No Man's Sky

I don't even see how virtual probes could check 2^64 planets (just planets, mind you) for issues.

I assume by "virtual probes" they aren't AI controlled players trying to find issues. Its probably just an automated suite that will inspect on-the-fly planet generation to make sure the landscape is appropriate.

Yeah I was being snarky - I'm also not sure how many planets will be at launch. Some of their wording is tricky around that stuff.

I assume since it says the planets are generated via math functions they only come into existence when your client is exploring. So if each planet is really only represented by a hash and lets the math take over (realistically they could just be a seed value and the hash is generated on the fly as well) the planets can exist or not exist based upon player proximity. If that is the case and lets assume they have an ID that runs into a hashing function they could pretty easily say they're launching with the full suite of planets even if realistically only 2% of them will ever come into existence.

Tenks_sl said:

I assume since it says the planets are generated via math functions they only come into existence when your client is exploring. So if each planet is really only represented by a hash and lets the math take over (realistically they could just be a seed value and the hash is generated on the fly as well) the planets can exist or not exist based upon player proximity. If that is the case and lets assume they have an ID that runs into a hashing function they could pretty easily say they're launching with the full suite of planets even if realistically only 2% of them will ever come into existence.

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That's what I think is happening based on the previous interview. You enter planet 1.000.000, it registers that you entered that. You encounter items you can name, and those names are tagged to the planet. However, if by chance another player entered planet 1.000.000 at the same time, you probably wouldn't even see them or the changes they made in their world. My guess is that the only things uploaded are planet and creature/item/fauna nametags. Your position, character or teraforming would only be visible to you, and when leaving the planet it resets to Planet Name with nametags.

Hope I am wrong as multiplayer space exploration on that level would be fun, but I doubt this game will feature much, if any, of that at all.

Droigan_sl said:

That's what I think is happening based on the previous interview. You enter planet 1.000.000, it registers that you entered that. You encounter items you can name, and those names are tagged to the planet. However, if by chance another player entered planet 1.000.000 at the same time, you probably wouldn't even see them or the changes they made in their world. My guess is that the only things uploaded are planet and creature/item/fauna nametags. Your position, character or teraforming would only be visible to you, and when leaving the planet it resets to Planet Name with nametags.

Hope I am wrong as multiplayer space exploration on that level would be fun, but I doubt this game will feature much, if any, of that at all.

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I guess it could be smart and only create the planets it needs to - for instance a million people explore a total of a few million unique planets, those are created while the ceiling is still set to 2^64.

Lame still

The marketing campaign for this game reminds me way too much of past letdown hype. This game isn't even on my radar anymore now.

Their only talking point is how big the world is. I don't care how big the world is when you aren't saying shit about actual gameplay and mechanics. The whole thing reeks of having no real substance.

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Neat little video came out today.

according to kotaku, NMS has been delayed 1-2 months
Sources: No Mans Sky?*Delayed

Well UC4 was delayed a few times, I'm sure this will be just as good and worth it.

While I'm sure it'll turn out shitty, it's not like the way to fix this game is super challenging. Allow small groups and let people warp to their friends somehow to explore in teams.

That said, I'm not sure if their server code actually handles world updates from multiple clients simultaneously so it might not matter. From what they've said it seems more like you can see some evidence of someone having been somewhere but haven't seen any footage of player contact directly?

Any form of meaningful multiplayer looks real doubtful at this point. They would have shown it off by now.

It's a real shame... it would have been kinda (and forgive me) 'beautiful' to have to progress for dozens of hours alone through the vastness of space, with connection being the ultimate reward. Imagine running across your first player? If friendship or violence were both options?

Such a shame.

So the game is NamingSim 2016?

Hrmmm... I thought they said you'd rarely, if ever run into other players? If everyone can just get coordinates and go to whatever discovered planet won't you be running into players quite often?

Tenks_sl said:

So the game is NamingSim 2016?

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That and uploading info to the Atlas seems to be the gist of it. It may intrigue others but my hype for this died out a year ago. I think a year or 2 after release they may as something to introduce co-op fun and tackling things cooperatively and then i may scoop it up. However in its current state and with so much else coming out this year i just dont see the appeal, atleast not to me.