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Posted August 18, 2016
Reach out and touch space.



UPDATE: The first No Man's Sky update is now out!
It's a much-awaited bundle of fixes, as well as compatibility and performance improvements and you can grab it now via GOG Galaxy auto-updates, or with the newest offline installers.



<span class="bold">No Man's Sky</span> a massive science-fiction game set in an infinite procedurally generated galaxy, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. Note that the game takes place in one persistent PC universe, shared across GOG and Steam.

In an intergalactic society, only the few set off towards the stars — explorers, those unafraid, those with nothing to lose. They set off never to come back as far as any of us are concerned. And thus, we still look up at an infinite sky, now within our reach, yet still untouched — a no man's land, a No Man's Sky.

No Man's Sky promises discovery of an infinite, uncharted universe. Its billions of stars, planets, unknown living creatures, breathtaking sights and lonely wastelands — all seamlessly connected — gradually getting catalogued by explorers drawn to the distant mysteries of the horizon, eager to leave a permanent mark in their wake.

The frontier is merciless and dangerous. Exposed to a universe of extremities in your fragile suit and ship, you'll need resources and upgrades to get far — as well as the means to stand your ground in a fight. Whether you journey to the center of it all or seek out the farthest reaches of existence, the trip will not be simple or dull. You'll catalogue things unseen, discover alien artifacts and reveal the greatest mysteries of the universe. If you survive.



Calibrate your suits for extreme insomnia, reach out and touch the <span class="bold">No Man's Sky</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted August 15, 2016
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richlind33: To whatever extent I contributed to you making this decision, I apologize. I was conducting an experiment of sorts. The results are in.
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Vainamoinen: Do the results say that some problems can not be solved by adding to the problem? :|
There is that, but there *was* a little method to my madness. When you shake a tree good and hard you'll always find some things falling out of it. Unfortunately, what I found was considerably less than what I wanted, but life is frequently like that, so I'll take what I did find and see if it has any value.

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feonix: Ok break it up dicks.... NOW WHERE IS TEH PATCH D:
Nobody seems to like Punch and Judy around here. : (
Post edited August 15, 2016 by richlind33
Posted August 15, 2016
I am bit confused, looking through this thread I found that you need a CPU with at least SSE4.1 Instructions set support.

But seems like the link provided by @real.geizterfahr that Steam version has been patched with a fix for older instruction set.

What I want to know is that if the GoG version is patched to support AMD Phenom II x6 1055T which has support up to SSE4A instrsuction set.

I'm using one of this and from instructions:
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Advanced Bit Manipulation, AMD64 technology, AMD-V (virtualization) technology, Enhanced Virus Protection, Dynamic Acceleration technology , the SSE 4.1 are not supported.

So does GOG ver of game can be played on this CPU?
Thx.

The minimum requirements on store page are an awful representation. HelloGames and GoG look into this and edit with right requirements.
Posted August 15, 2016
For weeks No Man's Sky had been number one on the popular list (and still is) and when finally released has received a majority of really poor one and two star reviews. Now there are 44 pages of reviews and of course the oldest are on top with no way to access new reviews with any observations on how the game can run fine on some folks machines and hardly at all on others without going one page at a time through all 44. GOG used to have a newest option on reviews but in their infinite wisdom have removed this option so a 2 star poor review will always be up front and a current it works this way buried who knows where.

Will this ever be a Good Old Game? I suppose I will consider buying it when it drops to $10.00 or less, when it has had all the funk worked out and can run smoothly on a system it gives the requirements for. If GOG would make newest reviews available as a choice I could have a clue as to when that has been achieved. It would also help if they described what the latest patches fix on the game description page.
Posted August 15, 2016
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fredmon: For weeks No Man's Sky had been number one on the popular list
Still is ... gog doesn't keep statistics but steam does...

http://gamerant.com/no-mans-sky-best-selling-steam-game/

MASSIVE OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW
I wonder if gog has had any sleep even...

The insanity you are seeing is what minecraft experienced.
These are the numbers with people crying to get into the game..

and the countless trolls out of the wood work trying to discredit the game..
Rumors are about that large portion of youtube "critics" got paid off.. to try to counter the game.

I have almost 20+ hours myself already... but I need breaks even if that is talk /read about the game. xD
Posted August 15, 2016
It appears from the reviews here, at least the ones which review the game and not the technical issues, that the overall structure is terribly repetitive. All of the variety seems to be in the cosmetic differences in the worlds, rather than in the substance. Hopefully the whole mechanism of the mysterious alien language will turn out to add depth to the game, because so far it doesn't sound anywhere as compelling as a game like Don't Starve or FTL. It sounds more like a somewhat-interactive walk through the artwork of Wayne Barlowe. Which isn't inherently a bad thing, but not something that sounds like a AAA title in this price range. More like something that would have been a quirky CD-ROM release in the 1990's.

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real.geizterfahr: snip
+1 to all that.
Posted August 15, 2016
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iRevolt: I am bit confused, looking through this thread I found that you need a CPU with at least SSE4.1 Instructions set support.

But seems like the link provided by @real.geizterfahr that Steam version has been patched with a fix for older instruction set.

What I want to know is that if the GoG version is patched to support AMD Phenom II x6 1055T which has support up to SSE4A instrsuction set.

I'm using one of this and from instructions:
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Advanced Bit Manipulation, AMD64 technology, AMD-V (virtualization) technology, Enhanced Virus Protection, Dynamic Acceleration technology , the SSE 4.1 are not supported.

So does GOG ver of game can be played on this CPU?
Thx.

The minimum requirements on store page are an awful representation. HelloGames and GoG look into this and edit with right requirements.
Yes and no. Yes there is an experimental beta patch on Steam that enables support for CPU's without SSE4.1 (like the Phenom) and no the game still does not run with this patch on the Phenom. Apparently the Havok physics engine that the game uses also needs SSSE3 instruction set (notice the additional "S", not simply SSE3). They uploaded an internal build to Steam, so there is hope it will turn up on Steam soon and hopefully shortly after here. I would not bet on it to be up before Wednesday though and we also do not know if this will fix the problem. :-/

See the build progress here:
https://steamdb.info/app/275850/depots/
Post edited August 15, 2016 by Quasebarth
Posted August 15, 2016
Thanks for reply. Guess, I'll wait for more updates and changelog notes to see if the game is playable on "older" AMD CPUs.

At least there was a demo I could've tried to know for myself if I could play it or not, or at least launch it. =( Don't wanna throw money on a piece of non working software.
Posted August 15, 2016
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fredmon: For weeks No Man's Sky had been number one on the popular list
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Regals: Rumors are about that large portion of youtube "critics" got paid off.. to try to counter the game.
Please, stop spreading nonsense and urban myths around here. The game clearly needs polish and a lot of it from what I could see on YT. Of course it's still popular after thousands of pre-orders and the customers will defend it at any cost (after all, they already paid 60 bucks, so why not boast about how well they spent their money).

Hell, I pre-ordered as well and I look forward to it - I can't play atm because of that friggin' SSE4.1 bull****. However, I also am a fan of space and from what I could see - the game will need some diversifying updates/DLCs to really help me immerse - y'know, different types of planets because as of now every planet is diverse in the same manner - there are no gas giants, no destroyed worlds, no icy barren wastelands, no rings around planets - almost every single world seems inhabited (which is a complete nonsense) - they should make the discovery of life more rewarding - as of now, our own solar system is more diverse than the whole NMS universe (thick atmospheres on Venus or Titan, different types of Gs on the surface of Luna / Mars, Volcanic moon Io). I would love to fly through dangerous clouds of Jupiter-like planets where I wouldn't be able to land but could fight other spaceships or dock on hovering planet-side stations. Nevertheless - I think I'll enjoy my time with NMS but it will take much more time before this whole 'universe' will feel like one.
Posted August 15, 2016
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fredmon: For weeks No Man's Sky had been number one on the popular list
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Regals: Still is ... gog doesn't keep statistics but steam does...

http://gamerant.com/no-mans-sky-best-selling-steam-game/

MASSIVE OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW
I wonder if gog has had any sleep even...

The insanity you are seeing is what minecraft experienced.
These are the numbers with people crying to get into the game..

and the countless trolls out of the wood work trying to discredit the game..
Rumors are about that large portion of youtube "critics" got paid off.. to try to counter the game.

I have almost 20+ hours myself already... but I need breaks even if that is talk /read about the game. xD
Well, if you got the game running, why do you keep making posts whining about it?

Just be happy and play the thing.
Post edited August 15, 2016 by Antoni_Fox
Posted August 15, 2016
Thank god for the avatar bug or all these people would be yelling at me. :P
Posted August 15, 2016
Not that anyone really cares, but I'm about 7 hours in now and it's pretty much exactly the same as it was seven hours ago: I've got a bigger ship and some exosuit upgrades so there's a bit less juggling of inventories required (it's still aggravating, though) but for the most part the experience has not changed since I started. Planets are functionally identical, the gameplay consists almost entirely of shooting rocks, and it looks terrible.

I've also discovered that after playing for an hour or so, entering my ship or bringing up the inventory menu will suddenly drop my framerate from around 80 to about 3, and even the main menu becomes almost unusable. At the moment I'm undecided which is more annoying: the game being dull, repetitive, repetitive, and lacking in any sense of involvement, progression, achievement, or fun; or the fact that it's a technical disaster that gives Arkham Knight a run for its money in the "yeah, this is broken" stakes.

(All that said, I'm still playing it: I dropped £40 on this piece of junk, so I'm damned well going to see it through to the "end".)
Posted August 15, 2016
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16-8-2-Release-Notes.aspx
Posted August 15, 2016
Any way GoG can get Stats on largest number of concurrent players playing NMS via galaxy?
Posted August 15, 2016
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ElBiggus: Not that anyone really cares, but I'm about 7 hours in now and it's pretty much exactly the same as it was seven hours ago: I've got a bigger ship and some exosuit upgrades so there's a bit less juggling of inventories required (it's still aggravating, though) but for the most part the experience has not changed since I started. Planets are functionally identical, the gameplay consists almost entirely of shooting rocks, and it looks terrible.
I am roughly at the same point, I am one of the lucky few for who the game runs ok, mostly constant framerate and no technical issue (well except that it crash my computer when I try to exit the game... :) )

But like I said in another thread, it has the potential of being a great game IF and only if Hello Games keep adding new stuff, new thing to do, etc... currently it feel like alpha Minecraft with less things to do.

If they manage to add :

More interesting crafting instead of just building boring "upgrades".
More "depth" to the world, yes you have cave and ocean but the world feel "flat" when compared to things you can see in Minecraft.
More minecraft-ish Digging/Mining mechanics, being able to did deep into the ground instead of just blowing random crystals.
Base/house/castle building.
Bigger ships (i.e. ships in which you can walk instead of just a cockpit)
More interaction with the aliens, trading, etc...

and of course if the correct the awful inventory and the anything but fun flying mechanics.

In it's current state I can't help but think it's a poor guy Starbound in term of gameplay which is a shame because what they have now really has an incredible potential.
Posted August 15, 2016
I believe the things toy have listed aren't work for a "patch", but one (or two) full releases away.
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