Crashes in video games are never fun. Even when you don't lose too much progress due to a crash, the simple fact that you know a specific title is capable of crashing can be enough to sour the experience.
Since its launch, No Man's Sky has suffered from crashing issues on the PlayStation 4 - and we've seen plenty of players across the web expressing their frustration as a result. Thankfully, developer Hello Games has been working to fix these problems through numerous patches, and the next update is due at some point this week.
According to the studio's Twitter account, the upcoming patch will fix "90% of crash issues". What's more, the developer goes on to say that "we obviously won't stop until these issues are 100% resolved." Good to hear.
Have you had trouble with crashes in No Man's Sky? Upgrade your suit and survive the harsh environment that is the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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With all the time they took to get this game out, I can't praise any company for fixing things that should have been fixed before release. Have a beta test or release a demo if need be. Doesn't Sony refuse to have an "early access" program to keep just this type of thing from happening?
It's not good that they fixed it, it's bad that they sold it - not tested it or demoed it or betad it, sold it - broken.
I haven't had a single crash - and am still on an extended honeymoon with what this title offers that nothing since Elite has - true exploration.
I got no issues with boredom - my fascination with visiting a new planet and mapping it out for upgrade or cash purposes - is phenomenally satisfying.
Oh, for additional immersion scavenge a planet whilst listening to not only the full soundtrack by 65daysofstatic, but "Rey's theme" from The Force Awakens classical soundtrack by the effervescent John Williams. Majestic 👌
I have suffered multiple crashes. Really wanted to love this game. Unfortunately, fixing crashes won't fix the main issue I have with No Man's Sky - boredom.
As an aside, most of the "screenshots" of the game attached to this article really aren't representative of the finished product.
I was at a trading post for nearly 2hrs waiting to trade with the landing ships trying to get some chrysomite to craft the jet pack theta boost. After getting it I went off to Farm lots of gold that scattered this planet. I went back to the trading post and collected 1.2mil in units. Sensibly I decided to save the game so I got in my ship. I was worried about the game crashes. As I exited the ship to complete the save the game crashed, and booted me out of the game. When I reloaded the game back up it started me at a previous save, minus the chrysomite and units, I had to do it all again. I was seething.
Another game that should have had a beta. At least it wasn't as broken as Drive club was for so long.
This is cool cause I've put a lot of hours into this game (somewhere between 30-40) and it hasn't crashed on me yet. So they will probably fix it before it ever does.
Good. I've had crashes happen to me 4 to 5 times already. Hasn't happened again since the last update and I want to keep it that way.
Many thanks Commander Shepard. Great news
STILL not had a single crash, about 30 or so hours into it. I keep thinking am I even playing the same game as everyone else? Haha.
Just in time for release!Just two crashes in the hours and hours i've played in the last 2 days. It's certainly improving.
Hang on...I think i've just spotted the last remaing creature to discover on this world...
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Driveclub had online issues something NMs doesn't have its campaign also never crashed once unlike NMS.
@banacheck my point was neither game worked sufficiently well on release and both should have had a beta
@banacheck also as far as I'm aware no mans sky is online only... ?? Not sure how any of its issues are completely detached from 'online'
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi NMS isn't online only. It will work just fine without an internet connection (good thing too during the 1st week, since I almost never had online connectivity in-game....that's been fixed now, it seems). The only impacts of not being online are that you can't upload your discoveries and you can't see the discoveries of others.
@rjejr @deadcow
It's not stable and they didn't fix it yet. The game actually started crashing after the 2 updates for me.
and people shouldn't bash them so hard honestly considering their size. Rockstar, GTA 5, last gen, ring a bell? The game had so many bugs and took months to fix. & I'm sure their dev teams are much larger.
I agree that I think, free early access could fix all of this.
I crash pretty often. I've been trying to determine if I'm connected to their servers or not when it happens. I could repeat a few crashes every time, as some have been when opening a blueprint or vault. Most times it's when I jump to a new system. I think I have a faulty hyperdrive system.
@Neolit "NMS! The MS Office of the infinite* Universe!" HAHA! True story and I still do that for all my work. Especially my design stuff.
@Number_6 that's a surprise, I guess its cheaper
@starhops That's a good point that I hadn't thought about. I've only had a few crashes since launch, and none since the first update, but I'm playing 100% offline too. Hope they fix that faulty hyperdrive for you soon!
At they're fixing it not too long after release, but the game shouldn't have been released this buggy considering it was delayed.
After it crashing every 90 minutes or so, I've not had a single crash in two days.
But then again, I decided two days ago not to play it any more until it's had a few more fixes.
@blakey78 - ouch. That's some serious, energy-sapping punishment, understandable to not want to return to the scene of the crime 😬
I guess I'm lucky thus far (touch wood) with zero crashes and the anecdotal enjoyment of naming and uploading planets, systems and wildlife to Transformers (G1, obviously lol), Aliens characters (Avatar still pales in comparison, ya hear me Cameron?) and friends, respectively 😏
I'm kinda enjoying the chill factor in this game. The resourcing can be a pain to grind but the planet-hopping is still too cool for school.
Now, Mr Murrey, let's get this release fully stable for my gamer peers and crack on with a new features update - starting with greater varieties of the systems, weather, etc - and quests maybe for new weapons and randomised encounters.
Just sayin' 😊
I must be the one person who didn't have it crash on them! I'm like that guy at the end of an epic battle move who's the last one standing. It feels glorious.
I save as often as I can either by getting in and out of the cockpit or using a save beacon so I don't tend to back track that much after a crash. With each update/patch the crashes have been getting less frequent. For the first couple of days it crashed on average 3 times per day and has been getting less with each patch. It's now down to once per day but despite of the crash problems I'm still loving the game. To avoid boredom I play the game in 1 hr sessions which breaks it up a bit.
I am still avoiding until they have patched in promised functionality.
I'm sad about it, tried to love it... Did the atlas path, had to recollect 8 atlas stones, got to the center of the galaxy, got tired of the same colors and the same cactus... Got enough... Uninstalled it today.
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