NMS Companion - Backup Restore Info and Sharing Tool - with optional large NMS Sharing Discord integration

Latest Update (also, 5 year anniversary of NMSC tool!):

Swarm Update:

Fixed the

Corvette's restore bug

. You can now back up and import (restore) Corvette's, and share them on discord!

NEW FEATURE: Added

Character Customisation

support! You can now back up and restore your character's appearance, and share them on discord!

A few other bug fixes and speed up improvements.

PATCH 1: A second patch has been released which adds a lot of fixes to the

Json Viewer

. All bugs are now fixed, and it might even run a little bit faster."

Previous Update:

Xeno Arena Update:

Added more companion slots, and include all of the new battle information in the info box of each companion.

Still todo:

• Add the new companions.
• Fix a corvette related bug.
• Update discord bot.

Stay tuned!

VOYAGERS UPDATE! The only tool that lets you share your Corvettes, along with 61,000 members of our discord!

Thanks for your patience! I finally found the time to update for Voyagers and get everything up to spec:

It took a few dozen hours, but all that is added is FREE for you - if you can, please donate (or join the Patreon to access some extra features), especially if you wish to OBLIGATE me to get this done faster next time! It's taken me so long as I am under financial pressure myself and must prioritise work. I understand I am not the only one, so don't feel pressure to donate. Everything is done with love <3

• Corvette support added
• Ship customisation/fabricated ships now save with the ship, same for multitools
• Archived ships and multitools support added
• 4 Settlements support added
• Backup Corvette bases separately, and restore them to any Corvette
• Updated the discord bot to handle the changes
• Fixed some bugs

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Lightweight app that lets you back up locations, bases, companions, star ships, bytebeat tracks, multitools, freighters, settlements, frigates and squadrons (along with custom thumbnail), share with others and import back into any save at any time! More to come...

Also - backup any JSON snippet from the save game. Also - backup entire saves along with mods, and swap them at any time!

 Fully integrated with the fast-growing No Man's Sky Creative & Sharing Hub discord (with over 20,000 members, making it the second largest NMS discord!):

• []All data has a channel for sharing[/] []Buttons that bring you to the contextually-correct channel, or let you share to them at the click of a button, all over the app[/] []A bot on the discord that reads and displays the data (including your custom thumbnails/audio recordings), and creates links in the right places. [/]

Join with this link:  https://discord.gg/AEXcap6

• []NOTE: Fixes will always make it to the updater-version of NMSC (not the offline versions offered here on Nexus) first! If you find any issues, please try switching to that and updating to the latest version! See instructions below or by clicking the update button (green arrow) in the app []Use all save game editors at your own risk. Please report any issues via discord or kaii@dr.com[/]

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Does what it says on the tin: a simple GUI app that lets you quickly backup your companions or ships etc to a small 2kb file (or a few hundred kb if you save a thumbnail), that you can share (a discord is included). You can use the tool to import these into any slot on any save. You can do so even while the game is running (just save/load saves to reflect changes, doesn't apply to winstore, which must be restarted between edits)

Tool Philosophy:

This tool started with companions because of the following: I can imagine it was a tough question for the devs and there were many meetings, and ultimately it was decided, despite the cons, players would be allowed 6 companions at a time, total (it is now 18, but still). However, the cons are real:

• []there are quintillions of potential creatures out there, and how can a player be expected to know which ones they are never going to best, and dare to grow attached to...[/] []it's so easy to tame, that one ends up filling all their companion slots very quickly...[/] []if one wants to creature collect, one is completely out of options...[/]

Generally speaking, it leads to a dilemma of always wondering if one should risk growing attached to any one Companion, and that might lead to people either getting stuck with their first few Companions forever, or never getting attached and constantly cycling through them ad infinitum

So here's a tool that removes this dilemma! You can easily back up and restore your creatures on the fly, with nothing but a couple of clicks, you don't even need to restart the game! The app has a functional, helpful GUI that helps make things simple and clear.

Since then, this tool has expanded to allow you to do the same with ships, and much more!

Instructions:

There are two options:

• []Offline installer. Download and extract this, and run setup.exe. The program will be installed and available anytime from your start menu. Smartscreen might flag it, simply click "More info" and "Run anyway" to proceed. [/] []Portable exe, simply extract it and run the NMSC_Portable.exe anytime you want to run the application![/]

The tool is intuitive and full of useful instruction prompts, and you can click the ? icon to bring up more detailed instructions and picture guides at any time, as well as watch the official youtube video guide.

I will aim to maintain the mod, improve it, support it to the best of my ability, and update it whenever a game patch breaks it! A lot of work has gone into

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