Can someone tell me how the hell to install an exosuit upgrade unit?

[Gojak_v3]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2460153365

There is the picture of it. It says go to exosuit upgrade station.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2460153474

Here is the exosuit upgrade station. It still wants me to pay.

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

burp, so it is a minor bug where somehow when u claim the reward it didn't automatically let u add a slot to exosuit

[Gojak_v3]

Publicado originalmente por ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

burp, so it is a minor bug where somehow when u claim the reward it didn't automatically let u add a slot to exosuit

No, I think I screwed it up like you said. But after buying the upgrade at the exosuit upgrade unit, I was able to use it again at no cost and it consumed the exosuit upgrade unit.

[Zod Rau]

Publicado originalmente por Gojak_v3:

Update: Buying the upgrade from the space station exosuit upgrade terminal, and then using it a second time did the trick. So I had to pay for the first one. But when I used it again the upgrade was free, and it consumed the exosuit upgrade expansion.

So if you had gone to an exosuit upgrade terminal you had already paid for the expansion slot from, instead of a 'virgin' terminal, then it wouldn't have cost you anything probably.

[wkitty42]

this is me resurrecting the dead: yes! i was finally able to use some Exosuit Expansion Units i had... and yes, the trick is/was that you had to have used that specific exosuit terminal at least once... once you have used it the first time, then you use it again and it will then consume the EEUs you have in your inventory...

[Yllelder]

Publicado originalmente por Gojak_v3:

Update: Buying the upgrade from the space station exosuit upgrade terminal, and then using it a second time did the trick. So I had to pay for the first one. But when I used it again the upgrade was free, and it consumed the exosuit upgrade expansion.

Thank you very much. You win.

[taniwhat]

If you visit a station where you've already purchased a slot it's free, otherwise it behaves as your found.

[Krash Megiddo]

I saw this repeatedly in E6. These are a reward for the last phase milestones. First time use of the exosuit upgrade station will always be a paid for expansion if you still have available slots to be opened. After that it looks for these free expansion units.

If you have the credits its great because it opens multiple slots. If you're short on credits I can see how this is would be vexing.

[Mandrake]

Yep. No way around it - it is misleading. You have to be able to buy the first one somewhere, and then you'll be able to use free ones. Kinda stupid, but there's plenty of goofy little things in NMS. Part of the game. :)

[Sentry Gun (Caydeussy)]

its not a bug, just read the damn item description

[Lindy Bomber]

Publicado originalmente por Caydeussy:

its not a bug, just read the damn item description

Read the damn date; old post, old bug, fixed already.

[The Dank Memester]

Publicado originalmente por Lindy Bomber:

Publicado originalmente por Caydeussy:

its not a bug, just read the damn item description

Read the damn date; old post, old bug, fixed already.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's NOT a bug...I just now encountered the exact same situation as OP which is how I ended up in this thread. And if it is a bug, then it's not been fixed obviously. The fact that it has a fully fleshed-out item description leads one to believe it's not truly a bug.

I got it as a reward from a mission agent on space station. My inventory was full when I redeemed the mission rewards, so I'm wondering if that somehow caused it to give me this item instead of just giving me the inventory slot.

Pretty frustrating tho cuz I did this mission because I'm a brand new player with limited units and wanted the free inventory slot, but now it seems like I'm gonna have to pay for it anyways...

[Johnny in the Clouds]

This post seems to be over year old from 2021... But anyway....

Publicado originalmente por ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

Publicado originalmente por Gojak_v3:

I just don't see why there isn't a damn option to use the thing from my inventory.

im telling u its bugged

The Exosuit Expansion unit is from an Expedition. Which one(s) I forget now, maybe The Blighted? They aren't bugged or at least were not last I used one. When an expedition has ended for the season, the save reverts to a standard save, either Normal or Survival. Unused items appear to remain in the inventory either to be used, deleted or transferred to other players. The leviathan expedition introduced similar items like Memory fragments and other pre-packaged tech items that are installed by clicking or taken to Polo. Fallen Travellers in game now offer the same memory fragments, introduced in the recent Waypoint update.

Exosuit expansion items like cargo bulkheads usually are installed by a similar method. Multi-tool expansion units if you have them are usually installed by interacting with the multi-tool terminal at space stations, similar to the exosuit terminal.

Pirate stations offer unique rewards but I don't know if expansions units are still available outside of expeditions, probably if they were it was only during the Blighted Expedition (and it's so long ago I can't even be certain now on that), and I haven't visited many pirate missions recently to check what is offered as rewards.

Waypoint Update makes expanding inventories in suit or ship easy. It may arguably be a spoiler to learn how, if you are very new to the game but there is plenty of useful information in these threads and in Hello Games very own Waypoint patch notes[www.nomanssky.com] that explain.

[Geldric™]

A player not knowing about or understanding an in game mechanic is not a bug. Therefore, no bug, nothing to be “fixed” and this behavior (game mechanic) still functions to this day (as the necro post above Johnny confirms).

However, here’s what has changed since the 4.0 release: on ALL my new saves the first Exosuit upgrade is FREE (zero cost). Thus you could then use a mission reward expansion, for free.

Thanks for attending my “Gek Talk” on Exosuit upgrades, have a nice day

[wkitty42]

other things to note:

• when you go to use the exosuit upgrade terminal in a space station or on the anomaly, if you have not used it before, you must first buy a suit slot from that terminal...
  
• once you have bought at least one suit slot from a terminal, if you have any suit expansion modules, you can apply them for free...
  
• if you come back to that same terminal and you have more suit expansion modules, you can apply them for free...
  
• don't forget to call in the anomaly in each new star system you visit... go to its suit expansion terminal and get one... if there's a space station, visit it and get one there, too...

[Unlucky]

Just in case anyone else runs across this old topic again....

1. 99% sure it's not a bug. It very much seems designed to let you collect them for a big upgrade session, or to give them out to others in the Anomaly assuming your own inventory storage was maxed out.

2.

Publicado originalmente por The Dank Memester:

Publicado originalmente por Lindy Bomber:

Read the damn date; old post, old bug, fixed already.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's NOT a bug...I just now encountered the exact same situation as OP which is how I ended up in this thread. And if it is a bug, then it's not been fixed obviously. The fact that it has a fully fleshed-out item description leads one to believe it's not truly a bug.

I got it as a reward from a mission agent on space station. My inventory was full when I redeemed the mission rewards, so I'm wondering if that somehow caused it to give me this item instead of just giving me the inventory slot.

Pretty frustrating tho cuz I did this mission because I'm a brand new player with limited units and wanted the free inventory slot, but now it seems like I'm gonna have to pay for it anyways...

Just FYI, you never had to pay for anything. You don't HAVE to use a NEW upgrade terminal.

You could instead do one of two things:

a) travel back to a system where you'd already purchased a suit upgrade and use the upgrades there. The machine WILL light up for you again.

b) travel to any planet and find an exosuit upgrade (with or without a map, doesn't matter) and repair it. Not only will you get the original one for free but you'll also be able to use the upgrade you have in your bag.

Hope that helps anyone else who is confused what to do with these. :)