Back to Foundations


Back to Foundations

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Author Jenga
Version 1
Compatibility Terrain Mod - 05 current version orb.png Current Version
Visual Mod - v3.75


Back to Foundations is a mod created by Jenga that aims to revert No Man's Sky's terrain and planets back to their appearance in the 02 foundation orb.png Foundation Update. It is comprised of two parts, a terrain mod and a visual mod.

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Terrain Mod and Visual Mod Terrain Mod Only

The Terrain mod restores the 02 foundation orb.png Foundation terrain and is compatible with the latest version of No Man's Sky (as of writing the Fractal update).

Drive-download.png Download BTF_Terrain
Enables terrain generation from legacy NMS versions (Foundations) for all planets except Prime types.
File: BTF TERRAIN-980-1-1638714393.zip (7 kB) (info)

The Visual mod restores colours, fog and the vintage filter, however this current only supports up to No Man's Sky version 3.75 (Expeditions Revisited) and does not yet work on the latest update.

Until this is updated, you can install version 3.75 (manifest ID 5184063076020885755) following the How to Install Old Versions from Steam guide, and using this command with DepotDownloader (changing UN and PW to your username and password):

DepotDownloader -app 275850 -depot 275851 -manifest 5184063076020885755 -dir "no_mans_sky_v3.75" -username UN -password PW

Drive-download.png Download BTF_Visual
This will bring back some colors from Foundations version on lush planets, activate all legacy sky colors, increase fog on planets and enable vintage filter. Also it activates legacy trees on all non-prime lush planets.
File: BTF VISUAL-980-1-1631914517.zip (37 kB) (info)

More information can be found on the mod's page at Nexus Mods.