No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

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< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 5:42am
Only 11GB?
How Is poosible this game Have only 11gb, one planet Are 0.000000001 bytes big?
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Orion Invictus May 5, 2020 @ 5:43am 
Planets are generated via an algorithm to make the game smaller.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 5:44am 
Originally posted by Orion:
Planets are generated via an algorithm to make the game smaller.
This planet Are exist, as time i first visit them?
Orion Invictus May 5, 2020 @ 5:44am 
Originally posted by soomerray:
Originally posted by Orion:
Planets are generated via an algorithm to make the game smaller.
This planet Are exist, as time i first visit them?
If I understand your question, yes.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 5:46am 
Originally posted by Orion:
Originally posted by soomerray:
This planet Are exist, as time i first visit them?
If I understand your question, yes.
If i visit all planets, And want save them. How big Are game Is?
Lindy Bomber May 5, 2020 @ 5:49am 
Planet's geography, flora, fauna, and points of interest are predetermined by a series of mathematical equations. A particular planet will be the same for all players.
Lindy Bomber May 5, 2020 @ 5:55am 
Originally posted by soomerray:
Originally posted by Orion:
If I understand your question, yes.
If i visit all planets, And want save them. How big Are game Is?

When you leave a planet it unloads from memory. When you return it is regenerated. The only thing that is saved are changes to the planet things built, things destroyed) and most of those will eventually ago away.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 5:58am 
Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:
Originally posted by soomerray:
If i visit all planets, And want save them. How big Are game Is?

When you leave a planet it unloads from memory. When you return it is regenerated. The only thing that is saved are changes to the planet things built, things destroyed) and most of those will eventually ago away.
But how the "save" know what on planet Is?
Orion Invictus May 5, 2020 @ 5:59am 
Originally posted by soomerray:
Originally posted by Lindy Bomber:

When you leave a planet it unloads from memory. When you return it is regenerated. The only thing that is saved are changes to the planet things built, things destroyed) and most of those will eventually ago away.
But how the "save" know what on planet Is?
Because that information is recorded on the save file. The game is programmed to work like that. Don't worry about it.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 6:02am 
Originally posted by Orion:
Originally posted by soomerray:
But how the "save" know what on planet Is?
Because that information is recorded on the save file. The game is programmed to work like that. Don't worry about it.
But this save file Are in my computer.
Orion Invictus May 5, 2020 @ 6:08am 
Originally posted by soomerray:
Originally posted by Orion:
Because that information is recorded on the save file. The game is programmed to work like that. Don't worry about it.
But this save file Are in my computer.
Yes. Like I said, don't worry about it. If you want an in-depth explanation of how games work, you'll need to study programming.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 6:10am 
Originally posted by Orion:
Originally posted by soomerray:
But this save file Are in my computer.
Yes. Like I said, don't worry about it. If you want an in-depth explanation of how games work, you'll need to study programming.
But how Are data of the planets saved if i visit And make base on millions of planets?
Orion Invictus May 5, 2020 @ 6:11am 
Originally posted by soomerray:
Originally posted by Orion:
Yes. Like I said, don't worry about it. If you want an in-depth explanation of how games work, you'll need to study programming.
But how Are data of the planets saved if i visit And make base on millions of planets?
You can't build bases on millions of planets. There's a limit on the number of base building items you can use in a save. Again, if you want to know the inner workings of games, you'll have to study programming.
< blank > May 5, 2020 @ 6:13am 
Originally posted by Orion:
Originally posted by soomerray:
But how Are data of the planets saved if i visit And make base on millions of planets?
You can't build bases on millions of planets. There's a limit on the number of base building items you can use in a save. Again, if you want to know the inner workings of games, you'll have to study programming.
Thats why only 11gb if i Have million planets Is least a terabyte.
SpaceDorf May 5, 2020 @ 6:14am 
Are you trolling or do you really not understand ?

Have you ever played minecraft or a roguelike ?

Yes the Galaxie(s) and planets are created procedurally by a mathematical seed that is the same for every player. ( like minecraft, you get the same world if you enter the same seed )

Those are hardcoded in the game so they are the same for every player.

Hello Studio also hosts a NMS Server, since Multiplayer is a possibility, if you upload your base and/or your discoveries they get stored there and the if you enter a new system the game checks the server if you found something that is allready discovered.

So your personal savegame that includes your base and your stuff is only on your computer but you can decide to share,
If you don't, nobody else will find your base or discover the animals and plants you discovered.

Sometimes the server has even hiccups. I once discovered the whole fauna of a planet and after I restarted the game the fauna on the planet doubled because someone else had also uploaded discovered animals and we were both credited for a bunch of discoveries.
SpaceDorf May 5, 2020 @ 6:15am 
P.S. and my bet is the data stored on Hello's NMS server is a lot more than a meager 11GB
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