What changed in No Man's Sky in 2016

Fixed a bug that would make the player character small.

Added sound effect when using communication stations.

Removed up, down, left, right as quick menu navigation keys to allow left handed players to move while using the quick menu.

Page Up and Page down can now be used to navigate up and down in the quick menu.

Fixed an issue with redeeming promo ships in survival, which would result in the ship being spawned above the ground.

Fixed the instantaneous death loop that could occur in survival mode if you saved with 1 health and no hazard protection.

Changed the sound effect when using the Terminus Teleporter.

Added sound effect for calling Freighters.

Space battles will now vary in size more and players should see bigger battles.

Fixed an issue which could affect ambient sound in Freighters.

Fixed base building prop sounds not playing when placed inside a Freighter.

Space battles will now vary in size more and players should see bigger battles.

Fixed the instantaneous death loop that could occur in survival mode if you saved with 1 health and no hazard protection.

Removed duplicated planets from discoveries menu.

Removed duplicated planets from discoveries menu.

Fix for steam controller not being able to warp.

Changed the sound effect when using the Terminus Teleporter.

Fixed a bug that would make the player character small.

Added sound effect for calling Freighters.

Added sound effect when using communication stations.

Fix for missing ruins underwater which could cause missions to point to nothing.

Fix for steam controller not being able to warp.

Page Up and Page down can now be used to navigate up and down in the quick menu.

Fixed some rare crashes.

Fixed some rare crashes.

Added ladder climbing sounds.

Removed up, down, left, right as quick menu navigation keys to allow left handed players to move while using the quick menu.

Fixed an issue which could affect ambient sound in Freighters.

Added ladder climbing sounds.

Fixed base building prop sounds not playing when placed inside a Freighter.

Fix for missing ruins underwater which could cause missions to point to nothing.

Fixed an issue with redeeming promo ships in survival, which would result in the ship being spawned above the ground.

Allowed remapping of the build menu and quick menu commands for Azerty keyboards.

Resolved an issue preventing NPCs from giving mission critical dialogue in rare cases.

Resolved a rare issue preventing NPCs from giving mission critical dialogue.

Fixed monitor detection issues on PCs using 3rd party remote desktop applications.

Fixed a bug causing core items to be incorrectly transferred between inventories.

Enabled a workaround for SLI issues; disabling TAA should improve performance.

Introduced a warning screen on loading when unsupported mods are detected.

Introduced a warning screen on loading when unsupported mods are detected.

Allowed remapping of the build menu and quick menu commands.

Running the game via the .exe file should no longer give Steam Init errors.

Resolved monitor detection issues on PCs with 3rd party remote desktop applications.

Disabling TAA should improve performance for users running in SLI.

Addressed a number of rare crashes; users are encouraged to submit crash reports.

Addressed a number of rare crashes in the game.

Resolved issues with running the game via the .exe file that caused Steam Init errors.

Fixed a bug causing core items to be transferred from exosuit to starship inventory.

Resolved an issue where underwater buildings could spawn without doors, affecting NPC missions.

Fixed an issue where underwater buildings could spawn without doors, affecting NPC missions.

Improvements to the game's visuals.

Includes save points, waypoints, automated mining harvesters, and Signal Scanners.

A new menu for easier access to items.

Improvements to inventory management with stackable items.

Includes save points, waypoints, automated mining harvesters, and Signal Scanners.

Various visual improvements throughout the game.

Normal, Creative, and Survival modes introduced.

Players can claim a home planet and build customizable outposts.

Normal, Creative, and Survival modes introduced, each offering different gameplay experiences.

Players can claim a home planet and build a fully customizable outpost.

Large ships that can be purchased and customized for storage and transport.

Large ships that can be purchased and customized for storage and transport.

New technologies added to enhance gameplay.

Allows players to plant and grow biome-specific crops using Hydroponic Labs.

Products can now be stacked for better inventory management.

Plant and grow biome specific crops using Hydroponic Labs.

Various new technologies added to the game.

A revamped menu for easier access to items and tools.

Players could use all available slots for waypoints on the galaxy map; this is now improved.

Fixed a crash that occurred when warping into a system with a space battle in progress.

Gek towers can no longer be interacted with repeatedly.

It is now easier to scan flying creatures.

Reduced Suit VO for life support warnings to only activate at 25% and 50%.

Fixed an issue where some technology types were reported as 'already known' when they weren't.

Players can no longer redeem their pre-order ship at a point that prevents learning the hyper-drive blueprint.

Players can no longer bypass being sent to find hyper-drive tech by reloading a save at a specific point.

Some players were unable to achieve the extreme survival journey milestone; this has been resolved.

Atlas station collision improvements to prevent bumping into them too much.

Fixed stars not being discarded during load/warp, causing duplicate stars.

Fixed low repro bugs that could result in players falling through the world and getting stuck underground.

Fixed an issue where ships could get stuck in terrain and prevent takeoff.

A raycast in some space stations that could put players inside the floor has been fixed.

Players can no longer bypass being sent to find hyper-drive tech by reloading a save at a specific point.

The inventory screen now works correctly regardless of resolution.

Fixed a crash that could happen when interacting with an NPC.

Fixed toxic protection 3 (theta) from having the wrong name.

Fixed a bug that caused objective markers to disappear when loading a previous save.

The 'You have unredeemed items' message will now only show for the first 5 minutes.

Fixed grave being transferred to the new star system after warping.

Fixed incorrect marking of sea caves under floating islands.

Fixed the stars not being discarded during load/warp, causing duplicate stars.

If you change ship or multi-tool and revert to a previous save, the correct ship should now be loaded.

The inventory screen now works correctly regardless of resolution.

Fixed a performance issue by defaulting texture resolution based on available GPU memory.

It is now easier to scan flying creatures.

Fixed height and weight stats being the wrong way around for creatures.

Fixed a performance issue by defaulting texture resolution based on available GPU memory.

Fixed the X key size on the galaxy map.

Fixed height and weight stats being the wrong way around for creatures.

Fixed an issue where pressing Tab+P in quick succession would cause the game to pause indefinitely.

Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when warping into a system with a space battle in progress.

Fixed a rare issue when scanning creatures that incorrectly showed all planets as 100% complete.

Fixed grave being transferred to the new star system after warping.

Fixed the X key size on the galaxy map.

Atlas station collision improvements to prevent bumping into them too much.

Players can no longer redeem their pre-order ship at a point that prevents learning the hyper-drive blueprint.

Synchronised frame capping with the first vsync to remove some framerate issues.

Fixed an issue where saves made with the system clock set in the future could cause problems.

Fixed a bug that could prevent some corrupt save games from loading.

Fixed a bug that could prevent some corrupt save games from being loaded.

Fixed toxic protection 3 (theta) from having the wrong name.

Fixed an issue where pressing Tab+P in quick succession would cause the game to pause indefinitely.

Reduced Suit VO for life support warnings and only do life support VO on 25% and 50%.

Gek towers can no longer be interacted with repeatedly.

Added error message for older CPUs without SSE3 support.

The 'You have unredeemed items' message will now only show for the first 5 minutes.

Fixed an issue where some technology types were reported as 'already known' when they weren't.

Fixed a bug that caused objective markers to disappear when loading a previous save.

Turning down music and SFX volume in the options will now work correctly.

Fixed getting 0% charge on Photon Cannon when buying a new ship.

Fixed a rare issue when scanning creatures that showed all planets as 100% complete.

Fixed an issue that caused ships to be thrown into the sky at high speed when taking off.

Turning down music and SFX volume in the options now works correctly.

Editing the settings file and corrupting it will now revert to default settings instead of crashing.

Fixed a crash that could happen when interacting with an NPC.

Fixed a message that misinformed players about learning a blueprint when they hadn't.

Added error message for older CPUs without SSE3 support.

Editing the settings file and corrupting it will now revert to default settings instead of crashing.

Fixed an issue where ships could get stuck in terrain and prevent takeoff.

Fixed getting 0% charge on Photon Cannon when buying a new ship.

Synchronised frame capping with the first vsync to remove some framerate issues.

Fixed low repro bugs that could result in players falling through the world and getting stuck underground.

Some players were unable to achieve the extreme survival journey milestone; this has been resolved.

Fixed a raycast issue in space stations that could put players inside the floor.

If you change ship or multi-tool and revert to a previous save, the correct ship should now be loaded.

Players can no longer use all available slots for waypoints on the galaxy map, allowing new waypoints to be set.

Fixed incorrect marking of sea caves under floating islands.

Fixed a message that misinformed players about learning a blueprint when they hadn't.

Fixed an issue that could cause ships to be thrown into the sky at high speed when taking off.

Fixed an issue where saves made with the system clock set in the future could cause problems.

Added support for Radeon 6xxx GPUs which do not fully support OpenGL 4.5.

Resolved a threading specific bug that caused the game to lock up after a warp.

Players no longer warp inside a freighter during battles, preventing chaos.

Players can no longer respawn in a space station with damaged launch thrusters and pulse engines, preventing them from taking off.

Performance has been improved on CPUs with 4 threads or fewer, and significantly improved on CPUs with exactly 8 threads.

Mouse smoothing improved and is now adjustable through the Options menu.

Replaced the GPU caching system to reduce framerate stuttering.

Fixed a rare crash that occurred when scanning from space or on a planet.

Performance has been improved on CPUs with 4 threads or fewer, and significantly improved on CPUs with exactly 8 threads.

Fixed issues where setting Max FPS to 60 or 30 was not effective.

Mouse movement smoothing has been improved and is now adjustable through the Options menu.

Added support for Radeon 6xxx GPUs that do not fully support OpenGL 4.5.

Resolved crashes caused by setting a large number of waypoints in the Galactic Map.

Players can now load corrupted save files, allowing continued gameplay.

Fixed crashes related to gathering discoveries and collecting blueprints.

Game now notifies users trying to run with unsupported Intel GPUs.

Game now confirmed working on Phenom CPUs with improved support.

Gsync has been disabled by default to resolve issues for some users.

Players can no longer respawn in a space station with damaged launch thrusters and pulse engine.

Players can no longer save their game stuck under the terrain after being shot down in atmosphere.

Resolved an issue where players would warp into the inside of a freighter during battles.

Gsync has been disabled by default to resolve issues for some users.

Players can no longer save their game stuck under the terrain after being shot down in atmosphere.

Fixed crashes related to gathering discoveries and collecting blueprints.

Resolved a rare crash that occurred while scanning from space or on a planet.

Players can now load their save files even if they are corrupted.

Replaced the GPU caching system to reduce framerate stuttering due to shader caching.

Player progress is now saved correctly without needing to die first.

Fixed an issue where setting Max FPS to 60 or 30 did not yield the correct framerate.

Resolved a crash issue when setting a large number of waypoints in the Galactic Map.

Resolved a threading specific bug that caused the game to lock up or crash after a warp.

Game is now confirmed working on Phenom CPUs with improved support.

Player progress will now save correctly after dying, resolving an issue where saves would not register until the player died again.

Working on a fix for mouse control jitter caused by resolution and graphics card combinations.

The auto response from support@hellogames.co.uk has been updated to suggest common fixes.

Support team has filed tickets for all incoming support emails.

Patch in progress to resolve initial framerate stuttering due to shader cache.

A fix is in progress for mouse control jitter caused by certain resolutions and graphics cards.

Common issues and workarounds have been added to the support page.

Auto response from support email updated to suggest common fixes.

Creating an experimental branch to address common known issues.

Identified three common crashes related to Intel cards, OpenGL drivers, and VC++ Redist 2010.

Support page now includes common issues and workarounds.

Working on solutions for crashes related to Intel cards, OpenGL drivers, and VC++ Redist 2010.

Addressing crashes for CPUs that do not support SSE 4.

An experimental branch will be created to address key issues including Shader Cache and CPU SSE 4 support.