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florinyoda has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:23am

Any ideas for bases?

I just dont know what to build, even though i love the building in this game.

Last edited by florinyoda; Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:31am

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Felis_Exploria Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:51am

Expeditions are great for base ideas. I suggest you play the expedition (repeat if necessary) and visit bases. You will get many ideas.

Last edited by Felis_Exploria; Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:52am

florinyoda has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:56am

Originally posted by Felis_Exploria:
Expeditions are great for base ideas. I suggest you play the expedition (repeat if necessary) and visit bases. You will get many ideas.

Already tried and still no good ideas

Spocks Toupee has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 10:24am

Originally posted by florinyoda:
I just dont know what to build, even though i love the building in this game.

Go to the anomaly and go to the huge portal there and select FEATURED BASES, and Teleport to one.

UncreativelyNamed has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 10:43am

I don't build stuff in this game, but in another game I spend a lot of time on, I build entire worlds from scratch. I get inspiration from looking at real-world buildings and trying to recreate them but with my own spin. NMS doesn't give you a whole lot of building freedom, since its system is pretty modular, but maybe try to do something similar. Find a picture of something you like on the internet, real-world or fictional, and try to recreate it in the game. Maybe look at some matte paintings from Star Trek for some building ideas. Those would fit the game's art style well.

dreamrider has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 11:00am

Best, most challenging base I have seen was a 'Low-Orbit Base', floating about 1000 units over a power hot spot. (There, that's a hint.)

You can figure it all out, for a challenge, or there is a video out there somewhere.

DennisM the Diligent has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 11:06am

Here's one of my bases. I had fun using triangles and six-sided shapes in one area. Have a look around, and help yourself to any of the resources you find there.

Galaxy: Eissentam
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2961343605
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2961343724

Guh~hey~hey~♫ has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 1:21pm

Originally posted by dreamrider:
Best, most challenging base I have seen was a 'Low-Orbit Base', floating about 1000 units over a power hot spot. (There, that's a hint.)

You can figure it all out, for a challenge, or there is a video out there somewhere.

First it's gonna be a pain to bring the base computer up there....

Second watch out for spawning frigates....

Third plan carefully.... falling from there takes a long time to reach the ground....

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3070224326

Raven

Feb 23, 2024 @ 1:27pm

Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:
Originally posted by dreamrider:
Best, most challenging base I have seen was a 'Low-Orbit Base', floating about 1000 units over a power hot spot. (There, that's a hint.)

You can figure it all out, for a challenge, or there is a video out there somewhere.

First it's gonna be a pain to bring the base computer up there....

Second watch out for spawning frigates....

Third plan carefully.... falling from there takes a long time to reach the ground....

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3070224326

"Third plan carefully.... falling from there takes a long time to reach the ground...."

But the view on the way down is fracking amazing

cogvos

Feb 23, 2024 @ 1:49pm

Think of what architecture style you like. Do you prefer modernist, traditional (and if so where from, Japan, Europe etc) how about an ancient culture like Mayan or maybe full sci-fi.

Have a look around the style you like on the .net. While there are - a lot - of restrictions regarding easy placement of parts and missing parts (notably right angled triangles) you should be able to find something to work as a template. That said a lot of those restricts reduce or disappear completely if you are comfortable with glitching.

Good luck!

Last edited by cogvos; Feb 23, 2024 @ 1:49pm

PepeMilagro has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 4:34pm

Enough inspiration to be taken irl.
Tried the Eiffel tower or the Semperoper for example?

Or build iconic places from your childhood cartoons?

Doesn't have to be a building. Could be a painting for instance.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3087814874
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3087813381

Last edited by PepeMilagro; Feb 23, 2024 @ 4:41pm

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Mr. Bufferlow has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 4:42pm

I found this one on the expedition trail. Some kind of glitch building but it was awesome to see. (and climb on)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3164485236

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Ograus

Feb 23, 2024 @ 5:12pm

how about a biodome-agriculture?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2939501534
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3044978617
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3063886627

quite usefull too
(production of crafted tradeables)

Last edited by Ograus; Feb 23, 2024 @ 5:13pm

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dreamrider has No Man's Sky

Feb 23, 2024 @ 6:37pm

Originally posted by I am HERA. Shun LETO.:
Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:

First it's gonna be a pain to bring the base computer up there....

Second watch out for spawning frigates....

Third plan carefully.... falling from there takes a long time to reach the ground....

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3070224326

"Third plan carefully.... falling from there takes a long time to reach the ground...."

But the view on the way down is fracking amazing :coolstar2022:

Hey, I see there is an Exocraft on the pad up there. I think you are good. AFAIK, you can jump those in from literally ANY altitude, and still be functional on the ground. Like an SST Drop Pod. Heck, a Nomad might even get a good bounce toward its destination.

Last edited by dreamrider; Feb 23, 2024 @ 6:38pm

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Guh~hey~hey~♫ has No Man's Sky

Feb 24, 2024 @ 2:30am

Yeah that was th epurpose of that minautor.... to land quickly on the surface since it's too far for an SRT... the middle pillar below the base contain magnetic generators to power the base.... the light they emmit makes it looks like there's some kind of engine to keep the base floating up in the air...

The hardest part was to climb up there with the base computer in hands..... I had to build quite a lot of plateforms..... at first I was stuck building because I was at the limit for the base computer range.... the hotspots have no vertical limit, but the base computer buildable area does.... and at the beginning my base coputer was deep below the water (it was a safety for if I fall while building.... it hapen from time to time to glitch trough a solid surface too, especially when uploading the base).

BTW this isnt the finished base..... it was still work in progress when I took that screenshot. I wasnt sure I'd finish because I often get frigates to spawn and wander very close to the base.... but till now I had no collision (tho I'm often close enough to jetpack on the passing frigates).

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