Starships are supposed to be one of the few things in No Man's Sky that players can't trade with one another, but an incredible interaction between players online seems to confirm that two random members of the community have somehow swapped starships unintentionally thanks to a bizarre glitch in the game. Many fans of No Man's Sky have shared examples of some odd bugs in the past, and many more have even utilized such faults in the game's code to their advantage in base building through a process known as «glitch building.»
Though No Man's Sky's free updates and constant support have resulted in many of the game's bugs being squashed over time, some players have reported similar instances of their starships and freighters mysteriously being altered since the release of the game's latest content drop, the Orbital update. This massive patch has brought some significant additions to No Man's Sky, including the ability to custom-build starships from scratch and enjoy new and improved services offered aboard the game's completely overhauled space stations. How widespread some of the rumored issues may be is unclear, but an exchange between two members of the community online has piqued the interest of many fans.
Even compared to the strangest bugs seen in No Man's Sky previously, this particular case is a seriously weird one. Two members of the community, HorseOutaNoWhere and DirtyLoneVagrant, recently took to Reddit for help after they each reported their starships being completely replaced when they traveled through the galactic center and reawakened on new planets. Despite these two players apparently having no affiliation with each other before this, as well as both parties presumably playing in single-player, they found that their starships had seemingly been switched after discovering each other's posts on the site.
While glitches in games are always triggered by one thing or another, it seems impossible to even venture a guess at how this happened. Some in the
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