When the big update Next was released for No Man’s Sky last year, many players lost their bases. Will this happen again with the upcoming Beyond patch?
What happened with Next? When the Next update in No Man’s Sky was released, some players were caught off guard. It changed so much about the actual game that some content was no longer in its original place.
There were cases where the self-built base suddenly got stuck in the middle of the planet or hovered above it. There were also problems with the ships and general progress.
Players are now fearing that something similar could happen with the big Beyond update on August 14.
“We are trying to avoid this time”
Will there be base deletions with Beyond? Since the fear of deletions and problems is very high, Christopher Livingston from PCGamer sat down with Sean Murray, the head of NMS.
He confirmed to the editor that every effort is being made to ensure that such problems do not occur this time:
We are aware that players have invested a lot of time in building since Next. When Next came out, we knew that it was the best time to make changes to base building, and we allowed players to build anywhere.
According to Murray, Beyond will also significantly change the game system, but universes will not be overwritten this time. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that everything will work after the patch:
We are doing everything we can to avoid such problems with this update.
However, in the future, it could be that a deliberate update comes that overwrites all old content:
But that doesn’t mean we won’t do something like that [a reboot] in the future. But we would only take such a step if the changes are significant. We would need a really, really, really good reason to do that.
Players are excited about the new update
What does Beyond bring? The new patch focuses heavily on optimizations, VR, expanded base building, a revision of planets, and much more.
Overall, the list is even longer than that of the big Next update. According to their own statement, the developers worked 12 months on this project, which was originally supposed to be released in three separate patches.
No wonder that players fear for their bases with these major changes.
The buildings must not be reset with Beyond, as players want to explore this Cyberpunk city in VR:
