No Man'due south Sky: Prisms Update

June 2, 2021.

Hello!

Already this year nosotros accept been delighted to watch Travellers the globe over adopt weird and wonderful creatures in the COMPANIONS update, then jump into an all-new game mode with the first two EXPEDITIONS and unlock sectional new content, including the SSV Normandy SR1 from Mass Effect. Farther expeditions are planned very before long, and we look forward to sharing them with you.

Today we are pleased to release our third free update of this, our fifth anniversary year. We're calling it PRISMS. Full patch notes are bachelor here.

PRISMS brings with it a visual overhaul of No Man'due south Heaven. Virtually no part of the game has been left untouched – our pocket-sized team have enhanced the technology and the fine art all beyond the game to make the entire universe more than brilliant and beautiful than ever. Planets, skies, stars, creatures, the weather condition, space stations and more – new technology and new content mean they look the best they've ever been. We can't expect for players to observe the changes.

While exploring planets you lot'll observe new weather condition furnishings, such equally rain which refracts the light and surfaces that go slick and wet. Or if y'all venture underground yous'll find caves with new lighting effects, more than detailed environments and greater variety of generation.

Fur has been added to creatures you encounter, bringing extra item and variety to exploration and companion taming. Flying creatures, such as behemothic beetles, flight worms and jumbo butterflies, every bit well every bit some of the more bizarre, exotic and clarification-defying conflicting creatures, can now all be adopted as your companions.

Above you lot, the night heaven now shines with the light from thousands of distant stars. New sound and visual effects transform your interstellar experience as you warp betwixt destinations. In the Space Station, your freighter, and other interiors you'll discover volumetric lights, detailed surfaces from Parallax Occlusion Mapping and gorgeous cogitating metallic surfaces.

And of class, with all these visual enhancements, it makes sense to upgrade Photo Way also with improved depth of field and flower controls. Nosotros honey seeing the incredible inventiveness of our community, and are very excited to meet what beautiful images you surprise u.s.a. with next.

PC players with compatible Nvidia graphics cards can take advantage of DLSS, potentially seeing their framerate double.

Of form, information technology wouldn't be a No Man'south Sky update without a long list of extras – run across the full list here. Worthy of note this time is the ability to tame and ride flying creatures. This is something which has been requested ever since Travellers mounted their get-go animal in the Beyond update and nosotros can't expect for you to have to the skies with your trusty airborne steeds.

Nosotros are seeing no slow downwardly in the number of new Travellers coming into the No Human being'due south Sky universe, so we'd like to use this opportunity to give thanks players new and old for existence with us so far on this five-yr adventure.

Total patch notes are available here.

Our journey continues.

Sean