No Man’s Skyhas just released a 4.13 patch to the recent major Fractal update, addressing an impressive number of issues related to crashes, performance, and the recently revamped VR features. Unfortunately,No Man’s Skyplayers are reporting serious issues after the 4.13 patch such as crashes on startup and other game-breaking bugs that mar an otherwise stellar update.
No Man’s Skyis one of the most storied games in recent memory, with years of hype leading up to the 2016 release and a gaming industry expecting nothing short of a revolutionary experience. The final product was a major disappointment to many, earning Hello Game’s debut title the unfortunate nickname “No Man’s Lie.” In the years that followed,No Man’s Sky’s incredible comebackhas nearly undone the damage from its controversial release. Countless major updates to the game have revamped virtually every feature while adding plenty of new ones, and Hello Games doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.
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TheFractal update forNo Man’s Skywas the most recent of these major updates, introducing a plethora of visual upgrades, quality-of-life features, and massive improvements to VR gameplay. As expected for an update that made so many changes, quite a few things were inadvertently broken by the update, and some players have been struggling with major problems. Today’s 4.13 patch addressed a significant number of critical issues, but gamers on Reddit and the Steam forum have been reporting crashes on startup since updating and other bugs that prevent players from fully scanning a planet’s lifeforms.
It’s likely going to take Hello Games a bit more work to iron out the issues from the Fractal update despite over 40 bug fixes in this patch along with last week’sNo Man’s Sky4.12 patchthat resolved quite a few crashes, hangs, and performance issues. Based on the past few years of relentless updating and patching, gamers can likely expect more hotfixes in the near future that will hopefully alleviate the most serious problems.No Man’s Skypushed around 6 significant patches after the previous Waypoint update, an example of the team’s fairly reliable track record when it comes to working on bugs in between these major updates.
It’s difficult to predict whatNo Man’s Skyhas in store for the future, as each massive update seems to include plenty of unexpected additions. For players who can run the game without encountering any serious problems, the game in its current state should offer plenty of space exploration content to get through the wait forStarfield’s highly anticipated release.
No Man’s Sky Update 4.13 Full Patch Notes
Bug fixes
Fixed an issue that caused incorrect options settings to be saved out for currently non-applicable options.
No Man’s Skyis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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