Project Skyscraper - Frequently Asked Questions

[Rusty]

How do I get a No Man’s Sky portal address from Project Skyscraper?

Background information in this post from System:

memory bloc 1785438180: Spatial distribution
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Expansion of the prime-based distribution network planned.
Current homogeneous structure will be extended.

Future primes will be attributed autonomously.
Entities can request but cannot select their own prime.

Step-by-step: Requesting a prime and glyphs

1. Email the character “System” system@project-skyscraper.com with your choice of [operator name] and requesting a prime number

   • NOTE: Your [operator name] will be publicly viewable via the terminal (see step 3)

2. System should email back to assign your prime number, for example: Your window is [prime number] - this may take some hours or days to come through and appears to depend on whether system is active or busy

   • Relevant thread: Operator Window Tracker

3. Once you have your [prime number], enter it into the Tower terminal here: EotT Demo - RecallDreams (password: 10B805005006)

   This has several possible outcomes:

   • memory not yet logged in Tower - means your star system has not been assigned yet
   • [Operator Name], right? Nice to meet you! If you look out your window, you will see [solar system name] [portal hex addresses] - means you have your portal address
   • [Operator Name], right? If you look out your window, you will see [Neighbour's name] there: [solar system name] [portal hex addresses] - means you have a neighbour, and that is their portal address. Your neighbour’s prime will be an anagram of your own, you will need to enter it into the terminal to find your own portal address

4. Portal hex addresses to glyphs:

   • There are lots of community tools for this, e.g.: https://nmsportals.github.io/
   • If your portal address is invalid see FAQ: Portal Address Invalid

please don’t travel to other people’s so that they can get a chance to register the discoveries themselves. We would all appreciate the help in letting the lucky Operators register their special systems

What can I do when I get to my solar system?

1. Upload Discoveries

Naming your solar system:

There is no official convention, but many operators have been using the format:

• Original Name // MAIN FAM // Operator - [Your Prime Number]
• or just Original Name // MAIN FAM // [Your Prime Number] if the original system name is too long
• See also: MAIN FAM Historical Records

Share your discoveries with ETARC:

• Relevant thread for sharing your discoveries: 📝 If you look out your window [System Coordinates in Prime Responses]

2. Send a postcard to System

• System has been selecting one “postcard” for each window and is posting them here: THE SHARED DREAM – project-skyscraper

• Once you have done some exploring, share your experience with system via email to system@project-skyscraper.com

  • Include at least one screenshot and your assigned [prime number]

• ETARC Poll: Have you sent a postcard to System?

• You could also try to submit a memory associated with your window or postcard: Request Memory Timestamp – project-skyscraper (password: EMILY)

3. Temporal Alignment Survey

System needs to collect a lot of temporal data to understand how to synchronise with "The Shared Dream ": Archie-System email exchange, Archie to operators

1. Travel to coordinates 0,0 on any planet in your system
   • Optional: Place and upload a base to help find this spot again
2. Use the analysis visor to observe the in-game time at 0,0 at designated sync points in UTC.
   • Sync points are at the start of every 16 minutes starting at 00:00 UTC, 00:16 UTC, 00:32 UTC, etc.
     • This creates a 4-hour repeating pattern
     • Time of sync points in UTC and local time: PS OPS CENTRE | TOOLS
     • UTC Now: https://www.utctime.net/
   • Data requested:
     • Prime ID (your[prime number])
     • Galactic Address (Hex) (12 digit hex code)
     • UTC Time (HH:MM)
     • Shared Dream Time (HH:MM)
3. Upload your data to The Architect’s Temporal Alignment Survey form:

Temporal Alignment Survey

Optional: Upload your time observations to the operator community Google form

Connection Sync Data

Examples of the step-by-step to request coordinates

Example email format

(thanks @RedHotTrouble for permission to use)

Example prime number assignment email from System

Example tower terminal entry

Example portal code to glyphs

via https://nmsportals.github.io/

Temporal Alignment Survey

Cheat sheets: Predicted UTC to game time conversion

Please verify on planet coordinates 0,0 before use

From @the_poet:
NMS Prime System Sync Clock

From @YourBasicMaths: