No Man’s Skymight not have been the game-changer many people expected it to be, but at its core, Hello Games' space exploration adventure was an innovative, ambitious look at what could be the future of video games - although executed better, if so. Hot on the heels of acontroversial Innovation award at GDC 2017, Hello Games has revealed the full patch notes for the Path Finder 1.22 update that builds upon last week’s release, and some subtle but impactful changes have been made toNo Man’s Sky.
The biggest change is one that makes thenew Exocrafts, and the Geobaysthat house them, much easier to find. The newest update adds HUD markers so that players can easily navigate back to their vehicles, making exploration that much easier as a result. The update also allows players to place Geobays on any planet they explore rather than just their home planet, which is a significant change that should benefit those who are still traversing the galaxy in search of adventure.
Just as an example, this change makes it so that players who wish to make their mining efficiency on a moon can do so with relative ease by constructing a Geobay and a Colossus on it without sacrificing their vehicle use on their home planet. It’s a small but significant change to the way vehicles inNo Man’s Skywill function, and it should make players' lives much easier.
The new update also made some changes to a few persistent bugs inNo Man’s Sky, including rare crashes that stemmed from feeding wildlife or scanning from a vehicle. Most of the bug fixes pertain to vehicles, which makes sense given that they’ve only been around for about a week.
DespiteNo Man’s Sky’s rocky reception and the damage it did to the reputation of Hello Games, the studio has continued pushing forward. The studio recently announced theHello Labs Game Funding Initiative, a platform for funding small games with ambitious goals for procedural generation.
Those interested in the full patch notes for Path Finder’s Update 1.22 can find them here:
No Man’s Skyis available now for PC and PS4.
