You might actually be right @Clemm, as that would certainly be fitting.
On April 5, 2010, the show introduced Geoff Peterson, Craig’s robot skeleton sidekick. Previously, Craig had professed his desire to have his own “Robot Skeleton Army”. — (Source: Wikipedia)
Btw, Geoff has glowing ‘blue’ eyes, for what it’s worth.
Could this be an Easter egg? After all, this was an Easter update. So why not?
Otherwise…
Remember the No Man’s Sky trailer, which premiered at The Game Awards 2014? On September 30, 2016, shortly after NMS’s troubled August launch, Geoff Keighley attempted a video explanation, and this could be their way of saying: “Hey Geoff, look at us now!” Or, “We dedicate this cube to you!” Or, “Don’t forget us this year!” After all, Geoff Keighley has served as the executive producer and host of The Game Awards since its inaugural show in 2014. And fast-forward, NMS won ‘Best Ongoing Game’ at The Game Awards 2020. Could they wish not to be forgotten in 2022, when they release an immense version 4.0, a whopping six years after its 2016 launch and eight years after the No Man’s Sky trailer, which premiered at The Game Awards 2014?
Granted, Craig’s goofy robot sidekick Geoff, sure does make for a nice line of reasoning. IMHO, best late night show ever! Do we know of any other Geoff that could fit the bill better than either of the above?
Fixed a number of issues that prevented pirates from attacking planetary buildings with the correct behaviours.
Fixed a general issue that caused pirates to attack planetary buildings too frequently.
Pirates will no longer attack players who are underground, underwater, or in their own base.
Pirates no longer attack planets in low conflict systems.
Fixed an issue that could cause the pirate raid warning message to display when there was no pirate attack incoming.
Fixed an issue that caused pirates to deal too much damage when shooting at the player on the ground, and for the player to receive ship-related warning messages when hit.
Fixed an issue that caused pirate raid markers to fail to clear from buildings when the raid ends.
Fixed an issue that caused smuggling items to sell at an incorrect markup in regulated stations.
Reduced the effectiveness of the Positron Ejector against starship shields.
Hauler starships can now upgrade their cargo inventory to a greater capacity than other ships.
Fixed an issue that could cause items in the ship cargo inventory to be incorrectly cleaned up when sold.
Fixed an issue that caused repair kits to be too expensive when purchased with tainted metal.
Fixed a number of glitches and other visual issues with player capes.
Fixed an issue that caused squadron ship engines to be very loud while flying in formation.
Fixed an issue that caused the solar ship engine vents to constantly flap open and closed in the inventory menu.
Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to be out of focus when repairing or installing ship technologies while onboard the ship.
Fixed a number of instances of missing audio effects.
Fixed an issue that caused the starship utility menu to open on the wrong option.
Improved the appearance of freighter fleet warp-ins.
Fixed a collision issue with the wings of Solar class starships.
Trader ships now use the red hostile target arrow on the starship HUD if they are attacking the player.
Fixed a crash related to pirate spawning.
Fixed a crash related to the player frigate fleet.
Fixed a texture streaming memory leak.
Fixed an issue that could cause screen flashes in space at low framerates.
Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel technology to be incorrectly classified as illegal for trading purposes.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Liberation expedition milestone to become unfinishable if players declined to speak fully to the captain of the first freighter they saved.
Fixed falling through the floor when leaving photo mode while sitting.
Fixed an issue that caused the reticle to be misaligned when scaling the HUD.
Fixed an issue which caused Vy’keen horns to flicker.
HG have drastically reduced the quantities of goods space station traders will sell you. It used to be common for traders in a 3 star economy to sell 2,500 - 3,000 of their items. Now I can’t find anyone selling more than 800.
Obviously, this vastly increases the grind required to build up your character and equipment. No fun at all.
I’ve noticed a sort of hissing/crackling noise -like a loose wire in a mains circuit - that follows me around. Whether that’s the new ship noise or not, I don’t know.
Yes. I know what you are talking about. But this is like the underwater noise that sometimes remains even when out of the water except this is the sound of the starship following me as I walk across the planet.
I was hearing the exotic and solar ships landing on my freighter parked just outside the space station. I moved the freighter and the extra sounds stopped (probably because the landing stopped). It seems that the distance attenuation is broke again. It did help me know to go to my freighter to grab the exotic. Reminds me of the ‘good ol’ times’ when we could hear the plants finish growing from across the galaxy and knew to go back to harvest them.
A friend of mine an I were playing a couple of weeks ago and that phantom beam hit us. It turned out to be that we were seeing each others terrain manipulator. If either of us fired our beam the flash showed at the others feet. We haven’t seen it again but that may be because we stay in single player mode and just use the console’s chat feature most of the time, only joining games when something cool comes along.
I just noticed that our avatar is supposed to make sounds when we use certain emotes. I knew of the squeaky sound from Need Resources but at least two others have sounds. One is Help which has a coughing sound and I forget the other one. They do not seem to always work. Maybe that is why I never noticed. Not sure if the emotes had these sounds from the start. Maybe someone else knows…
for what it’s worth.
After all, this was an Easter update. So why not?
Could they wish not to be forgotten in 2022, when they release an immense version 4.0, a whopping six years after its 2016 launch and eight years after the No Man’s Sky trailer, which premiered at The Game Awards 2014?
Do we know of any other Geoff that could fit the bill better than either of the above?
