Hello Games has released a hotfix patch for No Man’s Sky, currently live on PC and in certification for consoles. Patch 1.51 fixes a number of issues, most notably the corrupt save file issue that had been frustrating players across all platforms.

No Man’s Sky finds itself back in the industry spotlight after its latest update, titled NEXT, introduced the multiplayer component to the experience that many players had been craving. Consequently, the game’s concurrent player numbers are the highest they’ve been since its initial launch in 2016, topping 50,000 on Steam alone. As you’d expect, however, it’s not all been smooth sailing, with players reporting some corrupt save files and instability issues. Thankfully, Hello Games has swiftly moved to solve them. You can find the full patch notes below:

Fixed an issue where players who saved after partially repairing some items of technology would be unable to load that savegame. Please note that if the game has not been resaved, then progress has not been lost and will be recovered.

Fixed a crash caused by memory corruption

Fixed a crash in the animation system

Fixed a crash when saving on a freighter

Fixed a crash when fleet expeditions end without their capital ship present

Fixed a number of memory leaks

Fixed an issue where warping in multiplayer could cause players to spawn on a planet rather than in space

Fixed an issue where freighter bases would be in the wrong position

Fixed an issue where the build menu could crash if there was nothing available to build

Fixed an issue where players would be unable to warp during the antimatter stage of the tutorial

Fixed an issue where the mission destination would be incorrectly reported as in another system at the Hermetic Seal phase of the tutorial

Fixed an issue where upgrade modules installed in the main Exosuit inventory would not be saved correctly.

Fixed an issue where portable refiners placed near each other would share inventories

Fixed an issue where the cockpit of some ships would continually open and close

Fixed an issue where new controls were missing from the controls page

Fixed a crash in creature routines

Fixed a crash when multiple players put ammunition into a refiner

Fix for occasional crash when receiving mission rewards

Fix for crash when adjusting anisotropic filtering settings in the graphics options menu

Fix for potential crash in geometry streamin

Improvements to texture caching for AMD GPUs

Fixed an issue where some players still had physical nanites in their inventory that could not be spent at vendors

Granted players nanites when they dismantle their Obsolete Technology – spend nanites on new upgrades in Space Stations

Added a tutorial mission to guide players through the restoration of their old base

Fixed an issue where players were unable to build Frigate Terminals in Creative Mode

Fixed an issue where S-Class ships changed appearance

Fixed an issue where players were unable to build the Base Cache on their freighter to retrieve compensation for the loss of their freighter base

Fixed an issue where some Exosuit technology was not converted to Obsolete Technology. Please note this does not apply retroactively to save games that have already been upgraded.

Improved the mapping of old substances to new substances during the save upgrade. Please note this does not apply retroactively to save games that have already been upgraded.

Check out Twinfinite’s impressions of No Man’s Sky following the NEXT update here.