No Man’s Sky's PC launch has been marred by major performance problems. Players on PC are reporting issues like inability to return to No Man’s Sky after using alt-tab, game-breaking lag that causes framerate to stutter between 10 and 50 fps with tiny freezes in between, and an inability to launch No Man’s Sky at all without crashing.
Hello Games’ Sean Murray took to Twitter to offer solutions for the three most common issues affecting No Man’s Sky players on PC:
Biggest issue reported so far is players without the Visual C Redist 2010. First PC patch released already! Update and restart if needed
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 12, 2016
Number two issue so far is players who have out of date GFX drivers, or none installed. Please install latest drivers from AMD and nVidia.
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 12, 2016
Number three please make sure your GFX card is above the min spec. OpenGL 4.5 is required to play No Man's Sky
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 12, 2016
No Man’s Sky players have taken to Steam, Twitter and reddit to express their frustration. At press time more than 5,000 negative reviews have been published on Steam. User Neves_Meid wrote :
“I literally opened and let the game crash about 100 times so I could get the five minutes "play time" required to write this review.
Like many thousands of other customers who bought this game, it immediately crashes at the opening splash screen. And like many thousands of other users, my PC is far above min specs, has all of the correct drivers and packages installed, and the developer is actually blaming the customers for this incredibly botched launch. Worst launch I have ever experienced.”
You can check to see if your computer meets No Man’s Sky minimum specs here. A possible workaround for players crashing on launch is also available on reddit here .
These issues follow reports of a game-breaking bug on console involving the pre-order launch ship. Certain other issues are much less of a problem, depending on your view about exploits.
Have you had success getting your copy of No Man’s Sky to run on PC? If you have, you might find some of the guides below handy:
Beginner's Guide
Space Combat Guide
Multi-Tool Guide
AtlasPass V1 Guide
Elements Guide
Starship Guide
Life Support Guide
Warp Drive Guide
Advanced Elements Guide
Let us know if you’ve experienced any problems with No Man’s Sky on PC in the comments section below.
