Elite: Dangerous Dev Tracker

Greetings Commanders!

As we move through August, we'd like to give a big thank you for all your feedback that you continue to provide as we work towards Update 7! Whilst Update 7 is still a few weeks away, there are still things to look forward to in the world of Elite:




Tuesday
High-G Summer Slamdown Stream: We've been inspired by the ongoing SWS High-G Summer Slamdown event! After sharing the best bits from the community and this week's Stellar Screenshots, we're going to try our luck landing on at least one high gravity p... Read more

"CMDR_Raikkonen, post: 9478202, member: 88221"

[USER=249391]@Bruce G[/USER] [USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER] [USER=266302]@Zac c*cken[/USER]

Do you have your finger on this pulse?

It breaks my heart that rolling guardian balls and bouncing sidewinders off a planet surface is upheld as creative ways of playing the game. Or you could see it as a cry for help that we just want to interact with each other more than shooty shooty combat.

Jumping in an SRV on top of your friends windshield was as close as we got to "interacting" in Horizons. Now we have Odyssey we need those interactions present.

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[*]Sitting down
[*]Buying a drink
[*]Buying someone else a drink
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It would make meeting up with someone in game more fun than just standing in front of them on the concourse staring at each other.

We've absolutley seen these funky ideas, for ... Read more

"Terry Daniels, post: 9473669, member: 286026"

No official response (that I've seen) since people started asking implies the die is cast. I asked in one of the live streams if either of the guys had modded a suit without using dev tools and was there a possibility of improving it in the future and the answer above and below mine got answered, so...

[USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER] (probably not fair to hassle you but it would be good to know if it's being looked at).

Don't you worry, you're never a hassle. Always a pleasure to chat when I have breathing room. It's IMPORTANT!! :)
Right so....spoilers....my word of the fortnight has been "Grind". Make of that what you will, but I'm definitely reading all of these things for that very reason.

Greetings Commanders!

It's time for our second Issue Report. Below is the updated Top 20 Issues Table, listing the highest voted issues on the Issue Tracker.

Note: the status and planned release of each issue is subject to change as various factors affect the ongoing development schedule.

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Top 20 Issues

1. Problems With Lighting And Illumination - this issue is due to be closed with Update 7 as general issues with lighting have been resolved. If you experience any further lighting related issues, please create new issues on the tracker for each specific instance.
2. Degraded Terrain Textures... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

This is just a quick post to announce that Player Made Faction applications are not currently being reviewed while an internal error is being addressed. When the situation changes, we'll let you know!

O7

"Babaa Yaga, post: 9521760, member: 163373"

Still no Mbooni System Permit...come on FDEV. Get on this.

There's still plenty of time in the day!

Greetings Commanders,

Explorers venture into the depths of space and discover beautiful systems that most will never see. We would like to offer you the opportunity to share your best discoveries and be immortalised in Elite Dangerous.

Our plan is to place approximately 50 additional Tourist Beacons throughout the Milky Way. Therefore, we’re running this competition in-line with this week’s exploration-based Community Goal.

To enter, reply to this post with an in-system (not System Map) screenshot of the most interesting unpopulated systems containing an Earth-like world you can find! When the Community Goal ends on 30 September, we’ll choose our favourites and add Tourist Beacons to those locations. Each beacon will feature the entrant’s Commander name in its text!

To qualify, submissions must:
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[*]Feature a screenshot of an unpopulated system in Elite Dangerous which contains an Earth... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

The latest part of the Azimuth Saga sees Commanders who have aided Salvation granted access to a permit locked system where Salvation’s Tech Broker offers unique modules. This part of the story has been added today (don’t worry if you haven’t been invited to the system yet, if you would like to be, you’ll have opportunities in the future).

We’re aware of a bug from Update 7 that has unintentionally increased the effectiveness of engineered modules, including those from Salvation's Tech Broker. We would like to let you know that a fix for PC players is expected soon and we expect to have a fix for console next week. Therefore, the power of these modules (while still a significant alternative to current ones), will be returned to i... Read more

"DazeDreamer, post: 9534166, member: 260841"

sorry ;)

It really doesn't bother me at all, don't you worry.
We're working all we can and to the best we can with what we have right now, so there's really nothing more I can do or any way I can feel other than keep working with everyone to get Commanders the best we can.

"marx, post: 9497681, member: 16254"

Unfortunately, not only some finds still fail to register, but the Codex is also not 100% accurate: there are entries in there which are no longer present at their registered locations, and can't be found elsewhere in the region. In other words, it's impossible to get 100% Codex completion. (sending a ping to [USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER] on this, and yes, the issues were reported - and timed out)

Boofff...I'll add this to my investigation list. Sounds like a big one to turn through (...continued response below)

"marx, post: 9497681, member: 16254"

There's a ...

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Greetings Commanders!

It's time to take another look at your fantastic creations! If you'd like to get involved in the future, please use the hashtag #CommanderCreations on Twitter, or post your creation down below.

Lego Imperial Clipper By The Diamond Kiwi



We always love to see LEGO creations of Elite ships, and The Diamond Kiwi has delivered with this majestic Imperial Clipper!

Visit Sol Poster By CMDR M.AMADEO



Yet to visit Sol in Elite Dangerous? ... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

We're looking for the most daring pilots, drivers and stunt people to submit video entries for our next Elite Sports livestream! Successful submissions will be shown on our stream and will be rated by our esteemed panel of judges from the community team! All submissions which meet the requirements will receive a Pulse Blue SRV Paint Job even if they are not featured on the stream!



What sort of stunt can I perform?
Anything! Whether you're flying your ship or a fighter, driving your SRV, or performing some high-octane parkour, we'd love to see it!

How do I submit my stunt?
Please send a YouTube link of your stunt and your in-game Commander name in the body text to ... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

The galaxy servers will be rebooting at 14:00 UTC/15:00 BST for emergency maintenance.

Expected downtime will be 5-10 minutes. Thanks for your patience!

o7

Greetings Commanders.

Thanks so much for the continued responses from so very many of you, following this week's deployment of Update 7 for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, along with the 'Quality of Life' update for Horizons.

We have a couple of issues we'd like to tackle sooner than later, so these will be going out this early afternoon.

Servers will flick offline at approximately 13:30 UTC / 14:30 BST (give or take several minutes) and will be expected to be down for no longer than 10 minutes for the updates to deploy.

PLEASE NOTE: Updates of this nature are in the pipeline for Console players. We're targetting next week for deployment of those (Certification time required).

Updates of note for Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
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[*]A fix has been implemented for where engineered weapons were....dealing extreme amount... Read more

Heyo, Issue Tracker report will definitely help.

Greetings Commanders!

It's been a busy week in Elite Dangerous, with the release of Update 7 and the Horizons update. Of course, a new week means new astounding #CommanderCreations to show off! Here's what's in store this time:

The band is back together by 25Migg

Over on Reddit 25Migg shows off the scale between different ships in Elite Dangerous!

Extinction Level Event Linocut... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

After an exciting weekend with the hunt for Theta Seven, let's look ahead to the week with the latest community schedule:




Tuesday
Supercruise News: Arthur & Sally will be discussing the latest Elite Dangerous Issue Report on this week's Supercruise News.

Wednesday
Stellar Screenshots: Get your Dutch angles (and all over photography terms) at the ready for another instalment of Stellar Screenshots!

Thursday
Horizons CQC Night: It's time to see if Bruce & Zac can regain their throne in the latest CQC Night, join us in Horizons on Thursday evening!

Community Goal: There'll be a brand new Community Goal for you to take part in this Thursday!

Friday... Read more

"CMDR Davanix, post: 9482307, member: 117514"

[USER=188830]@sallymorganmoore[/USER] any chance you can use your magical powers to have this boosted, theres a few on this but they never get anywhere due to not having enough "Popularity"

Haaappy Friday! Wellll sure, I can take a look. When you say there's a few one this, can I be a pest and ask where you've seen them? The more evidence and reports I can get hold of, the better :) Thanks!

Greetings Commanders!

We're heading into an extended bank holiday weekend here in the UK, so let's celebrate with some more fantastic creations! Remember, if you want to get involved, please use the hashtag #CommanderCreations or post your creation in the thread below! Here we go:

Elite Teamwork Metal Art By DeepBlueBeard & Friends



This piece of metal art from DeepBlueBeard is a culmination of the efforts of many Commanders! Not... Read more

Going in with the wild approach.

Greetings Commanders o7

Few things on the lists, but one of them I'm making a bit less headway in tracking than I'd like is the apparant increase in 'Crash to Desktop/Console Crash' occurances since Update 8/latest Horizons update.

Now, that's not to say there were no reports of CTDs/Console Crashes before Update 8/latest Horizons update.
We're totally aware that crashes still happen and the team continue to dig deep into diagnostics available to them - but I want to be a massive pain here.

This early on a Thursday and ask if you would reply to this thread for me with a few things if you're experiencing a sudden occurance of OR an increase in CTDs/Console crashes since Update 8/latest Horizons update.

The team think they have leads on some specific stability issues pre 8/Horizons update, that's great, we're working on those, but something e... Read more