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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    Venom wrote: »
    Frontier have the Black Friday ship skins up on the store for the next few days so get em while you can :)

    That's great...I had some frontier points left on my account and just bought the metallic skins for my Corvette. At the moment I'm rocking a pretty awesome gold skin :) might get a ship kit now...

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    ECO_Mental wrote: »
    That's great...I had some frontier points left on my account and just bought the metallic skins for my Corvette. At the moment I'm rocking a pretty awesome gold skin :) might get a ship kit now...


    The Vette ship kit is pretty sweet.


    20181123225901_1_zpspcwfoabr.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    yup bought the ones i dont have.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom




  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    Thats interesting.......

    They do have to look into the possibility that Thargoids will attack player owned space who dont play vs aliens.

    Not that it matters to me but some groups that have no interest in aliens and now could be forced to have an interest.

    Suppose they knew the risks, like space is hard...... :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Nice lore twist too!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Update dropping Tuesday week (11th Dec)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Just a little snap of the Cats Eye Nebula I took during the beta. Absolutely love the new lighting...

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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    EmployeeLogo2017.png Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Four 3.3 - Patch Notes
    Greetings Commanders,

    The servers are currently down to allow us to update to Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Four 3.3

    Please note that PS4 Commanders may be prompted to download two patches, titled 1.26 and 1.27 - this is expected, thanks!

    Please see the full patch notes for Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Four below!


    New Features

    Exploration

    • Discovery Scanner upgraded to include access to the new Full Spectral System (FSS) scanner mode


    • Players use the FSS Mode to discover stellar bodies, stellar phenomenon, USSs, scenarios, distress calls, mission targets and more
    • There is now only one Discovery Scanner available in game, which is based on the basic variant. Commanders that have purchased either the intermediate or advanced scanners will receive a credit refund


    • Detailed Surface Scanner upgraded to include access to brand new planet probes


    • Players can fire probes at bodies to gather data that can be sold.
    • Players can also use these probes to pinpoint places of interest on landable planets as well as uncover lucrative places in planetary rings to mine
    • Each body has a "probe efficiency" target; if the player maps 100% of the body using either the same or less than the target, they are awarded a bonus


    • Added "First Mapped By" tag - the first commander to 100% map a stellar body and sell the data at a port will be named for everyone to see


    • Players will be unable to map Sol, Achenar or Alioth as these systems are already fully mapped


    • Revamped look of the bonus popup when selling data
    • A credit bonus will be awarded for players that get either 100% first discovered or 100% first mapped in a system
    • Added new things to find!
    • Orrery view added - players can access the schematic orrery view of systems from the system map


    Codex

    • Codex added to the ship's internal (right hand) panel. The Codex contains:


    • Commander Stats

    - Logs important player statistics
    - Session Log records important game events for players review
    - Archive holds all text and audio logs taken from the numerous narratives from across the galaxy
    - Audio logs can be added to the improved Playlist feature


    • Discoveries

    - Contains either rumored, reported or discovered entries from across the 42 different galactic regions
    - Discoveries are broken down in to 3 categories (Stellar Bodies, Biological and Geological, and Civilisations)


    • Knowledge base

    - Various articles from the rich history and lore of the Elite universe, from the history of the Super Powers, to important characters and corporations
    - Each article is narrated and can be added to the improved Playlist feature


    Background Simulation

    • Factions can now be in multiple states within each system that they are present
    • Economic and Security status added
    • War, Civil War and Election states are now a 7 day conflict, where players engage in activities (such as winning conflict zones in War and Civil War states) and attempt to beat their opponents
    • Added a new 'Happiness' level for each faction, that is a combination of various states and influence. Happiness also plays into the Expansion state
    • Civil Liberty state added (part of the Security Status)
    • Added more information to the status tab in the right hand cockpit panel to help players manage/support factions


    Megaships and Installations

    • Added new megaships and installations
    • Applicable megaships will move location, on a weekly tick


    Scenarios

    • Added new scenarios with voice over direction and feedback, and on screen choices and objectives
    • Scenarios come in the form of USSs, Megaship, Installations and Conflict Zones
    • Conflict zones are now round based; players battle to win a round which then feeds into the war state
      • Side objectives can appear, and if the player completes them, they are awarded a points boost
      • Once a round has finished, a new one will begin after a short pause


    • Combat specific ambient chatter added.
    • Ambient chatter now is now in place throughout the entire game and not just around stations.
    • 3000 + lines of NPC dialogue added to support scenario driven gameplay.


    Lighting

    • Added new lighting model, using dynamic exposure
    • Colour grading applied to various situations in the game, improving the look and feel of the game world
    • Added a new 'Night Vision' mode to Ships, Fighters and SRVs, to allow players to navigate dark sides of planets, rings and other areas of the game


    Cockpit UI

    • External Ship panel (left hand side)


    • Combined 'clear filters' option with the 'set filters' option on the Navigation panel
    • Added filters to the Transaction tab
    • Added context sensitive, quick action button to contacts (such as 'Request Docking' when targeting a port)
    • Combined sub-targets and inventory into a new 'Target' tab, with filters


    • Comms Panel (top left)


    • Reordered the tabs
    • Added support for combining channels in to one main chat channel, or set them as separate tabs
    • Options added to give the player the ability to combine chat channels in to a tab, or split them out
    • Added the ability to select any Commander in a chat channel to interact with them (incl. invite to wing, invite to crew, voice comms, invite to squadron, block, report, direct comms, and view gamercard where applicable)
    • Added a binding to select a different chat channel in the input field
    • Combined invitations and multicrew tabs together in to a 'Social' tab which includes:

    - Multicrew (find crew, join a ship)
    - Friends invites
    - Wing invites
    - Online friends


    • Squadron feed tab added


    • Internal Panel (right hand side)


    • Added a new 'Home' tab that replaces the previous status tab

    - Includes new buttons to launch various features (holo-me, squadrons, codex, powers, Galnet etc)
    - Also include better Playlist feedback


    • Replaced fire groups "1, 2, 3..." with "A, B, C..." to avoid confusion between group and fire buttons
    • Added new contextual 'Ship' tab that replaces the 'Functions' tab and includes sections for 'Ship Preferences', 'Pilot Preferences' and 'Ship Stats'
    • Inventory tab now has icon filters instead of text filters, increasing usable screen space
    • Improved refinery layout that includes the ships cargo capacity
    • Updated 'Status' tab to now include local faction information, Super Power and Powerplay status, a Session Log digest, info on Finances and acquired Permits all in a more legible way
    • New Playlist feature that replaces the GalNet player, allowing players to queue and manage several types of media (GalNet news articles, codex articles, inbox audio logs etc.)


    Text Chat Channels

    • New star system wide text chat now available
    • Profanity filter added, with a toggle to turn it off


    Friends and Group Management

    • Improved layout and pagination to display large numbers of friends or groups
    • Display last online activity
    • Improved Search functionality : search results are now players only, allowing you to add to friends or to join private group
    • Improved popup to interact with friends / Commanders / private groups
    • Improved visibility of friends statuses (online + mode / offline / blocked)


    Localised COVAS

    • Added 5 free localised COVAS packs:


    • Luciana : Spanish
    • Maksim: Russian
    • Vitoria: Brazillian Portuguese
    • Gerhard: German
    • Amelie: French


    Squadrons

    • Players can now create a Squadron (for a credit fee), or browse existing ones to join from the right hand cockpit panel
    • Play style tags can be used when creating a Squadron, and as a filter when browsing existing ones
    • Squadrons can be aligned to a Superpower, Power and a Faction


    • Squadron allegiance page allows in depth data on chosen Faction


    • Squadrons can take part in the various leaderboards, and compete for the top spot
    • Squadron feed tab in the Comms panel lists certain events, as well as Public and Internal posts
    • Squadron management tools (applicable to certain ranks):


    • Invite Commanders to join
    • Kick lower ranked members
    • Promote/demote lower ranked members
    • Change lower ranked privilages
    • Create posts
    • Accept applications
    • Set if the Squadron is accepting new members
    • Join in the Leader text chat channel


    Mining

    • 3 new mining processes added (in addition to the standard mining laser process)


    • Surface Deposits - material deposits that can be found on the surface of asteroids
    • Sub-surface Deposits - material deposits that can be found below the surface of an asteroid
    • Fissures - setting the correct 'Seismic charge' into fissures will split the asteroid apart, allowing the deep core materials to be mined
    • Added new high value materials


    • 4 new mining tools added to outfitting


    • Pulse wave Analyser - a scanner used to pinpoint asteroids that support the new extraction processes
    • Abrasion Blaster - used to break off surface material deposits from asteroids
    • Sub-surface Displacement Missile - Allows recovery of sub-surface material deposits from asteroids
    • Seismic Charge Launcher - Allows recovery of deep core materials by splitting the asteroid apart


    New Ships

    Krait Phantom (Faulcon DeLacy)

    With a spacious cargo hold and a relatively generous quantity of hardpoints, the Krait Phantom is a versatile ship suited to a range of roles. It has enough firepower to hold its own against larger targets, and enough straight-line speed to outpace smaller targets. The ship also offers eight internal compartments, allowing the pilot to tailor the ship to their requirements. And while it lacks the firepower and fighter bay of its sister ship, the Krait Mk II, it is both faster and lighter.

    • 2 large and 2 medium hardpoints
    • 8 Internal optional slots
    • Top speed of 256m/s and a boost speed of 358m/s
    • 8.23LY laden FSD range


    Mamba (Zorgon Peterson)

    Based on an unreleased racing prototype, the Mamba is one of the fastest ships in production. It can also deliver a lot of punishment, boasting one huge and two large hardpoints. This emphasis on firepower and speed means the ship can hit hard and fast, vanishing before the target has a chance to react. Comparisons to the Fer-de-Lance, also produced by Zorgon Peterson, will be inevitable, but the Mamba is in fact faster in a straight line, while being slightly less maneuverable.

    • 1 huge, 2 large and 2 small hardpoints
    • 5 internal optional slots
    • Top speed of 316m/s and a boost speed of 387m/s
    • 6.37LY laden FSD range


    Quality of Life

    • Display a notification icon to indicate new bindings are available to the player
    • Starport contacts now displayed as a grid, rather than a flat list
    • Added icon to info panel to show players if their ship or SRV lights are on
    • Audio Options screen:


    • Added “Wavescanner Autodocking” option. Disable this to hear the SRV wavescanner more clearly at high speeds
    • Audio Options screen is reorganised for more clarity and ease of use
    • Restore defaults button added
    • The default position on the Audio volume sliders is now indicated.
    • The child volume sliders can now be boosted above the default value.
    • Important note: your volume sliders will be reset to default position when you first run 3.3.


    Bug fixes and Improvements

    This update includes well over 2000 fixes for various issues that have been discovered and investigated during the development process. For the sake of clarity, we have primarily listed below fixes for issues that have been reported to us by the community or other significant changes.

    Adder

    • Fixed clipping issues when deploying weapons


    Alliance Challenger

    • Fixed misplaced caustic damage decals
    • Fixed missing engine trails
    • Fixed Ship ID cameras being swapped


    Alliance Chieftain

    • Fixed very quiet multicannons


    Anaconda

    • Fixed size 3 hardpoint doors getting in the way of the size4 hardpoint
    • Corrected mirrored text on external panel


    Asp Scout

    • Added correct material to the reverse thrusters


    Diamondback Explorer

    • Fixed LOD issues with hardpoint covers
    • Fixed gap in cockpit


    Eagle

    • Fixed paintwork showing wear even when at 100%


    F63 Condor

    • Corrected mirrored external decals


    Federal Dropship

    • Fixed thermal vent placement


    Federal Gunship

    • Fixed engine flaps animating incorrectly


    Guardian Fighters

    • Fixed Small Guardian Gauss Cannon clipping through hardpoint when deployed
    • Corrected the left and right cockpit panel positions


    Imperial Clipper

    • Fixed floating cockpit geometry


    Imperial Cutter

    • Fixed some mirrored text on external panels


    Imperial Eagle

    • Fixed incorrect shadow being used
    • Fixed gaps in cockpit when using EDTracker or VR


    Imperial Fighter

    • Fixed clipping when docking with mothership


    Krait Mk.II

    • Fixed Z-fighting in cockpit
    • Landing gear now lines up with ship door
    • Fixed the engine boost SFX sounding like 'Hello'
    • Decreased brightness of the red proximity warning lights
    • Fixed overly 'scratched' cockpit glass
    • Corrected the order of its bobble head slots


    Type-10

    • Fixed cockpit seat being incorrectly placed
    • Fixed various model issues
    • Fixed winglets not animating correctly


    Type-6

    • Fixed gap in between ship body and thrusters


    Type-7

    • Fixed hole in the side of the ship
    • Can now put a Size 2 passenger cabin in the size 2 slot


    Type-9

    • Fixed the schematic having incorrect drives
    • Fixed engine VFX being too far behind the actual thruster


    Viper Mk.III

    • Fixed paintwork showing wear even when at 100%


    AI

    • Fixed situations where security ships and Thargoids could incorrectly start attacking each other
    • Fixed NPC ships charging FSD with weapons still active
    • Ensure the 'Terrorist' archetype always comes with a bounty
    • Fixed authority ships occasionally firing Plasma rounds when scanning ships
    • Fixed NPC having no FSD cooldown after being interdicted
    • Destroying an NPC power plant now takes the ship down to 40% power (inline with player ship behaviour)
    • NPC ships should use the reboot/repair option when drives are at 0%


    Avatar Animations

    • Correctly invert the joystick animations if the controls are inverted


    Cockpit UI

    • Correctly display if a targeted ship is in a wing or multcrew
    • When firing weapons while looking at the module panel, the ammo count will now properly update
    • Widened the target panel to fit in longer ship names
    • Ensure ammo count is correct on the module tab after reloading weapons
    • Ensure Commander names are always displayed in the comms panel
    • Ensure module priority is retained after ship destruction
    • Comms panel will no longer expand without focusing on it, if players leave the ships Multicrew session
    • Fixed the navigation panel not displaying the correct destination system when in hyperspace in some cases
    • Ensure completed and finished community goals are cleared from the transaction tab
    • Make chat messages time display the same time as the galaxy time when using a machine in a different time zone
    • Fixed an issue that caused inbox messages to show incorrect, and sometimes invalid, times and dates. PS4 only
    • Fixed some inbox messages not clearing the notification icon once read
    • Fixed overlapping text between inbox message subject and date
    • Fixed cases where the fuel bar incorrectly indicates that the player has enough fuel to make a jump that it actually can't


    Commodities Market

    • Fixed UI spacing issues with the commodities screen


    Controllers/Inputs

    • Fixed the Thrust Master HOTAS S4 not appearing in the control screen
      Ensure default mappings appear for the Thrustmaster HOTAS4


    Console Achievements

    • Added 3 new Trophies on PlayStation 4
    • Added 10 new Achievements on Xbox One


    CQC

    • Fixed a potential server disconnect when using beam lasers in CQC
    • Fixed CQC structures disappearing when authority machine leaves the match


    Crashes/Stability/Performance

    • Fixed a hang that could occur whilst fighting a Thargoid Interceptor
    • Fixed crash that could occur when a fighter is docking
    • Fixed crash that could occur on PS4 when in Multicrew
    • Fixed crash that could occur whilst docking at "Chelomey Orbital" in Cubeo
    • Fixed crash that could occur with Powerplay data
    • Fixed crash that could occur when selecting the galaxy map from the transactions tab
    • Fixed crash that could occur when exiting multicrew
    • Fixed crash that could occur whilst reading an inbox message during a hyperspace jump
    • Fixed crash that could occur whilst deploying a fighter when in a multicrew session
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when handing in a mission
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when dropping out of Supercruise at a port
    • Fixed frame rate issues after driving on a planet surface for an amount of time
    • Fixed crash that could occur during ship reboot/repair
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the Galaxy Map
    • Fixed a softlock that could occur whilst loading in to the game
    • Fixed crash that could occur when opening the system map
    • Fixed crash that could when dropping into planetary rings
    • Fixed crash that occur when loading in to the game
    • Fixed crash that could occur when switching screen resolutions
    • Fixed crash that could occur when plugging in a controller
    • Fixed a crash that could occur as a player joins a Multicrew ship that is near a volcanic POI
    • Fixed crashed that could occur when fighting a Hydra
    • Fixed crash that could occur when switching between a mothership and fighter
    • Fixed crash that could occur if multiple Commanders playing on either PS4 or Xbox One were on a planet surface in their SRVs


    Crime and Punishment

    • Ensure a Powerplay bounty does not cause a premium for transporting the ship it was incurred on


    Engineering

    • Corrected some inconsistencies in Engineer descriptions
    • Added a line to explain that pinned blueprints may differ if applied to a different module
    • Ensure there is room to display the modified icon even with long module names
    • Balance pass on the High Yield Shells engineering special
    • Reduced the grade thresholds of the Colonia engineers


    Fighter Crew

    • Fixed instance where fighter crew in control of the mothership were trying to use FSD when the ship was nav locked to another ship, causing ship to become unresponsive to player input
    • Fixed typo in crew lounge
    • Fixed fighter crew sometimes struggling to dock a fighter with its mothership


    Galaxy Map

    • Fixed systems controlled by Pilots Federation not appearing under the civilisation filter
    • Selected filter settings remain selected when changing map configurations


    General

    • Packhound missiles no longer clip through planet landscapes
    • Fixed odd VFX artifacts on ships drives when at low throttle
    • Ensure player set PIPS are retained when the ship is dismissed and recalled
    • Tweaked the position of the interdiction UI element in the three Alliance ships
    • Search and Rescue +/- buttons now increase/decrease if held down
    • Fixed incorrect ship schematics displaying inside some ships cockpits
    • Unified the GalNet logos to be the one with 7 points in all screens
    • Fixed unreachable listening post In the "HIP 16753" system
    • Fixed missing text in the Rhenium material description
    • Fixed incorrect details title for Chemical processors material description
    • Added missing "Independent" icon where applicable


    Generation Ships

    • Removed the unnecessary warnings when firing weapons near a Generation Ship


    Guardian Beacons

    • Corrected some text errors
    • Fix for VFX disappearing when scanned
    • Fixed LOD issues on beacon
    • Fixed pylons animating before fully powered
    • Fixed over sized physics
    • Fixed pylon light clipping through ships
    • Fixed ships being able to clip through the 'orb'


    Guardian Sites

    • Fixed floating geometry
    • Corrected some obelisk symbols to match what the object actually requires
    • Tweaked Guardian material drop rate, in an effort to make it more balanced across the different rarities


    Installations

    • Added a new space bar, "The Orange Sidewinder"


    Listening Posts

    • Fixed typos in Alpha Centauri B 1 listening post


    Livery Items

    • Fixed LOD issue with onion head decal


    Localisation/Text

    • Fixed truncated Search and Rescue Agent text in Russian
    • Corrected typo in Synthetic Meat commodity description
    • Fixed typo in Carbon class star description


    Materials

    • Fixed description errors with Delta, Epsilon and Gamma obelisk data
    • Fixed Piceous Cobble being hard to collect
    • Increased the drop rate of more common guardian materials
    • Fixed the crystalline cluster model
    • Fixed Strange Wake Solutions description typo
    • Reduce the chance the of mineral deposits spawning inside surface rocks


    Megaships

    • Ensure that rescue ships offer the limpet restock service
    • Ensure players don't get stuck in the Alcatraz Class Prison in HIP 17962 system, when dropping out at it's location


    Missions

    • Increased wing delivery mission payouts
    • Fixed Federal rank not increasing when successfully completing applicable mission
    • Fix for valid massacre targets not counting towards mission progress
    • Fixed USS not spawning for 'Wet Work' missions
    • Corrected some Massacre missions that had inconsistent rewards for number of targets
    • Stop missions requesting cargo that it views as illegal (Federal mission asking for imperial slaves, for example)
    • Balance pass on Super Power reputation gain
    • Added destination faction to passenger VIP missions
    • Updated mission wording to reflect that ports in lock down do not have access to their commodities market
    • Stop planetary scan missions sending players to scan mission giving faction
    • Allow kills outside target system to count in assassination missions (fixes ships appearing to not be mission targets when they leave the target system)
    • Ensure follow on missions spawn at the players current reputation level
    • Added extra info to time bonus mission objectives
    • Altered Massacre faction selection to prevent the target faction generator from picking the same target that is giving the mission.
    • Delivery and Smuggle missions now warn players about being cargo laden and reduced jump range
    • Reduce chance planetary Scan chooses POI owned by mission giver
    • Added missing hand in faction information to delivery missions
    • Fixed race mission wrinkles appearing with very little time to complete them


    Multicrew

    • Fixed the saved plotted route being cleared when entering multicrew
    • Fixed geyser particle effects not appearing for a multicrew crew member


    Network

    • Fixed situations where NPC ships could disappear from Supercruise when a player drops out of SC
    • Fixed Planet SYNUEFE VM-D C15-10 2 A causing players to get stuck in log in loop
    • Fixed possible disconnect when trying to escape a Thargoid


    Outfitting

    • Fixed softlock that could occur when attempting to purchase or retrieve 5D Guardian Module Reinforcement
    • Fixed missing "?" in livery section
    • Fix for point defense module not restocking correctly
    • Timers for modules in transit should now reflect time remaining more accurately
    • Ensure modules are listed under correct categories in stored modules tab
    • Players can only fit one FSD interdictor, as there is no benefit to fitting more and causes confusion
    • Fixed outfitting stats becoming out of sync and applying incorrect values (a distance value for damage type, for example)
    • Ensure all applicable multicrew enabled weapons/modules are clearly marked in outfitting
    • Fixed dark lighting and outfitting cameras for the SRV
    • Fixed livery filters not working
    • Fixed incorrect schematic used for 8A thrusters
    • Added 1 more ship and 2 more utility stock slots to all markets


    Passenger Missions

    • Added the faction to deliver to in transaction panel
    • Ensure VIP passenger missions display their expiration time on the transaction tab
    • Fix some passenger missions incorrectly reducing the timer by ~20mins when accepting them
    • Ensure passengers that claim to be unfazed by hull damage, are actually unfazed


    Player Factions

    • Add faction descriptions


    Player Journal

    • Multiple faction activestates – in Location and FSDJump events
    • The first “Cargo” event written to the journal contains full inventory
    • Added “AsteroidCracked” event
    • Added “SAAScanComplete” (Surface Area Analysis) event
    • Added “CodexDiscovery” event
    • Added “FSSDiscoveryScan” and “FSSSignalScan” events
    • Added several events for Squadrons
    • Simplify the “Category” in MaterialTrade
    • Clarify meaning of bit 14 in status file: was called “under ship” but actually indicates when turret is retracted
    • ApproachSettlement now includes Latitude and Longitude
    • Note Bounty event is different for Skimmer bounty
    • Update description of StoredShips event with InTransit flag
    • Add ActiveFine info to Docked event
    • EngineerProgress event at startup with summary for all engineers currently known
    • Note a new ShipTargetted event is generated after using KillWarrantScanner, with updated bounty for target
    • Note the MissionRedirected mission name now has any trailing “_name” removed
    • Added MyReputation in faction list in FsdJump and Location events
    • Added “FSDTarget” event when selecting a starsystem to jump to
    • Added MissionID to cargo to indicate if it is mission-related: in Cargo, CollectCargo, EjectCargo events
    • In ship loadout, indicate if it is ‘hot’
    • Cargo summary is now written to a separate file, and updated when data changes
    • Add “HullHealth” stat in the “Loadout” event
    • MissionCompleted now indicates correct destination after redirection


    Player Stats

    • Ensure 'Time Played' updates correctly


    Ports

    • Added missing habitation ring to "Greeboski's Outpost"
    • Ensured all new adverts are being displayed correctly
    • Fixed docking computer causing hull damage in a ship with no shields, when docking at surface ports
    • Fixed situation where loading into the game whilst docked on a pad can cause shields to go offline


    Powerplay

    • Fixed broken 'Exploitation impact' column on Edmund Mahon's screen
    • Corrected Aisling expansion instructions


    Rendering

    • Fixed low quality shadows appearing when entering Orbital Cruise on PS4
    • Corrected the rendering order of nebula
    • Fix for the FSD charge up visual becoming mis-aligned after using vanity camera
    • Fixed galaxy background vanishing after a Thargoid hyperdiction
    • Fixed missing particles in some hi-res screenshots


    Ship Launched Fighters

    • Fixed inability to deploy fighter weapons if the motherships weapons weren't deployed before switching


    Skimmers

    • Ensure scanned skimmers return appropriate details on the target panel


    SRV

    • Fixed the targeting reticule displaying when the weapon is deactivated


    Stellar Forge

    • Renamed "Pleiades Sector Ir-W D1-55" to "Delphi"
    • Fixed connection issues around "COL 285 SECTOR CV-Y D41 7 E"
    • Fixed typo in the LHS 3006 system description
    • Moved 2 moons in Kyloasly DA-A f69 slightly apart so that they no longer intersect
    • Fixed "Lucifers" orbital period
    • Fixed the star in the system "HD 168352" having a too small radius
    • Ensure I Bootis B and C are a contact binary again
    • Renamed some duplicate systems
    • Persistent POIs now consistent for different graphics card vendors
    • Corrected Sednas position on it's orbit
    • Corrected the positions of the three ports around Earth
    • Fixed Moon GD 319 1 A intersecting ring of planet GD 319
    • Fixed some Class V gas giants being overly bright pink


    Synthesis

    • Required grade 5 materials now display their correct grade icon (and not grade 4)


    System Map

    • Corrected overly bright/shiny planets
    • Ensure players can set navigation targets from the system map


    Thargoids

    • Thargoid Interceptors can now still engage players, even if they are close to them
    • Interceptors now launch Thargon kamikaze attacks if they detect a port
    • Corrected some lore inconsistencies found in megaship logs to do with the Thargoid Link


    Vanity Camera

    • Fixed inverted joystick animations when using the vanity camera


    Vanity Items

    • Improved some of the visual artifacts on the Corvette Razor pack
    • Increased space between the text and icon on the Trader Name Plate
    • Ensure all engine colours are correct when customised engine trail colours are turned off
    • Ship names can now have blank spaces at the beginning and end
    • Fixed clipping on Vulture ship kit


    VR

    • Fixed Neutron star cones only appearing in the left eye of the HMD
    • Capped the frame rate whilst on the main menu to 90fps, to stop HMD's overheating


    Weapons/Modules

    • Ensure the 'Restock All' option actually restocks the 1F Guardian Shard Cannon (Turret)
    • Corrected inconsistency in AX outfitting descriptions
    • Fixed Guardian Shard Cannon clipping through Type 7
    • Fixed missing VFX on small Guardian Shard Cannon
    • Fixed LOD issue with small Guardian Shard Cannon
    • Fix LOD issue on Guardian Plasma Charger
    • Fixed Guardian Shield Reinforcement Packages preventing shields restoring after reboot/repair
    • Reduce the brightness of the enforcer cannon when it has a white weapon colouring applied to it
    • Fixed module reinforcement packages being disabled under certain circumstances
    • Corrected the cargo hatch closing when deploying a limpet and causing ship speed to change
    • Corrected the retract animation on the Guardian Plasma Charger
    • Limpets will now collect cargo that has been forcibly ejected from the players ship
    • Corrected the Advanced Plasma Accelerator recoil animation
    • Corrected typo in Remote Release Flechette Launcher
    • Fixed SFX for the Kill Warrant Scanner sometimes going missing when switching between ship and fighter
    • Fixed turrets firing at ships which are at 0% hull


    Wing Missions

    • Fixed case where mission progress wasn't shared between players in Multicrew
    • Fixed trade wing missions not sharing Trade rank progression with wing


    Wings

    • Ensure the 'target my wing mans target' key works in all applicable situations
    • Fix for dropping out at a wake that is close to a planet, which should mean you drop out much closer to your intended target


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,183 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Looks like i'm going to have to head out and map all my first discovery ELWs before some chancer gets near them.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Looks like i'm going to have to head out and map all my first discovery ELWs before some chancer gets near them.


    The Fdev lads are scanning them all live as we speak :)




  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,183 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Don't tell be they scanned BLEAE AEWSY RG-Y C16 3 :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Don't tell be they scanned BLEAE AEWSY RG-Y C16 3 :(


    I think BLEAE AEWSY RG-Y C16 3 is safe seeing as the login servers are on fire :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Best part of the update so far...Beta custom binds transferred over to the live game!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    It's crashing on me every 5 mins... but I like what I see. Excited about the squadrons and being able to wing up more easily and communicate.

    I've joined the fatherhood, (because i am, and they have a very relaxed rules. Play when you can fit it in)

    what squadrons have ye joined or planning to?

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Got the update downloaded and went on to do a quick mission or two before bed.

    First thing that struck me was the visuals. I feel like theres something not right on the PS4 pro version. Jaggies everywhere,text looks tiny on a 4k tv. The game looked great before so hopefully just some sort of bug and it will get sorted.

    Having to find more keybinds on a controller is not fun. Very surprised they didnt map them,just "heres a load of new binds you need,figure it out yourself". Not a big deal but just comes accross lazy to me.

    Bought myself a mamba and krait phantom,kitted them out and went about doing a mission or two. Krait seems really solid like its MK II version. I like the look of the mamba and the way it handles. Looking forward to giving both a proper try out. Ill probably only keep one krait,not sure which yet.

    Ive not looked at any of the update stuff for a good while. Going into this one mostly blind,which is a nice feeling to have again.

    Especially looking forward to giving the codex a good read. Having a quick look this morning the galmap regions look interesting. Not sure what i was actually looking at lol but ill get there.

    First tries at FSS were pretty tragic to. No idea what i was doing,spent a lot of time just setting up the controls and im pretty sure there was some i missed. By the end i was makin progress but tiredness getting the better of me,time for bed😴


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    The download went super quick my end but then ran into the brick wall of the servers being borked for the entire night. Watched the usual ED Youtubbers endure the same thing tho at least Yamicks bitching out Fdev was funny. I finally was able to log in just before I called it a night and liked the look of the new lighting and codex interface stuff but didn't have time to leave the station. Hope the servers issues are sorted out by tonight.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    So messing around with the new scanner modes on my way to Robigo for some pocket money and got this message when I sold the data.


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    The built in discovery scanner now seem to automatically scan a system when you jump in which is kinda cool as is the free internal slot :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Yep, the new FSS scans the entire system and marks it all as first discovered by you when you honk (even if you don't enter scan mode and scan the planets). You also get a bigger bonus for doing a detailed surface scan on all the planets. The DSS also has an accuracy target (based on planet size) for the number of probes you fire. Meet that and you get a further bonus.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    The most interesting thing about the FSS and DSS for me is the fact it can pin point persistent POI's on planet surfaces. Gonna go to some planets with known persistent POI's and locate them. Least doing it that way ill know im doing it right.

    Something like a thargoid scout crash site will work im hoping.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    Another great way to farm G5 mats is the following some fella on discord got 50 G5 mats in 14 minutes sounds good. Get on it before they nerf it...



    1. Be in solo/PG 2.

    Find HGE with at least a 15 minute timer

    3. Drop into HGE and gather mats

    4. Quit to main menu

    5. Relog into solo/PG

    6. Jump into SC at minimum velocity

    7. Drop back into HGE and gather mats

    8. repeat steps 3-7

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,183 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Should be pretty handy for materials farming too.

    I assume the probes can only be used on landable planets for now?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Should be pretty handy for materials farming too.

    I assume the probes can only be used on landable planets for now?

    Any planet can be scanned now with the surface scanner probes.
    ECO_Mental wrote: »
    Another great way to farm G5 mats is the following some fella on discord got 50 G5 mats in 14 minutes sounds good. Get on it before they nerf it...

    I don't expect HGE's to be nerfed to be honest. It's stupidly easy to find them now with the new discovery tools, it's just unfortunate that people take the pi$$ like that and open up the potential for it to be nerfed. But they had the whole beta (and a year of development) to make adjustments if they needed to and from what I can tell, so far, nothing has changed between beta and release.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    Wing missions are paying 10% more, it looks to me likes its 10% per rank with the faction.

    I have offers of 44m to kill 54 dudes in a warzone for a wing mission, you would have that done in under an hour.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    A new bunch of noobs in my player list playing.

    Made them 20m tonight at a cost to me of 50m :D I literally dont understand why that is the way it is. (cargo wing missions)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    Making ~120m in an hour or two stacking pirate massacre missions and assassination missions from Daedalus in Sol to Barnard's Star. The massacre missions are completing concurrently, like CZ massacre missions used to, so getting 2/3 missions worth ~40m for 81 kills each. Assassination kills are counting towards them too.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    Massacre missions stack again? :eek::eek:

    Altho 3 sidewinders and a Corvette wont probably suffice :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Internet Friend


    The bounty hunting ones are at least!

    The sideys might struggle but I'm managing pretty well in the vette.

    Edit: some missions complete concurrently, need to figure out whether they are offered by the same faction or different.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,572 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Different factions missions will complete concurrently. That was still the case pre 3.3

    The reward/effort ratio looks a lot better now too.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    EoinHef wrote: »
    Different factions missions will complete concurrently. That was still the case pre 3.3

    The reward/effort ratio looks a lot better now too.

    Dunno about that did a few wing missions last night and most of them cost me.

    Deliver 707 Lanthaum for 4 million, it cost me 6 million to get them :D


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