17.07.2024 (20:56),
Julia Pozdnyakova
Even eight years after its release, the developers of No Man’s Sky continue to actively develop the game. With the release patch 5.0 Under the name Worlds Part I, the space adventure received support for Nvidia DLSS 3, a new expedition began, and more.
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A galactic bug hunt in the spirit of Starship Troopers has begun in the game. In the expedition called The Liquidators, which will last about six weeks, you will have to exterminate fantastic insects in dynamic and balanced battles, as well as destroy their larvae. Unique rewards are provided for completing, including a set of organic armor, a Liquidator battle mech with a flamethrower, a chitinous jetpack, and bug hunter trophies.
Other innovations:
Nvidia DLSS 3 support, increasing performance up to four times; New water rendering technology capable of creating waves that react to weather changes, as well as realistic reflections and foam. The innovations completely transform the seas, oceans and lakes – they are especially noticeable on the example of ocean planets; New volumetric clouds – increased clarity, new details (thin cirrus and dark rain clouds appeared, and the night sky became much more diverse), improved performance, corrected visual artifacts; A new color palette of the sky and oceans, inspired by 1970s science fiction; A realistic wind simulation: grass and leaves sway, and trees sway during a storm; Reworked lighting – the light has become more natural, the shadows are deeper and more realistic (vegetation has benefited from this the most). In addition, cloud shadows are now calculated relative to the position of the sun; Updated weather effects – fog, dust, ash, rain, snow, lava eruptions; ships can now land on water; “radical” changes in the appearance of all planets – due to gravitational distortions, drifting air islands have appeared, which can be reached using a jetpack or a starship. It is allowed to build bases on the islands (in addition, they are allowed to build them underwater); some buildings have also learned to move – in anomalous sectors they grow legs and turn into intelligent walking structures;
New toxic worlds with poisonous flora and idyllic blooming planets, as well as more colorful radioactive and scorched planets; the ability to create Solar-class ships in the Starship Fabricator editor; Transformed snowy and desert planets – the former have added icy trees, sparkling glaciers, new flora and minerals, and the latter have become more diverse and acquired palm trees; Engine improvements – the graphics accelerator is now fully responsible for the visualization of environmental objects (trees, grass, stones), which allows you to create more saturated worlds without sacrificing performance. Also, vegetation, minerals and curiosities received higher quality detail at long distances; New species of plants and animals, including hostile and peaceful beetles, as well as bizarre walking flower hybrids; quality improvements – the ability to rename open systems, planets and other objects, more convenient labels for interactive and destructible objects, interruptible reload, repair from the quick menu and more.
The full list of changes is available at official websiteHello Games CEO Sean Murray spoke about the main innovations in a separate video: “I think we’ve added features that players didn’t expect to see.”
Users were delighted with the update. “I will return to this game,” wrote filipedesouzaart in the trailer comments. — Starting the campaign over with a completely new character. These guys deserve it.” “AAA games are out, — considers crash10125. – Outstanding work.”
No Man’s Sky is available on PC (Steam, GOG), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, S и Nintendo Switch, а также в Game Pass.
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