Elite: Dangerous Dev Tracker

Great post! I love the Viper (and the general niftiness of all small ships).

Greetings Commanders!

Thank you for your feedback on the first Issue Report table that we released last week. We've heard your thoughts relating to lighting in Odyssey and would like to gather some more information so we can look into this further.

We've made note of multiple lighting-related queries that you have raised and the development team are now investigating. One piece of feedback that we'd like Commanders to expand upon is the c*ckpit brightness issue.

We're looking for information to answer the following qu... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

This week's community schedule is coming to you a day later than usual on the forums due to a national holiday yesterday! Let's get into what's happening this week in the world of Elite Dangerous:



Tuesday
Development Update: Our monthly update on the development of the game will be released today - we'll be sharing some of the things you can look forward to in Update 7, and some progress on top-voted issues.

Dev Update Breakdown Stream: Arthur & Zac will be breaking down the Development Update before sharing some community highlights on this Tuesday's stream!

Wednesday
Stellar Screenshots: Have you been to a beautiful spot in the galaxy? Make sure to share your photos for a chance to be featured in Stellar Screenshots this Wednesday!

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Greetings Commanders,

As we reach the end of the month, we are delighted to share our latest development update with you.

Issue Tracker

To kick things off we would like to update you on the key issues as voted for by our community on the Issue Tracker. Remember you can visit the Issue Tracker any time to vote for your top issues or make a report.

1. Lighting and Illumination in Odyssey

Since Odyssey’s launch we’ve made a large number of updates to in-game lighting to bring the experience more in line with Commander expectations. These changes included relighting ship c*ckpits, improving all materials and overhauling star light and station exteriors, to call out just a few.

Following the major changes in Update 6 we’ve now, ... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

It's time to bring another week to a close with a brilliant set of Commander Creations! Don't forget you can always get involved using the hashtag #CommanderCreations on Twitter, or by posting your creation in the replies below! Let's get underway:

Norma Expanse Postcard By DarthFabrer



Darth Fabrer has been sharing their adventures in the black, and have even sent a lovely postcard of this quite unique set of planet... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

On Tuesday we released our second Top 20 Issues Report, accompanied by some commentary on our Supercruise News livestream. In this second edition of the report, we were pleased to confirm that many of the listed issues will be fixed ... Read more

"DazeDreamer, post: 9472907, member: 260841"

There are a lot of rumours floating around that EDO won't make it to console, if this is the case would prefer to know sooner rather than later as has been observed it is subjective as to when EDO will be considered "stabilised" enough to allow console development to begin. I used to be able to remain relatively positive regarding EDO but recently this positivity is starting to wane as though feedback has increased there is not really anything substantial that is able to counter said rumours regarding console being scrapped. Basically just wandering if there is any truth to these rumours, as have had prior responses from [USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER] have tagged you on to this cheers in anticipation......

Rumour:
"A currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth."
"- be circulated as an unverified... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to the current Community Goal! For those who haven't, we encourage you to get involved. We'd like to take this opportunity to describe the two brand new modules that can be obtained by participating, the uniquely engineered Mining Laser and Abrasion Blaster.

To demonstrate the differences, we've compared each of these to their standard versions (showing only the stats which have changed):

Mining Laser

Stat	Standard	CG Exclusive
Powe...

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Greetings Commanders!

Let's end another week with a round of brilliant creations from our wonderful players! If you'd like a chance to be featured, make sure to submit your entry on Twitter using the hashtag #CommanderCreations!

ED Baking Club Mascot By Commander Fosdyke



The glorious Elite Dangerous Baking Club needed a mascot, and Commander Fosdyke delivered with this 3D render of Gunther - who is now representing the club and a... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

With Update 7 on the horizon, let's see what the week has in store for us with today's Community Schedule:




Tuesday
Supercruise News #47: Join us for all the latest news from the world of Elite Dangerous, and the highlights from the community!

Wednesday
Stellar Screenshots: Another week of brilliant screenshots await! The latest winners will be revealed on Wednesday.

Odyssey Update 7: We'll be releasing Odyssey Update 7 on Wednesday, so stay tuned for further information in the coming days!

Horizons Update: Horizons players on all platforms will be receiving a Quality of Life patch at the same time as the Update 7 rollout, including a number of fixes that have been implemented in the previous Odyssey updates.

... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

As always, you haven't disappointed with your fantastic creative work this week, so let's dive into another round of #CommanderCreations! If you would like to be featured next week, make sure to post your creation on Twitter with the #CommanderCreations hashtag.

Spaceboop Art By CMDR BeetleJude



BeetleJude is back again with another fantastic piece of art, this one depicts the classic boop of the ship snout! This time it looks like a metallic crystal that's on the r... Read more

"Elliot Coleman, post: 9489841, member: 190703"

Maybe FDev want to finally kill ED off so they can focus entirely on making more park management games.

I'd be really, really sad if that happened.

"Navigare Necesse Est, post: 9494248, member: 96034"

They said they are looking to end reloggins and in good FD tradition I expect them to adress the symptom rather than the cause.

This.

SO! Thought I'd pop my head in here because actually it was me that was talking about "The Grind" last week, casually throughout the forum.

There have been some instances where people have experienced the "relog technique" to mat collecting no longer working in areas they were always used to it working before, which caused a whole discussion (a REALLY good one) to cycle up.

It's from that discussion that I've started digging i... Read more

"Deserted-crib3, post: 9516290, member: 254875"

Lol yeah. 🤦‍♂️
I was thinking of someone else as I was typing.

You really were!

Greetings Commanders,

As we begin a brand new week, let's look ahead to the community initiatives you can get involved with in the world of Elite Dangerous!



Tuesday
Supercruise News: Tune in on Tuesday for the latest Supercruise News, filled with all the news and highlights from the Elite galaxy.

Wednesday
Stellar Screenshots: Keep your beautiful in-game photography coming! Make sure to submit your latest screenshots by Wednesday for a chance to be featured and earn a unique paintjob!

Thursday
Odyssey Open Play: It's time for another Open play session on Thursday night! Come join us to take on some missions and see what calamity ensues!

Friday
Commander Creations: Your artistic efforts continue to... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

This may come as a slightly sudden but hopefully not too unhelpful a shock to you all, but coming along with the next updates for Elite Dangerous Odyssey and Horizons this week, we will be making a small number of tweaks to Powerplay.

Here's an outline below of what you can expect:

Changes To Powerplay
[LIST]
[*]The process where control of a starsystem is lost by revolt now correctly accounts for income already provided to competing control systems.
[*]Income values will be updated for many control systems so that they are the sum of their own income PLUS all the systems they currently exploit.
[LIST]
[*]Income from the week is expected to change.
[/LIST]
[/LIST]

Why The Changes?

As several Commanders reported via the issue tracker (specifically ... Read more

"Vlad-the-wise, post: 9517777, member: 272960"

[USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER]

I recalled my Python on Laksak A1 - it had a bit of a problem though, as can be seen from the video.

[MEDIA=vimeo]611064281[/MEDIA]

What on...ear...th.
Thanks for the video. Will see what's gone on here.

Greetings Commanders.

Not our favourite kind of news to share but as you know, the team are working hard in preparing for the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey and Horizons upates today, however:

Due to some additional attention required this morning, we are facing a current delay in the update deployments, outside of the usual/anticiplated morning timeslot.

Our finger is ever ready on the pulse, so you can expect us to keep you updated on progress and confirm further details on the deployment schedule for today as soon as possible, throughout the morning.

Thank you for your patience o7

Greetings once again, Commanders!

We can now confirm the following deployment schedule for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey 'Update 7' and the Elite Dangerous: Horizons 'Quality of Life' update (all platforms).

At 13:00 UTC / 14:00 BST all Elite Dangerous servers will go offline for approximately one hour, in order to accomodate both planned updates.
Servers will return to life at approximately 14:00 UTC / 15:00 BST

PLEASE NOTE: There may be some slight time differences between each platform's server respool time, but things will start moving for everyone from 14:00 UTC / 15:00 BST, and we'll keep you updated regardless.

Patch notes to accompany both updates will be provided here in the forums and via Steam, on the tick of server downtime, so look out for those.

Right then! Let's do this!

o7 Commanders.

Greetings Commanders!

All hands are on deck here at Frontier as we work towards Update 8 (currently due next week). Whilst we work on the next big update to Odyssey, let's see what's in store in this week's schedule:



Tuesday
Colonia Bridge Stream: Arthur & Sally will be sharing all the highlights from the community before helping to finish off the current Community Goal on tomorrow's stream!

Wednesday
Stellar Screenshots: Our weekly photography competition returns to its usual Wednesday slot this week, so make sure to get your entries in within the next two days!

Thursday
Horizons CQC Night: Join Bruce & Zac for another round of CQC! Will they take back their crown? Tune in to find out, or pla... Read more

Many more greetings Commanders.

As promised, this is the first instalment of a dedicated 'Quality Of Life' update being brought to Horizons, spanning all platforms (includes consoles, just be be totally clear).
Theres more to come as we go along the forthcoming updates (by that I mean this is NOT the "true parity update" coming after this) of the year, so we'll keep you informed of progress made.

Some of these will be repeats from other update threads/The Update 7 thread BUT I figured a separate post for Horizons tweaks will be easier to digest and be more clear for you all, than have it jsut bolted on to the Update 7 landslide of list.

Servers are now offline (or there abouts) and are scheduled to begin spooling up again at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST).
Please remember that there's a chance not all platforms will be back online at the same time, but it'll b... Read more