Daniel Rutledge interviews Sean about NMS

[icyflamez96]

www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/no-mans-sky-director-sean-murray-e3-2015-interview-2015070211#axzz3egkUjMy9

Hype quote from Sean

And I'll surprise myself, like I won't know even that shape of mountain could exist, for example. I've found some forms of life living in a cave and didn't know that could happen. Those are lovely moments when it just surprises me.

[altsaxen]

Thanks for the post icyflamez96 ! Really good article. Nothing new really but some neat clarifications I too really like the qoute you posted It really shows we might be seeing some super cool stuff in the game

[alyssan]

I don't know how I've gone so long without noticing the butterflies...

[altsaxen]

Jul 2, 2015 18:01:56 GMT alyssan said:

I don't know how I've gone so long without noticing the butterflies...

Which butterflies?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Very interesting interview. The part about death was particularly noteworthy to me. If you die in space you can lose your money... I thought there was earlier information that indicated your money was safe. Or is this implying that money with you is lost? Perhaps money banked is safe? Any thoughts?

[INT3NSE]

Jul 2, 2015 18:30:17 GMT Zaphod Beeblebrox said:

Very interesting interview. The part about death was particularly noteworthy to me. If you die in space you can lose your money... I thought there was earlier information that indicated your money was safe. Or is this implying that money with you is lost? Perhaps money banked is safe? Any thoughts?

Well, I think it's going to be like a lot of games:

You died!

1000 Units has been taken from your account

[alyssan]

Jul 2, 2015 18:41:37 GMT INT3NSE said:

Jul 2, 2015 18:30:17 GMT Zaphod Beeblebrox said:

Very interesting interview. The part about death was particularly noteworthy to me. If you die in space you can lose your money... I thought there was earlier information that indicated your money was safe. Or is this implying that money with you is lost? Perhaps money banked is safe? Any thoughts?

Well, I think it's going to be like a lot of games:

You died!

1000 Units has been taken from your account

He's said before that there is a method of banking credits. So if you die, you'll lose any credits you have not banked.

Bank often.

As far as which butterflies, look to the left of the screen at 25 seconds. I'm sure they've been obvious to most people up to this point, but somehow I managed to not see them.

[INT3NSE]

Jul 2, 2015 18:48:07 GMT alyssan said:

Jul 2, 2015 18:41:37 GMT INT3NSE said:

Well, I think it's going to be like a lot of games:

You died!

1000 Units has been taken from your account

He's said before that there is a method of banking credits. So if you die, you'll lose any credits you have not banked.

Bank often.

As far as which butterflies, look to the left of the screen at 25 seconds. I'm sure they've been obvious to most people up to this point, but somehow I managed to not see them.

Could you send a link? I never heard that.

[alyssan]

He's said it in many interviews, and it's already been linked before on this very forum, but here it is again:

www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/no-mans-sky-director-sean-murray-e3-2015-interview-2015070211#axzz3el41gsNh

[altsaxen]

Haha yeah well maybe it's a cost to re-life/re-clone you I mean won't units/credits get "banked" as you upload stuff to a beacon? And trading, isn't that only at stations? Or will grounded stations be out of the "grid"?

Oooh I have to watch the video when I get back home then. It isn't compatible with my computer at work. Just plays the comercial then stops.

[alyssan]

Jul 2, 2015 19:21:54 GMT altsaxen said:

Haha yeah well maybe it's a cost to re-life/re-clone you I mean won't units/credits get "banked" as you upload stuff to a beacon? And trading, isn't that only at stations? Or will grounded stations be out of the "grid"?

Oooh I have to watch the video when I get back home then. It isn't compatible with my computer at work. Just plays the comercial then stops.

Trading is only at stations or surface-level trading posts. 

As far as Units, my understanding is that uploading things simply rewards you with units, and that banking them is a separate action that you have to go out of your way to do, such as maybe stopping by a station or trading post. This means that you can't just go on extremely long treks and make hundreds of thousands of units without taking a serious risk from being away from "civilization" for too long.

[altsaxen]

Jul 2, 2015 19:27:10 GMT alyssan said:

Jul 2, 2015 19:21:54 GMT altsaxen said:

Haha yeah well maybe it's a cost to re-life/re-clone you I mean won't units/credits get "banked" as you upload stuff to a beacon? And trading, isn't that only at stations? Or will grounded stations be out of the "grid"?

Oooh I have to watch the video when I get back home then. It isn't compatible with my computer at work. Just plays the comercial then stops.

Trading is only at stations or surface-level trading posts. 

As far as Units, my understanding is that uploading things simply rewards you with units, and that banking them is a separate action that you have to go out of your way to do, such as maybe stopping by a station or trading post. This means that you can't just go on extremely long treks and make hundreds of thousands of units without taking a serious risk from being away from "civilization" for too long.

So then perhaps you have to actually fly to a space station to bank the credits you've gotten from trading outposts and beacons? Sounds legit to me. Just never really thought of it that way before.

[alyssan]

Jul 2, 2015 19:30:49 GMT altsaxen said:

Jul 2, 2015 19:27:10 GMT alyssan said:

Trading is only at stations or surface-level trading posts. 

As far as Units, my understanding is that uploading things simply rewards you with units, and that banking them is a separate action that you have to go out of your way to do, such as maybe stopping by a station or trading post. This means that you can't just go on extremely long treks and make hundreds of thousands of units without taking a serious risk from being away from "civilization" for too long.

So then perhaps you have to actually fly to a space station to bank the credits you've gotten from trading outposts and beacons? Sounds legit to me. Just never really thought of it that way before.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. A sort of "create your own checkpoint" type thing. You can be as risky as you want, and stay out at long as you want, but the longer you stay away from a bank (wherever it is), the more you stand to lose. Don't forget that this game is supposed to have a survival aspect to it as well!

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

It seems I struck a chord on the losing your money when dying in space question. Of course I know this is a survival game, and death in survival games is supposed to have a significant penalty. How significant the penalty will effect play style. I'm sure there was an interview with Sean Murray where he said you kept you money through death. I just can't find it. Does anyone else have the same recollection or have a link to the interview?

[alyssan]

I linked to an interview further up in the thread where he explains death mechanics.