Elite: Dangerous Dev Tracker

Hey all - I'll chase this with the dev team :)

Greetings Commanders.

Happy to share some progress with you this afternoon.

After extensive dev side discussion and planning over the course of the last few days following the release of Update 10 for Odyssey, the team are confident in the planned release of a hotfix to address some prominent gameplay issues that have arisen as a result of Update 10 for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Commanders, with a view to deploy early next week (week commencing 31 January).

We are continuing to also discuss exisiting issues present for Console and Horizons only Commanders, with a view to share more on expectation around these as soon as possible.
The same goes for additional issue reports across all versions, including the known issues we've logged and acknowledged as part of previous updates.
These are still VERY valid, but we do want to take whatever opportunity we can in the form of a hotfix like this, to put in (if even a fe... Read more

[JUSTIFY]Greetings Commanders,

I want to speak directly about the lack of official streams and reduced communications from our social channels since the start of 2022. I understand the concerns this has caused and hope this statement goes some way to alleviate them.

The whole team are excited to share all of the upcoming content for this year including new updates, content expansions and the next major phase in the ongoing narrative following the Azimuth Saga finale. Beyond this, we also look forward to sharing our new streaming format when the series returns as a weekly show. Changes will include new segments, year-round Twitch Drop campaigns and studio-quality production once we move back into the office.

However, there are several questions that must be answered internally to inform this communication plan. It is important to me that we address key subjects by priority and when we do that the information we provide is clear. The team and I are working incr... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

Apologies for bringing you your Discovery Scanner a day later than usual this week, but here we are! Let's talk about all things Elite Dangerous.

Fleet Carrier Interiors & Update 11 Feedback

First up this week, I want to talk about Fleet Carriers, specifically, your feedback to the launch of interiors, and Update 11 as a whole. We're very happy to see that the vast majority of Commanders are enjoying the update, and of course the jump sequence that I like to bring up every week because it's just THAT good. Your feedback, however, has been incredibly valuable as we look to improve the experience further moving forward. Of all the feedback, I believe the following are the most prevalent:

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[*]Bartender Service storage cap (already tweaked)
[*]Bartender Service sell pricing cap
[*]You would like to use menus whilst sitting
[*]The panel next to the Commander's chair in ... Read more

Greetings and good morning Commanders.

Just a message to share our apologies for any issues you've been having this morning with the stability of all Elite Dangerous servers across all versions.

The issue behind the drops has been resolved, with serves now gently coming back online - however

[[B]UPDATE 11:45 UTC[/B] - THE SERVERS ARE STRUGGLING ONCE AGAIN. MANY OF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LOG IN, WILL SUFFER CONSISTENT DISCONNECTS AND MORE. The team are investigating]

you may experience some slight lag as they do so, with some further issues with Fleet Carrier jumps related to server connections also, amidst other areas of the game:
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[*]Example issue: You may see Jump Orders failing.
[*]Example issue: Mission servers failing.
[*]Example issue: Unable to utilize Cartographics.
[*]... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

For the sake of keeping things tidy:

A quick update on this morning's server turbulence (as outlined and discussed as part of the following thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-server-turbulence-31-01-2022-updated-11-47-utc.598321/).

In order to tackle a variety of issues Commanders were experiencing in line with the Elite Dangerous servers, the Galaxy is now offline and in Emergency Maintenance Mode. ... Read more

Hi all. Just to let you know we are investigating this. If you can, please contribute to this Issue with any details you can provide.

Greetings Commanders.

Hope you're having a good Tuesday so far. Ok! Let's get ready!

Forgive me for the 'Short Sweetness' of these notes today, Commanders!
I'll do my best to address further comments and conversations in the thread, however there's been quite a lot going on the past 24 hours to let's get cracking and see how we go o7

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Commanders will today recieve a Hotfix to address a number of key mechanic and stability issues, arisen since Update 10.

Odyssey only servers will be offline from 12:00pm UTC with minimal downtime required.

The hotfix will be available at approximately 12:30pm UTC or earlier (I'll keep in touch here!)*

*MUCH earlier! It's available NOW (12:02)

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Updates of note:
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[*]A fix has been implemented for the HUD fail... Read more

"S~P, post: 9763005, member: 26174"

Don't know if you noticed that a 2+ rep haulage gets you more than a 2+ rep courier. Shrug, not sure why. I used to stack courier and haulage, made the grind go a lot quicker. :sleep:

Hi there,

No it doesn't.

It might have historically, but the "+" system has been based on the absolute value of the reputation change for several years now.

Thanks,
Dom

Greetings Commanders!

I'm back after a week's break so apologies if I'm a little slow to get caught up today! Let's dig into some Elite Dangerous community news.

Community Goals
After a busy week recently with multiple possible community goals, the galaxy is taking a slight breather over the past week! Let's take the opportunity to recognise those Commanders once again who were the top contributors to the most recent CG's:

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I think it's fair to say that Commander Namix is a strong advocate of Salvation, appearing in both lists! Congratulations to all those involved, I'm sure Salvation is most pleased with your efforts.

Now that we've had a recent mining CG, I'm interested to know your ship and outfitting of choice during the event! Any unusual builds on display or was it the tried and tested miners like the Python and Cutter out there last week?

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Hello! These beacons are currently in testing and should be in-game soon.

Greetings Commanders,

We’d like to take this opportunity to address the Tiling Planetary Features issue from the Issue Tracker.

After spending some time to observe the effects of the issue while weighing-up the costs to resolve it, we have decided to focus those resources elsewhere. Reducing or preventing the tiling effect would require a deep-overhaul of fundamental systems, which in turn would disrupt other aspects of the game. This would inevitably take time away from developing and improving other elements such as performance, bug fixes, and new content. We cannot justify this level of change and a re-generation of the galaxy in Elite. This is unlikely to change in the future so the issue will be closed, freeing up votes on the tracker for other issues.

We’... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

Some issues have been detected in our final round of checks before the launch of Update 11. Therefore we're taking extra time to apply fixes and moving the release to next week. Apologies for the further delay, but we trust what's coming will have you on the edge of your seat.

O7

Greetings Commanders!

We're now post-Update 11 and Fleet Carrier interiors are in the game! It's been an absolute joy to watch you all experiencing the jump for the first time, and wandering around the interiors, whether they are yours or someone else's! With Update 11 in the rear-view mirror, let's take a quick look at this week.

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Stellar Screenshot from CMDR Manuel Shepherd

Update 11 Hotfix

We're looking to release a hotfix this week to address some of the issues discovered since the release of Update 11! We're aiming for the first half of the week for this hotfix right now, but we'll let you know concrete information soon. There shouldn't be significant downtime (think 15-30 minutes, not hours).

Fleet Carrier Bartender Material Limit

Since the release of Fleet Carrier interiors, many... Read more

Hi there. The sale should not have ended early and is still on until the 11th. Our devs have investigated and it should now be available again.

Greetings Commanders,

We’d like to thank you all for your patience whilst we’ve been working on our communications and development plans for the remainder of the year.

Following the launch of Odyssey, our primary focus has been on performance, optimisation and bug fixing, along with adding more features. This focus has had a knock-on effect with regards to our plans for this year and beyond and delayed our communications.

We understand the concern and frustration this has caused and hope this post goes some way to alleviate those feelings. Below we discuss profile transfers for console players and give an overview of the updates coming before the end of 2022.

Console Profile Transfers

We can now confirm that players will be able to copy their profiles from console to PC in light of Odyssey’s cancellation on Xbox and PlayStation. This process will be time limited and optional. We will provide a date for this process once it i... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

Elite Dangerous is a game close to my heart.

It’s no secret that Odyssey’s launch was less than ideal, including the need to split the PC/console player base to focus on a PC-only launch. Since Odyssey’s release in May 2021, we have worked tirelessly to improve the Odyssey experience on PC, and whilst we have made great progress there is still more to be done. We have been supporting the pre-Odyssey and post-Odyssey codebases since.

Over the last several months, we have been wrestling with the best way to move forward, and it is with a heavy heart we have decided to cancel all console development. We need to be able to move forward with the story of the game, and in order for us to do this we need to focus on a single codebase. Elite Dangerous will continue on console as it is now together with critical updates, but we will focus on new content updates on PC on the post-Odyssey codebase.

We appreciate this news is not what ou... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

Thank you for all of your feedback since the release of Update 11. We'll be releasing Hotfix Update 11.1 this afternoon to address some of your feedback and issues raised. You can get the details here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-11-1

Greetings Commanders!

Apologies that this Discovery Scanner is coming a little later than usual, it's been a busy one but now it's time to round out the day with some Elite Dangerous talk as we approach the one-year anniversary of Odyssey!


Update 12 & Frameshift Live
We're back with a new episode of Frameshift Live this Thursday, and as Update 12 is due later this month, we're going to be having a sneak preview at some of the changes the team have been working on since the last update. Alongside that, we'll have our usual community highlights as well as most-likely chaotic gameplay and Twitch Drops! Make sure to join us on Twitch at 4PM BST on Thursday 19th May for Frameshift Live #8!


Community Event Calendar Spotlight: Operation Warbucks Charity Event

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We usually like to highlight upcoming... Read more