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[cormack12]

Source: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/su...nto-our-game-it-deserves-the-engineering-fix/

No Man's Sky engine programmer Martin Griffiths recently fixed a game-breaking visual bug found in a fan's 600+ hour save - and it was well worth the extra time to him, considering the player's own investment in the ever-expanding space game.

Upon receiving the player's file, Griffiths promised "that I will hawk that bug and fix it" - as "when a player has put that much into our game it deserves the engineering fix," which "then trickles down to all our future long term players." With so many platform combinations, too, things can get a bit hectic, though - as the developer puts it, "the complexity is mad, so trust that we will fix everything we can."

 

[Kuranghi]

What a good guy, that's nice.

How can a visual bug be tied to a save like that though, weird.

 

[killatopak]

What a good guy, that's nice.

How can a visual bug be tied to a save like that though, weird.

After Skyrim, I’ll believe everything can be tied to a save file.

 

[SportsFan581]

That's showing some value in your customers. Good for them.

 

[channie]

legendary

 

[Embearded]

What a good guy, that's nice.

How can a visual bug be tied to a save like that though, weird.

Dev said its a general engine bug.
The save file probably reached a limit as he says which triggered the bug.

 

[Hrk69]

 

[Kuranghi]

I'd also request him to put 50000 space melons in my inventory for physics shenanigans

 

[DeepEnigma]

All the big publishers would have said, "fuck you, peasant, we already have your money."

 

[rubik's dude]

Larian did this for me many years ago with Divinity 2 (the action RPG, not Original Sin). I had an issue with one of the sidequests not triggering, and a dev on the forum asked me to upload my save, and they fixed it the next day. I was blown away. I've never had that happen before, or since, and because of that, Larian has always been #1 in my heart.

 

[Toots]

Griffiths promised "that I will hawk that bug and fix it"

Band of Hawk unleashed on that bastard bug

 

[Alebrije]

 

[Kenpachii]

Larian did this all the time with divinity 2, people could upload there file to forum and a dev would look at it. Good stuff tho.