How many parts will the "NMS Worlds" update have?

[MarioGomes1938]

I want to play again only after this wave of updates ends.

[Shadow Strider]

your guess is as good as mine.
I imagine the next update will be in a few months going by their usual pattern...

[NZ.Zero]

Originally posted by MarioGomes1938:

I want to play again only after this wave of updates ends.

fair point.
Im currently sitting waiting for the Satisfactory 1.0 update for similar reasons, actually.

[Foxglovez]

This whole part one and two business is just Sean tweaking us. If you watch his deep dive you will see him kind of shrug his shoulders and say this is called part one because, wait for it, there will be more. That leads me to believe that it could well be months, a year. Why not just play the game as it is and be surprised by new stuff when it comes, whenever, if ever it does. It was not some promise that next week, next month, next quarter it, whatever "it" is will happen. Sean likes to be cryptic. Don't base game play on it, waste of time. This game will never be - finished -.

[CatPerson]

Yeah, I'd guess Worlds pt. 2 might be 2-3 months away at minimum. But we can only guess.

You can always build bases up in the air. There is no structural support integrity in this game, you can have fancy bases that just "float" above the trees or in the sky. Although you might have to start with some walls on the ground to start a floor in the air to build off of. then delete the starting stilts

That way your base is very likely to be "safe" from most terrain changes, at least. But it won't help with biome/flora/scenery changes of course, if that is one's primary concern. But it's what I do and all of mine were fine structurally after Worlds, so far.

In this day and age of insta-patches (because, internet), a lot of games are never really finished. It just depends on the developer and how much they "move on" (like shifting focus to a new project). With HG tho, it would not surprise me, for example, if even after Light No fire is released, that very occasionally they might still do a big update on NMS to sort of showcase both games now and then.

[UncreativelyNamed]

No one really knows for sure because HG is secretive. But, Sean Murray did tweet three emojis ahead of this update instead of just one as he usually does. That could mean that there will be three parts. In any case, since this was is Part 1, that at least implies a Part 2. They seem to release updates quarterly(ish), so I suspect Part 2 will come mid-October(ish), but I could be entirely wrong. It could be that since this is a multi-part update, they will happen more closely together.

Whatever the case, if building planet-side is your concern, you can still build if you want. Just don't attach any strong emotions to whatever you build, and accept the fact that you may be "wasting your time." (Even though just playing video games in general is the very quintessence of wasting time.) In fact, that's just good policy in general in this game. Because of the way the proc gen works, sometimes the universe needs to be reset/rerolled in order to change things, especially about planets. And it doesn't seem as if there are plans to ever end NMS. Which means that the universe is going to be reset every now and again. Which means that if you think you're building some kind of "forever home" on a planet in this game, think again and think really hard. If you can't handle change, build on a freighter. They are less likely to change, and you can do almost all of the things that you can do on planet-side bases on a freighter base.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by UncreativelyNamed:

Which means that if you think you're building some kind of "forever home" on a planet in this game, think again and think really hard. If you can't handle change, build on a freighter. They are less likely to change, and you can do almost all of the things that you can do on planet-side bases on a freighter base.

If one wants ultra permanence, one probably should pick a different building game. I mean no offense to anyone by this, it's just seemingly the case here.

I suppose after another 10-20 years they might finally never generation-tech update the game. Maybe. How old is Sean? Might be 40+ years. Hahaha. *wink

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by MarioGomes1938:

I want to play again only after this wave of updates ends.

My guess is "part two" will drop after the current expedition finishes. Or it might be next summers update and we just see one or two small updates thus year.

Regards, now is a very good time to jump in. Join the expedition, kill some bugs, end up with a nicely upgraded character.

[CrazyMom]

Qustion: since I had troubles with my internet connection I have not downloaded worlds yet. Have new patches come out for it as well as the new Expedition?

[Teratus]

No idea but hopefully a lot :D

[RGH]

16?

[Daedrius]

Supposedly near the end of summer, so mid September?

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by Daedrius:

Supposedly near the end of summer, so mid September?

The launch anniversary Is in August, 15th or 16th? They have issued a lot of major updates around that time so August/September is as good a guess as any. Knowing how they work, it would not surprise me if part 2 did not happen until 2025.

Just relax and it will happen when it happens.

[dreamrider]

I imagine it will be two.

Likely some behind-the scenes elements of #1 are requirements for #2.

There is even the possibility that we will see some other differently named update, BEFORE we see Worlds #2, if the reason for the partition was features of world proc gen that needed more work.

(Although the most likely reason for the partitioning was that the total download was larger than they were comfortable with for a single download.)

[wkitty42]

Originally posted by CrazyMom:

Qustion: since I had troubles with my internet connection I have not downloaded worlds yet. Have new patches come out for it as well as the new Expedition?

yes... the update was released followed by one or two updates... when you are able to get connected and updated, you'll have everything and can join the expedition...

[Lindy Bomber]

Originally posted by CrazyMom:

Qustion: since I had troubles with my internet connection I have not downloaded worlds yet. Have new patches come out for it as well as the new Expedition?

If you have limited data or bandwidth you might want to wait a while. Usually after a big update like this there are several large hot fixes. I know it sucks, but there is nothing we can do about it on the user end.