No Man's Sky has received a new PC patch

[WYP]

No Man's Sky has received a new PC patch which adds support for more hardware and improved framerates.

Read more on No Man's Sky's first performance improving patch.

 

[AverageNinja]

Wait, the PC patch is only 20MB? I just checked, and the PS4 patch is just over 600MB. Seems weird to me, as the PC port seemed to need a lot more work (apart from random crashes, the PS4 version has been relatively stable). Has it actually improved anything?

 

[WYP]

Wait, the PC patch is only 20MB? I just checked, and the PS4 patch is just over 600MB. Seems weird to me, as the PC port seemed to need a lot more work (apart from random crashes, the PS4 version has been relatively stable). Has it actually improved anything?

I am in the process of retesting the game, but so far it is playing a lot better.

Still need to test the AMD GPUs.

 

[AverageNinja]

I am in the process of retesting the game, but so far it is playing a lot better.

Still need to test the AMD GPUs.

I see, that's good to hear. Definitely looking forward to your test results!

 

[SuB]

another 60MB one today

 

[WYP]

another 60MB one today

Yeah. PITA. Had to throw out all my testing from last night and start again.

 

[SeekaX]

Wait, the PC patch is only 20MB? I just checked, and the PS4 patch is just over 600MB. Seems weird to me, as the PC port seemed to need a lot more work (apart from random crashes, the PS4 version has been relatively stable). Has it actually improved anything?

A patch doesn't need to be large to be effective, the vast majority of disc space is taken up by art assets.

 

[WYP]

A patch doesn't need to be large to be effective, the vast majority of disc space is taken up by art assets.

Insert joke regarding size here.

 

[AverageNinja]

A patch doesn't need to be large to be effective, the vast majority of disc space is taken up by art assets.

Aye, I'm aware of that. I just found the difference in size between the two platforms weird. Even with the two PC patches combined, the PS4 patch is still more than 13 times larger in filesize. That being said, I haven't even noticed that much of a difference pre- and post-patch on PS4.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Aye, I'm aware of that. I just found the difference in size between the two platforms weird. Even with the two PC patches combined, the PS4 patch is still more than 13 times larger in filesize. That being said, I haven't even noticed that much of a difference pre- and post-patch on PS4.

On PS4 it'll probably be stability and a more consistent framerate in heavier/more demanding areas