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Game Files

NMS store its data in a wide range of folders. Here's what you can find in each game folder :

GLOBAL Files - Main game settings stored in .MBIN files

AUDIO

WEM format : encoded audio files

Voice Reference Table - A list of all the exosuit voice files with their WEM IDs.

BANKS_INTERMEDIATE - No known use

FONTS

FNT files : text files storing char maps to extract them from the .DDS canvas

DDS files : Textures storing fonts as images

INPUT

JSON files : text files storing devices input mappings

ACTIONS.JSON Reference file

LANGUAGE

MBIN files : store all the strings, texts and dialogs of the game

MATERIALS

MATERIAL.MBIN files : generic game materials.

METADATA - All the game tables and databases

MODELS

SCENE Files - similar to a prefab and holds information about in-game objects all the way from models, behaviors to audio, particle effects and more.

ENTITY.MBIN Files - the MBIN that defines interactions and behaviors of objects.

DESCRIPTOR.MBIN Files - handle the nested hierarchies of procedural generation in-game

Allowed Game Components in ENTITY Files

Properties allowed within the ENTITY file

Actions and Triggers

SimpleInteraction and Interaction Types

Reward trigger types and Reward item IDs

GEOMETRY.MBIN Files - store the 3D models

MATERIAL.MBIN Files - define the texture maps and shader flags to be used

ANIM.MBIN files - Animation files

Animation Curves

LSYSTEM - Rules controling NPC buildings procedural generation

MUSIC

XML files : text files controlling music samples

PIPELINES

BIN files : text files controlling shaders branching

PLAYTOGETHER - unknown

PROMO - old game promotional files

SCENES - Trailer and demonstration static files

SHADERS

BIN files : shaders initialization text files

SPV files : Vulkan fragmented shader files

TEXTURES

CACHE.SQS : Texture caching file for quick texture adressing. Stores header and footer of most used textures

DDS files

MBIN files

TPFSDICT - Encrypted profanity words you can't use in NMS

UI

MBIN files : describes all the components and parts of the game GUI

TTF files : Standard TrueType Fonts used in game menus and interfaces

Save Files

No Man's Sky stores save files in a recluded folder.
Here is an example showing where you can find it if your operating system is on your C: drive :
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\HelloGames\NMS\st_76561198016365084

Just 2 notes about this path :

• YouUserName is your user name on your computer
• the final folder is procedural (like everything in NMS) so yours will be different

Save files are in .hg format which is obvioulsy an Hello Games proprietary format.
Hopefuly, some save game editors can help to read and edit these files.

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