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Nintendo

Prophet of Regret
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Oct 27, 2017
13,363
I chose to explore freely. Is there any way to continue the story? Or do I have to start a new save?
 

Catilio

Member
Nov 7, 2017
151
Not in my experience. The sentinels never go into the mode where they can't find you if I'm underground. They just sit on the surface and wait for me. Even worse when it's the dogs, because they can just teleport to me for some reason, or attack me through 100 feet of solid earth.

Yes, they linger outside the hole. You have 2 options: dig further (to a cave or away from there) or shoot them from th hole. If you kill the flying centinels, the dogs stay put until time runs off.
 

Lamptramp

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,397
Germany
great pics Kyuuji

Simple evening for me tonight worked on building a stack of nanites & a few blueprints then after sending the fleet off to do some exploring sat in the freighter in the crashed ship I claimed which was more hull breach than actual vessel hoping for a chance to trade it (and it's cut n shut history) to some unaware Vy'Keen.
My patience paid off as I swapped it for an A class Hauler, granted not worth quite as much, but it wasn't held together with glue and came with a free installed Iridium Hyperdrive.

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It's not a pretty ship, but its of good quality and free ;)
 

SlothmanAllen

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
1,834
Peaked at ~97,000 today on Steam. Breaking 100,000 would be a major achievement for a game that basically died after release.
 

HighResTomato

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
242
How's this game compared to Elite Dangerous in activities, flying mechanics and grind?

Got funds on my steam wallet that are screaming to be used.
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
How's this game compared to Elite Dangerous in activities, flying mechanics and grind?

Got funds on my steam wallet that are screaming to be used.
Flying mechanics not even close, this isn't a sim. Grind is different in NMS as it's a survival resource gathering/crafting game. Grind in NMS pays off in its systems far better IMO and not just "run these missions for rank for hours so you can buy this ship that doesn't really offer you that much of an improvement" Exploration is far more satisfying here since you can exit your ship. Activities range across the same kind of disciplines: trading, combat, mining, exploration (discoveries, photography missions, scanning missions). Loop feels a little better here since I'm not spending 30 minutes just to get somewhere.
 
Oct 25, 2017
8,872
Does anyone having a issue with base appearance when inviting a friend. My friend can't see my base anymore and mine is still exist. Is it possible a glitch?
 

molnizzle

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
17,695
How's this game compared to Elite Dangerous in activities, flying mechanics and grind?

Got funds on my steam wallet that are screaming to be used.
NMS isn't a sim like Elite Dangerous. Flying isn't the point of it. You press one button to land, and docking in a space station is fully automated. It's a survival/exploration game.
 

Robin

Restless Insomniac
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Oct 25, 2017
3,502
Hey y'all is there an easy way to discover a transmission tower or is that just a "explore some planets arbitrarily until you find one" sort of thing? I'm not even sure I know what a transmission tower is.
 

molnizzle

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Oct 25, 2017
17,695
Seriously though - can someone please tell me how to repair my freighter? Is that why it can't make jumps?

Google is useless. Please, if you know, can you take 2 seconds to type a reply...
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
Hey y'all is there an easy way to discover a transmission tower or is that just a "explore some planets arbitrarily until you find one" sort of thing? I'm not even sure I know what a transmission tower is.
Deploy a signal booster? Not sure which category under the navigation unlock requirement the transmission tower falls under.
 
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Houston

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
Seriously though - can someone please tell me how to repair my freighter? Is that why it can't make jumps?

Google is useless. Please, if you know, can you take 2 seconds to type a reply...
You need to fuel it. Enter the freighter tab in inventory, click on Technology. Hyperdrive is hidden in there unlike all other ships.

Fuel cells are for the frigates. Freighters take warp cells like normal ships.
 

molnizzle

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
17,695
You need to fuel it. Enter the freighter tab in inventory, click on Technology. Hyperdrive is hidden in there unlike all other ships.

Fuel cells are for the frigates. Freighters take warp cells like normal ships.
I did that. It has a warp cell. Still says "cannot warp" on every system in the star map, and is red with "damaged" if I try to send on a mission.
 

Smokey

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Oct 25, 2017
4,175
From my understanding it works this way, based on the power generation -> mining -> manufacturing -> technology ->power generation loop:

A manufacturing economy produces manufacturing trade goods, which are cheap to buy there. So you buy them.
A technology economy needs manufacturing trade goods (which you just bought) which sell high there. It produces technology trade goods which are cheap to buy there.
A power generation economy needs technology trade goods which sell high there. It produces generation trade goods which are cheap to buy there.
A mining economy needs power generation trade goods which sell high there. It produces mining trade goods which are cheap to buy there.

And that's the loop.

Ok, makes sense. The other loop he mentioned is Advanced Materials -> Scientific -> Trading. I'm in an Ore Processing (Advanced Materials) system that has a High Economy (Opulent). This is what shows up to buy at the trading post for this system:

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According to the site the following are the 5 Trade items for Advanced Materials systems

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Hovering over the images they correspond to Carbon Nanotubes, Self-Repairing Heredium, Optical Solvent, Superconducting Fibre, and Five Dimensional Torus. Going back to my images above and what's for sale in this system, none of those items seem to correspond to those categories? Am I supposed to buy all of the Oxygen Capsules and Unstable Plasma, and then flip it in a scientific system, which is where I should be going next in the loop?
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
I did that. It has a warp cell. Still says "cannot warp" on every system in the star map, and is red with "damaged" if I try to send on a mission.
Sorry, just want to be absolutely sure we're on the same page. You're on this menu and you've fueled it not just thrown a warp cell in its inventory?
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Prophaniti

Member
Oct 28, 2017
2,028
Yesh
If they're located next to a building (which they always seem to be for me), the aliens can't attack you if you pop in or even if you stay at the top of the ramp. They'll just wander and the burrow into the ground again. Did a farming run for about 2 million credits (albeit with a couple of deaths).
God damnit. I got 5 before I just quit and left. I could have just run inside!?
 

molnizzle

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Oct 25, 2017
17,695
Sorry, just want to be absolutely sure we're on the same page. You're on this menu and you've fueled it not just thrown a warp cell in its inventory?
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Correct.

I'd upload screens but Xbox apparently takes them in 4K for some stupid ass reason and they're too big to put anywhere.

But yes. It's fueled 100%. Can't warp anywhere. Damaged if I go to send on a mission.

It received damage during its last mission and I recalled it home early. Couldn't figure out what was "damaged" since all that seemed wrong was no Hyperdrive fuel. Fueled it with warp cell to 100%, but still says "no hyperdrive fuel" on star map.

WTF

Could be a bug but the only other thing I can think of is if the stars you are selecting are ones you don't have the right hyperdrive for yet, red, blue or green stars?

Fucking bug? Are you shitting me? Jesus christ, 2 years later?

How do I fix it?
 

Ichtyander

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Oct 25, 2017
438
Ok, makes sense. The other loop he mentioned is Advanced Materials -> Scientific -> Trading. I'm in an Ore Processing (Advanced Materials) system that has a High Economy (Opulent). This is what shows up to buy at the trading post for this system:

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2VFAdU2.jpg


According to the site the following are the 5 Trade items for Advanced Materials systems

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Hovering over the images they correspond to Carbon Nanotubes, Self-Repairing Heredium, Optical Solvent, Superconducting Fibre, and Five Dimensional Torus. Going back to my images above and what's for sale in this system, none of those items seem to correspond to those categories? Am I supposed to buy all of the Oxygen Capsules and Unstable Plasma, and then flip it in a scientific system, which is where I should be going next in the loop?

I've been wondering this myself, NEXT doesn't seem to have any of the old trading goods on sale in trade terminals anymore. You can get some of them as rewards in missions but that seems to be it. Maybe they're overhauling trading for a near future update, I don't know.
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
Correct.

I'd upload screens but Xbox apparently takes them in 4K for some stupid ass reason and they're too big to put anywhere.

But yes. It's fueled 100%. Can't warp anywhere. Damaged if I go to send on a mission.

It received damage during its last mission and I recalled it home early. Couldn't figure out what was "damaged" since all that seemed wrong was no Hyperdrive fuel. Fueled it with warp cell to 100%, but still says "no hyperdrive fuel" on star map.

WTF
If it's damaged that's not your freighter, that's a frigate. Your frigate can't jump outside of missions. Your freigher or capital ship isn't even selectable in missions.
 

kaicooper87

Member
Oct 27, 2017
724
really wanna enjoy but the stuttering and performance issues on PC is a nightmare
i'll stop and play Everspace till they fix the issue with upcoming patches
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
How the hell is everyone getting rich? I can't even afford a new ship. I had to redeem my pre order ship from 2016.
Search for artifacts with the signal booster, go to the alien sites. Select the history option and do the buried treasure thing. Could give you a green item worth millions. Other than that do freighter and mission board missions that give an item reward. Usually at least 2 mil.
 

Megasoum

Member
Oct 25, 2017
22,562
I've noticed today (not sure if this is new in the last update or something) but my CPU usage suddenly spike to 80+% from time to time when I play which means that if I'm watching a youtube video on my second monitor it will actually stop and buffer cause it doesn't have enough CPU...

I remember having the same issue with AC Origins when it was also using too much CPU.

Kinda annoying.
 

molnizzle

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
17,695
If it's damaged that's not your freighter, that's a frigate. Your frigate can't jump outside of missions. Your freigher or capital ship isn't even selectable in missions.
I only have the one freighter though. Got it for free after my first jump. Did it come with a frigate then?

Why would that make it so I can't jump though?

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And if Buffalo I is a separate ship then how do I repair it?
 

FreezePeach

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
12,811
From my understanding it works this way, based on the power generation -> mining -> manufacturing -> technology ->power generation loop:

A manufacturing economy produces manufacturing trade goods, which are cheap to buy there. So you buy them.
A technology economy needs manufacturing trade goods (which you just bought) which sell high there. It produces technology trade goods which are cheap to buy there.
A power generation economy needs technology trade goods which sell high there. It produces generation trade goods which are cheap to buy there.
A mining economy needs power generation trade goods which sell high there. It produces mining trade goods which are cheap to buy there.

And that's the loop.
Unless someone can tell me otherwise, it seems like they removed the whole trading items mechanic. There used to be dedicated pieces you could buy at a space station in a system of a certain type and then sell it for +100%. All of those are gone now.
 

Smokey

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,175
I only have the one freighter though. Got it for free after my first jump. Did it come with a frigate then?

Why would that make it so I can't jump though?

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And if Buffalo I is a separate ship then how do I repair it?


You have to physically fly over to the damaged ship, board it, and do the repairs. Will take a variety of resources to do it whether that's 20 Gold and 20 Silver for example, or something like 25 Platinum.
 

DrBo42

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
3,760
I only have the one freighter though. Got it for free after my first jump. Did it come with a frigate then?

Why would that make it so I can't jump though?
And if Buffalo I is a separate ship then how do I repair it?
Not sure why you can't jump. I know the "Hyperdrive has no fuel" thing was a bug on PC a couple days ago, maybe XB1 version for the fix is still in cert? As for repairing the Buffalo I, fly over to it. You'll get a communicator message when you land and then you can mark the damaged component. You actually board the ship, find the console or component that's broken and fix it with materials.

XB1 users, is your freighter warp ability working? Please confirm for Mol.
 

RedSwirl

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,049
The skybox was always linked to the player in previous versions, with latitude having zero effect. No idea if they've changed it for Next, give than the scanner actually provides your lat/long, though...

I know that at least in NEXT, it's now possible to fly from the night side to the day side of a planet if you go into the upper atmosphere and pulse boost. I don't think that happened in the old version.
 

HighResTomato

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
242
Flying mechanics not even close, this isn't a sim. Grind is different in NMS as it's a survival resource gathering/crafting game. Grind in NMS pays off in its systems far better IMO and not just "run these missions for rank for hours so you can buy this ship that doesn't really offer you that much of an improvement" Exploration is far more satisfying here since you can exit your ship. Activities range across the same kind of disciplines: trading, combat, mining, exploration (discoveries, photography missions, scanning missions). Loop feels a little better here since I'm not spending 30 minutes just to get somewhere.

NMS isn't a sim like Elite Dangerous. Flying isn't the point of it. You press one button to land, and docking in a space station is fully automated. It's a survival/exploration game.

Sounds good thanks.
 

molnizzle

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
17,695
You have to physically fly over to the damaged ship, board it, and do the repairs. Will take a variety of resources to do it whether that's 20 Gold and 20 Silver for example, or something like 25 Platinum.

Not sure why you can't jump. I know the "Hyperdrive has no fuel" thing was a bug on PC a couple days ago, maybe XB1 version for the fix is still in cert? As for repairing the Buffalo I, fly over to it. You'll get a communicator message when you land and then you can mark the damaged component. You actually board the ship, find the console or component that's broken and fix it with materials.

XB1 users, is your freighter warp ability working? Please confirm for Mol.
Geez, I didn't even realize that was a separate ship.

The tutorials for all this new shit are broken as hell. "Press start for more information" and then pressing start just opens the damn discoveries page. So annoying.

I think I figured it out now. I didn't realize I had other ships that followed the freighter. Pretty damn annoying that you can't repair the shit from a menu though, what the hell.
 

Oozer

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,819
Despite playing this game for nearly 100 hours, I never got the Atlas Pass V3. And now I think I might be screwed. Polo no longer recognizes me having any milestones left to process so now I can't process any farther down his reward path. According to the guides online, my next one was going to be the Atlas Pass V3.

After something like 5 or 6 hours in NEXT on my PS4 Pro I finally had a crash.
 

Deleted member 29464

Account closed at user request
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Nov 1, 2017
3,121
Geez, I didn't even realize that was a separate ship.

The tutorials for all this new shit are broken as hell. "Press start for more information" and then pressing start just opens the damn discoveries page. So annoying.

I think I figured it out now. I didn't realize I had other ships that followed the freighter. Pretty damn annoying that you can't repair the shit from a menu though, what the hell.

You know, you can just use your small ship to warp, then call your freighter to warp to your position for free. It's easiest done when on a planet as in space the areas a freighter can warp to is limited, I haven't actually used my freighter warp drive once because of this.
 

Kaffeemann

Member
Oct 26, 2017
1,337
Germany
Ok, makes sense. The other loop he mentioned is Advanced Materials -> Scientific -> Trading. I'm in an Ore Processing (Advanced Materials) system that has a High Economy (Opulent). This is what shows up to buy at the trading post for this system:

3sgAzw7.jpg


2VFAdU2.jpg


According to the site the following are the 5 Trade items for Advanced Materials systems

hoC4zFZ.png


Hovering over the images they correspond to Carbon Nanotubes, Self-Repairing Heredium, Optical Solvent, Superconducting Fibre, and Five Dimensional Torus. Going back to my images above and what's for sale in this system, none of those items seem to correspond to those categories? Am I supposed to buy all of the Oxygen Capsules and Unstable Plasma, and then flip it in a scientific system, which is where I should be going next in the loop?

Yeah, strange that there's not a single trade good to buy. Maybe at the space station?
And as far as I know only trade goods are affected by trade economics so buying/selling other goods based on the system won't make you a profit.
 

Oozer

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,819
Yeah, strange that there's not a single trade good to buy. Maybe at the space station?
And as far as I know only trade goods are affected by trade economics so buying/selling other goods based on the system won't make you a profit.

I think trading might be borked right now. I haven't seen anything at below galactic average prices since the NEXT update.
 

molnizzle

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
17,695
You know, you can just use your small ship to warp, then call your freighter to warp to your position for free. It's easiest done when on a planet as in space the areas a freighter can warp to is limited, I haven't actually used my freighter warp drive once because of this.
Guess that's what I'll have to do. I still can't warp in it after repairing the frigate.

I was hoping to do warps in the freighter because of inventory space. I can just send warp cells to freighter and not have them or the components taking up space in my inventory. I guess that's impossible though?
 
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