ScareYa: It's not really the "patch", it's the updated full package of No Man's Sky. But you can just download this new version, deinstall the old one on your computer (be sure to select "keep save games") and reinstall the new version 1284085 you just downloaded. Works perfectly for me.
Trudgen: yeah done all that, it anit working. could you get pass the HG logo before the update?
Have you tried the openGL fix? I haven't, so can't vouch for it. In case you want to try, please see below. I have not tried it though, just something i read about. Apparently, it's for cards that don't support opengl 4.5, and this is what causes the crash. Only what I have read though, so not tried and tested by myself.
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If you’re using older video card that does not support opengl 4.5, you can’t run “No Man’s Sky”.
Lucky for you there is a fix for this problem.
You need a tool called GLIntercept.
Download and install GLIntercept “x64” to programfiles
https://github (dot) com/dtrebilco/glintercept/releases/download/1.3.3/GLInterceptx64_1_3_3.exe
Copy OpenGL32.dll from GLIntercept installation folder to the game binaries folder
Download this config file for GLIntercept
https://dl (dot) dropboxusercontent.com/u/17900579/gliConfig.zip
Extract the ini file in the archive downloaded to the binaries folder for the game
Please make sure that the installation path for GLIntercept is C:\Program Files\GLInterceptx64_1_3_3\ or change the ini manually to different location. Also make sure that the INI file extension is correct (not TXT or any other extension).