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Elite Dangerous Patch 2.3.02 (4/27/17)

Elite Dangerous Patch 2.3.02 (4/27/17)
Hi everyone, We’re extending tomorrow morning’s usual hour-long downtime to roughly two hours to allow us to implement the 2.3.02 update (for PC and Mac players). The galaxy servers will go down at 8am and they are expected to be back up for 10am. This information is subject to change, but it is the current plan. I’ll let you know if there are any changes to this. The downtime will affect Xbox One Players too, but the 2.3.02 patch will not be added for Xbox One. The update contains the following changes: Stability Fixes • Fixed a crash that could occur in Capital Ship encounters • Fixed a crash that could occur under various circumstances, such as when alt-tabbing and loading the game Factions • Reverted 2.3’s increase in faction influence from redeeming bounty vouchers General Fixes & Tweaks • Fixed an issue with a vessel’s total value not reflecting changes when outfitting modules Missions • ...

Elite Dangerous Patch 2.3.01 (4/25/17)

Elite Dangerous Patch 2.3.01 (4/25/17)
Stability Fixes -Fix to prevent a crash under some network conditions, that could occur when arriving in a session just as another player jumps away -Fixed a crash that could occur when the helm initiated a supercruise jump while a Multi-Crew player was in a fighter -Fixed a crash that could occur when cancelling a docking request when you have a docking computer installed General Fixes & Tweaks -Fixed an issue which created low resolution stars when exiting hyperspace -Fixed an issue whereby gas giants would be incorrectly assigned a star texture in the system map when zooming out -Addressed a large framerate drop that could occur when a friend logs in -Various text fixes -Various localisation updates -Fix some Engineer bookmarks not being set when issuing invitations -Missing GalNet articles have been fixed -Farmed salt from the community for usage later. -Addressed an issue causing Commanders to resurrect in Eranin ...

Elite Dangerous Patch Notes 2.3: The Commanders (4/11/17)

Elite Dangerous Patch Notes 2.3: The Commanders (4/11/17)
2.3 The Commanders – Changelog New Content & Features (Horizons) Holo-Me (Commander Creator) • Holo-Me UI added – Players can create their own commander using a variety of customisation options and/or presets • Player avatars now used in ship cockpits • Added holographic effect for commander avatars (when they are not physically present) • Hooked up the player avatar display to the comms panel and the commander history, so now chat messages will have a picture of the senders avatar next to them • Added Holo-Me option to cockpit Status Panel • Added Holo-Me shortcut to Startport Services screen, as well as including player’s current commander profile image • Added rank shoulder patches, ...

My thoughts: Elite Dangerous Multi-Crew update (2/17/17)

My thoughts: Elite Dangerous Multi-Crew update (2/17/17)
This Tuesday and Thursday fans of Elite Dangerous were treated to live streams of one of the most anticipated updates to the game: Multi-crew/Commanders Update (Patch 2.3.) This update for this season is number one “can’t wait” update. Last season for me was the “Ships” update giving me my favorite ship in the game…so far…the Federal Corvette, and now this season I finally get to make my ship even more awesome. Then again this is the second to last update and the last update coming has not at all been explained or hinted as to what it is so for all I know the update after this one I’ll be dropping my jaw and eating my words on here but until I have some information on what that is, (I’m assuming that it has something to do with the aliens and alien ruins that have been showing themselves a lot lately) ...

Elite Dangerous: Horizons – Multi-Crew Dev Update (My Personal Thoughts)

Elite Dangerous: Horizons – Multi-Crew Dev Update (My Personal Thoughts)
Today we woke up to some news about the next update to the ED: Horizons season with Multi-Crew information. We all knew it was coming but no specifics have been given until now. A few days ago (1/27/17) we were given the time of which the beta would be launched (Week ending in Feburary 26) (Link) and more than likely it’ll will run about more or less a month which helps with the bug squishing. But today we woke up to some more juicy details about how some of the mechanics will work. Of course the line that people will ignore that should’ve been in 24 font, bold, italic, and underlined in red color is that “some details may still change” before finally being put into the game. So if theirs ...

Elite Dangerous Patch Notes 2.2.03

Elite Dangerous Patch Notes 2.2.03
Greetings Commanders, I’m just posting up to confirm that we have an update making its way to you this morning. The servers will be going down at 10:45 AM GMT and will be down for approximately 2 – 4 hours. We’ll let you know if there are any unexpected delays on this thread. I’d like to take a moment to thank all of the people who took part in the beta. The support is invaluable, thank you so much. The update is going live to Xbox One and PC. Here’s the juicy change log…. 2.2.03 Change Log Stability Fixes -Fix for crash when dropping from orbit at Eafots LZ-H b10-0 D 1 -Crash fix for a rare case when hyperspacing out of a system that turns into an invalid state en route -Fix for outfitting crash when receiving a web response without a ship loadout in it -Fix a crash in the PlayerPOISpawner if the closest planet ...

Elite: Dangerous Galactic News (8/31/16)

Elite: Dangerous Galactic News (8/31/16)
Galactic News: Mysterious Wreckage Discovered A pair of independent pilots by the names of Noctrach and Ihazevich has discovered the remains of what appears to be a starship on planet 9a of the Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 system. The discovery represents the culmination of a galaxy-wide hunt coordinated by the ‘Granger Gang’ – a band of miscreants led by the smuggler and bounty hunter Otto Granger. The event began with a cryptic message delivered by Granger to news feeds throughout the galaxy. This was followed by a series of enigmatic clues, inserted into news channels at a number of starports. Solving these clues led pilots to the three members of the Granger Gang: Otto Granger, Mahina Dillon and Logan Khol. When confronted, Granger and his companions claimed to have made a discovery of profound importance, but they refused to reveal the nature or location of this discovery. Instead, each member of the ...

Elite: Dangerous Galactic News (8/5/16)

Elite: Dangerous Galactic News (8/5/16)
For the first time in over a hundred years, a new ship has been added to the Tionisla Orbital Graveyard. Established in the 3100s, the mausoleum was originally a resting place for the rich and famous, but in the economic slump that befell the Old Worlds during that period, the graveyard fell into disuse. With the graveyard having fallen into disrepair and many of its relics vandalised or looted, it came as something of a surprise when the Tionisla government received a request to inter a recently deceased Commander. Despite the unusual circumstances, the government of Tionisla processed the application with surprising swiftness, prompting speculation that the individual may have been some kind of celebrity. Just before the vessel was moved to its final resting place, an onboard beacon briefly activated, transmitting a repeating sequence of curious characters. This continued for a few minutes until a power failure silenced it. The message read ...

Elite: Dangerous patch notes 2.1.05

Elite: Dangerous patch notes 2.1.05
Change log below: Stability Fixes – Fixed Skimmer Group issue – Fix a crash if we try to send a message to or about a player that is no longer in the game – Fix crash during high res screen capture – Fix crash in wing manager – Fix for the pilot object never being destroyed – Fix a number of unreleased effects that could potentially have caused small memory leaks – Fix crash when calculating the tidal locking amount for a planet with exactly -180 axial tilt – Fixes to protect against a fatal network error, and early detection of the disconnection with server – Fixes a crash in the fairly rare case of a ship being killed or fleeing while waiting for a response to a docking request – Fixes for cross-platform crashes reported from the Xbox client – Improvements to memory management to tackle cases of fragmentation – ...