How to start this game just flying in space

[goodmoods1]

having trouble as i am in a solar system and cant select anything.

[rdouglass1]

The game Starts with you on Foot, on a Planet. How do you Start Flying??
If you have found, and Repaired your ship, and are Now Flying, simply look at a planet, and hit "C"...
You do not Click on things from your ship.

[Nettle]

If you are referring to the visual effect that resembles an old Windows screensaver...

...that's the initial loading screen. You need to wait for the screen to white-out, at which point you should be prompted to press and hold a button; this is usually the <E> key.

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

If you are referring to the visual effect that resembles an old Windows screensaver...

...that's the initial loading screen. You need to wait for the screen to white-out, at which point you should be prompted to press and hold a button; this is usually the <E> key.

This.

First time the game loads it has to create shader files that can take 5 to 10 minutes. If is still running after 15 minutes something might be wrong. They really should add a progress bar.

The second time you load a game it should be much faster.

[Idaho]

An ancient PC could take a really long time at the star field screen.

[Guyver8]

it still surprises me just how many first-timers mistake the loading screen for a bug and i obviously can't think like a first-timer now... maybe some sort of progress bar is indeed needed

[SumGumption]

Rule #1 if nothing is moving at all for several minutes, then your game is frozen and you obviously aren't going anywhere. (This is why there is no progress bar.)

Rule #2 if things are moving, then by all means, give it time to get there.

[Guyver8]

@SumGumption:
2 things, 1 you're not a newbie and 2 even when you were you wouldn't mistake a loading screen for a bug but... some do... can't imagine why myself, but we still keep seeing this topic come up again and again

[SumGumption]

Originally posted by Guyver8:

@SumGumption:
2 things, 1 you're not a newbie and 2 even when you were you wouldn't mistake a loading screen for a bug but... some do... can't imagine why myself, but we still keep seeing this topic come up again and again

I know... But those rules have not changed and are worth repeating. ") I can't imagine either.

[RemingtonRyder]

You just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone completely new to No Man's Sky. Other games that they've played have some way of hinting that you're looking at a loading screen and that you should make a cup of tea and wait for a bit. No Man's Sky starts you off flying through space without any kind of indicator that you should wait.

[SumGumption]

Originally posted by RemingtonRyder:

You just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone completely new to No Man's Sky. Other games that they've played have some way of hinting that you're looking at a loading screen and that you should make a cup of tea and wait for a bit. No Man's Sky starts you off flying through space without any kind of indicator that you should wait.

And... The two rules still apply. Why doesn't someone explain to me how I am mistreating those that don't seem to know this, instead. Then maybe I can argue about this perceived injustice to humanity.

[Wizard of Woz]

Originally posted by RemingtonRyder:

You just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone completely new to No Man's Sky. Other games that they've played have some way of hinting that you're looking at a loading screen and that you should make a cup of tea and wait for a bit. No Man's Sky starts you off flying through space without any kind of indicator that you should wait.

So the percentage increasing isn't an indicator like every other loading screen?

[Guyver8]

Originally posted by RemingtonRyder:

You just have to put yourself in the shoes of someone completely new to No Man's Sky. Other games that they've played have some way of hinting that you're looking at a loading screen and that you should make a cup of tea and wait for a bit. No Man's Sky starts you off flying through space without any kind of indicator that you should wait.

but the 'fly in that ointment' is that it's OBVIOUSLY a loading screen (to me anyways, even when i was a noob), i personally can't understand mistaking it, but cos the topic keeps coming up, i have to accept that some people do in fact mistake it for a bug (sad though that is)

@SumGumption: there was no mistreatment during the making of this thread

[SumGumption]

With all of the computers in schools. This should be common knowledge. But I see that it isn't.

Every game and or software has a loading screen because it has to load. It IS usually indicated by a bar and at times, with a picture. If that bar stops, you have no idea if it is doing anything. With an actual vid or scene, you do understand that if it isn't moving for several minutes then nothing is happening.

Maybe the issue is that it needs a sentence on the loading scene that states "the game is loading" for those that can't understand the mechanics of all programs and apps or the mechanics of things working vs not working.

[esturias]

Originally posted by SumGumption:

With all of the computers in schools. This should be common knowledge. But I see that it isn't.

Every game and or software has a loading screen because it has to load. It IS usually indicated by a bar and at times, with a picture. If that bar stops, you have no idea if it is doing anything. With an actual vid or scene, you do understand that if it isn't moving for several minutes then nothing is happening.

Maybe the issue is that it needs a sentence on the loading scene that states "the game is loading" for those that can't understand the mechanics of all programs and apps or the mechanics of things working vs not working.

Loading times in games these days are MUCH shorter, so it's not really surprising that people are confused when this game loads. A simple, unintrusive message on the screen would fix all this.

[cogvos]

Hmmm,

Generally games have a hint that they are loading, sometimes it is a giant flashing

LOADING

and in others it is a more subtle, a please wait, a picture or something that is obviously a loading screen, a moving bar, whatever.

NMS is a bit different as you can interact with its loading screen, if you move the mouse then the stars change direction - I've always thought this was a nice touch - but I don't think it gives any hint of how long it will take. Perhaps there needs to be something? Like a conciseness rating? That would fit with the game start at least.

In any case OP, as mentioned above the game plays a moving star field until it has loaded, which can take a while.