No Man's Sky Echoes patch 4.42 official notes: Addresses various bugs and errors

No Man's Sky recently received its latest major content update titled Echoes. It saw the introduction of a new in-game race called the Autophage, epic freighter battles to enthrall players, the option of becoming a Multi-Tool salvage hunter, and plenty more. A major content update often results in players encountering a number of bugs and issues. The latest patch, 4.42, addresses several of them.

Read on to find out about the latest patch notes for No Man's Sky.

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No Man's Sky Echoes 4.42 official patch notes

The official patch notes for No Man's Sky Echoes 4.42 are as follows:

Bug fixes in No Man's Sky

• Fixed an issue that incorrectly stopped the Autophage from awarding Void Motes if players had unlocked every piece of Autophage armor.
• Fixed an issue that blocked most Autophage presets from appearing in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Autophage heads earned during the Singularity expedition to incorrectly appear as locked in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the Autophage from navigating correctly around their camps.
• Fixed a text issue with some hover tips in the Appearance Modifier UI.
• Fixed an issue that caused some Autophage-related entries in the Catalogue to appear too early.
• Fixed an issue that caused the custom staff assembly UI to be inaccessible at Harmonic Camps.
• Improved the visuals when previewing custom-assembled staffs.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with some custom-assembled staffs.
• The preview image shows when assembling a custom staff can now be rotated.
• Fixed a number of visual issues with holding Multi-Tools.
• Fixed a number of animation issues with the Voltaic Staff.
• Fixed an issue with the position of the player torch when using a staff.
• Fixed a number of networking issues when syncing elements of the Dreadnought battle in multiplayer.
• Salvaged freighter technology upgrades earned by destroying the pirate Dreadnought are now always S-Class.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the anti-freighter torpedo from playing the correct effect when it impacted on shield rather than the hull.
• Fixed an issue that caused some player freighters to have changed appearance.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to destroy their own freighter.
• Pirate frigates now have a teleporter aboard, allowing a quick return to your freighter after boarding.
• Fixed an issue that could cause errors in mission text at the moment torpedoes are launched at the civilian fleet in multiplayer Dreadnought battles.
• During the first phase of the battle against a pirate capital ship, the Dreadnought will now more aggressively target smaller ships in the civilian fleet.
• The destruction effects for the pirate Dreadnought have been improved.
• Fixed an issue that could cause some players to lose the marker for the Portal during The Purge mission.
• Fixed an issue that prevented access to the quick menu in the ship if swap build/quick menu was enabled.
• Fixed a number of audio issues.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some camera shake effects from working correctly.
• Fixed a number of issues that prevented Twitch drops from being successfully redeemed.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to read the Analysis Visor data when using a staff in VR.
• Fixed an issue that could trap players in a loop in the UI where pressing back would cycle between the same three pages.
• Fixed a hang that could occur when players were targeted by security systems on derelict freighters.
• Fixed a rare issue that could allow players to have their last ship weapon destroyed during combat.
• Fixed a crash related to the mission system.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when reloading the game shortly after the initial load.
• Fixed a crash related to networking.
• Fixed a hang on Xbox consoles.
• Fixed a crash on PS5.
• Fixed a crash related to frigates in multiplayer.
• Fixed a UI crash.

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No Man's Sky players can continue reporting any issue regarding bugs and glitches they encounter during their in-game playthroughs post-Echoes. The developers at Hello Games assured the No Man's Sky community that they are keeping a keen eye on the feedback to address them at the earliest.