# No Man's Sky - First star to the right, and straight on till morning **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701 "2016-07-12T01:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 51
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1001 "2021-09-22T17:55:01Z")
I wish they’d quit messin’ with the water. There used to be a somewhat horseshoe-shaped island here: > **[Steam Community :: Screenshot :: Where'd my island go?](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2608782167)** > > Steam Community: No Man's Sky. Where'd my island go? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1002 "2021-12-08T23:44:52Z")
So I just found out that they are doing a year end repeat of the expeditions if you missed any. They are only 2 weeks each, and The first one ended a couple days ago before i found out, but the second is going now, then in 2 weeks the third, then the 4th ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1003 "2022-04-14T03:14:56Z")
More illegal activities in 3.85. Notably: > - Across the galaxy, star systems have fallen under **outlaw control**. System authority has been surrendered to rebel forces, leaving space unpoliced and ripe for **piracy**. > - As well having no Sentinel interceptors, outlaw systems have their own **technology merchants** , their own marketplace for **contraband items** , their own unique **mission agents** , and much more… > - The profit available to those who would **prey on trader ships** or passing **freighters** has been increased, though Sentinel interceptors will now respond to attacks on planetary trade routes… > - After engaging in acts of space piracy, you can now **restore your reputation** by presenting a **Forged Passport** to the Station Core within any regulated space station. > - The new **Starship Combat Auto-Follow** option enables automatic **target locking** capabilities for space combat. This mode locks onto and **automatically tracks enemy ships** , while still allowing precision adjustments from player input. > - **Purchase contraband goods** from outlaw stations, then shuttle them across to regulated systems to **sell for a large profit**. > - The risks and rewards of space combat have been **rebalanced** for challenge, flow and speed. > **[Outlaws Update - No Man's Sky](https://www.nomanssky.com/outlaws-update/)** > > Outlaws: Introducing Update 3.85 Become an interstellar rebel in Update 3.85, OUTLAWS! Introducing outlaw systems; the ability to recruit your own squadron of pilots; improved space combat; a stunning Solar Sail Starship, and much more! Buy now on... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1004 "2022-07-20T21:01:31Z")
Yet another major update. > **[No Man's Sky Announces Its 20th Major Free Update - Endurance - IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/no-mans-sky-update-endurance)** > > Hello Games has announced the 20th major free update for No Man's Sky, titled Endurance, which focuses on new features for freighters, frigates, and fleets. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1005 "2022-10-17T15:35:17Z")
I played quite a while yesterday. Some missions to hunt pirates actually present a challenge now, arriving in _waves_. And loot from them, in addition to contraband goods, can be contraband upgrades. Which may or may not be more helpful than an S-class upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1006 "2022-10-20T15:51:53Z")
The abandoned space stations I visited years ago have now been occupied by pirates. Pirate bases don’t mind me docking with them but I guess official introductions need to be made via their mission arc before I can teleport to any. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1007 "2022-10-23T17:44:56Z")
Recently built a new base across a chasm on an ice world, then realized I had unintentionally created a phallic symbol when viewed from above. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1008 "2022-10-26T23:36:58Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1009 "2022-10-30T18:29:00Z")
I found a really interesting planet. Whole bunch of interconnected caverns, which are useful when a toxic storm rolls in. Glyph code: 3039F76B3084 (convert to glyphs at [No Man's Sky Portal Decoder](https://nmsportals.github.io/#tab-2)) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1010 "2022-12-09T20:40:11Z")
So this is one of the games I’m planning on playing on my Steam Deck, because I really want a space exploration game in my repertoire. My problem is, I’ve given the game a couple of tries, and each time I have struggled to define a goal. On the one hand, it seems like the game wants me to travel through a billion stars at rapid pace and go through 255 galaxies. And I can trailblaze through galaxies with dizzying speed, jumping from star to star and only pausing long enough to collect resources. On the other hand, I can build massive bases, tame animals, and do all these amazing things on just a single planet. And I find myself torn between these goals, building a half dozen half hearted bases scattered across the universe, and quitting. I guess I’m just not sure what I should be striving for, because I haven’t been far enough down any path to really know what it offers. Any advice from veteran players? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1011 "2022-12-09T20:52:35Z")
As typical for this sort of sandbox game, it’s up to you to decide. I like to do missions – mainly for the mission agents in a space station because I’ve done all the ones offered by my base NPCs – and run my settlement. If you haven’t seen them yet, there are settlements you can take over and run as its overseer. You’re only allowed one settlement at a time. There are also freighters you can manage, which operate as a headquarters for sending smaller ships on expeditions. Not really much to do there other than choosing an expedition and debriefing the expedition leader(s) upon completion. Some of the expedition logs are amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1012 "2022-12-09T21:32:17Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > On the other hand, I can build massive bases, tame animals, and do all these amazing things on just a single planet. And I find myself torn between these goals, building a half dozen half hearted bases scattered across the universe, and quitting. The way I play is that I thoroughly explore and build on a planet until there’s not much left or I get bored and move on. Or I need a resource to do a thing that planet doesn’t have (or has little of) so I’ll look elsewhere. The cool thing is you don’t **have** to leave until you want to. You can zip from planet to planet or stop to smell the carnivorous acid-spitting roses. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1013 "2022-12-09T21:49:51Z")
The whole “go to the center of the universe, and repeat 255 times” really only was a thing in the early couple years of the release. And I have always gotten the sense that it was forced on them to a large part of the pull by the publisher to get the game out the door, with a “plot”. I do think the plot is worth going through at least once, as the game has a ton of mechanics and now side deals that aren’t really very well explained without the story line, which is really a long-ass tutorial. ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1014 "2023-01-25T01:33:22Z")
I’m not currently playing. I got tired of it and stopped about a week before the settlement mechanics were added. If I were to start playing again, I think it would be more fun if I had a person or two that I know playing with me. I prefer multiplayer Minecraft over solo play, and I think the same would be true for NMS. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1015 "2023-08-28T03:30:32Z")
I’ve jumped in and out of this game a few times over the many updates and am trying again with Echoes. The interface has had a major overhaul since the last time I played and there are alot of new features. They added a brand new race in this update too. Additionally if you happen to have a PSVR2 (like me) they totally unscrewed the poor graphics and now support foveated rendering. It’s like a brand new game and is the first to really show off why the PSVR2 is better than the first. I don’t think anyone would be able to argue against Hello Games being one of the most generous studios out there. The amount of brand new fleshed out content they continue to release for free is staggering. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1016 "2024-03-28T02:42:46Z")
Whoa! Huge new update, with some very interesting features! > **[Orbital Update - No Man's Sky](https://www.nomanssky.com/orbital-update/)** > > Orbital: Introducing Update 4.6 Dock your fully customised starship in the sleek new space stations of update 4.6, ORBITAL! Space stations have been completely overhauled; brand new starships can be constructed from salvaged parts; frigate fleets can... Too late to do so tonight but I need to check this new stuff out while waiting for Starfield DLC. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1017 "2024-03-28T02:46:25Z")
Oh wow, fully customizable ships. That’s huge. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1018 "2024-03-29T19:29:23Z")
Played a bit last night; encountered a renegade sentry ship, which prompted me to follow it to a crash site – which resulted in a restoration mission. No idea if that will make it an AI wingman, like the drone for wandering around planets, or if it can be piloted directly. On my way to the crash site, I encountered a pirate megaship, which I had no idea what to do with so it escaped. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1019 "2024-03-29T22:28:41Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > it can be piloted directly. That’s it. I now have a Sentinel Interceptor in my collection. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701/1020 "2024-04-01T02:33:48Z")
I just started a new game for the update. One minor thing to note with the new version of space stations (much cooler looking I’ll say) is when using the Appearance Modifier on a station the local lighting applies. The first station I reached with my new character had “evil overlord” lighting, all reds and oranges, so my colors were badly off. Fortunately an easily fixed problem, just pick an AM in more neutral lighting; and it’s not like it costs credits. Outside of that minor speedbump I’ve been enjoying myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701.md?page=52)