Elite: Dangerous - Bug discussion

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Also a new bug happened: When logging in today, the UI of the Starport services suddenly locked up and refused to take any input. Testing revealed my controls worked in the galaxy and system maps, so the issue seems to be connected to the Starport UI.

Since I couldn't leave the locked up screen except for looking at the map and other UI-windows, I logged out and restarted the game. This fixed the issue for now but I made a ticket just in case.
Ticket #00000024588
I've had issues with the Starport UI locking up, usually when opening the Contacts option. A fix I've found is to go UI Focus + Down (IE the key combo you use to get to left or right screens, except down instead of left/right. Shift + S by default), and that lets you select Starport Services again, which gets the UI working.
 
hi,

@ "Pencastle ~ above ^"

was just wandering did the system change allegience or anything like that? Have you got any bounty's outstanding?

Have a look in case it has done something like that.

No, The change was a matter of minutes. Nothing could have happened in that time.
 
hi ran into this bug a few times so far at just this one station.

Using AUTODOCKING on a ASP when it goes to land on a certain pad it just sits and bounces around on the pad and never docks just keeps bouncing. only way to stop this without dying is to save and exit to menu and then reload game.

Problem:

System is: ALTAIR
Station is: SOLO ORBITOR
Pad number is: 41
Ship Flying is: ASP
Resulting Bug is: Ship never "Docks" it just bounces around and if you cancel dock you get shot by station so only way to get around bug is to save and quit and then reload.

Thx so much for making this game been a fan since very first release and this version is fantastic, great job.

Cheers,
Mike Elliot (STIG)

Have you tried turning off the docking comp in the right hand modules menu. You should then be able to manually complete a landing as a workaround
 
TICKET #00000003798

I drove from Clement Orbital in YZ Ceti to SOL Daedalus.. Once I arrived in to the station with my cargo, my ship was instantly destroyed!! There was no loitering, I was not wanted, I had no bounty on my head and I had a landing pad assigned to me.. No one was shooting at me either!! I just exploded and got "your ship has been destroyed" message.. I lost 700.000 CR of this bug..

Frontier, I issued a ticket to you. I hope you can have a look at it as soon as possible. I'm posting this for others to see aswell

Two days ago, I was just about to enter Shavyrin Terminal in Zelano, when my shields instantly went down and I exploded with 216 imperial slaves on board. overall damage > 4mio :(
there was no overheating, no shooting and my shields were at 100% before this happened. I assumed that I was probably hit from behind by an arriving python. At least I saw it entering the letterbox after I was ejected from my ship. But after reading this post it also could be the same bug keem85 describes.
 
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Another bug: It's possible to resupply ammo at any station by using the "Reload all" quick-access menu option, it's available even at stations without the Re-Arm facility.
 
Another Hyper destination target bug:

If you select a Hyper destination while in Supercruise, then drop from Supercruise to normal space, you lose your Hyper Destination. The Hyper Destination still shows on the left HUD, but the navigation compass is gone, and the system is no longer in the left menu's location list. To relock your destination you have to go back through the galaxy map.
 
I killed an Orca assassination target and it didn't register as mission complete (name was right, but surprised an Orca popped up). Has this happened to anyone else?
 
I bought Elite Dangerous 3 weeks ago but all it does is produce a black screen if I attempt to launch the game from the Launcher. Frontier Support never responded.
 
I bought Elite Dangerous 3 weeks ago but all it does is produce a black screen if I attempt to launch the game from the Launcher. Frontier Support never responded.

sometimes it takes a bit. how long are you waiting before considering things "broken"?
 
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A system right near the Laedla system has a faction seemingly in a civil war with nobody. The system has a lot of conflict zones without any conflict (just a big convoy flying in circles), you can only pick one faction to side with - there is no other. That's a bug isn't it?
 
It doesn't matter how long I wait. Nothing happens.
I can't remember now, but does the launcher require one to run it as administrator?

Also did you try reinstalling the launcher and the game?

Finally, perhaps you have a firewall blocking the game's access to the Internet somehow.
 
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Yes I've re-installed the entire game five times now. I've tried launching as Admin. Frontier Support never replied to my tickets, and this has been going on now for over three weeks.
 
it may be totally unrelated, but check the properties of the elitelauncher.exe file and make sure the "read-only" box is UNchecked. when i first purchased elite back in beta, i couldn't even launch the game because of this. you say you get to a black screen though.... its worth a shot.
 
Yes I've re-installed the entire game five times now. I've tried launching as Admin. Frontier Support never replied to my tickets, and this has been going on now for over three weeks.

I know that with the holidays the support got really backed up, but have you been checking back at the ticket's page on the website? I've read of people relying on an email notification that either never comes or ends up in the spam folder.
 
Yes, I go directly to the page, not relying on an email notification. There has been no acknowledgement what-so-ever.

UPDATE: I heard from Frontier Support today 11.1.2015. They could not recommend either work-around for making the game launch. This doesn't mean the work-arounds are bad, just that they are not officially supported. At this time the game still just goes to a black screen when I click Play.

UPDATE: I received a new watchdog.exe from Frontier today and now the game seems to load fine! 12.1.2015
 
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I killed an Orca assassination target and it didn't register as mission complete (name was right, but surprised an Orca popped up). Has this happened to anyone else?

Happened to me too! Apathaam, "The Saint". I am friendly with that faction, wonder if that might cause it...?

Have tried three times now. Closed game etc, between each time. The Saint is with the Apathaam brothers whom I am friendly, meaning he is 'green' and not hostile.
 
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Bug with text on a mission $##DESTINATIONSTATIONNAME;

I was undertaking a mission and I receive a mission update whilst roaming the galaxy, however, the title of the mission now reads "Abandon delivering slaves to $##DESTINATIONSTATIONNAME;"

I took a screen shot but I'm not allowed to link it within this forum, however, it can be found at the address below if you take out the spaces

w w w . r i c h y . n e t / e l i t e _ b u g .jpg
 
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