[2019] PINNED: Experimental Branch 03/09

Hello everyone,

First of all, thanks so much to everyone who has already spent time playing BEYOND and letting us know about any issues you’ve experienced. It’s overwhelming to watch thousands of players begin or continue their journey across the universe.

Steam users are able to opt-in to the Experimental Branch, where we have pushed a rapid patch to fix a number of crashes and other problems seen since release. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

To play in Experimental, right-click on No Man’s Sky from the Steam library page and select “Properties”. Among the available tabs will be the “BETAS” tab. Enter “3xperimental” in the textbox and press “CHECK CODE”, then select it from the dropdown menu.

The patch notes are as follows:

Experimental Branch 03/09

• Mods have been disabled by default to prevent a crash due to a data change that made some mods incompatible. As after the release of Beyond and other major updates, mods can be re-enabled by deleting the DISABLEMODS.txt if your mods are up to date and compatible.
  
• Introduced an error message to help better identify potential mod incompatibilities.

For more information on how to disable/re-enable mods please visit https://hellogames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001916589-How-should-I-install-Steam-mods-

As always, thank you to all players who use Experimental and take the time to report any issues you encounter.

Please note there is the possibility that experimental builds may introduce new issues that haven't been caught in test. We'd like to recommend that all players back up their save files, by making a local copy of the st_[userid] folder found here: %appdata%\HelloGames\NMS\

Note that we don't anticipate any issues here. However, performing your own backups could mean the difference between resuming play immediately, or waiting for the next patch.

If you decide to opt out of experimental and return to the main branch, we strongly recommend resuming from a backed-up save from the main branch, rather than taking an experimental branch save back to main, which may cause unexpected behaviour.

Feedback and reports of new bugs/issues being found on Experimental are welcome, so please reply to this thread or submit a ticket to https://hellogames.zendesk.com/ with the phrase "Steam Experimental" in the ticket title. If you are running any mods for the game, please list them along with your bug report.

Hello Everyone,

First of all, thanks so much to everyone who has already spent time playing No Man's Sky and letting us know about any issues you've experienced.

Steam users are able to opt-in to the Experimental Branch, where we have pushed a patch to address some problems. We'll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.

To play in Experimental, right-click on No Man's Sky from the Steam library page and select "Properties". Among the available tabs will be the "BETAS" tab. Enter "3xperimental" in the textbox and press "CHECK CODE", then select it from the dropdown menu.

The patch notes are as follows:

Experimental Branch Update 03/09

• Fixed an issue that caused debug-only base parts to appear in the Catalogue.
  
• Fixed a crash related to settlement NPC navigation.
  
• While base building, the rotation option now has acceleration to allow faster turning while still retaining detailed control.
  
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause severe visual glitches when pushing the building and photo mode cameras into very specific situations.
  
• Fixed a number of snapping issues when placing fireplaces or NPC terminals to large rooms.
  
• Fixed an experimental-branch only issue that could cause the decision interface to become blocked when starting a new construction opportunity decision.

Experimental Branch 03/09

• Introduced a significant number of optimisations for settlements.
  
• Fixed a number of glitches with settlement NPC navigation.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause settlement NPCs to go outside during danger scenarios, such as during storms or Sentinel raids.
  
• Fixed a crash related to base building.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to place an unlimited number of special parts (such as Exocraft geobays) within close proximity of each other.
  
• Fixed a number of issues that could cause power lines to fail to appear.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused patches of foliage to be cleared in settlements before any buildings had been placed.
  
• Improved the loading speed of settlements.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be backed out of base building mode accidentally.
  
• Improved the use of the D-pad in base building controls, in order to minimise accidental presses.
  
• Snapping is now enabled by default when entering wiring modes.
  
• Added a recovery for players who lost their primary Multi-Tool after accepting a blank tool from an upgrade/purchase UI. Note: the appearance of this erroneous UI screen was fixed in Patch 3.62.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused T-shaped corridors to become blocked when snapped to other structures.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some pre-built large rooms from receiving power correctly.
  
• Fixed a crash related to noise generation.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Electrical Cloaking Unit to work incorrectly.
  
• Fixed a number of snapping and collision issues with power doors.
  
• Fixed a crash related to base editing.
  
• Fixed a physic issue that could cause players to get snagged while moving around the Space Anomaly.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused short-range teleporters to function correctly without power.
  
• Fixed a number of snapping and collision issues with freighter rooms.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause some settlements to fail to generate any decisions for their Overseer. Decisions are now expected at intervals of 15 minutes to 2 hours.
  
• Fixed a number of UI issues with base building in VR.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause long grass to spawn within settlements on scorched planets.
  
• Fixed a crash related to terrain generation.
  
• Fixed a PlayStation 5 specific issue that could cause some trophies to fail to unlock.

As always, thank you to all players who use Experimental and take the time to report any issues you encounter.

Please note there is the possibility that experimental builds may introduce new issues that haven't been caught in test. We'd like to recommend that all players back up their save files, by making a local copy of the st_[userid] folder found here: %appdata%\HelloGames\NMS\

Note that we don't anticipate any issues here. However, performing your own backups could mean the difference between resuming play immediately, or waiting for the next patch.

If you decide to opt out of experimental and return to the main branch, we strongly recommend resuming from a backed-up save from the main branch, rather than taking an experimental branch save back to main, which may cause unexpected behaviour.

Feedback and reports of new bugs/issues being found on Experimental are welcome, so please reply to this thread or submit a ticket to https://hellogames.zendesk.com/ with the phrase "Steam Experimental" in the ticket title. If you are running any mods for the game, please list them along with your bug report.