ps4 pro – Elite: Odyssey

Odyssey: Genetic Sampler

On the 19th March at 6:03pm Frontier showed via their Elite: Dangerous Twitter feed one of the new tools appearing in the Odyssey release, the Genetic Sampler. You can read about this and the rest of the update on the Odyssey: Full Breakdown page.

“The Genetic Sampler collects and indexes samples from simple living organisms.”
Elite: Dangerous Twitter

Pulse Wave Analyzer – Fix

Today, following a post on Monday the 14th December, Frontier will deploy a patch to fix the ongoing issue with the pulse wave scanner.

“Greetings Commanders,

“Firstly, we’d like to thank you for your continued patience and support with the Pulse Wave Analyser issue. The challenges of working from home while also developing the largest ever expansion for Elite Dangerous have resulted in a far slower turnaround on this than we’d have liked.

“That being said, we’re glad to confirm that a fix for the Pulse Wave Analyser will come in a patch on Wednesday 16 December. We understand how important this issue is to the Elite Dangerous community, and will endeavor to fix similarly important issues as quickly as possible moving forward.

“Thanks once again for your understanding.”

Elite Dangerous – Tritium Efficiency Update

On the 14th August 2020 Frontier announced some changes to Tritium.

“Greetings Commanders!

“We’d like to talk about the recent patches and a change we have just made to the live game.

“Since the release of Fleet Carriers we’ve made changes intended to balance the overwhelming effect of overlapping hotspots, with the latest update resolving the cause of this issue and bringing hotspots back in line with our original goals. Singular hotspots now provide a significant bonus to a resources’ frequency over the rest of the ring and areas where multiple hotspots overlap are still more lucrative than their non-overlapped counterparts, but at much more reasonable levels.

“One effect of the latest patch that we felt could be improved further was how it impacts tritium. The reduction in availability of tritium, most notably at overlapping hotspots, has made getting around the galaxy by mining the commodity more time consuming than we would like. In order to maintain the new, more natural distribution of tritium within icy asteroid rings, we will instead be increasing its effect.

“Tritium is now twice as potent, allowing Fleet Carriers to consume 50% less fuel (this includes the base tritium requirement) and effectively doubling the capacity of their fuel tank. This change should be effective immediately but players may still see old values until they next log in

“Thank you as always to our community for your ongoing feedback.”

Fleet Carriers: Patch Update #4

On the 3rd August (originally scheduled for 29th July) Frontier relieased patch number 4 for the Fleet Carrier update. You can find the patch notes below, on the official site here, or on the patch notes section of this website.

Mining

Fixed an issue whereby surface deposits created after cracking a motherlode would flag themselves as depleted
Fixed issues related to diminishing returns for commodities in overlapping hotspots

Crashes and Stability

Fixed an issue where loading into an instance in a system with a large amount of Fleet Carriers would cause very long load times (potentially long enough to cause a disconnect)

Fleet Carriers

Fixed an issue which stopped Fighters being restocked from a Fleet Carrier
Fixed a number of issues related to Fleet Carrier positioning:
- Better enforcement of the 16 carrier limit per body
- Preventing departing Fleet Carriers from taking up one of the 16 slots from the body they’ve just left
- Further work to ensure Carriers are positioned away from other nearby body sites, such as other Fleet Carriers

Known Issues

Fleet Carriers

When opening the Fleet Carrier naming pop up in the Livery, an additional unwanted character will be added to the start and end of the name. These characters will need to be manually deleted to prevent them being included.

Please note that the above notes are liable to change as adjustments are made and changes are added or removed. Tweaks may be made up until the time of launch.

Thanks as always for your continued feedback!

Fleet Carriers: Patch Update #3

On Thursday 9th July at 4:09pm Frontier announced the patch notes for the third update to Fleet Carriers which will be released on Wednesday 15th June. They can be seen below, on the offical forum here or on the patch notes section of this website, here.

This patch brings a number of bug fixes and info on some known issues. The patch is expected to go live at 10:00 UTC on Wednesday, 15 July with minimal downtime. Please note that these patch notes may be edited before the update is due to go live as changes are added, removed or adjusted.

Fleet Carriers

A bug preventing transactions in a Fleet Carrier’s market when the transaction amount was greater than the Fleet Carrier’s remaining unreserved credits was fixed.
An issue which occurred when setting the price of a commodity on a Fleet Carrier to greater than 1 million credits was fixed.
Salvage commodities normally limited to search & rescue contacts, like Black Boxes or Personal Effects should now work correctly at Fleet Carriers in the open and black markets.

An issue which lead to some Fleet Carriers having a service only partially installed was fixed. Affected carriers have now had any of these services properly installed, but with some small side effects (see Known Issues for details).

Mining

An issue which allowed launching a fighter to restore sub-surface deposits on asteroids was fixed.

A bug with material distribution in overlapping hotspots was fixed and hotspost themselves we rebalanced. Now, the effect that each hotspot has on the base rarity of a commodity has been doubled. To counter this, hotspots of the same type which overlap will be less effective. The aim of thsese changes is to reduce the massive impact of overlapping hotspots while still ensuring they provide a higher yield than non-overlapping hotspots.

Avatars

A bug which affected the way hair options were selected for dark skinned characters was fixed.

Early Game Experience

An incorrect destination given in the first mission was fixed.

Arx

An issue which prevented featured items in the store from being selected was fixed.

Trading

Fixed a problem with the Low Temperature Diamond commodity not decreasing its demand level as players sell commodity units to a market that demands it when the faction controlling that market has any state active in that starsystem.

Known Issues

Fleet Carriers

As above, an issue with partially installed services has been fixed. Previously, these services were not accounted for in the Fleet Carrier capacity, meaning this fix may result in some Fleet Carriers going beyond maximum capacity. Affected players may notice in addition to being overfilled, their Fleet Carriers now have a crew member named Fred Bloggs. While he is a hard working crew member, Fleet Carrier owners who do not which to keep Fred Bloggs may replace him as you would any crew member when the Fleet Carrier is in an Administration system.

The capacity of overfilled Fleet Carriers will display as full (25,000/25,000). The used capacity can be reduced by removing cargo from the cargo bay, uninstalling services or cancelling/reducing purchase orders. This can be done to ensure your Fleet Carrier is not overfilled. Until this is done, purchase orders set in the market management interface may not work correctly. Commanders selling commodities to a Fleet Carrier which is over capacity will receive a “Transaction Cancelled: Commodity no longer required” message.

Stability Issues

Players may find they are having issues with being disconnected from the game when loading into systems with many Fleet Carriers present. We are aware of this issue and are working towards a solution in a future update.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the stability issues and as above, we are working to resolve them as quickly as possible. Thank you for your feedback and understanding!

Fleet Carriers – Patch Update #1

At 10.33am on the 17th June 2020 Frontier released the patch notes for Patch 1 for Fleet Carriers. These can be seen below or on the official site, here. All patch notes for the game can be found on the Elite: Dangerous – Patch Notes page.

Commodity Market

Reduced repeat speed on market selection arrows on Compare Market screen.

Mining

Reduced the largest possible yield when subsurface mining for Low Temperature Diamonds by around 25%.
Decreased the effectiveness of the peripheries of Low Temperature Diamond hotspots.
- Overlapping hotspots for Low Temperature Diamonds, when coupled with the new Subsurface Mining changes, were more effective than the centre of the hotspot itself. This change increases the drop-off of the hotspot’s ring, reducing the likelihood that a double-overlapped hotspot is more lucrative than either of the hotspot’s centrepoints. A well-placed triple hotspot will still be very effective at increasing the likelihood of finding Low Temperature Diamonds. This change does not affect any other hotspots or minerals.

Crashes/Stability

Fixed a disconnect triggered by selling exploration data at a Fleet Carrier.
Fixed an occasional crash when entering a system with a Fleet Carrier.
Fixed an issue with some bookmarks being missing.

Fleet Carriers

Fixed an issue which could cause a Fleet Carrier purchase transaction to fail.
Skybox will now correctly update after a Fleet Carrier jump without having to re-enter the instance.
Fixed a bug which allowed players to install additional Carrier services even if they didn’t have capacity.
Fixed an issue with duplicate Fleet Carrier call-signs – this will cause all Fleet Carrier call signs to be regenerated as of 3.7.01.
Fixed some issues with stats not correctly updating.
Fixed an issues with carrier jump sequence not always proceeding correctly.

Arx & Customisation

Fixed an issues which caused some Fleet Carrier nameplates to be obscured.
Fixed the colour of landing pad 7 holo-marker on Fleet Carriers.
Fixed a crash that could occur when switching Fleet Carrier Layout.

Audio

Fixed missing ATC voices at starports.
Fixed issue with outfitting ambiance audio layering up on top of itself when going between outfitting and livery.
Fixed an issue with Engineer Remote Workshop ambiance persisting into the main game, and can layer up on itself too.

Text

Fixed missing titles for the audio logs associated with the Golconda.

Missions

Fixed an issue where a collect/source mission would request commodities on sale at the same location.
Fixed an issue which caused mission critical updates to not appear in the inbox.

Journal

Added a speculative fix for an issue that could cause the game to add excessive NavRoute entries to the journal when looking at the Galaxy Map.

Powerplay

Fixed the missing cooldown time which would allow players to repeatedly obtain their allocation of powerplay materials.

Background Simulation and Galaxy

Reinstated missing locations.
Ongoing balancing of Faction influence normalisation.

Fleet Carriers – Incoming Patch

At 3pm on the 16th June Frontier announced that at 9.30am (UTC) there would be some downtime of the serves and a patch to fix some existing Fleet Carrier issues.

“Greetings Commanders,

“Thank you for sharing your feedback since the launch of Fleet Carriers! As a result, we will be having scheduled maintenance tomorrow at 09:30 (UTC) expected to last approximately an hour.

“This patch will address various bugs and issues that you have reported to us, with the patch notes to come tomorrow.”

Odyssey – Concept Art

Further concept artwork for what has been described as an Exopod, has been added to the Odyssey section of the website courtesy of Frontier and Ignatious Hango. See the images below or head over to the Odyssey page for full details. For more artwork from the game head over to here.

Concept Art – Ignatius Hango

Fleet Carriers – Release Day & Patch Notes

Updated: 10th June 2020

On the 9th June 2020 at 12pm Frontier released the patch notes for the same day release of the Fleet Carriers update. You can find the release notes below and on the Patch Notes section of this website, here. If you want full details on Fleet Carriers then please go here.

If you are having any issues then check on the ‘Known Issues’ thread on the official site for more information

“Greetings Commanders,

“Our servers are currently down as they are preparing the galaxy for the arrival of the Fleet Carriers Update, but don’t worry we are making sure that you can still get your Elite Dangerous fix! We will be going live with our Fleet Carriers Update Launch Livestream over on our Twitch channel, at 11:00AM UTC.”

Fleet Carriers Features

Fleet Carriers are massive ships used as a mobile base of operations, offering multiple landing pads and various services.
Fleet Carriers cost 5 billion credits.
Players can purchase a Fleet Carrier from starports with a Fleet Carrier Vendor contact.
Fleet Carriers come with 16 landing pads, 8 large, 4 medium and 4 small.
Fleet Carrier owners can manage docking permissions to determine who can land on their Fleet Carrier.
Fleet Carriers can jump up to 500ly.
Fleet Carriers use the new commodity, Tritium, to perform a jump.
Owners can install a variety of services on a Fleet Carrier to support their play style.
Fleet Carriers have a weekly upkeep cost which must be maintained to keep the Fleet Carrier running.
Fleet Carriers have player controlled commodity markets which the owner can use to buy and sell goods.
Fleet Carrier owners can also set tariffs on some of the services they offer to help pay their running costs.
Fleet Carriers can be customised, similar to regular ships, with items purchased from the Livery.
Fleet Carriers take 15 minutes to prepare for a jump, and have a 5 minute cool-down after.
Universal Cartographics is an optional service on Fleet Carriers.
Fleet Carrier owners can store their ships and modules aboard their Fleet Carrier by default.
When decommissioning a carrier you will receive a full refund.
Voluntary decommissioning will incur a fee equivalent to 50% of the Debt Threshold.
When cancelling the decommissioning of a Fleet Carrier, the owner will receive an inbox message to confirm the cancellation.

ARX

Players will now receive ARX for killing Scavengers.
Fixed an issue which caused the SRV Bay to be visible when viewing SRV paint jobs on a Fleet Carrier.

Audio

The Discovery Scanners full system scan SFX no longer triggers in the store.
Fixed the issue which would cause the damage alarm in Guardian Fighters to get stuck on a loop.
Fixed the missing sound on a Large AX Multicannon.
Added missing voice-over when requesting to dock.

Background Simulation and Galaxy

Added the Gamescom Prize to rename “Wregoe WF-F d11-30” to “Cheltojo System GC19”.
Corrected data for HIP83701 to show its population in the Galaxy Map.
Fixed an issue that caused System Authority ships to be found in Supercruise in Anarchy systems.

Codex Discoveries

Partially fixed an issue with some Codex discoveries not being visible to other players in some galactic regions. The bug may still be occurring with some lifeforms (e.g. Tubers).
Fixed a bug which caused the focus to jump to the top of the grid after exiting out of any section within the Knowledge Base or Pilots Handbook.

Conflict Zones

Fixed an issue which could cause Conflict Zones to end abruptly.
Fixed the bug that occasionally wouldn’t register your choice when picking a side.
Fixed the issue where objectives were missing when dropping into Conflict Zones.

Cosmetics

The Beluga Liner and Cobra Mk IV can no longer be selected in the Livery unless the player has the Horizons DLC.
Fixed the “Tail 4” part of the Federal Gunship Ship Kit so that it aligns with the ship.
Fixed the worn paint on the Diamondback Explorer Ship Kit pieces.
Fixed the Krait Phantom Thruster that was being obstructed by Ship Kit piece, Tail 1.

Crew

Fixed the issue where the NPC Crew could stop responding to orders in Anti-Xeno Conflict Zones.
Fixed a bug which sometimes stopped NPC Fighters being deployed.

CQC

Added the ability to queue for CQC matchmaking from in-game. When you find a match you will be prompted to join.

Crashes/Stability

Fixed a crash which could occur when entering Multicrew.
Fixed a crash that would occur after the Multicrew report screen.
Fixed a disconnect issue that could occur when attempting to accept two Multicrew invites.
Fixed a crash triggered by accessing the Power Play interface while in Hyperspace.
Fixed a crash that happened when the Role Switch Panel was accessed in CQC.
Fixed a crash which could occur in the Livery after using a Fighter.
Visited stars cache data will no longer be lost if the game crashes.
Fixed an issue which could cause the game to stutter in areas of the galaxy with a high density of stars.
Improved network performance of NPC Fighters and ships to reduce network lag.
Fixed a disconnect issue that occurred when attempting to load back into an AX Conflict Zones in close proximity to an Asteroid Belt.
Fixed a crash that would occur in the training missions.
Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to Bookmark a starport.

Exploration

Locations discovered using the DSS will now be listed in the System Map correctly after returning to a system.
Fixed an issue which could cause discoveries in the Codex to show the wrong image.
Fixed a problem which could cause Surface Data to generate in the background at such a low priority that it would stop.

Factions

Updated how Faction influence adds up to 100% in a star system to keep more of a Faction’s trending direction.

Localisation/Text

Fixed some incorrect planet base names.
Renamed some locations for competition winners.
- 59 Virginis 4 renamed to Alchemia Virginis.
- 59 Virginis 8 A renamed to Lapis Philosophorum.
- 59 Virginis, Hilmer’s Gateway renamed to The Tavern.
- Rhea 4 renamed to Foursyth.
- Ingui, Phillips Terminal renamed to Szymanski and Usalski Hub.
- LHS 2335 renamed to Faisel C.
- Praea EUQ RX-U D2-101 renamed to Wheeler’s Star.
Added new set of Player Minor Factions.
Added the missing text at the Technology Broker unlock screen for the Thargoid Interceptor Bobblehead.
Fixed an overlapping text issue on the Mission Board in Russian.
System State names now wrap onto a second line to avoid localised text being cut off.
Fixed localisation of Tourist Beacon text in Portuguese.
Fixed a grammar issue in Reputation Change inbox message.
Updated titles for NPCs.
Fixed an unlocalised “Signals Detected” message that was displayed when scanning bodies.
Fixed a cut off string in the Kick Player pop-up.
Added missing text for damaged Megaships in the Navigation Panel.
Crime Victim Data is now localised in the Player Journal.

Mining

NPC mining ships will now have a more appropriate cargo based on contents of the rings in their system, including Low Temperature Diamonds.
Added a fix for Crystalline Clusters falling through the floor.
Implemented a fix that will stop Core Mining Fragments from penetrating into Asteroids.
Sub-Surface Mining Deposits can now eject multiple resource chunks from one successful hit.

Missions

Fixed an issue which was causing some missions to fail before their expiration time runs out.
The ‘Total Units Needed’ will now update in the Commodity Market as Collect Missions progress.
Delivery Mission Cargo is now marked as ‘Mission Specific’ to prevent the Commodity Market showing the commodity as mission required.
Added a MissionAccepted event in the Player Journal for missions obtained outside of the Mission Board (eg Palin’s mission).
Corrected some misleading mission text which implied that Retreat Missions would help a Faction leave a system, which was the exact opposite of what was happening. These now indicate that Retreat Missions might prevent a retreat.
Added depot support to Solo mining missions.
Megaship Turret Missions will now indicate system distance on the Mission Board.
If the player has an active Delivery mission, then the mission commodity will no longer have the mission required icon next to it on the Commodities Market.

Multicrew

Fixed the issue which caused the Gunner Role to lose control of Weapon Turrets after entering or exiting a location.
Fixed an issue which meant subsequent Mulitcrew invites would not work, and would incorrectly show if a player did not have the Horizons DLC.
Fixed a bug which prevented Conflict Zones spawning ships if a Multicrew player was present.
Added in a fix for Multicrew players being disconnected after dropping out of Supercruise.

Networking

Increased the chance of players meeting previously encountered players when revisiting systems in a session.
Players can now block any player, not just friends or pending friends.

New Player Experience

Players won’t be asked to target an enemy ship if they already have it targeted.
Fixed the issue which incorrectly told players they were leaving the test area when they weren’t.
Fixed an issue where System Authority Ships could jump into the combat tutorial.
Fixed the Intro Tutorial’s Sidewinder sometimes displaying 119/120 cargo capacity.
Fixed a graphical issue on the tunnel section in the intro tutorial.
Fixed a bug in the SRV tutorial which could cause the player to get stuck if they land too quickly.
Fixed a bug where the game didn’t always register when players flew through the first check point.

Outfitting

Reduced mass of the size 1 Meta Alloy Hull Reinforcement Package.
Fixed an issue where after applying synthesis on the Advanced Multicannon, the synthesis would be removed when you used the Advanced Maintenance to restock any other Modules (Mines/AFMU etc.).

Player Journal

Changed change tag name from StarSystem to SystemAddress in NavRoute data.
Added system names to Route Event data.
Reimplemented the Main Menu Music event.
Added an event for when a Fleet Carrier is renamed.
Fixed a bug where RefuelAll and RepairAll events were written with a null string as the event name.
EngineerProgress event is now correctly written when ranking up with an Engineer.
Bounty events now include localised ship names.
“latlong” flag now set when in a station.
Fixed status flags for HUD in analysis and Low Fuel when in SRV.
Fixed loadout data written after launching a Ship Launched Fighter.
We no longer write a value for ReservePercent to the Journal if total balance is zero or negative.
We now include the body name in CarrierJumpRequest.
Added an event for cancelling a Fleet Carrier jump.
We now include Carrier Docking Restrictions in market.json file.
We now include the Body name in the Carrier Jump Request.

Powerplay

We have also made some changes to Powerplay that we describe in detail in this post.

Rendering

Added a fix to stop starport interiors from picking up light from stars.
Fixed the visible line in the Millky Way.

Ships

Fixed a small graphical error on exterior of the Beluga Liner.
Fixed an issue on the Viper MK IV which meant the paint work could never be fully repaired.
Fixed a small graphical error on the exterior of the Orca.
Fixed a bug which caused Landing Gear/Cargo Hatch to visibly clip into the cockpit.

Squadrons

Added a fix for Squadron applications that were still showing after being accepted/declined.

Supercruise

Corrected the ETA numbers when approaching targets in Supercruise.

Terrain

Fixed a broken terrain issue at some Thargoid Ruins sites.

Thargoids

Fixed a bug which could cause Thargoid Interceptors to not appear in Nonhuman Signal Sources.
Added a speculative fix for the invincible Thargoid hearts bug.
Fixed Thargoid Interceptors not using their special weapons when near a Planet’s Surface.
Fixed an issue that would sometimes stop players being credited correctly for participating in a Thargoid Interceptor kill.
Fixed Caustic damage not being removed by overheating your ship.

Fixed Logs for Generation Ships having no scroll bar in the Codex archive, which prevented entries being read in full
Fixed an issue which stopped cockpit panels being accessible while using Station Services.

In addition to the Patch Notes above, here is a list of some previous changes from the Betas:

Total Ships Restocked stat is now correctly updated.
Improved fleet carrier navigation around locations like White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, certain rings and close orbits.
Fixed timer on decommissioning Fleet Carriers.
Squadron bookmarks made for a Fleet Carrier location now move with the Carrier when it jumps.
Fixed an issue on the System Map where if selecting a destination with other Fleet Carriers present, multiple Fleet Carriers would display the jump icon.
Carrier can no longer spawn in Permit Locked systems when initially spawned.
Fixed an issues with commodities not being visible in carrier commodity board or black market screens after being transferred to a Fleet Carrier.
Fixed Fleet Carrier Codex stats for commodities imported/exported being the wrong way around.
Stored ship icons now move with Fleet Carrier when it jumps.
Fixed an exploit which allowed players to earn credits by selling to their own Fleet Carrier while in a Wing.
Fixed an issue which would cause the cargo transfer screen to overlap the other cockpit panels.
Added salvaged commodities to list of items that can be transferred to a Fleet Carrier via the Cargo Transfer Panel.
Added option to directly enter the number of credits to transfer to Fleet Carriers budget.
Fixed an issue which could cause the ‘Cancel Docking’ option to persist after docking on Fleet Carrier.
Added a new icon for decommissioned Fleet Carriers on the System Map.
Inbox message notifying the player that their transferred ship has arrived will now arrive at the same time as the ship, rather than being sent instantly.
The docking menu quick action options (refuel, repair, etc) will now not work if the player has anonymous access.
Fixed a bug that prevented some Hardpoints from being restocked at Fleet Carriers.
Fixed a problem that would sometimes prevent selling a commodity on the Fleet Carrier’s Secure Market.
Fixed an issue when changing a commodity directly from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ or vice versa.
Changed Codex Stats to record the full value of vouchers redeemed at the Redemption Office.
Added the Fleet Carrier Administration Service to more star systems near Colonia.

Odyssey: Concept Art

Below are some conept art images for some of the interiors in the upcoming Odyssey release. Final artwork may of course vary. You can find all of the currently known information on the 4.0: Odyssey – An Overview page.