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o7 Commanders!

Welcome to GalNet News Roundup, our first weekly summary of the top GalNet stories you might have missed this week!

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FEDERATION MONITORS PRO-XENO ACTIVITY - 12 September
The Thargoids are back and some people are waaaay too happy about it. People are flocking to the Far God Cult and asking if we can give the big genocidal space bugs a chance at peace. I for one welcome our insect overlords and their giant cannons of death.

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Greetings Commanders.

Here to address the variety of stability issues you've encountered and reported today, since we released a small hotfix this morning to target a lighting issue.

This hotfix unfortunately included some incomplete data which is causing the crashes you have been experiencing.
We have made the decision to roll back this hotfix in order for you to be able to have the best experience possible in game, over the course of the long weekend ahead.
We will then address the underlying issue following the team's return on Tuesday, after the Bank Holiday.

Thank you for your patience, as always.
Your communication today has been ever outstanding, despite the frustration many of you will have faced.
It's much appreciated o7

Have a wonderful weekend, please.

Greetings Commanders!

Well here we are! We made it to Halloween, actual.

Here’s hoping you had a fun weekend just passed and have a good week ahead.

Here’s todays Discovery Scanner for you today: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-31102022

There’s still time to have a little extended fun with our Halloween giveaways running until this Wednesday - That’s Stellar Screamshots and the thread here in the Forums (‘Fill in the blanks’ story time).

We’re a little limited regarding Forum coverage today... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

If you're here with us in UTC, it's time to boil the kettle/prep those grounds however you like them and settle in for the Update 14 Release Tracker thread!

First things First:

Time Approximations (UTC)	Action
7:00	Both Elite Dangerous Legacy (3.8) and Live (4.0) Servers are down.
18:30	Servers return. Update 14 Deployment will be live and available to download.

DOWNLOAD SIZE INFORMATION (UPDATE 14 ONLY):
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[*](3.8) Legacy Update 14 : 164.7 MB
[*](4.0) Live Update 14 : 4.8 GB
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Total size combined for Update 14 ONLY : 4.9 GB (Legacy and Live updates combined).

IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you have not installed a full... Read more

Hi Commanders.

As per all of the tracker chatter in the following release schedule thread here, I'm opening up this separate thread following the below statement:

IMPORTANT NEWS.

Update 14 will be available for LIVE (4.0) versions of Elite Dangerous only, at present.

Legacy servers will remain currently unavailable, whilst we continue to investigate an ongoing server issue.

We hope to resolve this as soon as possible o7

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Known Issue with Launching the game:
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[*]For some, there ... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

Thank you all so very much for (I won't stop saying this so please accept it for the 100th time) your patience this evening with the release rollout of Update 14.

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IMPORTANT NEWS

Update 14 will now be available for Legacy (3.8) versions of Elite Dangerous, following the requirement of additional server support.

Known Issue:
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[*] Warnings do not currently play on Fleet Carriers and players can remain on the outside until final 10 seconds.
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Remaining on standby o7

Very best wishes, Commanders.

Greetings Commanders.

A thread of formal acknowledgement surrounding issues reported in relation to the recent behaviour of the Background Sim.

Keeping this currently as a locked thread so that information from our side can be easily tracked for you all - I hope that's ok.

Eyes are being kept, however, on this current thread of discussion: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/bgs-is-literally-on-fire.611144/page-3

Primary Issue tracker report: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/55732

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Thanks... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

Here's hoping you all had a wonderful weekend just passed.

We are floating into a fun week ahead with the Frameshift Drive Halloween Special stream this Thursday, from 16:00 BST. There's lots to share on this one, so head over to check out full information in this week's Discovery Scanner article, here: www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-17102022

As always, wishing you all the best for a strong week ahead!

Big o7

Greetings Commanders!

With the last glimmers of ghoulishness within the Galaxy dwindling away now, as we shift into November and away from All Hallows, there's an important piece of information regarding the in game Halloween event that we must share with you.

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The in game event itself will remain ever present for Commanders to discover and will not be removed, however the in game rewards recieved for working through the event phases will no longer be available to collect, as of this Friday, the 4th of November.

To be as clear as I possibly can be, you have the remainder of Wednesday (today, November 2nd UTC), all of Thursday (November 3rd UTC), but from midnight UTC - leading into Friday, November 4th (UTC) - you will no longer be able to recieve in game Halloween Event rewards for progressing through the event.

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Thank you to those of you... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

You may be aware that AMD released a driver updated very recently - AMD Adrenalin 22.10.3.

This was a beacon of light release against a number of stability issues (and more) enountered from an earlier driver update, raised in a past thread (Information regarding AMD RX 6000 series driver updates).

There is...however...an 'however'.

Here to acknowledge reports from Commanders today and to pass on that the team are aware, that updating your latest AMD drivers to Adrenal... Read more

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Greetings Commanders.

This Halloween is sending chills throughout the galaxy with an unsettling in-game story to be told...

A harrowing tragedy has befallen a number citizens in the bubble.
What happened to them?
Anyone who solves the puzzles and uncovers the truth will be rewarded with four unique cosmetics.

Will you dare to follow the breadcrumbs all the way down the trail...?

Stay tuned to GalNet, in-game or via our website for your first hint, coming this Thursday, 20th October.

[This event is open to Horizons 3.8, 4.0 and Odyssey Commanders]

H-hello?

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Greetings Commanders!

It's a Halloween Blast, over in the official Elite Dangerous Gamestore!
We're continuing on with this amped up Halloween spirit all around this week, with some newness (along with old favourites) in the store today!

Special 'Halloween Holiday' items, now in store, are as follows:
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[*]T... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

Following reports on some unusual behaviour of the BGS following Update 14, I have a direct notice from the team to share with you.

Please see below:

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We have now identified and resolved an issue that was causing errors with how influence is processed within the faction simulation*, which will take effect following the next faction simulation tick.

As this issue has resulted in some unexpected changes to influence for numerous factions across the galaxy, we are currently deploying a change that will result in upcoming ticks processing correctly.

We'd also like to take a moment to explain some additional action we are taking to to rectify some of the impacts of the error.

The next faction simulation* tick will be processed using some key values from the release of Update 14:
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[*]Influence
[*]EP
[*]SP
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Greetings Commanders!

Cease your wailing and tears, I'm back! As reality continues its slow decline into oblivion, it's time to take another look at what's been going on in the Universe!

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EMPIRE DISMISSES CALLS FOR AEGIS RETURN - 31 October
Whilst annihilation of the entire human race continues to rear its head, the Empire has suggested the only sensible course of action: Completely ignoring anyone offering help or forming any sort of combined force. The new plan is ins... Read more

Greetings Commanders.

Sorry to bring such news into your Saturday, but it’s been alerted that a number of Commanders have reported issues over the last hour or so, with logging into their Elite Dangerous accounts via Steam.

The primary issue being for some that their Steam login was replaced with the ‘purchase/redeem’ routine.

As I’ve been typing this out, we are seeing Commanders being able to return to the Galaxy via Steam again, so hopefully this was a temporary situation, however an eye will be kept out for any additional reports.

Just wanted to show acknowledgment.

Please do make sure to have as super weekend as possible, however you’re spending it o7

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UPDATE | CS RESPONSE:

If you attempt to link your account when prompted by the launcher, and hit a 'forbidden' message, this is simply because your account IS linked already.

No need to do anything with linking, nor to reinstall.

As so... Read more

Welcoming acknowledgment fellow oxygen breathing bipedals.

We shall now begin reviewing the data that summarises the passage of time for seven of our Terran planetary rotations.

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MILITARIES ON ALERT AS TARANIS APPROACHES - 28 November
The big scary space thing is getting closer to human space! With the Kingfisher having done a rather unceremonious die, is humanity really ready for an intergalactic species to crash our party? I bet they won't even bring a gift.
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Greetings Commanders!

Well, here we are again! A Monday.

Here this morning with a light Discovery Scanner instalment for you today, which you can view at your leisure here: www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-07112022

To save a little of your time in advance: I'll confirm that there are no further updates to share on known issues you may raise below in the comments - when I can share more details with you on any reports you've passed through previously or recently, rest assured they will be with you o7

We're working hard with gearing up toward Update 14, still penned for end of the month, with a view to sharing the specifics of the release soon (including the release date itself, of course).

A big o7 to ... Read more

Greetings Commanders,

How are you all doing then, after the weekend just passed?
Felt it necessary to ask following the recent happenings out there in the black, you know?

Anyway.

Please find this week's edition of Discovery Scanner live and available for you today at the following location: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-05122022

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Notes:
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[*]You'll see it mentioned that, as ever, all of us as teams behind the scenes are eternally gr... Read more

Greetings Commanders!

Well, here we are again! Hoping you had a great weekend just passed.

Here this morning with another light bite style Discovery Scanner instalment for you , which you can view at your leisure here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-14112022

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To save a little of your time in advance: I'll confirm that there are no further updates to share on known issues you may raise below in the comments - when I can share more details with you on any reports you've passed through previously or recently, rest assured they will be with you o7

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You'll notice as part of this week's article, however, that as part of Frameshift Live on Thursday we w... Read more