Space anomaly quest doesn't let me proceed PLEASE HELP

[Drew]

The main quest line has led me to the space anomaly and told me to search the ship for signs of artemis (Also tells me to change the quest im on from "Alone amidst the stars" to "The Space Anomaly") The latter has me "board the mysterious station and speak to those on board". Problem is I've spoken to everyone (I've done a full sweep of the anomaly, if there a secret person im missing then i got no clue), exhausted all of there talk options. But it doesn't continue in the story.

I've spoken to priest nada and she gives me some nanites after showing her my progress in the game but when i speak to specialist polo he says that hes busy and urges me to talk to the station inhabitants. Please help, been stuck on this for days.

[shazbat]

Just leave the Nexus and go explore for a bit. I got stuck on the same bit as well. Once you have new discoveries (scanned animals/rocks/planets ect) and have done a bit more game time, go back. The NPCs in the shops do not change but random ones on the station do and its one of those that progress the quest.....

You could always pick another quest in options for a bit and come back to it. Its a little like the old Anomaly, you need new things to 'talk' about to proceed...

[T.]

Originally posted by Ruboticario:

This link works for me after 2 days trying everything! Check it, is a bit tricky but it works:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/cqzu9v/possible_work_around_for_pc_players_who_cant/

can confirm that this worked.

[owl]

Having the same issue, and the above-linked reddit thread is not at all relevant to this particular problem. Do not follow those instructions, seriously. Your save will break. Backup first before you mess with anything.

[BlackViper]

i spent 4 hours playing the game in VR.. perfectly fine. then it hits me, "hey, i preordered this game long time ago.. i have that big awsome ship i can redeem with more slots." so i do it... guess what happens next lol.. i jump in, my hands are x20 in size.. or well i restart the game then.. hands back to normal but totaly out of where they should be to the joystick and speed stick.. my hands are not even holding the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sticks they are like 20 cm infront... even if i brought a "normal" space ship... whole save is lost.. now i have to start over. but i wont. this was the last time i gave this game a chance.

[owl]

Ok, found a possible solution.

Use that save editor, open your save, go to Edit, Edit JSON, go to PlayerStateData, and then go to MissionProgress. Expand that and go to 208. It should be "Nexus1" at the top. Set that number (should be 9) to 11 and load your game. You'll now need to talk to Nada and Polo again, but there should now be quest markers. Then the quest will progress normally.

I'm trying this as I speak. It worked.

[Drew]

Originally posted by BlackViper:

i spent 4 hours playing the game in VR.. perfectly fine. then it hits me, "hey, i preordered this game long time ago.. i have that big awsome ship i can redeem with more slots." so i do it... guess what happens next lol.. i jump in, my hands are x20 in size.. or well i restart the game then.. hands back to normal but totaly out of where they should be to the joystick and speed stick.. my hands are not even holding the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sticks they are like 20 cm infront... even if i brought a "normal" space ship... whole save is lost.. now i have to start over. but i wont. this was the last time i gave this game a chance.

Hows this relevant to the thread?

[Drew]

I came back the next day and it fixed itself, i set the quest to "the space anomaly" and it instantly gave me a waypoint to nada with the proper dialogue options.

[Drew]

Originally posted by owl:

Ok, found a possible solution.

Use that save editor, open your save, go to Edit, Edit JSON, go to PlayerStateData, and then go to MissionProgress. Expand that and go to 208. It should be "Nexus1" at the top. Set that number (should be 9) to 11 and load your game. You'll now need to talk to Nada and Polo again, but there should now be quest markers. Then the quest will progress normally.

I'm trying this as I speak. It worked.

Haven't tried this because I no longer have this issue but i think its the best answer so far

[Tsvetomir]

Originally posted by shazbat:

Just leave the Nexus and go explore for a bit. I got stuck on the same bit as well. Once you have new discoveries (scanned animals/rocks/planets ect) and have done a bit more game time, go back. The NPCs in the shops do not change but random ones on the station do and its one of those that progress the quest.....

You could always pick another quest in options for a bit and come back to it. Its a little like the old Anomaly, you need new things to 'talk' about to proceed...

Thats what I did, in the quest it said search for artemis and explore, so thats what I did, I just went to other systems, kept upgrading stuff, kept scanning new planets and viola, quest updated with new objective.

[OG_Bobble]

Wanted to update this answer as with the current state of the game the last answer is slightly wrong now.

Just dealt with exactly the same issue and the Save Editor is the way to go. I'm an IT engineer by trade and even I do not recommend using an editor for games, but for situations like this there isn't a better choice.

Owl found a really important piece of info by noticing that "Nexus1" refers to the mission in question. However the folder of [208] is no longer accurate and these can be expected to change with future updates. instead, navigate to PlayerStateData>MissionProgress. click Ctrl+F to open the "find" window. type "NEXUS1" and ensure you are finding from top of file down. (there is a "NEXUS11" mission as well that could appear first if you are searching from bottom to top of file.)

Once you are sure you have identified the "NEXUS1" mission by seeing that the title matches your searched term IDENTICALLY, look one line below to see the missions "progress." In my personal case, I was stuck at 7. The best course of action is to attempt to revert your progress by 1 step, boot the game, and complete the step in-game. reverting from 7 to 6 fixed the issue for me immediately.

I know this response may entice the following questions so let me address a few things down here from my knowledge of general JSON code and manually editing game files:

If we can revert progress, why can't we just skip the mission to the end?
Using a save editor to advance your progress in a mission for any reason will significantly compound the risk of breaking your save file, as any other JSON edits the mission would normally make during the course of normal gameplay would not be made, and we do not have a clear picture on the dependencies of this mission to the rest of the game.

Why are some of my missions at "-1" progress?
I am in no way a Hello Games developer but it seems as if "-1" is the delimitator for a mission that is "inactive". I say inactive because it could mean the mission has never been started or already been complete.

A SaVe EdItOr Is ChEaTiNg, YoU sHoUlD wAiT fOr A pAtCh:
for all those who say an editor is cheating: I have 180 hours on my save, on a game that is based around solo enjoyment rather than something like Destiny 2 or CSGO where fair PvP is critical. Hello Games hasn't helped this issue though it seems to be fairly widespread. They have had literal years to address it in some manner, though they can't or won't. This is a rare case where there really is no other way, especially for players with busy lives who can't afford to start over. I certainly don't have the time or patience to grind back to where this save is, plus there is a lot of emotional connection to my first base, ship, etc. Just be very careful using the editor and remember to back up your saves :)