No Man's Sky patch 4.36.1 official notes revealed: VR bug fixes, resolved crash issues, and more

No Man's Sky recently received the Expedition 10 Singularity update for players to dive into. The game was also released on macOS, allowing a host of new Interlopers to dive into the space-faring title. Hello Games has maintained a healthy flow of updates to refine the in-game experience, with patch 4.36.1 addressing VR problems, crash issues, and more

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No Man's Sky update 4.36.1 official patch notes

The official 4.36.1 No Man's Sky patch notes are as follows:

• Improved screen placement for VR interaction UI when playing the Singularity expedition.
• Fixed an issue that could cause debug information to appear in VR reload tutorial.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause debug information to appear in specific player chat messages.
• Fixed missing Switch Base button in Build Placement Mode.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent VR controller configurations showing as out of date in Steam.
• Fixed a missing icon in VR for change weapon.
• Fixed an issue that prevented rebinding of the Cycle Rotation Axis action.
• Fixed a crash related to bases.
• Fixed a crash related to memory management.

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For those interested, the previous few patch notes are as follows:

Patch 4.36

• Fixed a crash that could occur while aboard The Anomaly.

Patch 4.35

• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the terrain manipulator.

Patch 4.34

• Players are now able to rebind movement to the cursor keys without that automatically resulting in them moving around while navigating the quick menu.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the cursor from rendering while re-binding controls in the Game Mode options screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused a number of options to be missing from the options menu or some options to appear when they should not in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Terrain Manipulator menus to scroll the wrong way in VR.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause all NPCs to fall out of the Space Station.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur in VR.
• Introduced a rendering optimization for VR.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the depth of field effect to be applied far too strongly on some platforms.
• Fixed an issue that could cause black speckles to flicker across the screen during interactions that made use of the depth of field effect in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed a rare issue that could leave player-owned Interceptor ships without any installed technology.
• Fixed a graphical glitch that could occur in the Atlas’ particle effects when playing on Switch.
• Fixed an issue that caused eyeballs to be positioned incorrectly within a specific Traveller-style head in the Appearance Modifier in No Man's Sky.
• Introduced a memory optimization related to planetary creatures.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the starship’s landing gear to be incorrectly raised after saving/loading within a landed ship.
• Fixed an issue that caused first-person cockpit exit animations to fail to play in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed an issue that could allow too many creatures to spawn when playing in multiplayer.
• Fixed a Mac-only issue that caused large bases to be loaded very slowly.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Singularity expedition from converting into a Normal mode save after it was completed.
• Fixed a crash related to synchronizing freighters in multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue that caused the ship at the start of the Singularity expedition to be missing its Vesper Sail in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect collision on outpost landing pads.
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be ejected from the Multi-Tool comparison screen when attempting to pin repair instructions for a Multi-Tool they do not yet own.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to be erroneously told their inventory was full when claiming the reward for “Wayfarer” milestone.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the galaxy map Mission Path to point to the wrong destination system.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some freighter engines from being correctly recolored when choosing a new engine trail.
• Fixed a crash related to the Multi-Tool in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed a graphical issue that could cause the player to briefly appear while teleporting.
• Fixed an issue that prevented starship distress beacons from animating correctly.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Multi-Tools belonging to other players to become attached to NPCs.
• Fixed an issue that could result in players becoming permanently stuck to the chair in the Guild Envoy’s area of the Space Station.
• Fixed an issue that caused Sentinel Interceptor ships to be worth 10x as much as other ships when salvaging.
• Fixed an issue that allowed too many Communication Stations to spawn on expedition planets.
• Fixed a hang related to reloading missions in No Man's Sky.
• Fixed a crash related to base part rendering.
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the current expedition to end early.
• Fixed a rare crash related to the mission log.
• Fixed a PlayStation 4 crash related to reporting bases in No Man's Sky.

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No Man's Sky players can check out our Expedition 10 Singularity guides on starting a playthrough, Phase One, Phase Two, Phase Three, Phase Four, and Phase Five milestones and rewards.