fixed a visual UI glitch when skipping the black bars.

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the “No” option from functioning in the new game warning when starting a community expedition as your only save.

• Fixed an issue that prevented autosaving with 1 health pip even when the player is in no immediate danger of dying.

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to join invite-only groups in particular circumstances.

• Fixed a number of networking issues.

• Fixed an issue that caused some data types to be scrambled for mod authors.

• Fixed a rare hang when warping to a new galaxy.

• Fixed a rare but consistent crash that could occur when loading a save.

I was doing the Atlas/Artemis missions. When I portaled to a new system, I didn’t know it would break all my stuff so I freaked out. I spawned on a very radioactive planet and almost died. I found my ship just in time. Fixed enough to get to the space station and warp back to my hone base. Now I seem to be stuck on the Atlas mission, and every time I talk to the atlas it asks for a heart of the sun, and nothing happens. I go and talk to Polo and Nada and they’re no help. I can’t help but think I messed up by warping home. Anyone ran into this?

No negativity towards the game , I have been playing since release and I think the game is going great, but if I’m going to be honest, there are some things that make me think “If only…”, like:

• The life in the game, there’s not much depth to it, if I meet someone, the most I can expect is a simple interaction, and learn a few alien words. I can’t go out and feel like , “Oh that gek is up to something, let me see what he’s got going..” . Every interaction just feels like a quick touch and go no matter where you are. I want to feel like there’s so much going on around me.

• Fauna feels the same way because every animal is a copy-and-paste. There’s no individualism when it comes down to creatures like, maybe seeing an herbivore, going up to plants and eating them, while watching a carnivore stalk it’s prey, and not walking up to them and giving them a quick smack on the head and digging in. Or a strider using it’s long legs to eat leaves off trees.

• The lack of Hostile NPCs. I’ve had this one for a while, as mentioned above, NPCs offer no depth when it comes to interactions , and that includes hostile interactions. Pirates do not live up to their name because the most they will do is blow up your freighter/ship and fly off. What if pirates took your cargo, and you’d have to find them to retrieve it back? What if they landed on some planet with your loot and you’d have to take them out on foot? What if instead of blowing up your capital ship, they land in your ship to kill you, and your crew, as well as find and raid storage units you have installed, or raid the storages from the Captain?

• Ship depth and interiors, another one I have had for a while, as mentioned above with fauna, it feels like a copy and paste when it comes down to the depth of a ship. You go into a ship in 1st person, it’s the same cockpit, depending on class, but what if you got a ship that made it feel likes it’s own ship? Like Tier 1 ships having a more brokendown cockpit , Tier 2 having a decent, organized cockpit, and Tier 3 ships having a high-end cockpit? Energy distribution was introduced with the Echoes update, and I think they should continue to explore what mechanics they could add to the ships.

• Interiors are another. Haulers, Shuttles , explorers, all have the potential to have a crew, walk around, place items, or sleep in, but its limited to just flying and I think that should be considered. This would work well for rescue missions, as you would find the NPC in your hold while you’re on your way to the drop-off

• No Aesthetic Ambience, you land on a forest planet, no sounds of fauna in the distance, you land on a snow planet, you don’t hear winds , you land on an ocean planet, you don’t hear waves on the beaches, I think planet types should gave their own type of ambience to make them stand out aesthetically

• Staffs being a reskinned multi-tool and the lack of Melee weapons, Staffs are neat addition to the aesthetic of the game, but there’s nothing I can’t do with Staffs that I could do with a Sentinel MT. Even in VR, it is held like a gun, it’s so awkward to hold. I just think they should have more melee capabilities to make them stand out as a staff and not a reskinned MT. Currently, they share the same stats as S class Sentinel rifle, but I think they should have some sort of melee prod and swing to give more options to it and make it stand out

Here’s some of the FAQ suggestions we received in our previous FAQ thread. Keep in mind that these are opinions from some of our valued OP’s and you may agree or disagree with some of these. We just ask that everyone remains respectful when replying to this thread and we look forward to your contribution! NMSTG Mod Team

You can also drop a quick tip!

Tip #1: Always try to be doing multiple things. Pick up the portable refiner so you can refine something from your inventory while exploring and mining.

Tip #2: Avoid multiplayer until unlocking the anomaly, can be stranded if not.

Tip #3: Exotic worlds only have 1 fauna so it’s easy to scan all of them.

Tip #4: Need glyphs? All 16 are on one planet here

Q- “I was on the Anomaly and a bunch of expensive stuff showed up in my inventory. What do I do with it? A:” Congrats! Another player has bestowed you with a gift. Most likely it is an item to sell for some quick and easy cash. Usually the item description will tell you what it is used for.

Q: “Help, I claimed a broken ship and now I can’t find my starter ship! Is it gone forever?” A:” If you merely selected to “claim” the broken ship and not “swap” it, then your old ship is still around. If you left it with launch fuel in the tank, you can summon it with the quick-menu. If it does not have fuel, it can be summoned on the Anomaly (once you unlock it), your freighter (once you acquire one).

Q- “Are crashed ships worth repairing?” A-” Unless it is an exotic, no. Scrap the ship at the space station, sell the items it gives you, and use those units to buy a better, working version of a ship in that system.

Q- “Any advice for new players?” A-“For new players, make sure you read the guide in-game. It’s an excellent beginner’s guide for traveling, learning about the alien races, building, and etc. Take a look over the catalogue of items too. Also, I’d strongly suggest mining a massive amount of carbon, oxygen, and sodium. These three items will be some of your most used and critical items in the game