No Man's Sky fully won me over this E3.

[Mystro-Sama]

tokilamockingbrd said:

Nuvendil said:

tokilamockingbrd said:

Mystro-Sama said:

What i'm curious to know is how they plan to save planets? Will they appear in the same spot in the same solar system every time?

I could be wrong, but I thought I read that the whole universe is procedural generated, but it will be the same for everyone. I would then assume you can upload your data to a server and you could find other people's planets. They talked about meeting other humans (not sure if they mean NPCs or other gamers).

 

I feel like we will be all in the same galaxy. I think it was a one time procedureal generation that created the galaxy (they did not have time to craft a billion planets by hand)

Well they use a procedural system similar to the system used back in the 90s in certain games like Daggerfall and Virtual Hydlide.  Basically, it's a mathematical equation/formula that generates the world (the world being based on the equation's result).  As such, the world is always the same but the data for whole planet sized levels is never saved.  Basically, there is no file for the planets just the resources used to make the planet.   So as you approach the planet it is generated, but since the generation is based on math it is always the same.

ya like I said, except I think they will save certain data point. Like the beacons. When you aproach a planet it will procedurally generate, then very specific things will load. When use a beacon, it saves, sends my save to the server. When someone else goes to that planet at some point it will load what I did at said beacon. They seemed to indicate people would come across your discoveries. 

Yea, that's what i'm trying to figure out.