Calling all XBOX SRV enthusiasts

[Snowymonk]

....so confirmed not on 11th then... As good an answer as has been seen for a while though I guess

A bit unfair on Brett.
It would be good to have a formal communication on the state of the bug (including any progress to date).
The issue with a PC only Beta is that PC commanders are not having the SRV crash issue so it is not possible to confirm whether it has been fixed.

Complete radio silence from Frontier on the issue, coupled with the upcoming DW2 expedition is leading the console commanders to flag their concerns.

1 week until we find out.

 

[Requiem Mortis]

There is no need to cross-post, especially when we have a forum dedicated to the Xbox platform.

.......

This is not a dedicated Xbox bug.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Can someone link the "DW2 is cancelled on consoles" post? I've searched hither and thither and can't find it.


If that's true...[mad]

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Can someone link the "DW2 is cancelled on consoles" post? I've searched hither and thither and can't find it.


If that's true...[mad]

It hasn't been cancelled, but it's going to be seriously damaged if the bug persists after the 11th.

 

[Sunyavadin]

Perhaps ye should read the last page or so of the xbox DW2 thread...until this bug is fixed, the event on xbox is cancelled...not my words, the words of those organizing things, so perhaps not word fer word...but thats the meat and two veg of it.

Garbage. Not everyone participating even has Horizons! And plenty of us have never encountered these issues in hundreds or even thousands of clocked hours.

What they've actually said in the DW2 thread, is that the crash can occur when 3 or more SRVs are present in one location, and so for commanders in groups larger than 2 to refrain from all deploying their SRVs in one place.

Personally, I'll be travelling in a group with two other friends who I normally play with, and we've never had problems visiting stuff like Barnacles, Guardian ruins, etc. together, so we'll continue deploying our SRVs together along the way.

 

[Old Duck]

And plenty of us have never encountered these issues in hundreds or even thousands of clocked hours.

Define "plenty" and "us" please.

 

[tafkabb]

To be honest, I've never had an SRV buzz crash while playing on my own in open, and I've driven nearly 5,000 km. It's only happened with two or more friends (and it's every time).

 

[tafkabb]

So... I'll give this ridge challenge a go at the weekend

 

[Bob Lighthouse]

To be honest, I've never had an SRV buzz crash while playing on my own in open, and I've driven nearly 5,000 km. It's only happened with two or more friends (and it's every time).

Then you are missing a "necessary condition".
It doesn't happen alone afaik.

 

[BulletTrev]

Perhaps ye should read the last page or so of the xbox DW2 thread...until this bug is fixed, the event on xbox is cancelled...not my words, the words of those organizing things, so perhaps not word fer word...but thats the meat and two veg of it.

I read back 5 pages to the 16th Dec and no mention of this in the DW thread ?

 

[tafkabb]

Then you are missing a "necessary condition".
It doesn't happen alone afaik.

From earlier in this thread:

The bug that everyone mistakenly refers to as the multiplayer crash affects solo play too. If you're in a SRV for any length of time you eventually get the same crash. The main reason I have not made my attempt at joining the circumnavigation club. The game crash just happens much, much faster if there is more than one SRV present.

Like I said, it hasn't happened to me so I can only go by what others are saying.

 

[Bob Lighthouse]

From earlier in this thread:


Like I said, it hasn't happened to me so I can only go by what others are saying.

Ah fair enough.
I missed that bit, and like yourself I've never experienced it.
I generally avoid other players while in the SRV though.

 

[cmStone]

I actually registered on this forum specifically because of the SRV PoV bug. I still get it from time to time as well as the SRV buzz crash. Both have occurred while being the only SRV in the area.

 

[JT442]

The DW2 may well be cancelled on xbox because of the SRV bug, itd be very interesting to see how this could work as things stand on consoles...

That is NOT what I said. I feel you may have taken it out of context somewhat. I said the bug may affect the expedition for console commanders - after all, where is the point of a social event if you struggle to socialise? That was in a thread dedicated to the bug itself.

"...possibility for killing the event for all PS4 and Xbox commanders." ruining it (killing it) FOR the participants... no mention of cancellation by the staff. I will take this as an error of international translation.


The main Main DW2 XB thread says 'beware of the bug'.

"Attn: All Console Commanders - the 3+ SRV bug remains an issue at the time of writing, and until further notice should refrain from the use of SRVs in groups of three or more. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause, but feel free to submit bug reports or comments to existing bug reports"

DW2 WILL NOT BE CANCELLED for any reason, and its certainly not my call. I am hopeful for a bug fix on the 11th, but the event will go ahead regardless. Some of the events will have to be dramatically changed for the console folk though.

 

[Godnamedthor]

Why in the Maker's universe can you not say anything other than that?

Patience is wearing thin...

3.3 will be a disaster on console if this isn't fixed on the 11th.

We've been begging your company for details, for months.

Drama much, eh?
Your PC broken?

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Drama much, eh?
Your PC broken?

No, just voicing the sour taste in many friend's mouth.

And who can blame them? Console ED is fundamentally broken.

 

[tafkabb]

No, just voicing the sour taste in many friend's mouth.

And who can blame them? Console ED is fundamentally broken.

I asked on the Xbox Facebook Elite Dangerous group (8,000+ members) to list all the known problems with Elite on Xbox.
PvP wing instancing and SRV game crashes was all I got. Fundentally broken is a little strong.

 

[Sunyavadin]

SRV crashes that my friends and I have yet to encounter even though we play in a wing of 3-4.
And which seem to be pretty uncommon when playing solo if I'm approaching "And I would Drive 500 More" without ever having encountered it.

Dunno about pvp instancing, never played pvp, so couldn't say.

Doesn't seem all that "fundamentally broken" to me.

Especially not when compared to say, the lighting system in the alpha beta...

 

[Docjas18]

SRV crashes that my friends and I have yet to encounter even though we play in a wing of 3-4.
And which seem to be pretty uncommon when playing solo if I'm approaching "And I would Drive 500 More" without ever having encountered it.

Dunno about pvp instancing, never played pvp, so couldn't say.

Doesn't seem all that "fundamentally broken" to me.

Especially not when compared to say, the lighting system in the alpha beta...

And you play on Xbox or PS4? Seems like that is the system effected. If so share your secrets with the masses.

 

[Sunyavadin]

And you play on Xbox or PS4? Seems like that is the system effected. If so share your secrets with the masses.

XBox.
My usual wing haven't encountered it while I've shown them to barnacles, surface settlements for manufactured mats, guardian ruins, etc.

Definitely not encountered it in solo, I'll let you know if it happens to me before I get the "and I would drive 500 more" achievement, but it's looking unlikely at this point.

DW2 will have me spending a lot more time with them than just a few hours at a time, so it may be more likely once we depart together.

Never experienced the Dav's Hope crash everyone was talking about a while back, either.

I don't know why. Maybe some kinda difference between my launch model XO and the S or X versions.