A new update finally hit No Man's Sky. It thoroughly redesigns space stations and introduces a long-awaited starship customisation.
The developers of No Man's Sky didn't make us wait long for the next batch of updates. Just over a month after the Omega update, Hello Games studio released patch 4.6 titled Orbital. The new update is now ready to be downloaded and brings a lot of new features, some of which you can see in the preview below.
This update primarily focused on overhauling space stations, with the most attention from Hello Games studio. So far, these were the only game elements that weren't generated procedurally. Now this has been changed, and the developers assure that as a result, the visited stations will be incredibly diverse and tailored to the system, race, and location, both externally and internally. Furthermore, their size was significantly increased and enriched with new stores and activities.
The starship editor is another highly anticipated feature that comes with the refreshed stations. It enables the customization of ships to suit individual preferences and the creation of unique combinations that are unparalleled.
However, as befits a game focused on exploration, in order to exchange parts of your ship, you first need to find and recover them from the wrecks discovered during your travels.
The Orbital update also introduces other new features, such as:
There are also error fixes - you can find the full list and a detailed description of the changes here.
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Author: Martin Bukowski
Graduate of Electronics and Telecommunications at the Gdańsk University of Technology, who decided to dedicate his life to video games. In his childhood, he would get lost in the Gothic's Valley of Mines and "grind for gold" in League of Legends. Twenty years later, games still entertain him just as much. Today, he considers the Persona series and soulslike titles from From Software as his favorite games. He avoids consoles, and a special place in his heart is reserved for PC. In his spare time, he works as a translator, is creating his first game, or spends time watching movies and series (mainly animated ones).