No Man's Sky VR - 20 Tips and Tricks For Beginner VR Players

[@CasandChary]

If you like this type of video, let me know here so we know to make more! If you have any other tips yourself for a beginner VR player, let everyone know by commenting it below. Let’s help each other out! Also, timestamps below: 00:01 - No Man's Sky VR Intro 00:30 - #1 Performance Settings 01:29 - #2 Control Tips 02:35 - #3 + #4 Jetpack Tips 03:35 - #5 Exosuit Jetpack Boost 03:53 - #6 HUD Tips 04:31 - #7 Analysis Vizor Tips 05:09 - #8 Discoveries Tips 05:35 - #9 Portable Refiner Tips 06:07 - #10 Crafting Info Tips 06:45 - #11 Terrain Manipulator Tips 07:15 - #12 Space Ship Control in VR Tips 07:54 - #13 Pulse Engine Tips 08:24 - #14 Selling Items in Space Stations 09:09 - #15 Teleporter 09:33 - #16 Things To Do in Space Stations 10:13 - #17 Multiplayer Bugs Tips 10:55 - #18 Multiplayer Base Building Tips 11:15 - #19 Multiplayer Settings Tips 11:33 - #20 Save Anywhere Tips 11:53 - Bug Workaround Tips & Last Words

[@bluegleam8168]

I'm a no man's sky pro but my safe file with 120 hours gameplay got corrupt so i had to start all over again.....

[@zengrath]

This is awesome, you covered way more helpful information on vr version of this game then i could find anywhere else, ,it's hard sifting through all people complaining about the game to find helpful info on various forums/reddit unfortunately.

[@alephgates7519]

Thank you. I have been curious ab VR (and treadmill which I know is a bad idea, but I still am considering it :/ ). Thank you for going over the controls pros and cons and configuration. Have a great day.

[@fantasii_pee2784]

Yes thank you, can you please play minecraft in VR if you haven't already or Skyrim. Thanks so much, really good video I used to dislike and be intimidated by NMS Vr. Maybe i will play now

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

I just started this game yesterday after having bought it in a sale like a year ago and this was actually helpful. Wouldn't mind more such beginner's guides.

[@omarguerra1838]

I remember the first time i played the game i didn’t know about the pulse engine so i would literal fly 20 minute from planet to planet lol

[@CasandChary]

🤣🤣 I was SO worried when I ran out of fuel before that it was gonna be like Elite Dangerous. Stranded in space... Happy its not like that!

[@bluegleam8168]

@@CasandChary shoot the space rocks

[@NightRunner417]

Lol me too!! I was like "Omg are you serious? There's no faster way??" then when I did finally figure it out, I kept getting into trouble with pirates and constantly limping away from them to the nearest planet because I sucked at fighting.

[@brianparent]

What Processor and graphics card are you using?

[@namename9627]

Rip lol. I’m surprised you were actually patient enough lol. I would have lost my mind

[@arnogeubels]

THX hun, you made my day. Tip for the VR community. Want to earn millions in an hour? Make 4 or 5 reffineries and put oxygen (9999) on top and chloride (9999) in the next slot (doesn't matter where you put them) just repeat the drill every 4.05 minutes, and don't forget to put the chloride made in the right slot back in the left stock en put the rest in your exosuit. Do that in al your reffineries, press start and multiply your chloride times 6. In an hour you will make 20 stacks of 9999 chloride. Big tip... buy oxygen in a spacestation where the price is -5.7% or more(less). It's easier (faster) to buy oxygen then to mine it on planets. You have to pay 2 million on oxygen... to gain 200 million on chloride sellings. A stack of 9999 chloride can be sold in your freighter for (example +4.4% but don't use the galaxy terminal, cause it might ruine the market... sell to captains entering your freighter) over 6 million units. I made 140.000.000 units in an hour. Good luck VR cruisaders.

[@B10HaZaRD]

I've been playing NMS since day one, I have 300+ hours logged on Steam. Every update makes this game better and better. The VR version changes EVERYTHING, I can't wait until they get it fully stable.

[@Muri_Moto]

I love that you kinda sound like BMO. Makes me want to listen all day.

[@Lord_of_Dread]

those ship control tips just made the game playable for me! thank you!

[@namename9627]

Agreed! I didn’t even know that was a vr setting

[@Datrebor]

Great tips on the game. I just started playing in VR and have to learn the controls. Thank you for the video. I enjoy watching all your videos.

[@zengrath]

I've played about 60 hours before VR and played maybe 2-3 hours so far in VR. It's cool but controls are definitely wonkey. I was most disappointed in losing my ability to Sprint then melee + jetpack to get around quickly. I had no idea about the jetpack boost or even that i could change direction based on where i point my hands. This is awesome. I even posted about this on reddit and no one mentioned at all the jetpack boost trick. A lot of good info here, more so then i seen anywhere else.

[@calmpuffin]

Great video! Super excited for the NMS coverage

[@CasandChary]

🙌

[@VRoyBoy]

wow video from 3y ago.. and still relevant to me now :) just started my NoManSky journey :) and loving it!

[@HenryWoods]

I’m glad you are enjoying this game!!! I’ve been playing this game since it first came out and put hundreds of hours into it. I was hoping that they would make the game playable in VR and I’ve been in heaven since this update came out. I really like it for the Rift but it seems every update makes the game run worse so I’m playing In PSVR for now until the game becomes more playable for me on PC.

[@CasandChary]

So PSVR doesnt have any bugs or performance issues? Woa! We are still having a ton of fun with the game on PC though. Chary been playing the Rift S with it throughout. Apart from the bugs its been running well.

[@HenryWoods]

Cas and Chary VR on PSVR it’s been running great since the update came out last week but the resolution doesn’t compare to the PC. So I’m sacrificing resolution for rock solid performance. But my computer doesn’t compare to yours though. I only have about 8 gigs of ram on my pc so I think that is part of the issue. But the game is SOOO much fun and immersive I don’t care. I’ll wait and I know that the developers will get it working so I’m not complaining about it. Please keep with the game there really is no game like it out there 😁👍🏾👍🏾

[@namename9627]

Tip: if you die in normal or survival you technically don’t lose all your stuff right away. When you die a grave is spawned containing your inventory. When you die you are respawned at your last save point so you can go back and get all your items. Also note that technology in your inventory isn’t lost, and starship inventory isn’t affected

[@stripesbynw_2080]

Love the video! Very helpful. I bought a Rift S just for this game and it has been worth every penny. Im having a blast with NMS in VR!

[@Wuud52]

This is great, thank you, I needed to nail down that jetpack boost.

[@NightRunner417]

In the first 3 mins alone, you're saving me tons of grief with figuring things out. I really love this game as a VR experience but I've blown tons of time just trying to figure out how to do the simplest of things. Right now, I'm stuck trying to change my terrain manipulator back to terrain removal from terrain create. I don't even know how I changed it to create to begin with, it was totally an accident. It's making me crazy because I can't advance without digging up some Buried Technology modules. I think looking at the controller bindings (which you just taught me how to do!) will help. Thank you for your video!! :-)

[@Ztreak]

So fun that you guys got hooked on this game :) Must say i enjoy it much more in vr than the ordinary version. Great with the vr tips. Was a couple of things to learn for me aswell. See you in the skies.

[@greatxerox]

You are really TALENTED to explain things, in all your videos. Very useful content. and when you explain things & tips, you show in "live" how to do. that's so intuitive. Are you a teacher IRL ?

[@NotaVampyre111]

Great video. I hope to be playing in VR in about 10 days. You can always teleport from some place to your base even if you have not built a teleporter yet. Try to scan all of the animals on a planet. The reward for doing so is worth it. The first thing I try to upgrade is my scanner. The better it is, the more money you make scanning stuff. If you see a gravitino ball, do not pick it up unless you're ready to fight swarms of sentinels. If you do make the sentinels agro, hide. Go into your base, a building or your base if it's close by. If not, dig a tunnel with the terrain manipulator. Trying to escape via star ship will most likely be fatal. There are plenty more do's and don'ts but these should help for now. I have loved this game since day one and am looking forward to playing it in VR.

[@banditoexe]

When I go into video options it doesn't give me the choice to change resolution. :( why

[@MdLanguage]

Ohhh this is so useful!! Thanks a lot!

[@CasandChary]

Glad to hear!

[@JadianRadiator]

1:36 it also has laser pointers for clicking menus without "physically" clicking. 2:36 no need to extend your arms/hands. You only need to point the controller in the wanted direction. You can also set it to the direction of your headset or your in-game body.

[@Turbotuberx3]

Only 100 hours in here... but a few more tips: 1) There is a backpack refiner, blueprints available at the anomaly.. this has a lot of great benefits, (like creating mats while in space, and not having to redeploy a refinery everywhere you go) 2) More systems = more suit slots. When I started I felt like I needed to grind an area into the dust, by visiting new systems you get more options! 3) Running and shoot/mining is very easy in VR, so if you are running up to a knowledge stone that 100u away why not earn some supplies as you run to it. Space combat is sooo much better in VR!

[@highspeedfistfight]

Thanks very much, this video was insanely helpful! You guys are my go-to channel for VR, plus you guys are such an adorable pair! Keep up the awesome work!

[@evolgenius1150]

It's pretty cool when it doesn't jitter and judder you to death. :) This is my first VR experience (NMS) and I was blown away when I was sitting inside my spaceship for the first time.

[@kevinvee680]

Wow didn’t realize I had to put my arms forward when jetpacking thanks 🤙🏼

[@TheLord379]

@@kevinvee680 i tried it so many Times on the PS vr 2 but i did Not work for me Is it a Thing in the setting? I only can jump up and down This is so Frustrating... Can anyone help me with that issue?

[@mawhiuk]

Just started playing this in April 2022 via Virtual Desktop on a Quest 2. I’m totally addicted!!! Lol

[@demonhighwayman9403]

That's a decent list ! thanks girls.

[@CasandChary]

Playing tooo? :) np!

[@anthonymoloney3671]

Great video. Lot's of useful tips. Thanks so much.

[@rdross80]

Ugh, this game has so much to learn in VR. I've been playing this in non-VR, but now I feel like I'm completely starting all over. Thank you for the tips, though! It's gonna take a while to digest all of it.

[@tiffcrash]

Awesome tips Cas! I didn’t know about some of these so thank you very much!

[@superfly2449]

Thanks for all the tips.

[@TheBergMan]

Thank you for the video!!! About to play tonight!

[@weison383]

Do you know if standard PS4 gamepads will work for full No Man’s Sky VR? Seems crafting, gun control, and other functions rely on the move controllers while on foot or in the menus. I tried to search if full gamepad support in VR is on Hello Games roadmap but can’t find an answer.

[@captainhowdy5525]

Tnx for the tip about the jet pack and moving your arms forward! I didn't know that.

[@ObiJ3ff]

How do you make your stream source one view instead of two on OBS? I am having this issue where its only showing left & right side view from my computer but i only want to show one side for my viewers to see.

[@ChrisCypher]

You can also just save by entering and exiting your ship. Every time you step out of the ship it saves...in case you don't want to use up an inventory slot for a portable savepoint.

[@scottbrady9477]

Is there anyway to bring up a reticle so I know where it thinks I am looking at

[@framedkraken7403]

The multiplayer story bug has been fixed, if that occurs again to you, the host must restart the game and the players should join again. Played most of the quest with a friend, this happened at the beginning.

[@framedkraken7403]

Also, Hello Games is fixing a lot of issues every day. Try again and let us know if you find another bug!

[@Romdryl]

Super helpful! Just knowing I can use Steam to remap some controls is HUGE! Great work. Thanks!

[@nigelnightmare4160]

Can you set it up LEFT handed.

[@Tohdette]

Thank you for the video, I have a few questions: 1. Why does the cursor shake so much in VR? (see 1:00 & 5:12) 2. Why do the in-game hands shake abnormally? Do they plan on improving the sensors so that its not that sensitive to the point where your in-game hands shake unnaturally like that? The same issue applies to the in-game menus like your crafting and inventory screens. (see 1:50) 3. Is there any technology that goes with VR to allow you to move physically in a room while locked in place? Like a treadmill type design. 4. Is there any VR technology that can be modified for people wearing glasses so that they don't have to wear the VR goggles on top of their glasses? Can sometimes be discomforting to do so.

[@whitespace_hours]

1. probably a pc bug, thinking that the controllers/headset are controlling the cursor, idk its strange 2. it's very normal actually, a lot of vr games have it for no reason 3. yeah, i forgot what it's called but it lets you sprint and walk perfectly on the spot while moving in game. it's very expensive though, and requires full-body tracking 4. you could just buy the psvr entirely, as im unaware of any technology that does that, or you could buy one of the vive products which is quite literally just vr glasses

[@greatkingrat]

Great and informative video. Also love your accent!

[@warsin8641]

Is there better padding or are all padding the same because my face starts to hurt no matter how much I wear it

[@CasandChary]

For Valve Index? There are other paddings available for other headsets and if not, it is probably in the works. Check our VRCover for example, there is a link in our description.

[@darkandedgy1457]

I can always rely on this channel

[@Phier554]

They never fixed the hud bug.

[@sophiawatkins3190]

This is so helpful! I’ve played NMS on Xbox but got so frustrated last night trying to do basic things 😭😭😭 I’m such a noob with VR controls

[@lakoosdragon]

Can you use the same character you use on Xbox on vr?

[@masteroperator1]

do you record it with only one eye on the mirror screen?

[@MarkThould]

I find using a normal gamepad controller in VR much easier than flailing my arms about. However no matter what controllers are used - how do you zoom your scanner view in VR?

[@porksubstrate]

Thanks! This will make my experience way easier!

[@CasandChary]

Good to hear, enjoy!

[@starbirth244]

The cat is super cute

[@omarguerra1838]

Haha full series pleass 🙏

[@CasandChary]

If there is enough interest we will!

[@runthar2191]

@@CasandChary I'm interested as well! Watching you guys play nms was awesome!

[@Recon777x]

9:58 In your game, "Plot Route" is bound to the A button. In mine, it is not bound. So I can't plot a route with my controllers. Could someone tell me how to bind it properly?

[@whitespace_hours]

if you use steamvr, you can use the steam binding system shown in the video if you use any other headsets, i have no idea apart from checking the controls, and setting a bind

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

I would appreciate some more VR tips for nms

[@Fpinne]

I apologize in advance for this unqualified comment: but your accent is really incredibly cute. You make me smile eyerytime saying 'Space station'. ☺ Also thanks for the useful tips.

[@SuperSally666]

Once you get the fuel for the pulse engines how do you get it into the ship?

[@whitespace_hours]

my only prediction is that it just adds to the fuel itself, if not i'm clueless because i haven't even played NMS yet and i'm getting it monday or friday so

[@Malainor]

30 hours in having a blast, did not know about vr jetpack forward boost or how to swim. 🤔 Now the exosuit plantsbecome useful! 🤪 Lets hope the make the visor follow head and 2-4 rows "what stuff you just picked up" 😂 Do i got 30 carbon or 3000 in that mining session😋

[@gergnils9536]

Very good tips ! Nice video ;) If you do some more about NMS, I would really appreciate !

[@adammeredith2117]

Can you play this on the Oculus Quest 1 - or do you need a PC in addition??

[@FPChris]

As someone clueless about this game I found the first hour of on screen instruction confusing af. I just got that reactor thingy built but have yet to figure out the why and how of it. The inventory screen / repair process is a blur. I hope it gets better.

[@crub1n0]

Thanks for the tip that related to controller sensitive to control space-ship movement. Working great here. Awesome! 👍👍

[@davidpe76]

Wish I had watched this before putting 40 hrs into playing, can't wait to try out the tips, am using Quest with Link to an Imac in bootcamp hehe

[@monstercubano1390]

nice vid! what software did you use to capture the gameplay?

[@jonathangarcia4168]

What's the button to get into the infame options I can't find it???

[@spry_guy]

I'm completely hooked on this game. I know you Cas and Chary are into mmos and grinding for upgrades. NMS must be scratching that itch.

[@andrewmcgowan9376]

this was just what i needed thank you!

[@dancinspace]

Thank you for the great tips!

[@fungunfanatic]

@Cas and Chary VR Your cat is adorable, he/she looks like a cow with his/her fur colors lol Also a tip for saving without using building, every time you get out of your spaceship it saves. Appreciate this video very much, thank you!

[@Tobi123Tobs]

oooooh I am so in love with this game too 😍 Feels like a second world. And I Need to flee sometimes into this world. Like right now. My HDD died after LONG time of use. So many pictures and moments saved GONE 😔 I hope I can restore some lost files wish me luck ✌️

[@CasandChary]

Yesss!!! But what? You lost save games too? Aw :( Sending you lots of good luck vibes!

[@Tobi123Tobs]

Cas and Chary VR I lost no save games 👍 Steam does that job for me 😉 the HDD which died is my 3tb data archive for pics, movies, music. Today I lost about 50-100 movies, Songs.. but hardest thing my pictures.. for example all my pics from Australia 2019. but tomorrow I try to get some back 💪

[@tekman2000]

I do wish you good luck with getting your data files back. (Smile) I do computer support for a living and I always tell my customers the first rule of computer use is: Backup, backup, backup. Since the first piece of hardware that will fail in any computer is the hard drive you always, ALWAYS need to keep your data files in at LEAST TWO separate locations. Even the data on flash drives, they can fail also. And because they are small they can be lost easier. Anyway...... good luck 😀

[@redii2klutch]

Just got my Reverb G2 a few days ago it's been amazing albeit a good number of quirks. Been trying to play nms through the xbox app and when I click the windows key it completely kicks me out of the game. Need to find a work around for this. Ty for the great video. I wanted to play nms before but kept putting it off and now having vr, I have the perfect reason to give it a go.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

0:54 Just turn off Anti Aliasing. With the super sampled resolutions in VR, this is by far the most GPU munching thing ever and it brings very little at a very high cost. 2:17 I guess I'll swap the thumbstick press actions. I just can't get my head around why the sprint is on the other one that's not for the movement direction. 2:37 Oh, didn't know or actually reckon that yet. I just knew there was a way to move forward quicker in pancake called the "shoulder boost" which doesn't work like that at all in VR (while sprinting, melee and then immediately use jetpack). Guess that's the substitute for it :) 3:36 Noted :) 3:55 I guess that's not really a bug, it's just more suited for seated play because of the starship... but I'd welcome a change, but then it should be completely visible within the FOV which it currently is not. In some cases I have to look at holo screens at a quite steep angle (especially the build menu) because I seem to be placed rather close to them and at one point I found something to loot which I couldn't because I literally was hovering above the screen. That thing was on a rather steep slope. 5:10 That somehow doesn't seem to work for me - is that a multiplayer only feature? I switched that off :) 7:39 Completely different menu a few years later... IIRC the Flight sensitivity is the topmost thing and it's at 25, but I haven't seen any difference in turning that down at all. That Flight Controls: Locked Normal thing isn't there either, I just can set inverted or not. And I'd love a little lower sensitivity, but also get rid of the fricken deadzone on the virtual stick completely and let it have a curve like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100 for every 10% increment of deflection to make it smooth around the center and more sensitive the farther you go.

[@Archmage88ttv]

I need help. the video settings have changed ! it doesn't have any options anymore. it just has the name of the video card.

[@MinatoLord4th]

My video settings tab only has two options?

[@hudsonblosser516]

what is the minimum system requirements to get this to run in vr?

[@aprole42]

I'm pretty sure the "bug" where the hud doesn't move with you is just not implemented. It would be cool if they implemented that. Also it would be nice for the quick inventory menu that pops out of the left hand is repositioned more to the right, so I don't have to awkwardly move my left hand over to the right to get the menu in front of me. Also scrolling left and right thru the menu options in the left hand menu for example, when choosing a source to charge things doesn't seem to be implemented or the default bindings on the knuckles don't allow for it.

[@SweetCherryGrower]

Milkyway and magic again!!best video evaaa!!(milkyway need workout)

[@BrunoConfortin]

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Brazil.

[@starbirth244]

Noooo i dont wanna go to brazil

[@valenesco45]

how do you disable the teleport thing? I want to move with my joystick i dont wanna teleport to a position

[@whitespace_hours]

it's in the comfort settings i belivee, if not i probably just humiliated myself since i dont play NMS as of yet

[@PacifictheCasualGamer]

Thank you for the help. I tried looking for mods that might help with the UI, and I have not found any yet. Did you happen to find any?

[@LecrazyMaffe]

TIP nr 17 about the multiplayer bug: has that been fixed yet?

[@sebastianoegema883]

dank jullie wel! ik ga het maar eens proberen staat al een tijdje op gamepass :)

[@ايانوكوجيكيوتاكا-ط7ش]

great video now my cat loves me thank you so much next do a video for how to tame a wild wolf

[@mikerguitarwolfgaming4206]

I think my VR compass disappeared and I just started, started repairs on my ship, then decided to go exploring, and now I'm lost. I'm wondering how you find your ship. I am at the very beginning lol and lost. I don't even think I have my visor

[@jamesdavis9456]

thank you for the tips

[@LecrazyMaffe]

I am not able to change the resolution in the VR settings. The game really hurts my eyes in VR, which I don't have with any other game, also have a pretty good PC so don't understand what's happening here.

[@midnightlilypad]

So 2 years later and the hud not moving with the head set is a bug? That sucks but over all the game is super fun

[@pedrozzza]

I hope we get more NMS content now that you are a pro at the game

[@pancake_ghosty]

Anyone else have problems accessing the multitool menu? I can't change to my terrain manipulator. Whenever I try to hover my left hand over my right wrist the small blue menu just bounces around and I can't open it up

[@MetalApe]

Which System do you use? Give us some Details.

[@ParaPlaysVR]

I am not still convinced on getting the controllers yet.. I want that click!

[@dragoonseye76]

I can’t wait for this on psvr2

[@yotty97]

so cool! what a nice accent. Which city are you from in NL?

[@donalmcelhennon7728]

Thanks!

[@himuo4606]

Hello Cas, thank you very much for this video, it has been very helpful :-) Could you please also share your SteamVR Supersampling settings ? Global SS + No Man's Sky SS. I suppose you play @90 hz ? Do you have any tip to improve the visual quality in the distance ? It seems to be running at low res and the aliasing is horrible :-( ... Anyway, thanks as always for your great work ^^

[@vrgaming7377]

I am playing this game on og Vive , it looks ok but jagged edges and screen door,, but I have Index on its way so cant wait,, trying not to play until it arrives but its really hard not to play lol

[@kristofergothe]

What VR-headset is this? Oculus Quest 2?😊

[@toxicreaper9463]

How do I activate the tax bar

[@zengrath]

Only thing driving me crazy is i can't figure out how to open my refiner without destroying it. i have to try many many times before if finally opens because you have to hold down right stick then pull towards you to open it, but holding down right stick is also to deconstruct it, i am completely baffled about this and no one on reddit seems to know what i'm doing wrong. How on earth are you supposed to open things reliably without destroying them?

[@shindoukyouki]

This sounds weird, i'm using vive controllers and using the refiner is gripping the controller and pulling towards you, dismantling is holding the touchpad up button until it picks it up.

[@coffeebreakhero3743]

1:24 highest fps is 144

[@kyleeaton2717]

I've got two problems with NMS, one is with the oculus link cable, I get this visual warping effect where things that shouldn't be waving like a flag are. Second, distant objects look horrifically pixelated.

[@MsckMatt]

Just now stating playing on the oculus and am having the same issues. Did you ever get a fix?

[@polarashes4980]

Um.... How doc you zoom in with the visor in vr? ._.

[@HundredAndThirty]

Very nice video with a good allround set of tips! Just one correction: The bar in the bottom left is not your health, its the energy of your life support system. It depletes over time and a lot faster when sprinting or using your jetpack. The Health bar is at the top left of teh screen and only shown when less than full. The bar there inidcates your shield, the cross symbols your actual health. You will not suffer health damage as long as the shield has some power left. Shield recharges pretty quickly, health VERY slowly. Next comes the advanced tips then?! ;)

[@runthar2191]

One more correction, lowering the resolution does NOT lower the resolution of the desktop window. It only lowers the resolution of certain u elements in the inventory, which isn't really helpful

[@j3ro1974]

I don’t even have an option to lower resolution. Am I missing something?