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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Phase 4 Details

Greetings Commanders!

Following on from the excitement of the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey launch date announcement this afternoon, we're excited to make preparations for the final phase of the Odyssey Alpha, Phase 4, which is due to launch on Wednesday the 28th of April.

The primary focus of Phase 4 will be: Compatibility Testing.

Before Phase 4 can begin, a 'Player Snapshot' of your Elite: Dangerous Commander profile needs to be taken and applied to the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha.

This snapshot will be taken at 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST tomorrow, April 23rd.

[h2]About the 'Player Snapshot':[/h2]

The snapshot will include:

The ship your Commander is piloting at the time of the snapshot being taken. No other ships that you own will accompany you to Alpha Phase 4.
Your accumulated credits will transfer across as part of the profile snapshot.
Any players in SRVs at the time the snapshot has been taken will be moved back to their current ship and transferred.
Fleet Carriers that commanders currently own will not be coming to phase 4, however we are aiming to add the ability to purchase Fleet carries during Phase 4

In order to begin Alpha Phase 4 with your profile ready to go, the Elite: Dangerous Alpha servers will be down from approximately 07:00 UTC / 08:00 BST on Monday the 26th of April, returning to order to welcome in Phase 4 on Wednesday the 28th of April.

Full patch notes will follow on Wednesday the 28th along with the start of Phase 4 with a full list of features, fixes and known issues.

On behalf of all teams involved, we want to once again thank you for your hard work and commitment with providing such thorough and thoughtful feedback throughout each phase of the Alpha so far - amazing work.

o7

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey launches next month

The day is finally here, Elite Dangerous fans. The release date for the space flight simulation game's enormous upcoming expansion Odyssey has been announced as May 19 for players on our home platform, with Xbox and PlayStation versions for our friends on console coming later in the year in the autumn.

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey - which was announced back in June last year and has recently seen players getting stuck into its multi-stage alpha - will bring on-foot exploration to the space game for the very first time. Frontier describes it as "the most ambitious Elite Dangerous expansion to-date" in a press release, and alongside this new level of gameplay, it'll bring new missions, "intense tactical combat", and a bunch of other new features to the 2014 game.

Odyssey players will get to customise their characters through various options for specialist gear and spacesuits, which are suited to the different (new) missions and challenges. For salvage missions there's a Remlok Maverick scavenger suit, for example, while others - such as the Supratech Artemis explorer and Manticore Dominator combat suits are ideal for exobiology investigation and Conflict Zone combat, respectively.

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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey will let you stretch your legs on May 19th

Frontier Developments today announced the release date for their next Elite Dangerous expansion, Odyssey. This is the one which lets moonmen roam freely on their own two spacelegs, exploring planets and getting into first-person shooty violence. Star Citizen Lite, kinda.

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Launches on PC May 19th!

Greetings Commanders,

We're delighted to announce that the PC version of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey will launch on May 19th!

Your feedback during the alpha period has been invaluable and made this release date possible. We'll continue collecting your feedback throughout the upcoming alpha phase 4 and beyond launch as we work on further improvements and content updates.

Console development continues behind the scenes with an Autumn release still on schedule.

There's still time to pre-order Odyssey and get your hands on the exclusive Pioneer suit skin. The Deluxe version of the pre-order is also still available for those who want to hop into the alpha which is expected to end on April 30th.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336350/Elite_Dangerous_Odyssey/

We'll see you on foot planet-side!

o7

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Phase 3 - Initial Feedback Response

Greetings commanders,

Thank you for all the feedback so far on Phase 3! We've collected and shared many of your comments with the development team and will continue to do so for the rest of the phase. Here's an update on two of the most pressing issues:

The Genetic Sampler
We've heard you loud and clear about the sampling minigame mechanics and place within Elite Dangerous. We understand that a manual reactions-based minigame is not a good fit in this context and will remove it in time for launch or shortly after. Instead, the tool will take samples automatically (exact implementation TBD). This may mean that the circles instead appear only to indicate the level of sample completion: e.g. sample 1 completes the first ring, sample 2 the second, and sample 3 the third.

The Detailed Surface Scanner (DSS)
We've also received many reports about planets being highlighted entirely in green by the Detailed Surface Scanner. This is a known issue resulting from the new planetary tech not being in its final state. This is unlikely to be fully resolved during the alpha, but will be fixed in time for launch when planetary tech changes are final.

Thank once again for your feedback which is critical to the alpha process. We hope you'll continue sharing feedback and reporting any bugs you encounter on our Issue Tracker.

o7