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Yes. An expedition save will convert after you have completed all the milestones and claimed all the rewards OR when time runs out. You can have up to 15 save files.
The time limit on the current expedition will run out in about 23 hours. If you haven't completed the expedition and claimed all the rewards you will lose the chance to do so.
Expeditions are essentially 'limited time' content for those who have experienced the normal game storyline in its entirety, and omit the detailed tutorial for beginners.
When you complete an expedition and convert it to normal data, you will be able to continue exploring freely in that save data with the expedition-specific skills and items you acquired during the course of the expedition remaining.
Furthermore, you will be able to use the rewards released by the expedition in all saved data in your account. (In most cases, these are souvenirs such as pennants or stickers.)
It is unlikely that you will be inconvenienced or disadvantaged because you did not do an expedition.
So I have not finished (nor will I be able to) the current expedition. Does that mean I won't get a save of it? I understand I will still get the rewards for the phases I did complete.
Thanks
It will still convert. Just make sure you have claimed all rewards you have earned. Once it converts the Expedition tab will go away.
Your save will convert to the Normal Game mode once the event deadline has ended.
Any rewards earned during the expedition will forever be available to collect from the Anomaly vendor for any current, past or future game modes you play. Also If you maybe have any previous Twitch rewards from No Man's Sky 'drops' they will be similarly available to collect and use.
The Expedition milestones you completed should be visible in the Milestones page hidden in the log menus. It's best to claim completed milestone rewards before the end of the expedition. There may be a possibility of clicking and claiming any completed phase rewards (forgotten to be claimed during the expedition) from the converted log book record of the expedition. It's worth a check as I seem to recall doing that myself on one previous expedition.
This is not strictly true as you will be able to meet with players who are playing in different modes at the Anomaly. At the Anomaly If you hover over a player's avatar there should be a small white icon depicting which mode the player is in.
You will be able to switch modes using the Difficulty Settings, even customise your own play mode and return your mode to the default mode you started with at any time.
For a bold new casual player to the game : D, the Expedition mode will leave you with a hoard of useful items to use in the main game and your character will have progressed much further and quickly than if you had begun in any other mode. For example one of the expedition milestones gives all the teleportal glyphs without effort. You also optionally may have collected several useful interceptor ships found on the milestones journey to all the Rendezvous planets and have nanites and units to spend.
After the expedition play through has converted to the story game mode, the game will prompt you to start progression of the primary quests, introducing the main story, (which begins when playing the main game and not a seasonal expedition)
As everything earned and importantly claimed from an expedition is available to any other saves you have, veteran players often treat expedition mode play as junk saves and return to play their main or favourite save and deleting the expedition save after completion. You can transfer items and ships with the help of friends, trading things from one friend to another or visit locations from the Expedition journey on your main save to collect recorded ships and other discoveries of interest. : )
Game save slots can today helpfully be re-named to distinguish which slot is which. This is useful if you wish to keep past completed expedition saves that may hold items you might want later. Each new game can have up to 15 game slots for 15 saves. If you run out of game slot room (hoarding game saves from past expeditions), simply start an entirely new game save folder to play a new expedition when the time comes.
Okay, you haven't asked a few questions, but I'm going to answer them anyway. Because I like it when people finish what they started. I'm weird that way.
1. How does the save conversion work?
1A: The next time you log into THAT SAVE, (and only that save), a warning text will pop up telling you that the Expedition is over and it will now convert into a normal save. When you hit the "Accept" button, the save converts.
2. What happens if you never log into that save again?
2A. It never updates and changes from an Expedition save mode into a normal save mode.
3. So, I could archive that save somewhere if I wanted to and always have an active expedition save?
3A. Yes. Just remember that if that save contacts the updates server, (as it always does when you first load a save into an online instance of the game), it will convert.
4. What if I archived my save from this Expedition and tried to play it again during the holiday redux versions of this Expedition?
4A. Your save would still convert to a normal save, because this Expedition is over. You could then start a new Expedition save playing the redux version.
5. Wait... WHAT?!?
5A. Yeah, the redux versions of Expeditions are treated as new expeditions. You may have noticed that if you played the Redux of Leviathan, it didn't start you out on the planet Christole Oich in the Roland-Desk System. This is why. Each expedition and redux gets a unique "Season" number. Expedition 10: Singularity is actually Season 18. Usually they just streamline the expedition so you can complete it all in two or three weeks, but sometimes they change elements if they got a ton of complaints, (see Leviathan Redux).
6. Is there some way of preventing my save from converting?
6A. Yes, don't log into that save, (see #2 above). The save never contacts the update server for current specs, and never hears that the season is officially ended. Other saves on your account will be played under the current season, but that one you never log into will never convert.
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6A. You could also set Steam/GOG Galaxy/Windows Store to "Go Offline". This takes care of the update server, but there is still the matter of the game file on your computer with the Expedition end time. This will provide the backup for the update server and tell the game to convert your save even if it doesn't hear from the server. There's a work around for this.
7. So, to make use of my save what all would I have to do?
7A part 1. Go into your saves directory and make a manual backup of the Expedition SAVES, yes that is saves with a "S". Gotta copy two files, an autosave and a manual save. Autosaves had odd numbers under the old system, manual saves had even numbers. You need the whole pair to backup. You can find your saves in Windows-whatever under the C: drive by default. Users/(YourName)/AppData (directory is hidden by default)/Roaming/HelloGames/NMS/(This directory is version specific, Steam starts with "st_#####", GOG & Windows Store are "Default User"). In whichever of these directories you land in, you should see pairs of files named "save#.hg". Select the odd#+even# pair whose "Date Modified" entry most closely matches the last time you logged into the Expedition save and copy them both somewhere. This copy of your saves is now your hard backup of the Expedition in case something goes wrong. (You probably do not need the files labelled mf_save#.hg, but you could copy this pair too if you want to be thorough).
7A part 2. Now you need a copy of the Season file for the Expedition. Go one folder down from where you already are into "cache". You should see a file named "SEASON_DATA.JSON". It's one of only two JSON files in there, and the other is just a list of the star systems you pass when you first load into the game. (To date, I have managed to resist changing all entries in this second file to read "Galactic Armpit 1-901", BUT ONLY JUST; please pray for me). You'll want to copy this file into your backup location with your backup saves. Once you do so, you want to EDIT the copy with ordinary Windows Notepad. You should see an entry in the list '"EndTimeUTC" :###'. The number you see is a Unix Timestamp. If you Google "Unix Timestamp" or "Unix Converter", you will probably land on a web page offering to convert this timestamp into a normal date, and vice versa. Pick a date far into the future. Go hog wild with this, we've found that dates in 2029 work, as does 2032. Convert that date into a Unix Timestamp, then paste that new Timestamp over the one in your file. Save your edits and your backup folder now has an edited season file where you can play the expedition, (but only in Offline mode), as long as you want.
8. Okay, I've somehow waded through that wall of instructions in Answer 7, and I have my backed up saves and an edited Season file. What would I need to do to use these?
8A. This is where it gets super simple. Two steps. Step 1 is set yourself into Offline mode in Steam/GOG Galaxy/Windows Store. In the Steam Launcher this step is accomplished by clicking the word Steam at the top left and it's literally the third line down. Step 2 is overwrite the current SEASON_DATA.JSON file with whatever your copied file is. Now, the most important thing to remember is: "Stay in offline mode". Your networking setting within No Man's Sky doesn't matter, just keep Steam/GOG Galaxy/Windows Store from updating you while you play.
9. Okay, I screwed up and went online, halp prz?
9A. Save doesn't convert until you hit the "Accept" button in game on that save. You can always crash the game and try to preserve the save that way. This might corrupt the save though, and that is why you have a backup of your save and the edited JSON file somewhere else. If all else fails, use the backups to overwrite current files. Same deal with the backup JSON file if you accidentally overwrite the copy you're working from. Keep those backups somewhere safe. You will probably screw up at least once, everyone seems to. Remember: The SEASON_DATA.JSON file is always updated to the current version when you play an online instance of No Man's Sky. Downloads and overwrites any old season file almost instantly. That's why we put the copy with our save backups. You will need all three of these backup files if you mess up.
10. What about rewards?
10A. The NMS servers care -that- you completed the Expedition, they do not care -when- you completed the Expedition. You still did all the stuff required. If you convert a fully completed Expedition save to Normal, (or Survival if you're playing Leviathan), it will award you the proper account unlocks.
11. What about old expeditions?
11A. There's a Steam guide for that. Give the Guides section a quick once over. Older expeditions sometimes require save editor debugging. NomNom is probably the more idiot proof for this purpose.
Best of Luck