Though No Man’s Sky has enjoyed a less than warm reception since the space exploration game launched back in 2016, developer Hello Games has been working around the clock to pull players back to the title, with its latest efforts culminating in the massive Atlas Rises update that was released last month.  The update added over 30 hours of story content to No Man’s Sky, as well as some bare-bones multiplayer functionality and a substantial graphical overhaul.  Proving that the developer is committed to seeing its player base rise even further, Hello Games has revealed the details of its latest Atlas Rises update.

The update – listed as patch 1.35 – is now available for download for PC and PlayStation 4.  It includes several quality of life features, such as improved crafting mechanics, improved menu appearances, and an increased item transfer rate between inventories.  The Atlas Rises update also introduces ship handling variances between ship types/classes, as well as several bug fixes.  The full patch notes for patch 1.35 can be found below:

Atlas Rises Update 1.35

Features and changes

• Introduced ship handling variances between types/classes. Each individual ship now has procedural handling and speed characteristics, based on their type and class
• Handling is now displayed as a value on the ship statistics screen
• It’s now possible to craft multiples of the same product at once
• Added the ability to craft more of the same product on top of an existing stack
• Improved transferring items between inventories
• Added a toggle to switch from buy to sell screen on the trading menu
• Added variance in handling between ship types
• Improved the appearance of popup menus
• Improved speed and smoothness of user interface page transitions
• Reduced the amount of resource required to repair tech in Survival mode
• Improved visuals for editing terrain
• Improved display of critical warning messages
• Added message to notify the player if they select a portal glyph they have not yet learned
• Added additional information to the quick menu when the player attempts to charge something with insufficient resources
• The quick menu will now automatically close after selecting an option
• Alien words which have been translated are now highlighted in interactions
• Improved messaging when portal glyphs are rewarded
• Improved user interface navigation using Q, E, W, S and A and D keys
• Added ability for player to enable torch while in caves
• Improved galactic map saturation, colours and effects
• Added an option in the galactic map to toggle user waypoints

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing players with very long play times being able to save
• Fixed an issue where black dots would occasionally appear while looking into the sun
• Added audio when interacting with portals
• Prevented hazard effects showing while teleporting or warping
• Prevented mission log opening when you unpin recipes
• Prevented players being able to scan creatures through the terrain
• Fixed an issue causing extremely distant points of interest to show when scanning
• Removed large white marker which would occasionally show up permanently over buildings
• Fixed an issue where visited buildings would not correctly update their icon
• Fixed an issue where visiting a building would not correctly mark nearby waypoints as visited
• Fixed an issue where scanning buildings would not also scan nearby waypoints
• It’s no longer possible to lose the Atlas Path by using a black hole
• Denying the Atlas Path will no longer show you the Atlas Path
• Balanced the damage potential of the Scatter Blaster upgrade
• Players will no longer be directed to the anomaly in systems where it can’t spawn (e.g. when an Atlas Station is present)
• Prevented portals from being incorrectly left enabled at times they shouldn’t be
• Removed grass from bases created prior to the Atlas Rises update
• Completed freighter salvage missions will no longer be incorrectly re-added to the mission log
• Fixed issue where your base teleporter can be duplicated and incorrectly labelled in teleporter location lists
• Prevented incorrect distant paths being drawn in the galactic map
• Fixed an issue where galactic map paths would draw incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where players could manipulate mission boards to get multiple of the same mission type
• Fixed an issue where system race was being displayed incorrectly when talking to mission NPCs
• Fixed an issue that caused general ship handling to overly effect ship boost handling
• Spoiler warning: Fixed an issue where some players were not rewarded the Remembrance recipe at the conclusion of the story
• Fixed some rare crashes

So, thoughts on the latest Atlas Rises update?  What are your thoughts on the overall state of No Man’s Sky since last month’s massive update?  Let us know in the comments section below and as always, stay tuned to Don’t Feed the Gamers for all the latest gaming and entertainment news!  Don’t forget to follow DFTG on Twitter for our 24/7 news feed!