All gamers are familiar with the legendary sandbox called Minecraft. For many years it was one of the most sought-after projects, although in reality it had neither a specific goal, nor a storyline, nor even a modern graphic design. Its popularity literally stunned the gaming community - people played hundreds of hours in the pixel world, building houses, planting gardens, raising sheep and protecting their possessions from attacks of evil skeletons, zombies and other monsters, as well as other players, if the battles were fought in multiplayer mode. An open world, with which you could interact on a new level, that is, you can destroy almost everything that you see around, but you can also use it for creation. In general, an ideal “sandbox”, which has not been equal since its publication. However, about a year ago, an ambitious project preparing to exit, according to many, got every chance to remove Minecraft from the podium. This game was No Man's Sky, the optimization of which as a result was only one of the many shortcomings that prevented the dream from becoming a reality. From this article you will find out what the project is, what its essence is, but most importantly, what exactly went wrong. In the case of No Man's Sky, optimization played a cruel joke with the developers - they swung at very impressive heights, but at the same time could not cope with the pressure.
Game Overview
So, before you deal with optimization and the problems that arise in this project, you need to briefly look at what it is. As you can already understand, this is a “sandbox”, that is, a game in which the main component is not the plot or gameplay, but freedom of action. While the events in Minecraft took place in a fictional fantasy world that was randomly generated each time, in No Man's Sky the gamer is transported to the vast expanses of space, where he explores hundreds of alien worlds, which, as in the case of Minecraft, randomly generated, providing you a unique experience with each passage. However, the problems begin already here, even without touching on optimization issues - the fact is that the freedom that was given to the players in Minecraft is not close. Yes, you travel through space, find yourself on a wide variety of planets, but you cannot colonize any of them, you are not given a chance to conduct interplanetary battles that could lead to the genocide of any alien race. This project deviates from the traditional understanding of the “sandbox” and is more like an impression game in which you simply enjoy what is happening on the screen. Can't enjoy it? Then this project is not for you.
Game problems
But we are still talking about problems with the game, and here it becomes apparent to the whole world that the developers have swung at something too impressive, because when the game was released, its optimization left much to be desired. As a result, she received a huge number of negative reviews, and many gamers demanded that they return the money spent on the purchase. But if you like the idea of this project and you would like to spend your time behind it, but you can’t do it because of problems with optimization, then this article is for you - here you will learn how to configure the game itself and your computer so that This project worked for you quite well.
System requirements
In No Man's Sky, optimization turned out to be at a very low level, which caused great dissatisfaction among gamers who had been waiting for this project for a long time and spent their money on it. However, it is worth noting that before complaining about the developers, you should first check whether everything is in order with your computer. The fact is that many fans of Minecraft decide that they can easily launch this game, not taking into account the fact that it has a much more impressive graphic component, and in all other technical aspects it is ahead of the top “sandbox” by ten years. Therefore, the requirements for your computer to run this project will be completely different. Just look at the fact that it takes eight gigabytes of RAM to understand that you cannot run this game on an old computer. Therefore, if you have not updated your computer in the last couple of years, then any problems with the performance of this game do not relate to optimization, but to a weak hardware. Time to buy a new computer or upgrade an old one to get the opportunity to play No Man's Sky. Optimization, however, is not a point worth writing off - many owners of the strongest iron have also reported that the performance of the game on their computers leaves much to be desired. What to do in this case?
Developer tip
If the game No Man's Sky does not work or slows down, PC optimization - that is, acquiring a new one or improving an old computer - is the best solution. However, this is not the only way, and this method may not always work. The thing is that the developers themselves did not complete their project as it should, so you can have serious problems with it even on computers with the best configuration. There are various ways you can try, but you should definitely start with what the developers themselves recommend, who work on numerous patches to patch holes in the project. In the meantime, you should try to take their advice - perhaps this will help you. First of all, it is recommended to install the Visual C ++ Redist distribution kit - this program is necessary to run many games, and it can help you in this case. Then you need to update all the drivers, paying particular attention to the drivers for the video card. As for the video card, you also need to make sure that it supports OpenGL technology version 4.5 and higher. If all these steps have been taken, but there has been no progress, then it's time to approach OpenGL from the other side. In the game No Man's Sky, optimization on the PC can occur in different directions, but most gamers want to correct the FPS, so this is exactly the aspect that will be discussed now.
FPS increase
FPS is the number of frames per second that your monitor gives you when demonstrating the gameplay. A good indicator is sixty and above, then the image looks smooth, pleasing to the eye. However, for most gamers, FPS drops to 30 frames per second, which gives a good, but not very pleasant image, or even lower, which generally does not allow you to play No Man's Sky. Optimizing the game will solve the problem with FPS, thereby significantly improving the experience of the gameplay. What do I need to do? The problem is that the game automatically activates G-Sync technology, which is not supported by all video cards. You cannot turn it off from the game settings menu, so you will need to open the settings file called TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS in the game folder, where you will need to find the GSync item - opposite it is set to true, which you need to replace with false. That's all the problems with FPS you should no longer arise. However, everything would not be so bad if all the problems ended with FPS. In the game No Man's Sky, optimization can be improved almost endlessly - until the result is completely satisfied with you.
Getting rid of the brakes
By this point, it should have become clear to everyone that No Man's Sky is not friends with PC optimization, so you have to do the whole process yourself. In the previous paragraph, you disabled G-Sync, which cannot be disabled from the game itself. There are some other parameters that can prevent the maximum number of frames per second and, accordingly, degrade the performance of the game, causing strong brakes. In the settings, you need to turn off V-Sync as well, and at the same time remove restrictions on the FPS (yes, for some reason they are set by developers by default), after which you can start the game in window mode "without frame" - this helps many, and also solves the problem that the game cannot be deployed after minimizing to tray. In the game No Man's Sky on PC, big problems are often encountered, and not all of them are related to brakes. Therefore, it is worth considering a few more situations.
White screen
There is one big problem that absolutely everyone encounters when they first start up - this is a white screen that hangs and does not disappear. Here the problem is complex, because the developers managed to do everything and everywhere is bad. Get acquainted, this is the opening screen, and if you look closely, you will see that you need to press the E key to skip it. Not everyone sees this, so they wait until something happens, but nothing happens. But even if you see a key, a single press may not lead to anything - again, due to the fault of the developers and disgusting optimization. In the process of input processing, terrible brakes begin, so on not the most powerful computers you will have to hold the button for at least a minute to skip this screen.
Viewing angle
Another optimization method that will make the game more enjoyable is to change the viewing angle through the above settings file. Change the values of the FoVOnFoot and FoVInShip parameters to 150 - and you will get a much more impressive viewing angle that cannot be achieved using the game settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Also, the sensitivity of the mouse is made rather crookedly, which can also be fixed, but through another file - GCUSERSETTINGSDATA. If you want to normally control your character, who is obviously inadequate with the standard settings, then you need to change the values of the two parameters -LookSensitivity and FlightSensitivity - to -50.