No Man's Sky: Outlaws update lets you become an outlaw

It's been a few months, which means it's time for another No Man's Sky update.

This time the developer Hello Games presents an update Outlaws, which focuses on dark deals and space pirates. You will now find Outlaw systems that are much more hostile than other areas in the game. If you so desire, you will have the opportunity to complete missions set by pirates, smuggle illegal goods throughout the galaxy and sneak past the authorities.

With so much focus on space action, Hello Games is also making some key changes to ships and flights. Space combat has been redesigned to be more responsive, with new weapon and shield visual effects added to enemy ships. Weapons now have secondary effects and you will also be able to fight in the planet's atmosphere.

But that's not all. You can now assign wingmen to form a squadron, and there's also a new type of solar starship that will be the first to be added to the game after the live ship update a few years ago.

As you can see in the trailer above, there are also new cosmetic items such as capes with new cloth simulation physics so you can feel like a superhero while smuggling goods.

As always, you can expect all of this content to work in VR versions games. Presently No Man's Sky surely the biggest game for virtual reality? This gives us high hopes for the version for PSVR2when the headset comes out later.

List of changes:

Starships

• A new starship class has been added - the Solar Sail ship.
• Solar starships come in a wide variety of procedurally generated variations. They can be found throughout the galaxy, but are most commonly found in outlaw systems.
• The Solar-class starship is equipped with unique technology for a fast and efficient impulse drive.
• All ships now have a large cargo inventory. The initial size of the cargo inventory depends on the type and class of the ship.
• The ship's cargo inventory can be upgraded at the starship's rescue station.
• The maximum number of saveable ships has been increased from 6 to 9.
• Players can now change their primary spaceship from the quick menu while in a cargo hangar.
• The Companion Management Quick Menu option has been moved to the Utilities section of the menu while flying in a starship.
• Calling other ships, including a cargo ship, now has a separate quick menu subsection.
• While on a planet, players can sometimes see groups of frigates enter the atmosphere and pass by on their own missions around the universe.
• Audio-visual cockpit alarms have been added to the ship to warn pilots of dangerous situations.

Illegal Systems

• A number of star systems throughout the galaxy have been invaded by pirates. These systems can be identified on a galaxy map using the Conflict or Economy Scanner.
• Outlaw systems feature a unique space station with its own set of NPCs.
• Visit the Bounty Master aboard the outlaw station to complete a series of procedurally generated pirate missions and earn unique rewards.
• Buy illegal goods from black market merchants aboard outlaw stations. Illegal goods can be sold for a large markup in the controlled space.
• The maximum stack size for all trade goods, illegal or otherwise, has been increased.
• In regulated systems, space station authorities will periodically scan incoming ships for illegal goods. Sentinel interceptors can be deployed to deal with inappropriate pilots.
• A new technology is available, the cargo probe deflector, to try and deflect unwanted cargo scanning.
• Earn fake passports by working for pirate gangs.
• These fake starship registrations can be used on station cores in a regulated space to boost or reset reputation levels with system authorities.
• Outlaw stations cannot be teleported directly from regular space stations, and vice versa.
• Outlaw stations have their own tech dealer specializing in suspicious aftermarket upgrades.
• The rewards for destroying starships - freighters, Guardians, pirates or merchants - have been varied and improved.
• The rewards for saving a cargo ship from a pirate attack have been improved.
• A new series of story missions has been added for outlaw systems. Complete these missions to earn unique customizations and titles.

Fabric modeling

• Added support for cloth simulation.
• Added fully customizable cape and hood options to the appearance modifier. Some options are available by default, while others need to be earned through missions or expeditions.

Expedition: Befuddled

• Expedition XNUMX of The Blighted will start soon.
• The Blighted Expedition will send players on a treasure hunt in a distant galaxy, where they will trace the routes of these mysterious pirates.
• Expedition Blighted offers the chance to earn an exclusive starship trail; basic decorations in a pirate theme; your personal wayward cube/Jeff; unique cape customization and much more.

space fight

• Guardian, Pirate, and Trader ships now have energy shields that must be depleted before the ship itself can be damaged.
• Different classes of ships have shields of different strengths and shields that reload at different rates.
• The player's spaceship weapons deal different damage to protected and unprotected targets.
• The starship combat flight model has been improved for atmospheric combat.
• Pirates can now attack while the player is flying in the planet's atmosphere.
• Sentinel interceptors will now respond to crimes committed while flying in the planet's atmosphere.
• Pirate ships occasionally attack planetary structures. Players who drive back or destroy these raids will be rewarded.
• Space Combat has been rebalanced to make it more challenging for high-end players while still being accessible to those on launcher or non-combat ships.
• Players now have the option to enable their starship's combat autopilot. This setting can be found under the "Controls" section of the options menu, and can be used as a hold (to apply additional leveling assistance to your target on demand) or as a toggle (to permanently apply automatic leveling to your current target).
• The heat capacity of the phase beam has been increased.
• The phase beam can now drain shield energy from enemy ships and transfer it to the player's shield.
• The Photon Cannon now cools down faster after overheating.
• All starship weapons now lose heat much faster if the explosion is stopped before the weapon overheats.
• Fixed an issue where the name and visual effects of enemy ships on the spaceship target screen were incorrect.
• Fixed an issue that caused the shield bar on the starship target screen to display incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the heat gauge on the starship weapon screen to display incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Infra-Knife Accelerator's cooldown bar to be invisible.
• The base rate of fire of the Positron Ejector has been slightly reduced.
• The positron ejector has a reduced heat capacity.
• Positron Ejector now deals slightly ineffective damage to starship shields.
• The base fire rate of the Infra-Knife Accelerator has been slightly reduced.
• The Infra-Knife Accelerator has increased range and base damage.
• Infra-Knife Accelerator now deals additional damage to unprotected targets.
• The heat capacity of the Infra-Knife Accelerator has been reduced, but now it cools down significantly faster.
• Cyclotron Ballista's base firepower has been reduced.
• Cyclotron Ballista has reduced dissipation and increased heat capacity.
• Cyclotron Ballista now deals extremely high damage to starship shields, but low damage to starship hulls.
• Cyclotron Ballista now disables enemy starship engines on impact, causing them to slowly drift.
• Starship Missiles now deal additional damage to unprotected starship hulls, but greatly reduce damage to energy shields.
• The starship HUD now more clearly displays weapon heat levels.
• The off-screen target indicator has been moved to a central position around the starship's reticle.
• The tethered mouse flight model has been changed to make ship handling more precise and responsive.
• Potential damage indication now includes an additional indication of damage against energy shields if the damage levels of the shield and hull are different.
• Fixed an issue where the speed readings on the starship screen (but not the actual maximum speed of the starship) were being artificially increased by maneuverability improvements.

Squadrons

• Freighter players can now recruit NPC ships to their personal squadron.
• Your squadron is controlled from the fleet control terminal on your capital ship's bridge.
• Players can unlock up to four slots for their squadron.
• Your squadron is automatically called up during a space battle and can be called up or disbanded at any other time from the Quick Menu.
• Your squadron will assist in space combat by taking the lead in attacking enemy targets.
• Squadron pilots and their ships can be upgraded with nanites.

Visual effects

• Significantly improved visual effects for the Photon Cannon, Cyclotron Ballista, and Phase Beam.
• Improved visual effects for the Infra-Knife Accelerator and Positron Ejector.
• Improved laser strike effects for NPC ships.
• Improved the visual effects of large ship engines.
• Improved visual effects for NPC ships and cargo ships.
• Fixed an issue with underwater jetpack footprints.
• Significantly improved starship and asteroid explosion effects.
• Improved the visual impact of player spaceship muzzle flashes.
• Improved the visual and audio impact of the alarm in the starship cockpit.
• Improved the visual impact of starship cockpit hit warnings.
• Fixed a bug due to which damage effects were displayed in the cockpit when piloting in first person mode.
• Improved projectile and muzzle flash effects for NPC starships.

Optimization and bug fixes

• Several very significant memory optimizations have been introduced to improve stability and performance, especially on base consoles.
• Significant texture memory usage optimizations have been made.
• Introduced navigation optimizations for creatures and Guardians.
• Significant optimizations have been made for bases and settlements.
• Fixed a crash related to input settings.
• Fixed several thread crashes in the UI.
• Fixed a crash related to tech item popups.
• Fixed a crash related to base building.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Mineral Extractor.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur while warping.
• Fixed a rare crash in the appearance modifier UI.
• Fixed a bug that caused many underwater creatures to spawn without the correct procedural settings, drastically reducing the variety of lifeforms in the water.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent certain rare planetary creatures from spawning.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the Livestock Department from harvesting products from certain exotic creatures.
• Fixed an issue that caused [Sentry] to look angry when the player fired at him.
• Fixed an issue that caused [The Sentry] to report the player's location to hostile Sentinel drones.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Sentinel Quad companion to prevent other Sentinels from spawning.
• Fixed an issue that caused Guardians to stop spawning during combat, leaving no wanted progress.
• Fixed an issue that caused the general prompt "Evase Guardians" to be displayed during missions prompting a confrontation with Guardians.
• Fixed a bug that could cause bases to lose their base computer and restored the base computer on all affected bases.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to get stuck under or on top of buildings and other structures.
• Fixed an issue that caused multiplayer bases to show up in the teleporter UI when multiplayer was disabled.
• Fixed a multiplayer exploit that allowed syncing bases from banned players in background sessions.
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause players to teleport outside of the space station.
• Fixed a rare issue that could prevent interaction with various NPCs and objects in multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue where summoning the companion Sentinel Quad aboard the Space Anomaly could cause it to become out of sync with other players.
• Fixed an issue that could cause mission destinations to become out of sync in multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue that caused the starship cockpit pitch indicator to display the wrong angle.
• Fixed an issue that caused the starship cockpit pitch indicator to display incorrectly at various HUD scales.
• Fixed an issue where the Inventory page could automatically open for an inventory that could not currently be accessed.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Exocraft tech tree to get cut off on the sides.
• Fixed visual issue with LOD in Sentinel Pillars.
• Fixed a number of UI overlap issues in the base build menu.
• Fixed a misleading "Upload Attempted" message displayed in the Community Expedition UI when it wasn't the correct error.
• Fixed a number of UI and popup issues when trying to teleport to a new galaxy.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a long delay when transitioning to some interactions with cargo ships, such as when adjusting the color.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a long delay in the dialogue sequence if the player received a new item in the middle of the sequence.
• Fixed an issue where the player's hands could disappear when entering a ship in VR.
• Fixed a visual issue with emergency lighting base building objects.
• Fixed a visual glitch with door animations in several parts of the base building wall.
• Fixed an issue where consumable rewards could generate the same rewards if used within a short amount of time.
• Fixed a number of issues with NPC ships when flying close to the player, such as when using a starship communicator.
• Fixed an issue where damaged Guardians would not spawn in junkyards.
• Fixed an issue that caused mission destinations to disappear or move to new locations after saving/loading.
• Purchasable frigates will no longer attempt to call the player on the starship's communicator during space combat.
• Fixed a mission issue that could cause too many Sentinel flares to appear in the player's inventory.
• Fixed an issue that caused a starship to take ground impact damage when colliding with another starship.

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