Elite: Dangerous Dev Tracker

Greetings Commanders.

Another week is mapped out for us in the Galaxy. Let's go again.

A gentle 'Discovery Scanner' for you today, with reassurance on the interim update plan for this month, as well as other little nods here and there to happenings (primarily a little more on this week's Frameshift Live and a Community Event in the Calendar).

Full article here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-16012023

We'll of course make additional appearances here and there if anything ad hoc comes up through the days ahead o7

Have a great week please!

Greetings Commanders!

Here's hoping you had a super weekend just passed.

Another afternoon instalment of 'Discovery Scanner' for you this week, which includes a recap on last week's announcements, plus a breakdown of quality of life improvements incoming as part of Update 14.02 and more!

We still owe you a revised deployment date for the anticipated 14.02, you haven't missed it, we'll be back as soon as we can on that.

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Article now live at: www.elitedangerous.com/news/discove... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

This Thursday, Jan 19th, we announced the return of Frameshift Live with Arf, myself and special guest Derin along for the ride.

Unfortunately, I'm bringing you notice of postponement of this Thursday's livestream due to poor Producer Adam testing positive for Covid this morning (he wanted us to be fully transparant with you on the reason).

We'll be back as soon as we logistically can with the next Frameshift Live, with Producer Adam fighting fit, keeping us all in check and bringing that top notch quality to broadcasts we strive toward for you all.

Get well soon, Producer Adam!!!

o7

Greetings Commanders.

Some time ago, Hero Ferrari was being a little problematic with sending out invites to Commanders, despite them achieving the correct unlock criteria for Combat Zones.

It's been noted that this appears to be happening again/still, in some cases, so to dig deeper into her stubbornness, could I ask those of you who are encountering this issue to contribute to the following issue tracker ticket being closely tracked, please:

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https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/57570
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Keeping a close eye on this and I'll update the thread on progress when I have it.

o7 and all the many thanks as always.

The greatest fashion requires the greatest will

Greetings Commanders,

It's that time of year! This time round, toy manufacturer extraordinaire Sandra Corrs needs your help. Their supply lines have been heavily disrupted by Thargoid activity. Help bring the spirit of the holidays and joy to children around the bubble in these trying times.

Read more here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/galnet/corrs-toy-emporium-calls-help

Rewards will include a number of exclusive paint jobs and more!

O7

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Greetings Commanders.

During the week following Update 14, we would all like to thank you for your thoughts and constructive feedback following release.

In light of feedback and your communication here (thank you again!), the team have been working on an update to address a number of issues outstanding since Update 14 landed.

To that end, let's ready up!

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At approximately 15:00 UTC today, 'Elite Dangerous Live' servers will go offline for approximately 1 hour in order to deploy a client side Update 14.01.
Update Notes can be found here: ... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

Ever keeping you on your toes, Commanders, we're here this morning with a special alert that Update 14.02 is scheduled for release TODAY, January 31 3309, for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0.

Please see below for the planned release schedule.

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Time (GMT)	Action
14:00	1 hour warning ahead of server downtime - in game broadcast.
15:00	Servers for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 will go down.
17:00 (approx)	Servers for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 will return, along with deployment download of 14.02

Notes:
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[*]I currently do not have information of the update download size but I will look to inform you of this, if possible, ahead of time as part of the update notes.
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Greetings Commanders,

We wanted to take this opportunity to clarify some details about system states within the Thargoid War:

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[*]The UI provides time in weeks: this is how long the system will remain in a given state. If the state isn't pushed back it will progress (Alert to Invasion or Invasion to Controlled).
[*]If the progress bar is filled at the end of a week, the state will be pushed back and Thargoids will be defeated in that system. If not, the bar is reset for the next week. Players have as long as the time stated in the above to defeat the Thargoids.
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With these points in mind, a number of systems are currently liable to remain under attack as progress resets with the weekly tick on Thursday. However there is still time to win them back!

O7

Greetings Commanders,

We made it to phase 2! Update Notes...

Since this morning's deployment schedule was posted, you have had your in-game broadcast warning, one hour ahead of server downtime for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0

Time (GMT)	Action
14:00	1 hour warning ahead of server downtime - in game broadcast - COMPLETE
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Good day, fellow irrelevant specks of stardust adrift in the magnitude of the infinite cosmos. It's time to reflect on the GalNet news stories of the week as a healthy distraction from the existential realisation that all our actions are ultimately meaningless!

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MARLINISTS FACING ‘INCREASINGLY GRAVE’ FUTURE - 6 March 3309
The Marlinist colonies are starting to realise that launching a solo music career is a bit trickier when your competition are giant malevolent s... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

Update 14.02 is now live and servers are coming back online. As the game repopulates, we'll monitor for any issues and keep you posted. In the meantime, please leave any feedback down below!

O7

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SEASONS GREETINGS, COMMANDERS!

You've heard of 'Elf on a shelf' and 'Krait on a Plate', but what others can you think of?

If you'd like to be in with a chance of bagging one our festive 'Snowfall Icicle' paint job bundles below, post your best Elite Dangerous themed responses as replies and we'll pick some winners next week!


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Thanks for the fun o7

Greetings commanders,

As the shadow of winter falls and the specter of consumerism demands its mighty sacrifices, we take a look at what's been going on in the depths of space this week.

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THE DARKEST DAYS - 13 December
Newsfeeds around the world have broadcast messages of doom and gloom to let anyone, who was somehow blissfully unaware of the encroaching alien apocalypse, know that all hope is lost. So pretty standard fare for news outlets really.


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Greetings Commanders!

The sky has aligned once more, as the celestial bodies above us reposition themselves to indicate that time marches ever onwards and we are all insignificant specks to the endless cosmos. Before we all slip away into existential dread, lets distract ourselves with a summary of this week's GalNet offerings!

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PRINCESS AISLING ECHOES AEGIS REFORMATION CALLS - 16 January 3309
Everyone's favourite space waifu has once again put out a... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

We're checking in again to see whether you're enjoying the Thargoid War at large. We recently posted this thread to ask for feedback on the specific mechanics, let us know about any bugs or issues and technical things of that nature. We'd like thank you all for the feedback you provided. It has been immensely helpful in working with the developers to plan the direction of future changes. We have already started to roll out these plans the form of ... Read more

"MVBanks, post: 10070817, member: 250274"

Of course it's not drama, we don't criticize payment reduction, it's not very important, but we speak about to not mention it in patch notes. Disrespect to the players, that's it.

No disrespect was at all intended, I can personally assure you.

Feedback will be taken exceptionally seriously tomorrow and I’ll personally look into what has occurred with these reductions.

Greetings Commanders,

Back again with more information around issue tracking this afternoon, this time honing in on previous communication around tackling issues encountered when engaging with Mission Boards.

Issue Tracker ticket for reference: //issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/55782
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[*]Mission Board Not Loading
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This Issue Tracker ticket has now been marked as 'Fixed'.

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To take you back a little bit for clarity and context, the team committed a fix in January to help improve issues experienced with Mission Boards functioning incorrectly at the time, which we communicated ... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

For transparency and keeping you more globally in the loop, today we will be closing a notable ticket on the Issue Tracker, which shared thoughts and concerns on the general consistency of timings for the 'BGS tick' across galaxy systems.

Issue Tracker ticket for reference: //issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/41735
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[*]"BGS tick is still pretty inconsistent and not happening everywhere at the same time".
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A personal message from our dev team!

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The numerous components of the BGS simulation (economy, faction, etc) have had multiple updates over the years to ensure these take the least amount of time and happen as close to one another as possible. However, due to the vastness of the data requ... Read more

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SEASONS GREETINGS, COMMANDERS!
Hope you had a wonderful weekend just passed o7


We're winding down today for the festive period with one final 'Discovery Scanner' instalment of 3308 - The 'Happy Holidays' edition.

Head on over to the full article here: www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-happy-holidays-3308

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