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No Man's SkyPSA: 4.0 incoming. Maybe wait.(33 posts)(33 posts)
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Posted October 08, 2022
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No Manz Guy: Yeah, inventory is now a mess. Lots of people now have useless placeholder upgrades crowding their inventory. They can't be moved to tech, because you can't double up on upgrades. I don't see how that makes survival and permadeath more exciting, only more grindy.
And the new inventory item images look juvenile; they dumbed down the inventory system for the Nintendo Switch release and screwed over their current user base in the process. Sure hope they fix this mess.
That is definitely how I would describe what they have done to the catalouge and guide pages. Huge amounts of empty space designed for touch screens, spastic smattering of icons which must be used to initiate the menu on the left side.

Why can't anyone under 40 design a sensible UI? We old folks started off with text mode computers, yet some of us went on to designe the most inituative user interfaces for the PC/Mac. What happened to designers? I don't get it.

I know, old man shakes fist at cloud, but come on people... stop making things worse.
Post edited October 08, 2022 by Tatwi
Posted October 08, 2022
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AlpakaDream: so then I'm hoping that I can play it tomorrow...
probably monday morning now

i'm hoping it is as my 512gb ssd drive is on the blink
(lost graphics drivers when windows decided to fix things that weren't broken at boot )
Posted October 08, 2022
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Starkrun: There has always been a lag for GOG users, they have never forgotten us. Now that the net code was fixed way back around foundations it's only ever been a day max!
Okay, FULL DAYS behind is egregious and unacceptable.
Posted October 08, 2022
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No Manz Guy: Yeah, inventory is now a mess. Lots of people now have useless placeholder upgrades crowding their inventory. They can't be moved to tech, because you can't double up on upgrades. I don't see how that makes survival and permadeath more exciting, only more grindy.
And the new inventory item images look juvenile; they dumbed down the inventory system for the Nintendo Switch release and screwed over their current user base in the process. Sure hope they fix this mess.
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Tatwi: That is definitely how I would describe what they have done to the catalouge and guide pages. Huge amounts of empty space designed for touch screens, spastic smattering of icons which must be used to initiate the menu on the left side.

Why can't anyone under 40 design a sensible UI? We old folks started off with text mode computers, yet some of us went on to designe the most inituative user interfaces for the PC/Mac. What happened to designers? I don't get it.

I know, old man shakes fist at cloud, but come on people... stop making things worse.
Back-porting changes required for less sophisticated into more sophisticated ones - reminds me of when Microsoft jammed the tablet-oriented Windows 8 at us.

Things simplified to reduce resource usage on a resource limited platform, I get it. Change the UI so it is more functional for a hand held touch screen device, I get this too. My PC isn't resource limited though, I don't need my experience dumbed down like a Switch user would. My crappy alt monitor is 24" 1080p not 7" 720p. Not looking forward to how these changes will look on my main 32" monitor - my guess is "too big, childlike, waste of space".

The comments on the steam discussions are hilarious though :D
Posted October 08, 2022
Well, I'm not updating until I have access to 4.01 or better, considering all the bugs with expanding inventory.

However the inability to have 6 upgrades on ship tech bothers me.
Posted October 08, 2022
Where is the new update? Why do we have to wait several hours on GOG when others have it already?
Posted October 08, 2022
Well, As badly as I want the new update. I am more than willing to let the steam users get it first, and test all the bugs out, so we get a bug free update when it comes out >:)
Posted October 08, 2022
still no 4.0 update on GoG why ???
Posted October 08, 2022
What's really bad is that sometimes they post the full game installers only. Like if they wait and post 4.01 or 4.02, they don't bother to post all the patches in-between.

This happened to me a while back. There was 1 small patches that was missing. -
A week after, I got tired of waiting and did a full new install.
Days later, support emailed me and said it was there now.... It was too late though.
Posted October 08, 2022
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jimmy12345: What's really bad is that sometimes they post the full game installers only. Like if they wait and post 4.01 or 4.02, they don't bother to post all the patches in-between.

This happened to me a while back. There was 1 small patches that was missing. -
A week after, I got tired of waiting and did a full new install.
Days later, support emailed me and said it was there now.... It was too late though.
That is a Service ha! They don't even try! Thank you for your reply Sir!
Posted October 08, 2022
Kinda disappointing that Friday came and went without the update. Looking at the google cache, maybe GOG was taken by surprise as well (you'll have to copy and paste this, the direct link won't work):
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2oZ84hMBSB0J:https://www.gog.com/forum/general/update_no_mans_sky_40_d5827&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Well, I suppose I can wait and not be a huge angry baby about it. Hello Games and GOG have kept the game updated for six years, I'm sure it'll roll around.
Post edited October 08, 2022 by doctorfrog
Posted October 08, 2022
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jimmy12345: What's really bad is that sometimes they post the full game installers only. Like if they wait and post 4.01 or 4.02, they don't bother to post all the patches in-between.

This happened to me a while back. There was 1 small patches that was missing. -
A week after, I got tired of waiting and did a full new install.
Days later, support emailed me and said it was there now.... It was too late though.
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ThatOncleSam: That is a Service ha! They don't even try! Thank you for your reply Sir!
It will probably all work out. Maybe by the time they post it, the bugs will be fixed.
Posted October 08, 2022
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dashiichi: Steam seems to have gone live before the patch notes are out. Should be here later this morning.

Discussions there indicate a significant change to inventory management. Apparently general slots will no longer be useable for technology upgrades. It looks like existing tech in general slots are converted to installable modules which have to be re-installed in the tech section.

However, it seems (again, the patch notes aren't out yet) that tech upgrades are still limited to three per technology, so three shield upgades in tech + three in general will now be only three in tech. Definitely makes Permadeath more exciting.

Suggest making an offline backup of your saves. Maybe start a new save under 4.0 until the dust settles and leave your 100 hour (or 1000+ hour) save alone until things are straightened out. Or stick with 3.99 for a while.
all other platforms are updated lots of people hateing the update cos they rely on to much tech lol now tech only goes in tech slots
im loving this update more storage for my minatour better storms, easier view of inventory no more horrible tabs, you can swap out tech in your suit ship and multitool its cool.
so why does it take so long for GOG to get it
come on GOG Update me Already lol
Posted October 08, 2022
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dashiichi: Steam seems to have gone live before the patch notes are out. Should be here later this morning.

Discussions there indicate a significant change to inventory management. Apparently general slots will no longer be useable for technology upgrades. It looks like existing tech in general slots are converted to installable modules which have to be re-installed in the tech section.

However, it seems (again, the patch notes aren't out yet) that tech upgrades are still limited to three per technology, so three shield upgades in tech + three in general will now be only three in tech. Definitely makes Permadeath more exciting.

Suggest making an offline backup of your saves. Maybe start a new save under 4.0 until the dust settles and leave your 100 hour (or 1000+ hour) save alone until things are straightened out. Or stick with 3.99 for a while.
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B4T-M4N: all other platforms are updated lots of people hateing the update cos they rely on to much tech lol now tech only goes in tech slots
im loving this update more storage for my minatour better storms, easier view of inventory no more horrible tabs, you can swap out tech in your suit ship and multitool its cool.
so why does it take so long for GOG to get it
come on GOG Update me Already lol
Tech is part of the progression in this game. Goading people for playing the game as it was designed is uncalled for.
Posted October 08, 2022
I hope they either add new tech in the future to fill up the now very big tech inventory, or maybe let us have one or two more of the same upgrades instead of the current 3. Not that I really need it, but I enjoy the upgrade hunt :)

I'm very very happy about being able to rename saves though! And having a lot more storage will be great since I like to collect stuff :)

That rocket you can sell things with is really nice too, and it actually goes all the way to the space station entrance, you can even follow it the whole way on your ship if you want, and it avoids asteroids by itself :)
Post edited October 08, 2022 by Uilos
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