The Fractal update for No Man's Sky has arrived and delivers a lot
Hello Games have revealed that a new update for No Man’s Sky has arrived, called Fractal it offers up a host of fixes, new content and if you own the game on PlayStation 5 and own a PlayStation VR2 headset, the new VR mode. Get a quick overview in the trailer below.
Before we get into the PlayStation VR2 stuff, let’s take a quick look at some of the other inclusions, namely for those players on other platforms. A new section has been added to the Catalogue – “Wonders” and if you are wondering what it’s for, well wonder no more. (Ok, no more of that.)
The Wonders Catalogue tracks your play and records notable discoveries, planetary extremes, and unusual objects collected.
Sections include:
Planetary records, such as temperature, toxicity, highest point reached, overall hostility quotient, and so on.
Creature records, including various size records and noteworthy environmental adaptations.
Flora and mineral records, measured against a range of categories.
A record of rare items with the highest market value on the galactic exchange.
The number of times you have interacted with rare planetary glitch objects.
For those who have the game on Switch or PlayStation, motion controls have been added to the game. This new input allow for accurate fine-tuning of camera movements using controller motion on top of thumbstick control. Plus you can use the new control scheme to move the cursor in the menus, giving console players a more mouse like experience.
One nice addition for all non-Switch owners is that the option has been added to use the enlarged menu text already used on the Switch. The full patch notes and details on many more of the games various updates, can be found here.
For those looking for the PlayStation VR2 inclusions, here are the highlights.
PS VR2 benefits from a high-res display, as well as higher quality textures, improved particle rendering, terrain tessellation effects, increased planetary details, increased draw distances, and much more.
Support has been added for PS VR2 headset vibration.
Support has been added for PS VR2 Sense controllers, including advanced haptics and adaptive triggers.
Regular VR headset users on other platforms may also get access to higher quality textures and other features, the full breakdown of what is included, can again be found in the patch notes.
