Got hit with a hacker

[Tyzin the Hutt]

I got hit by a hacker today and 24 hours of buolding base was destroyed because base perms dont work right. If you see an imperius or a master(something) be prepared to get screwed.

[wim1234]

lol, and ppl wanting mp , haha funny

[Scynix]

There are cheaters in every game that has multiplayer. You don't just stop making multiplayer because of it.

My suggestion is change your online play to friends only while you're base building until perms are resolved.

[Tyzin the Hutt]

I don't mind no, it stupid ♥♥♥♥ like this that shouldn't happen. What's the point if a base claim if people who aren't in your group can come and destroy everything?

[Tyzin the Hutt]

And it was friends only

[Scynix]

There's no hack that lets you join someones game by bypassing friends only. Cheats don't work that way. Matchmaking doesn't work that way. Did someone on your friends list join you and mess you up? You might want to check.

I know back before Next there was a way to drop a base claim on top of other peoples bases, but that was a bug that was fixed. Unless it's come back? Was the person who 'hacked' you an orb? Or were they an actual person?

[Psylintz]

Yes you can bypass friends only, not sure who told you this but it's wrong. lots of ppl have been having this issue lately.

[Scynix]

@Rew No one "told" me, that's just not how multiplayer works. You can't magically pull someones IP address out of the cloud and connect to them. NMS's multiplayer is radiant, so unless they have you on steam (and can join you directly) there's no mechanic to allow them to "pick" someone to bypass friends only. There's no lobby system.

The closest I could think of would probably be going to the nexus and then teleporting to a players base on the nexus list. You might be able to mess with that, maybe. I can't imagine the game storing game access permissions locally though, that would just be odd.

@OP, did you happen to go to the nexus just before you were base bombed?

[Tyzin the Hutt]

They showed up right after I went to the nexus. Both of them had infinite health, jetpack, ammo, no reload etc. I couldn't even damage them. They were people. They just started opening fire on me and deleted my base and everything in it and destryoed my s class freighter. They were not orbs. They were no friends. As far as I know they just randomly found my planet. You can bypass with hacks.

[Scynix]

Yeah, the nexus thing is the monkey wrench in the works. They must have used the teleporter's ability to visit your base from the nexus. Not sure what you could do to avoid that short of not going to the nexus :/
Definitely need a way to restrict bases from showing up on the nexus teleport list. I'm not sure the multiplayer settings have any actual impact on the nexus. I had multiplayer disabled earlier and was still able to see other people in the nexus.

[Tyzin the Hutt]

Also, I am just more or less letting people know if they show up. But I was lesd to believe that they have to be in your party to have acdss to the base terminal. I was alone all night so no way they couldve joined that way. Again I have no problems with mp, I have problems with broken games that don't work as intended.

[Orion Invictus]

Time to disable MP, I guess. And if you're a modder, well, enjoy it while you can. This smells like mod work to me.

[TheS1X]

Originally posted by Scynix:

Was the person who 'hacked' you an orb? Or were they an actual person?

There are no orbs anymore, u see all as players. U see bases outside of group only if they are uploaded. And Yes, Noone random csn join with u. The player was your friend or joined trough nexus.

[Strontium Dog]

Although i have the Steam version i play the GOG version. I hate Multiplayer!! I've not played proper multiplayer since operation flashpoint back in the day! Jeez i'm getting old! :-)

[Scynix]

Originally posted by -TheS1X-:

There are no orbs anymore, u see all as players. U see bases outside of group only if they are uploaded. And Yes, Noone random csn join with u. The player was your friend.

Thanks, I was wondering if this was the case (regarding orbs). I play permadeath so none of my friends can actually join my game and vice versa.

I wonder if the nexus is limited to mode... hm.

I think the nexus is whats being abused to base bomb OP. They likely saw his base on the teleport list in the nexus, and used that. I don't think multiplayer settings have any effect on the nexus, at least they don't seem to for me.

[TheS1X]

Originally posted by Scynix:

Originally posted by -TheS1X-:

There are no orbs anymore, u see all as players. U see bases outside of group only if they are uploaded. And Yes, Noone random csn join with u. The player was your friend.

Thanks, I was wondering if this was the case (regarding orbs). I play permadeath so none of my friends can actually join my game and vice versa.

I wonder if the nexus is limited to mode... hm.

I think the nexus is whats being abused to base bomb OP. They likely saw his base on the teleport list in the nexus, and used that. I don't think multiplayer settings have any effect on the nexus, at least they don't seem to for me.

It is so ♥♥♥♥ that such people exist. Very odd personality if they enjoy ruining other people game. No man's sky is not rust or ark. Such griefing will be fixed for sure with a month i guess and then they must return to ark.