No Man's Sky patch 3.20 patch notes

No Man's Sky patch 3.20 patch notes

ANIMAL COMPANIONS

• Creatures that have been fed can now interact to access options for milking, riding, and adoption.
• Players can adopt up to six creatures at a time. New companion slots can be purchased with Nanites.
• Your companions can be renamed and then personalized with a new range of accessories and decals.
• Some accessories, such as the torch or mining lasers, will be used by your companion to explore the planet.
• Each companion has their own personality, which will influence their behavior and way of thinking. Some species are more likely to have certain traits than others, but each creature is unique.
• The Creature Harness is neurally linked to the Exosuit, allowing rudimentary translation of your new companion's thoughts and wishes.
• Companions will help their owners with planetary exploration, but have their own needs. They will periodically need food or attention to thrive.
• Companions will need to be cared for for a long time in order to gain their trust.
• While exploring, companions will assist their owners in a number of ways, including: finding resources and buildings; dig up minerals and special items; hunt other creatures; and hazard markings.
• In addition to acting on their own initiative, companions can receive specific instructions via quick menu gestures.
• VR players can point directly to send their companion to a destination.

COMPANION EGGS

• Creatures that have been well cared for will lay eggs.
• After a short time, the creature eggs hatch into a brand new creature, related but distinct from the parent creature.
• Baby creatures have different proportions from adult creatures and will grow to maturity over time.
• Players can trade the eggs of their precious companions with other players.
• Creature eggs can be taken to the Egg Sequencer aboard the Space Anomaly.
• The Egg Sequencer allows players to remix genetic material from their growing eggs to produce unique, never-before-seen creatures.
• An overdose of eggs in the sequencer can lead to dramatic reconfigurations of the creatures ...

CREATURE ENHANCEMENTS

• New titles related to creatures and companions have been added to the appearance modifier.
• The cost of constructing creature pellets has been increased.
• The stack size of creature pellets has been increased.
• Creatures no longer need advanced bait to unlock harvesting features - any creature that has been fed can now be milked.
• Giant creatures can now be mounted.
• Creature locomotion animations have been improved.
• The effects of particles emanating from creature dung have been improved.
• Discovered creatures now have a differently shaped icon in the analysis visor, to better distinguish them from undiscovered creatures.
• The creature icons in the analysis visor have been shifted to improve their appearance.

UI IMPROVEMENTS

• Players using a mouse and keyboard can now use keyboard shortcuts to directly select options in dialog menus and interactions.
• Gamers using a gamepad can now use the analog sticks rather than the cursor to move between dialogue menu options and interactions.

OPTIMIZATIONS

• Warp and load times on PS4 have been significantly improved.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that caused the freighter's "wings" to be obscured.
• Fixed an issue that could cause an invalid system / base to appear in the list of teleport destinations.
• Fixed an issue that caused gloves to appear blurry in the appearance modifier.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players using Windows 10 to incorrectly report a network disconnection.
• Auto Walk is now automatically canceled when the player is manually moving forward or backward.
• The mission to feed Nexus creatures has been rebalanced to accommodate changes to the taming process.
• Basic concrete parts now require silicate powder rather than carbon for construction.
• Fixed an issue in the galaxy map that caused the Distance To Core text to be clipped vertically, resulting in a comma that looks like a point
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to upload / download an excessive number of Creative Discoveries.
• Fixed an issue that caused Cronus' food to have an extremely bright glow.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Orbital Exocraft materializer to glow too bright.
• Fixed an issue where specialized base terminals would not nest properly in some large rooms.
• Fixed an issue that could cause load times to increase when attempting to download master data from other players.
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect text to appear when harvesting food substances from some unusual creatures.
• Fixed a VR issue that caused the Exosuit Backpack to be invisible in inventory if the player's body was turned off.
• Fixed an animation issue with player's weapons in VR.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to scale incorrectly in VR.
• Fixed a VR issue that could cause UI screens to move while closing the UI.
• Fixed a rare issue that could occur when taking a screenshot in Photo mode on PC.
• Fixed network crash on Xbox platforms.
• Fixed an issue that could cause very large save files to crash when loading to PS4.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when the leader of a herd died.
• Fixed a number of memory related crashes on PS5.
• Fixed an audio related crash on PS5.
• Fixed a render crash on PS5.
• Fixed a crash related to previewing summoned items (e.g. spaceships).

No Man's Sky is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S. For more information on this update, visit the official No Man's Sky website.