List of all updates in chronological order as well as what they added/changed at the bottom.

Here are the statistics: an average of 3.7 updates per year, and keeping at the current average rate, by the 10th anniversary in November 2026 there could be more 7/8 updates to come. February/March and June/July seem to be guaranteed months for big updates for the last 4 years.

I find it hard to believe that after 8 years of regular updating they’d just stop short of a 10th anniversary, so this probability is extremely likely in my opinion. It could also coincide with the release of Light No Fire and a passing of the torch for the team.

Also worth mentioning that there has been 5 planet generation overhauls (in bold) some greater than others, the last one being Origins in 2020. I could see another generation update being planned for v5.0 (later this year?), personally.

09/Aug/2016 Initial Release
26/Nov/2016 Foundation v1.10 (Base Building)

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08/Mar/2017 Pathfinder v1.20 (Vehicles/Exocraft + Permadeath Mode)
11/Aug/2017 Atlas Rises v1.30 (Overhauled storyline + Portals + Procedural Missions + Economies)

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24/Jul/2018 NEXT v1.50 (Multiplayer Mode + Freighters + Graphics Overhaul + Character Creation)
29/Oc/2018 Abyss v1.70 (Oceans Overhaul +Underwater Bases + New Fauna and Flora)
22/Nov/2018 Visions v1.75 (New Biomes + New Creatures + Weather Effects)

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14/Aug/2019 Beyond v2.00 (VR Support + Base Building Overhaul + Discovery page + introduction of Nexus)
28/Nov/2019 Synthesis v2.20 (Upgrade/Salvage Ships + Terrain Manipulation Overhaul)

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18/Feb/2020 Living Ship v2.30 (Living Ships and Questline + Space Encounters)
07/Apr/2020 Exo Mech v2.40 (Minotar Mech)
11/Jun/2020 Crossplay v2.50 (Crossplay Support + XBOX Release + Friends System)
16/Jun/2020 Desolation v2.60 (Desolate Freighters + Freighter Customization)
23/Sep/2020 Origins v3.00 (Universe Overhaul + Sandworms)
10/Nov/2020 Next Generation v3.10 (PS5/XBOX X Support + Save Transfers + 32 Multiplayer Sessions)
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17/Feb/2021 Companions v3.20 (Creature Taming and Breeding)
31/Mar/2021 Expeditions v3.30 (Introduction of Expeditions + Improved UI + Starships Visual Overhaul)
02/Jun/2021 Prisms v3.50 (Graphic Overhaul + Flying Companions)
01/Sep/2021 Frontiers v3.60 (Settlements + Base Building Overhaul)
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16/Feb/2022 Sentinel v3.80 (Sentinel Pillars + Combat Improvements + New Sentinel Presence, Types, And AI)
13/Apr/2022 Outlaws v3.85 (Outlaw Stations and Missions + Solar Ships + Squadrons + Capes)
20/Jul/2022 Endurance v3.94 (Freighter Overhaul + Asteroid Fields Overhaul)
07/Oct/2022 Waypoint v4.00 (Nintendo Switch Release + Custom Game Mode + QoL improvements)
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22/Mar/2023 Fractal v4.10 (PSVR2 Support & VR Overhaul + “Wonders” Section + Utopia Expedition + A Trace Of Metal Questline)
05/Apr/2023 Interceptor v4.20 (Corrupted Planets + Interceptor Ships)
07/Jun/2023 Singularity v4.30 (Singularity Expedition)
24/Aug/2023 Echoes v4.40 (Introduction of the Autophage race and Questline + Pirate Faction)
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14/Feb/2024 Omega v4.50 (Omega Expedition + Starborn Runner + Atlas Helmet/Sceptre)
27/Mar/2024 Orbital v4.60 (Space Stations Overhaul + Ship Customization)

I have played NMS a ton over the years on my Oculus Rift S. I have played hundreds of hours on medium settings and had a surprisingly great experience (I say surprisingly because I have read the VR experience has not been good for some, but I’ve always had a great experience)

I logged in yesterday (first time in a year or so) and found the game basically unplayable in VR. I’ve reinstalled the game, updated drivers, tried to tweak the graphic settings, and even on the lowest possible settings, the game is laggy and unplayable!? I know there have been some updates recently, but I’ve never had an issue.

My system isn’t beefy by any means, but it ran quite well the last time I played, certainly no lag at all:

i7 8700K

32 GB RAM

I TB SSD

1660 GTX 6GB

Any assistance would be awesome and much appreciated

Preface this by saying I’m a noob and playing on psvr2. Seems like every little expedition mission I need to do is this long drawn out chore. Need to build windows. Ok I don’t have the stuff to make glass. Gotta figure out how to go through the menus to figure out what I need. Then I gotta find the thing I need in the journal and tell it to tell me where to get it. Then I go to the place and find out I need a hazmat gauntlet. So I have to do back to base to refine materials for that. And on and on and on.

I spent at least an hour trying to find the airless planet but eventually I found one. Now I have to find a outlaw system. I go and research and get a trade scanner. Nothing under the trade section from the planets I’ve seen in galaxy map indicates outlaw system? So now I’m just randomly warping to whatever the green line is pointing to hoping I’ll get multiple options and one of them will look outlaw like?

Where is the guide that tells me what the various system symbols mean?

People saying this expedition takes like 6-10 hours or less… Lies. I got kids man.