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    April 17, 2021

    Elite Dangerous [DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!

    [DAILY Q&A] Ask and answer any questions you have about the game here!

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 08:50 AM PDT

    Greetings, Commanders! This is the Daily Q&A post for /r/EliteDangerous

    If you have any questions about any topic, whether it be for the moderators, tips and tricks for piloting or general gameplay/development questions please post here!

    Please check new comments and help answer to the best of your ability so we can see this community flourish!

    Remember to check previous daily Q&A threads and the New Q&A FAQ.

    Wiki • Career Chart • Lore (Brief) • Thargoids • Sagittarius Eye Magazine • The Elite Squadron

    Game Update Summaries: Core • Horizons • Beyond • 2019-2020

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    Odyssey Alpha - Phase Three - Thread #9 "Puzzles Are Better Than QTEs"

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 08:50 AM PDT

    Galnet: "The Awakening of the Adamastor"

    Community Goals: Archon Delaine's Campaign To Build New Starports

    Previous Megathreads: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

    Alpha Phase 3 is now available for testing and feedback

    Exo-Biology Video Guide

    Please mark any new Odyssey Alpha posts as spoilers

    If you see a spoilery-post that should be flagged, remind the CMDR in a comment

     

    Odyssey Alpha Rollout schedule (Image)

    Odyssey details known so far: Buurpit's video, Barking Mad's blog

     

    Phase Three: Exploration (15th Apr onwards)

    • Increase playable 'bubble' to 50LY
    • Includes unexplored planets, allowing for First Footfall experience
    • Supratech Artemis explorer suit available for purchase
    • Players can analyse organics with the Genetic Sampler tool
    • Missions and rewards rebalance

    Phase Two: Combat (8th Apr to 15th Apr)

    • Open up 20LY of space for travel
    • Players can now purchase ships
    • Manticore Dominator combat suit available for purchase
    • Faction conflicts will be enabled
    • Frontline Solutions available
    • Missions for neighbouring systems available, including trading with settlements and POIs

    Phase One: First Steps (29th Mar to 8th Apr)

    • New Commander issued for every participant
    • In a single star system to maximise player interaction
    • Remlok Maverick scavenger suit available for purchase
    • Access to Takada and Kinematic weapon sets
    • Apex Interstellar available for player travel
    • Variety of activities available including salvage and collect/delivery missions.

    Alpha is scheduled to end on 30th April

     

    Known Issues

    • When the player approaches plants they've already sampled or have obtained the complete sample for, the UI text says 'Insufficient Diversity' instead of 'Already Sampled'
    • The sample burning animation is unclear in that samples are being destroyed or that it can be cancelled
    • The quick item wheel is very hard to use with a mouse
    • Players may find themselves outside of the concourse when interacting with certain vendors or elements
    • 'Cuttable' panels can get stuck in housing after being cut
    • Players may arrive at an empty Conflict Zone
    • Settings menu options are cut off at the bottom of the screen
    • Players are unable to target a system and manually jump to it when using the Galactic Map
    • Large numbers of AI are seen in Savitskaya Vision's social space
    • Players may find an empty ship hangar when attempting to board host ships in Teams
    • Players are not able to pick a side at a Conflict Zone when on foot via their comms panel
    • Oculus Rift HMD does not display the game. The monitor Viewer displays correctly and shows headtracking is working
    • If players perform a melee attack or throw grenades, obstructive defects block their visor
    • Graphical artefacts are present on assets (such as player arm & organics) when visor is on
    • Collection mission objective will only update for one person in the instance
    • Players sometimes experience that missions are not showing as completed until they re-log
    • Dropships will sometimes attempt to dock with settlements rather than drop players in a Conflict Zone

     

    Known Workarounds

    See any other good workarounds? Upvote them of course, and also link them below for inclusion in the next megathread.

     

    General Help & Tips

    Ask below, not in a new post. Or search the subreddit.

     

    Bug Reports

    If you encounter any issues during your Alpha experience please report them as soon as possible via the Issue Tracker where Frontier's development team will be actively investigating reports.

     

    Feedback

    Post your feedback below and in the official feedback forum

    Odyssey Alpha - Initial Feedback Response

     

    Patch Notes

     

    PC Specifications

    Please note that as this is an Alpha phase, a large amount of optimisation work for the final release is yet to be completed. These specifications are subject to change as Frontier move toward release.

    Recommended Specs (High Settings at 1080p)

    • Intel Core i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (above 4 GHz recommended)
    • 12GB RAM
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 5500
    • 60GB available space

    Minimum Specs (Low Settings at 720p)

    • Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-4350
    • 8GB RAM
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
    • 60GB available space

    Please note, the VR implementations are not currently optimised and not ready for testing at this time.

     

    Livestream VoD - Producer Samantha Marsh talking about Odyssey's Starports: Twitch, Youtube (Q&A Quick Notes)

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    Found this clearing out Granddads house, belonged to Dad as a kid

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 03:03 AM PDT

    "The Void Stared Back..."

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 01:57 PM PDT

    I know it's no perfect picture, but I just like the lighting in this...

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 07:16 AM PDT

    I heard "Asp Explorer in front of things" pics were popular. Am I doing this right?

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 01:35 PM PDT

    Its been a while since my last drawing but here is my DBX 'Nomad'

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 12:31 PM PDT

    Forget about planets. I wanna walk and explore those. I wanna buy a house there. Don't care it is stationary. I want to go back to it once in a while and decorate it. I want to watch the stars in my front yard.

    Posted: 16 Apr 2021 10:14 PM PDT

    Let's see you Chaff your way out of THAT!

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 05:04 AM PDT

    After 150 hours of playing I finally stumbled across an asteroid base ��

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 02:09 AM PDT

    Been soldering this during today's afternoon. Pretty damn proud of it but not sure if I'm going to paint it grey metal or keep it "rough". What's your point ?

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 10:58 AM PDT

    Finally took my DBX on a journey to the previously-unreachable Owl Nebula (GCRV 6897)

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 08:46 AM PDT

    My cute little Commander)

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 01:16 PM PDT

    TK's Dream; CMDR Grover Kiwi visits a memorial star

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 08:02 AM PDT

    Screenshot of my new Krait Phantom

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 12:17 PM PDT

    Had my first hyperdiction immediately after picking up a sensor

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 10:20 AM PDT

    Planet rings: this never gets old.

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 05:39 AM PDT

    Enjoying phase 3 - awesome game

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 10:35 AM PDT

    The Otter Academy, an Xbox squadron teaching new players!

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 09:32 AM PDT

    I made a timelapse of the biggest star I've ever seen and added ambient space music to set the mood

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 02:28 PM PDT

    Odyssey should add Fleet Carrier concourses/interiors

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 01:06 PM PDT

    Okay, so I highly doubt that anyone from Fdev will actually read this. But on the slightest chance that my ramblings actually make it up the chain to someone in charge, here I am.

    In the Odyssey FAQ, there was a question regarding fleet carrier interiors. Fdev responded something like: "We have nothing more to add to this at the current time."

    As this is a classic Fdev non-answer, I'm pretty sure it's safe to assume that Odyssey won't feature carrier interiors at launch.

    Since they already went through the trouble of figuring out how to implement station, outpost, and settlement interiors, they should really also add a basic interior to Fleet carriers as well. I'm sure that most commanders who are excited about Odyssey and own a carrier share this opinion.

    However, some commanders are against it.

    I've seen that the most common argument against carrier interiors is that it wouldn't be a good use of Fdev's time due to the fact that only a small fraction of players actually owning them.

    And to that I say, grind some more credits you plebs! /jk

    No but in all seriousness, I don't actually see that argument panning out for a couple of reasons:

    1) A lot of commanders already use our carriers as a social meetup point to wing up with friends or travel somewhere as a group. Since this purpose was a large selling point for station interiors, it would make perfect sense to give carriers this feature as well.

    2) Because of the above point, many commanders who don't own carriers still regularly interact with and benefit from them. This kind of nullifies that main argument against this feature.

    There are a couple of other reasons that I believe would make carrier interiors worth implementing, but since they don't directly relate to the above counterpoint I'll just list them down here:

    • The new xenobiology gameplay loop. Carriers already have universal cartographics, so why not add a place for turning in our gene samples too? And since this is an Odyssey-exclusive feature, it would make sense to keep the theme of turning it in on foot. Having this on carriers would be very useful to explorers, similar to how universal cartographics is essential for exploration-based carriers.

    • Carrier interiors would partially lessen the blow of not getting ship interiors for a lot of commanders. Fdev knows that a lot of people wanted ship interiors. And while I don't speak for the entire community, I know that personally I would be less disappointed if I could at least walk around in my carrier.

    • You know those fancy carrier jump animations? Yeah, the ones that we can only actually see if we're getting left behind by our carriers? Many commanders (including me) would cry tears of joy if we could stand on the bridge during carrier jumps. I would do that every single time I moved my carrier. This feature alone would make carrier interiors completely worth it, forgetting everything else I said.

    TL;DR

    Carrier interiors should be implemented with Odyssey, because many people would benefit from them including commanders who don't own a carrier. And for many other reasons, listed above.

    But what do you guys think? Any other comments or counter-arguments are welcome.

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    Let's look inside of a thargoid ship cockpit!

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 04:40 AM PDT

    Ok so, I managed to do a screenshot at the internal cockpit of a thargoid ship, IDK if someone managed to do this before, but I am really curious about how the thargoids look like and their "style", aside from the biotech.

    I hoped to find something relevant but it doesn't seem to be anything like that, I'll post it anyway so you guys can see it by yourself without risking your life lol.

    Safe journeys, commanders!

    https://preview.redd.it/osf79dnwypt61.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d0ac52dd7443d11a93bba4e45807edb8393db99

    https://preview.redd.it/i79yvenwypt61.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96b80860e00a93b36ba990b246632415009c6d77

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    The void calls...

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 01:50 PM PDT

    This mostly grey planet makes your Rover leave Red Tracks.

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 03:02 PM PDT

    If you're looking to play Frontier: First Encounters (third game in the Elite series, just before Dangerous), here's everything you need in one post!

    Posted: 17 Apr 2021 06:26 AM PDT

    Step one: Download FFED3D (link from my personal Google Drive)

    Step two: Unpack the .7z, start the game with FFED3DAJ.exe

    Step three: ...that's it?

    Yes, that's it! I've gone through all the hassle of downloading and setting up this somewhat complicated Frontier: First Encounters Direct3D remake mod, which even includes HD models for most ships, which you can toggle on and off at any time in-game with CTRL+F6. Best of all, it runs absolutely perfectly on 64-bit computers, which is an achievement given the fact that the original FFE was a 16-bit program, and thus any 64-bit Windows has a seizure trying to run it.

    If you want, you could load up my save file that's sitting around in the Commandr folder somewhere. I have an Asp Explorer with a 4MW beam laser and 5 shield generators. Nothing fancy but pretty neat anyway.

    Controls

    Another personal touch of mine is setting up the controls for ya. No more of this messy A+Z+comma+period business. If you want to set up your own controls, you can find it in "ffed3daj.cfg", or turn "UseKeybinds" to 0 if you'd (somehow) like to use FFE's default controls.

    Important controls are as follows:

    Thrust forward/backward/left/right: W/S/A/D

    Thrust up/down: R/F

    Roll left/right: Q/E

    Change engine mode: Z (this basically toggles FA on, off, autopilot, and engine off. Press it to take off)

    Landing gear: L

    Missile: X

    ECM: C

    Refuel: V (this transfers hydrogen fuel or military fuel from your cargo to your engine. Military fuel turns into radioactives after use)

    Hyperspace jump: J

    Fly by holding RMB and dragging across the screen. You aim it like any FPS game (though you might want to turn off the inverted up/down in the game's pause menu settings). I usually fly with Set Speed (think of it like flight assist) Off, as FFE's mouse controls are very intuitive. Most of the menus are also easily navigated with the mouse.

    To get around to places, open your Navigation Computer by clicking the question mark on the bottom right (the equivalent of pressing 1 in Dangerous). Click anywhere you'd like to go to, and tap Z until it goes to Autopilot. And there ya go, that should be it. Fast forward the game by clicking the little arrows in the bottom left and you'll be where you want to go in no time (there was no Supercruise in this game; getting anywhere requires fast forwarding). The guide below explains this whole thing much better.

    The only control problems you'll face are that D and F also scroll the messages up and down. Unfortunately there is no way to fix this to my knowledge. Page Up/Down will scroll chat back where you need it, but if you insist on using WASD controls you'll have to get used to your chat scrolling as you dogfight. It's not so bad I think

    Guide

    If you're totally new to FFE, I absolutely recommend THIS wonderfully-written beginner's guide. It's just about the best thing I've read about this game, and without it I doubt I'd even be out of the starter ship (I took my time quite a bit so I sorta stopped at the 9th run to Soholia since the plague ended, ah well)

    TLDR

    I have here a fully functioning revamp of Frontier: First Encounters called FFED3D, set up with custom WASD controls and AndyJ's HD models (which can be toggled off with Ctrl+F6). Unlike most versions of FFE, FFED3D will run on modern computers without needing an emulator. If you need a guide on how to start in FFE, here you go

    Have fun out there, and see you all in Gateway! And don't forget your very own Panther Clipper ;)

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