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[Capntastic]

You can't like, name a plant, man

[gimymblert]

To be frank it doesn't happen to everyone it seems, people are investigating what's really happening but it's fun otherwise

Also more fun that it looks at first glance too

[quantumpotato]

I predict the black hole at the galaxy center warps you to another universe with a new procedural generation seed derived from the original seed, and so on recursively for New Game + forever.

[gimymblert]

not infinitely, there is 255 galaxies

[ProgramGamer]

I predict the black hole at the galaxy center warps you to another universe with a new procedural generation seed derived from the original seed, and so on recursively for New Game + forever.

Says user named quantumpotato

[jamesprimate]

I predict the black hole at the galaxy center warps you to another universe with a new procedural generation seed derived from the original seed, and so on recursively for New Game + forever.

i was just reading this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/08/22/no-mans-skys-futile-atlas-ending-embodies-everything-wrong-with-the-game/#493b912d4742

and wow, its hard to give them a pass on this stuff

[s0]

this game really IS the new spore haha

[gimymblert]

The last secret of the game are the portal (they haven't been activated yet, code confirmed to be there) and the gek balls.

It's 255 galaxies because they are coded on a 8bit seed

this game really IS the new spore haha

I don't think so  , I mean read this
http://spore.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic_Core

[s0]

do we know how much of the game is actually pre-generated? like, will the same planet be exactly the same for two players exploring it?

[SousaVilla]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4zsyx5/psa_your_discoveries_are_not_getting_wiped_after/

[s0]

so sad no one got to write thinkpieces about this amazing and controversial "mechanic".

[gimymblert]

do we know how much of the game is actually pre-generated? like, will the same planet be exactly the same for two players exploring it?

That does not make sense, it's using the same seed for all player, with only the starting planet as random. So yes, it has happen already, player find the exact same planet at the exact same place, but it's not pre generated, it's using the same sequence.

[s0]

nvm, i confused something. but thanks for answering my question.

i was asking partially because im wondering how they can keep the save file so small. because dwarf fortress saves can explode into the multi 100 megabytes and so do minecraft saves iirc. so i guess the game doesn't save any alterations to planets made by mining, grenades etc and they just reset once you leave the planet?

[gimymblert]

I think so, land and mine a huge heridium vein, go on tourist tour at teh quater of the planet, come back, see if it's regenerated

[JWK5]

From SousaVilla's link:

I wonder if that counts now that Steam allows refunds of NMS no matter your playtime.

2 hours is the point of no return, but NMS had so many complaints that Valve decided not to factor time for NMS refunds in particular. All other games are unrefundable past 2 hours.

Ouch.

[gimymblert]

Someone heard of this game? rim world?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/

I heard they implemented a story generator to control the experience.

[SousaVilla]

Oh yeah, I've heard a lot of good things about rimworld. It appears to be a dwarf fortress lite, like prison architect. Never played, so I dont know about the story generator stuff.

nvm, i confused something. but thanks for answering my question.

i was asking partially because im wondering how they can keep the save file so small. because dwarf fortress saves can explode into the multi 100 megabytes and so do minecraft saves iirc. so i guess the game doesn't save any alterations to planets made by mining, grenades etc and they just reset once you leave the planet?

I think so, land and mine a huge heridium vein, go on tourist tour at teh quater of the planet, come back, see if it's regenerated

If things just reset, how are they going to do with the base building stuff? If someone builds a thousand shelters will the save go to 100mb?

[gimymblert]

They would only need a xyz positions in a list (3bytes, 1ko can store 341 of those, uncompressed), the way I see it (they say build outpost I think) is that you just spawn one outpost with some function, potentially needed extra data (item deposit?, whatever function that need variable, like maybe a level rank). Also likely tied to the discovery server so not local (only cache locally).

[Raptor85]

Someone heard of this game? rim world?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/

I heard they implemented a story generator to control the experience.

ive played rimworld, the game would be great if the AI wasn't so unbelievably dumb and the RNG wasn't able to screw you quite as bad. (you can, within a minute of starting, have all your people get sick and unable to move then just lie there dying making you restart).  This happens a lot too.  Rimworld COULD be fantastic if they balance it a bit and fix the AI but as it stands gnomoria is a much better "dwarf fortress lite"

[jamesprimate]

I don't know how I feel about this: http://www.inquisitr.com/3458500/no-mans-sky-steam-sony-and-amazon-begin-issuing-refunds-regardless-of-play-time/

If platforms are throwing hello games under the bus for a PR coup that's pretty fucked up.

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/769882257964294144