The developers of No Man's Sky have resolved a rare, frustrating bug that only seems to affect the most dedicated players. First released in 2016, No Man's Sky has had a long journey. Critically panned as a disappointment upon release, it has been extensively changed and built upon in the eight intervening years, up to and including the recent Cursed update. It's generally considered the subject of one of the best redemption stories in the gaming industry, and that manifests in ways both big and small.
No Man's Sky developer Martin Griffiths recently posted a thread on X (formerly Twitter) detailing the process of fixing a rare bug, reported by a player with over 600 hours in the game. The bug, which causes the screen to flicker in various colors as the player moves the camera. It's not necessarily destructive, but it is distracting, and potentially hazardous to players with photosensitive epilepsy. Griffiths called the experience "humbling," saying, "Although every bug is important we can’t help but take extra time when the save is in the hundreds or thousands of hours."
Griffiths was able to submit a fix for the bug, which he said wasn't unique to that one player....
