Elite Dangerous News

Greetings Commanders.

Thank you for joining us for a Tuesday edition of Discovery Scanner, following a public Bank Holiday yesterday. Here’s hoping your week has started as well as possible so far.

It was an exceptionally busy week in the Galaxy last week, with events such as:

• The Console Copy Portal opened up for Console Commanders to at last join their PC Comrades within the Galaxy.
  

We’ve seen such an incredible response since the portal opened, as Commanders continue to fly on through and join us on their new platform.

• 4.0 Is Now Live.
  

In line with the launch of the Console Copy Process, the 4.0 update for Horizons released swiftly after.

Again, we thank all Commanders for their patience on the day with the extended downtime as this deployment took place and some stability issues were addressed.

If any issues currently still persist in regards to the console transfer for new PC Commanders, then please do raise a direct Customer Service ticket here.

For more news from the Galaxy, read the full post here which includes news on this week's livestream, events and more!

Greetings Commanders,

The deployment of 4.0 for PC Commanders is now complete and available for you.

Once again to confirm. These are the options that will be available to you, following the update, via the Elite Dangerous Launcher:

Odyssey Players (players who have purchased Odyssey):

• Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
  
• Elite Dangerous: Horizons (3.8)
  
• Elite Dangerous (Base Game - pre Horizons)
  

Horizons Players (players who have not purchased Odyssey):

• Elite Dangerous: Horizons (4.0)
  
• Elite Dangerous: Horizons < This is 3.8
  
• Elite Dangerous (Base Game - pre Horizons)
  

(Arena and Combat Training will remain for both).

Previously shared links:
ELITE DANGEROUS '4.0' ACCESS ON PC FAQ : www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-40-access-pc-faq
UPDATE 13, NARRATIVE AND ACCESS TO 4.0 : www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-13-narrative-and-access-40

Known Issues:
Whilst a number of these known issues are naturally cause for concern among players at present, the team are viewing them with high priority of address and we'll of course inform you of progress on resolution of them in due course.

Store.
We are experiencing some degree of turbulence around the in game store at present.

• A number of Odyssey suits that should be available for Commanders to purchase are currently greyed out and unobtainable in game.
  
• All Suit decals in Livery display with a red "Odyssey-only content" icon, no matter if they are Odyssey or Horizons decals.
  

Game:

• Codex entry for optional exploration equipment lists Advanced Planetary Vehicle Hangar rather than Advanced Docking Computer.
  
• [Horizons 4.0] The glass for the Social Space on Fleet Carriers has an incorrect texture.
  
• When viewing ringed planetary bodies, the planetary rings do not currently appear to render correctly. It is possible to drop into the ring and asteroids will be present.
  
• [Horizons 4.0] Some Power Regulators, when visible on the SRV Radar appear targetable on approach, but cannot be acquired, as they are inside the local Power Building.
  
• [Horizons 4.0] Suit decals currently equip as expected in Livery, but do show in-game when using the Camera Suite, nor to other players in the same instance.
  
• Ship decals can be seen by other Commanders in Horizons 4.0, however the Odyssey rank decals ( Mercenary & Exobiologist) can not be seen by other players currently.
  

As I say, please do accept our apologies on these issues being present currently. We're working hard on our forward moving plan to address these and you'll be kept informed.

Once again, Commanders, thank you as always for being on this journey.

We have nothing further to say regarding instancing between versions at this time.

Focus from here will be to of *course* appreciate your feedback on the situation and hold tightly to it, however there will not be anything further to add on this topic for you at this time.

o7

Greetings Commanders.

As you will be now aware, the Elite Dangerous servers are offline to accommodate the deployment of 4.0.
At the moment, the servers are scheduled to return by early afternoon BST.

You can follow along release progress in the following official thread: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-4-0-release-tracker.608133/

We will, however, release a launch post as soon as 4.0 is available to all.

o7

Greetings Commanders.

As many of you are aware, we’ve outlined our plans to enable Commanders the option to launch Horizons and Odyssey, both as version 4.0, available for all PC players.

This means that all Commanders entering into the Galaxy on 4.0 versioning for Horizons and Odyssey (already 4.0) will be able to engage in the Aftermath narrative phases, enjoy four-player multicrew, see the graphical and UI improvements and much more!

To recap our latest statements:
ELITE DANGEROUS '4.0' ACCESS ON PC FAQ : [url=https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-40-access-pc-faq
UPDATE 13, NARRATIVE AND ACCESS TO 4.0 : [url=https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/update-13-narrative-and-access-40

Now, the other important bits...

• Our schedule for release of the updated versioning to 4.0 for Horizons and Odyssey is planned for tomorrow.
  
• Exact information on Server Downtime will be available as part of an additional release of information, early tomorrow morning (Approx 9am BST).
  
• We estimate downtime to be approximately 3 hours but this information will be shared more precisely tomorrow.
  

We're excited for this next step in the Horizons and Odyssey experience!

o7 Commanders.

See you in the black.

Greetings Commanders.

Here we go once again with the latest news from the Discovery Scanner.
You’re making some incredible discoveries lately and we’re all enjoying the passion and enthusiasm that Commanders are putting into it all.

GAME NEWS
The much anticipated rollout of Odyssey and Horizons 4.0, we can now confirm, is scheduled for later this week, following shortly on from the Console Profile Copy portal release tomorrow.

Further information in a standalone post on what to expect in terms of downtime and release scheduling for the 4.0 process will be released in good time of the exact date being shared.

Lots going on this week so do standby for further information as we move, across our Forums, official news website and social channels.

To read the full Discovery Scanner article with Commander Events and more, head to www.elitedangerous.com/news/discovery-scanner-12092022.

o7