Patch Notes Update Server Update Incoming - 19.06.2015

[nathandi20]

Is it back up yet as mine says nothing bout upgrade. Regards CMDR Nathaniel Bane

 

[Del-Dredd]

Was server update only as per thread title.

 

[Boson Higgs]

Thanks - it was details we were after so we can investigate a specific case.

Michael

And again 16:53, Boson Higgs, HYPOE FLY FR-D C15-831

 

[Ben Ryder]

Thanks for the update.

Please can you take the nerf off smuggling it was good. If anything nerf slaves as that was where the issue was.

And please make the black market only show on the system map if you have actually visited it.

Example I got a 0.5million credit fine for a deal that would have made just under 100,000 and that was a good smuggle route. Oh and ep damage.

Thanks

Oh and the Antal thing too please 50 percent fines but only 10 per cent profit. Totally unbalanced

 

[robbyp]

Thanks - it was details we were after so we can investigate a specific case.

Michael

I am having exactly the same problem.

 

[Stern Winter]

Thanks for all your hard work. Also thanks for the detailed explanation. Most appreciated.

Which system?
What is your commander name?
What time?
Michael

Scan error types:

Double Basic Discovery, where the star you just arrived at is normally automatically discovered and shown on your scanner and on your HUD. When this fails, you get the message "Discovered 1 astronomical object" and nothing appears on your HUD or scanner. Then, approximately 5 seconds later you get the discovery message again and the star appears on HUD and scanner.

Double Surface Scan, where the detailed surface scan completes with a "Detailed scan complete" message, but then immediately begins again, this time to finish correctly. Sometimes the scan completes after a very long "Analyzing" phase.

Multiple Advanced Discovery Scans, where you need to sound the Horn of Discovery several times before the remainder of the system is discovered.

Here are a few from today:

15:09 GMT: PHROI PRA OV-C D13-588 - Double basic discovery
15:13 GMT: PHROI PRA OV-C D13-863 - Double Advanced Discover Scan + Double Surface Scan
15:17 GMT: PHROI PRA UK-0 E6-718 - Double basic discovery

16:07 GMT: PHROI PRA OV-C D13-989 - Double advanced discovery scan
16:20 GMT: PHROI PRA MA-D D13-731 - Double surface scan
16:32 GMT: PHROI PRA MA-D D13-124 - Double Advanced Discovery Scan
16:34 GMT: PHROI PRA UK-0 E6-120 - Double basic discovery
16:38 GMT: PHROI PRA MA-D D13-62 - Double advanced discovery
16:42 GMT: PHROI PRA MA-D D13-1235 - Double surface scan

17:01 GMT: PHROI PRA UK-0 E6-724 - Double surface scan
17:22 GMT: PHROI PRA UK-0 E6-1154 - Double surface scan
17:34 GMT: PHROI PRA MA-D D13-387 - Double surface scan

18:07 GMT: PHROI PRA BI-I D10-77 - Double advanced discovery

My CMDR name is the same as my forum user.

 

[Arksun]

Then what's the point in having them. Just bosh out updates and hope for the best?

Errr, to squash the zillions of bugs you DONT know about because they were fixed before the actual release?

 

[Chaz]

Ah, I was suspecting something was wrong; I ranked up to "Master" and am allied with the Empire : I should have received the permit for Achenar unless I missed something?

I ranked up to Baron two nights ago without seeing any invites on the bulletin boards for the Summerland permit, which should have triggered when I hit the previous rank of Lord, and it was not in my permits list either. Then I logged on last night and the Summerland permit was suddenly there in my list.

All still seems a little bit random. At least the ranking up seems sorted now as my Lord and Baron ranks went up as expected after completing the ascension missions.

 

[DJ]

Repair shop no longer a chop-shop, welcome news before the weekend, well played Sir.

 

[withnail]

There are three separate double-scan problems:

- surface scanning: it scans,reports success in text, but not in the scanner, KEEPS ON SCANNING, reports success
- discovery scanning: you ping the system, it reports nothing (except the one you get for being close); you do it again: it finds 25 bodies
- discovery scanning: you ping the system, it reports finding 25 bodies, but nothing appears on your scanner or navigation window; you scan again: they appear

All three happen ... basically all the time. As in, 1 in 5 systems I visit will have at least one of these 3 issues.

Edit: the first happened 4:23 BST, Boson Higgs, scanning HYPOE FLYI VI-T C6-326 1

If you want an example of the other two... well, any system I've visited in the last 2 days where I haven't (according to the system) discovered all of the bodies ;p

This happens to me too.

 

[G3LF]

Which system?
What is your commander name?
What time?

Thanks

Michael

Just had a double scan, reports detailed surface scan complete but still shows as Unexplored and starts scanning again

SCREAKAO WU-G D10-5969 (third planet in the system)
CMDR G3LF
17:03:40 was the start of the second scan, thats UK time

 

[Arjin]

Just had a double scan, reports detailed surface scan complete but still shows as Unexplored and starts scanning again

SCREAKAO WU-G D10-5969 (third planet in the system)
CMDR G3LF
17:03:40 was the start of the second scan, thats UK time

This may have just been related to server performance issues they were having last night. I made about 45 jumps last night leaving inhabited space to get away from the stutter issues and had 0 double scan issues. I did have a few Jumps last longer than normal but that was it.

 

[Nicou]

I paid 72k to repair my Anaconda at 52% Hull and 40% thrusters.
To be honest, it is not enough, I would need to pay more.

Can you re-look into this and increase the cost? Can we discuss this point?

 

[geoffrey.hdt]

I paid 72k to repair my Anaconda at 52% Hull and 40% thrusters.
To be honest, it is not enough, I would need to pay more.
Can you re-look into this and increase the cost? Can we discuss this point?

Unfortunately the trend nowadays is either too high or to low it seems.
I am also from the kind who finds the repair and fuel cost way too low, breaking the immersion.
I also would like seeing repair/refuel/loading cargo take some time...call me a madman if you want

The argument is that if repair cost is too high, bounty hunting, assassination, etc...are not (less?) profitable. And I am afraid that from the gameplay perspective, this is actually right...

 

[Kirk-Fu]

Glad to see the double scan issues being looked into. I had to cut an exploration tour short and head home after 1.3 dropped because of "equipment malfunctions" (scanner bugs and extremely long hyperspace jumps)

Just wondering if there's anything going towards resolving the persistence issues with in-game settings?
Ever since 1.3 every time I log in my report crimes is set to off, galaxy map is back sorting by star type instead of what I last chose before logging off, etc etc. all because that's what they were set to before 1.3 came out. I have to remember to manually update all of the various ship functions and map sorting every time I start the game now.

 

[seanjo]

This!

Thanks for the repair update I might venture out to do some trading.

Please don't forget to add a "recharge shields" button in stations so I don't have to sit for 15 mins in a station waiting for my conda with 8 boosters to recharge shields.

If you switch off your boosters the shields charge quicker.

 

[geoffrey.hdt]

If you switch off your boosters the shields charge quicker.

Nope. The shield, if you switch off the booster, it will be faster to recharge to 100%. But then if you enable the boosters, the recharge will resume to charge the remaining.
Shield recharge shield is constant, no matter what shield rank/class you have.

If shield would recharge 10x faster when we are docked, that would solve the problem from a gameplay perspective.
If hull/module/integrity repair would take some time, it would solve the problem from a realistic/lore perspective... ;-)

 

[Nicou]

Unfortunately the trend nowadays is either too high or to low it seems.
I am also from the kind who finds the repair and fuel cost way too low, breaking the immersion.
I also would like seeing repair/refuel/loading cargo take some time...call me a madman if you want

The argument is that if repair cost is too high, bounty hunting, assassination, etc...are not (less?) profitable. And I am afraid that from the gameplay perspective, this is actually right...

Exactly, and exactly.
No need to say more. Repair & fuel is too low but the rewards in BH are also too low.

 

[Pazmino]

Any Idea when you people are going to fix the double scan?

I haven't had a double scan since the previous patch. Is this a server issue or connection issue (speed) or a mix of both?

 

[Mengy]

There are three separate double-scan problems:

- surface scanning: it scans,reports success in text, but not in the scanner, KEEPS ON SCANNING, reports success
- discovery scanning: you ping the system, it reports nothing (except the one you get for being close); you do it again: it finds 25 bodies
- discovery scanning: you ping the system, it reports finding 25 bodies, but nothing appears on your scanner or navigation window; you scan again: they appear

All three happen ... basically all the time. As in, 1 in 5 systems I visit will have at least one of these 3 issues.

Edit: the first happened 4:23 BST, Boson Higgs, scanning HYPOE FLYI VI-T C6-326 1

If you want an example of the other two... well, any system I've visited in the last 2 days where I haven't (according to the system) discovered all of the bodies ;p

Yep, these exact same issues happen to me all the time at random, in both deep space and inside the bubble. For months now too. I always thought they were known issues to FDev, lol!