NEXT Patch 1.55

August 10, 2018.

Hello everyone,

After the initial round of addressing high priority stability and performance issues, the team have been working intensely on a large number of gameplay fixes and improvements. As always, thank you for playing the game and taking the time to report any issues you encounter!

We have now released update 1.55 to PC, PS4, and Xbox One, which includes the fixes and improvements detailed below. Note that this patch will be labelled ‘1.56’ on PS4 only.

Bug fixes:

Fixed a memory leak in the UI
Fixed a number of crashes to do with freighters
Fixed a crash that affected particular planets
Fixed a crash that could occur while creating a race track in a borrowed Exocraft
Reduced texture memory usage to improve overall stability
Fixed an issue where players would get stuck in The Purge mission
Fixed an issue where players would get stuck in the Ghost in the Machine mission
Fixed an issue where players would receive incorrect mission instructions while returning with the Mind-Arc
Fixed an issue where Sentinels would chase players forever if they did not complete the final Weapon Specialist mission
Fixed an issue that was causing dialogue and rewards at certain found buildings to repeat (including Traveller graves and portal glyphs)
Fixed an issue that caused players upgrading their save to not have any primary missions if they were on the tutorial for expanding their inventory when they upgraded to NEXT
Fixed an issue that prevented pre-NEXT saves from accessing the Base Computer Archive missions
Fixed an issue where some non-existent base parts were showing in the Guide
Fixed an issue where legacy saves would not know the recipe for microchips, the large refiner and some advanced survival products
Fixed an issue where trade commodities were not available for sale in the space station
Fixed an issue where player ships could shoot themselves in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where some base parts were not available in the blueprint analyser
Fixed an issue where players would get stuck if they died before using the Navigation Data in the tutorial
Fixed an issue where the labels of hot / cold thermal protection upgrades were the wrong way around
Fixed an issue where the Efficient Launch Thruster upgrade was not learnable in space stations
Fixed an issue where terrain edits caused by building parts would regenerate in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where Base Computers placed inside other bases could not be deleted
Fixed some instances of an issue where ships would all spawn on the same landing pad
Fixed a number of incorrect refiner recipes
Expanded the available refiner recipes
Removed the chance to get nanites from Buried Technology Modules
Reduced the frequency of storms in some situations
Slightly increased the cost of launch fuel, but made one canister entirely refill the thrusters
In normal mode, slightly reduced the base rates of hazard and life support fuel usage
Slightly reduced the radius at which Sentinel drones will investigate players
Reduced the time required to scan discoveries with the Analysis Visor
Increased the recharge rate of the jetpack when onboard a Space Station
Since the release of No Man’s Sky NEXT, farm plants have grown in real-world time (rather than game time), allowing farms to continue growing while you are away from the game. As a consequence, adjusted farming times + prices.
Placed the Space Anomaly marker on the entrance to the Anomaly rather than the centre of the model
Fixed an issue where mission markers would not attach to the correct base
Reduced the number of whispering eggs around Abandoned Buildings
Fixed an issue with rain audio
Added audio to the target tagging UI
Fixed a bug in the auto-aim system concerning large creatures
Reduced the critical hit zone for biological horrors
Fixed an issue in creature replication that could cause creatures to freeze
Fixed an issue where mordite would not be awarded to the correct player when killing creatures in multiplayer
Fixed an issue that could cause the third person camera to turn sluggishly
Fixed an issue where players respawning in Survival mode would have no life support and rapidly die again
Fixed an issue where some of Nada + Polo’s missions had untranslated text
Fixed an issue where some of the procedural missions given by NPCs had untranslated text
Fixed an issue where some exotic biomes incorrectly reported their weather as fine or calm
Fixed an issue where chairs did not display their text correctly
Fixed an issue where the launch fuel tutorial did not trigger correctly
Fixed a number of incorrect timings of mission update messages
Fixed an issue where activating the torch did not close the quick menu
Fixed an issue where Infra-Knife accelerator projectiles would originate from behind the player’s ship.
Fixed an issue where the freighter would not be visible to other players in multiplayer
Fixed a number of issues where expeditions would reward the wrong player in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where fleet frigates would return to the wrong location on completion of an expedition.
Fixed an issue where changing between first and third person camera while on a ladder would break player animations.
Fixed an issue where players would lose access to the main menu after reloading a save just after upgrading to NEXT
On PC, pressing P will default to opening the Log rather than Options. Options continues to be the default option for Esc.
Fixed an issue where Korvax eye textures would become misaligned.
Fixed an issue where falling animations would not play
Fixed an issue where the player would play the sliding animation while swimming
Fixed an issue that would stop players from firing or reloading their Multi-Tool in specific situations
Fixed an issue where Multi-Tool lasers would bend in the wrong direction.
Fixed an issue where the Multi-Tool glitched while going into the Analysis Visor
Fixed a number of issues for players in specific timezones

If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.

Thank you,

Hello Games