NoMansSky:2.4.0/changelog

NoMansSky:2.4.0/changelog

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Post-Release Changes

Any changes made to the current version of the live guide.

What's New

This is the official v2.4.0 release of our No Man's Sky modding guide. Below is a summary of the major changes this release brings:

Recommended Game Mode

The recommended game mode for the Guide is now the "Custom" mode. The Custom Mode is new with game version 4.0, which is basically the result of Hello Games saying, "you know what, play the game the way you want to play it!" Step agrees and Custom Mode allows users to tailor the game to the experience they desire. Anything from pure sandbox and free costs to a survival death match with permadeath.

Step's goal has always been to lean toward the exploration side aspired by the original game versions. New elements that have been introduced since aren't removed but are rather reigned in. This prevents these newer elements, like expanded focus on combat, from distracting from more casual, exploration gameplay. Since many of the Guide's adjustments in this area are now available within Custom Mode, they have been removed going forward. As such, some basic recommendations for using Custom Mode are provided to gain back what was removed from the Guide. Users will find this new heading at the end of the Guide.

Guide-Level Changes

This update is to officially support No Man's Sky:Endurance.

• Updated Graphic Driver Recommendations
• Added recommendations for staring a new game using new Custom game mode
• Grammar correction and clarification throughout

Mod-Level Changes

Legend

Added | new mod added (add these mods)
Moved | mod was moved to a new ModGroup (move these mods)
Updated | mod instructions updated
Incorporated | mod is included in the Step Patch - Conflict Resolution (remove these mods)
Dropped / Replaced | mod was removed (remove these mods)

04-Foundation

Added

• Better Planet Generation
• Exosolar's Grass Fix

05-Animation & Physics

Dropped

• Better Asteroid Explosions | Endurance came with improved visuals for asteroid, therefore vanilla is now used.

06-Models & Textures

Dropped

• Blackhole BAAA | Endurance included an impressive new black hole, therefore, this mod was dropped.
• Mangroves | Redundant with the addition of Better Planet Generation.

Updated

• Clean Space Origins | Instructions updated; Darker Space and Speedlines LUAs no longer used.

09-Fixes

Added

• Eyes Front

Moved

• LightFix | Relocated to the Lighting & Weather mod group & instructions updated.

16-Interface

Added

• True Black

18-Lighting & Weather

Added

• Indoors Lighting Fix

Resource Files (aka, 20-Patches)

Updated
Step NoMansSky Resource Files | The following has changes happened the Resource Files:

• Incorporated Dark Space from Clean Space Origins and customized it further to produce darker space fog and "sky" colors while improving nebulas
• Incorporated Reduced Speedlines from Clean Space Origins due to CSO's version being outdated
• There have been numerous adjustments to various settings throughout the files for refinement
• Removed the script errors and warnings produced in AMUMSS from all Resource Files
• Updated many line numbers within all files

NOTE:

Instead of providing detailed changes, like in the past, the below file changes will be summaries from this version forward. Details can be found within each of the Resource's LUA files.

Projectile Table

Newly added is the Projectile Table located at: ..\METADATA\PROJECTILES\PROJECTILETABLE.MBIN.

• The following ship weapons have had their ranges increased by 50%: Gun, Shotgun, Minigun, Plasma Gun, and Rocket
• The Squad's gun damage has been increased to something sensible to make them more useful; overall a full squad will equal the same damage is the player's base gun.

AI Spaceship Globals

• Many adjustments made to improve player and NPC ship landings

Graphic Globals

• All presets now use x16 AF
• Forwarded a missed setting from Rotating Atmosphere

Player Globals

• Reduced the chance of pirate attacks

Solar Generation Globals

• Reduced the chance of pirate attacks
• Slightly increased the chances of creatures in asteroids
• Adjusted a great deal of asteroid settings to overhaul their generation.
  • All will generally be larger and spaced further apart, making them more spares
  • View distances are greatly increased and their positions in the field improved
  • Asteroid generation will vary from system to system by design.

Spaceship Globals

• Made adjustments to improve player and NPC ship landings
• Removed the previously adjusted hover height the ship hovers at during take-off. Vanilla is now sufficient.