No Man’s Sky’s last major update brought various issues for players across platforms, many of which have been fixed in patch 4.12.
While No Man’s SkyThe last major update had caused a long list of issues for players across platforms, many of these issues have thankfully been fixed in the game’s latest 4.12 update, with the patch notes showing yet another long list of bug fixes provided by Hello Games. No Man’s SkyThe Fractal update introduced a plethora of new features to the game, largely focused on improving the experience for players on PS VR2 and Switch, while also expanding on some of the game’s existing features.
Although some of the latest major updates for No Man’s Sky Not favored by all veteran fans of the game, they have undoubtedly made the game accessible to countless new players around the world. This is perhaps most evident with the 2022 Waypoint update, which coincided with its release No oneHis sky for Switch and introduced even more new content, which helped bring new faces to the community. The game’s Fractal update, released on all platforms in February, continued to build on the game’s existing mechanics while also bringing PS VR2 support, launching a new mission, and more.
Inevitably though, a plethora of new glitches and performance issues found their way into the game along with the Fractal update. As often follows in the wake of a major update on No Man’s Sky, the game’s community lit up social media with posts bringing attention to issues that largely consisted of bugs, visual glitches, and framerate drops across all platforms. The developers at Hello Games thankfully have a great track record of providing fixes for such issues post-release, and Hello Games founder Sean Murray posted a tweet earlier today detailing the fixes and improvements that come with the patch. Arriving just a week after the release of the Fractal update, patch 4.12 provides fixes for many of the issues players commonly encountered, including the “downloading data” bug that prevented many fans from starting the new mission.
Despite the developers’ continued dedication to No Man’s Sky, especially many veteran fans were not so happy with the game’s latest updates. Many in the game’s thriving community continue to yearn for certain features, arguing that Hello Games’ recent focus on campaign content and technical improvements detract from the game’s core appeal: its exploration.
Although Hello Games has made incremental but often significant improvements No Man’s SkyThe game cycle over the years, many fans have been urging the developers to focus an update on some of the most requested features by the community, especially improvements to planetary and procedural generation. The game’s creator recently hinted that “an even bigger year is planned for 2023,” giving many fans hope that the developers are continuing to take community feedback into consideration for future updates.
FRACTAL 4.12
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused bases built next to certain types of buildings to be buried in the ground.
- Fixed an issue that prevented recoloring of mobile base building items that were constructed outside the base.
- Fixed an issue that caused ship cockpit screens to flicker.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Galactic Trade Room to not interact on trucks.
- Fixed an issue that allowed cursor or stick sensitivity to be set to 0, preventing the cursor from being used.
- Fixed a bug that caused farmable plants to appear in the wrong visual state.
- Fixed an issue that caused ByteBeat recordings to fail to save properly.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Recommended Bases from being available to PSVR2 players.
- VR wrist projector opening sound volume decreased.
- Fixed a hang that could occur when exiting an Exocraft in VR.
- Fixed an issue preventing rendering of terrain details on PlayStation 5.
- Fixed an issue that prevented controller vibration from working properly on PlayStation 5.
- Fixed an issue on PlayStation 5 that could cause graphics corruption during warp.
- Fixed an issue with sky rendering on Xbox One.
- Fixed an issue that prevented the system language selection from working correctly.
- Fixed some issues that could cause stuttering.
- Fixed an issue that caused some metadata used by mods to be removed.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent discoveries from appearing.
- Fixed an issue that could prevent mission data from being downloaded successfully.
- Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect discovery counts to be reported for discovery-based mission milestones.
- Fixed some network connectivity issues.
- Fixed a bug that could occur when playing with a controller on a Linux operating system.
- Fixed a startup bug that could affect PC players with integrated/multiple GPUs.
- Fixed a crash related to the procedural creation of an abandoned truck.
- Fixed a number of performance related bugs.
- Fixed a number of multiplayer related bugs.
- Fixed a rare crash related to planet rendering.
No Man’s Sky is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
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