Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 4

[CC | Zefninja]

not sure if it matters, but someone mentioned steam version has orange sidewinder and normal one works...
i am on steam version and still having orange sidenwinders...
maybe there is really a correlation?
Someone with normal launcher has orange sidewinders?

This. Confirm steam version on Orange sidewinder

 

[Exigeous]

@sallymorganmoore FYI - still having the same issue with Apex Interstellar. I get a flash of the mission board as it tries to go to the galaxy map then it crashes out.

Anyone else?

 

[sallymorganmoore]

@sallymorganmoore I'm pretty sure its to do with the Steam deployment....see earlier post....My PC with direct launcher works, the STEAM one gets Orange Sidewinder error..

Same Account , Same Network (Both LAN connections
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I wish it was, Commander! We're narrowing it down but it's somewhere else in the pipes.

 

[klusik]

Not playing today, as I see :-|

 

[Evazan]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I was getting infinite loading screens when starting up the game and fixed it by validating game files.

How do I validate game files? I'd like to try it but I dont know how.

Thanks

 

[CC | Zefninja]

Hi Sally.. Please just read. I have noticed that there's a flood of different types of messages from the community regarding the patch. Can you please put sub folders in place for patch specific issues and one patch specific questions and finally one for suggestions. And in the next update put in the notes the priority these will be dealt with. Thank you for all your efforts.
Pete

????

 

[Vardaugas]

After getting an orange sidewinder trying to enter the game, the textures on my ship in the menu screen stayed low-res, I couldn't access any game extras (just didn't react to the click) and exiting the game left it stuck on a black screen and needed to be finished off by the task manager.

 

[CHARLIE HOTEL ALPHA]

This. Confirm steam version on Orange sidewinder

could it be an issue with the download pushed to/from steam?

 

[Atan Shubashi]

I had problems launching the game after Steam patched it. Checking Gamefiles from within the launcher triggered some downloads. to me, this looks like some files were missing/not updated via steam? Just wanted to add this, cause it helped me. Can play now.

 

[madmattnz]

After getting an orange sidewinder trying to enter the game, the textures on my ship in the menu screen stayed low-res, I couldn't access any game extras (just didn't react to the click) and exiting the game left it stuck on a black screen and needed to be finished off by the task manager.

exact same here

 

[sallymorganmoore]

What should we do about Orange Sidewinder? I can log into Horizons, but always get Orange Sidewinder when trying to log into Odyssey. Even moved my CMDR to a different star system before the 2nd restart.

Totally don't expect you to do anything about it - it's on us Thanks for your patience! Tackling it.

 

[CMDR Astraea Astralis]

That's a nice long list of UI improvements, can't wait to try them when I get home later today! Fine work, FDev. Thank you.

 

[Darkman Returns]

Not sure what to do now. Having wasted most of the morning doing missions which have now been lost with the server reset I don't want to risk wasting any more time if they do another one to fix something else.

 

[Vardaugas]

How do I validate game files? I'd like to try it but I dont know how.

Thanks

Right click on the game in your steam library, select properties, go to local files and select "verify integrity of game files". Wait.

 

[BartTP]

I can basically 100% GUARANTEE you that it wont run as smooth as horizon in 6 month, in 12 month or more... so like never.
Due to the nature of the new graphics engine and the "wanted" changes to the looks of the game (planets, lightning etc..) it will always be more resource hungry than horizon is.
So the only thing you can pray for is prices dropping for graphics cards in the next 6 month so you can afford a better one...

Yup. Horizons will be downgraded, sadly. People will get all Odyssey cons and get no Odyssey pros. I'm expecting huge community uproar next fall.

 

[Lyamecron]

This. Confirm steam version on Orange sidewinder

I verified the game files in the elite launcher (which steam launches after clicking play) and it seems to want to download the patch from today again over the elite launcher. Maybe steam doesn't install Update 4 and thats why we can't access the game.

 

[Veyder]

I had problems launching the game after Steam patched it. Checking Gamefiles from within the launcher triggered some downloads. to me, this looks like some files were missing/not updated via steam? Just wanted to add this, cause it helped me. Can play now.

Gonna give this a try

 

[Denneb]

After getting an orange sidewinder trying to enter the game, the textures on my ship in the menu screen stayed low-res, I couldn't access any game extras (just didn't react to the click) and exiting the game left it stuck on a black screen and needed to be finished off by the task manager.

Same. And happens consistently every time. I hope this helps the devs pin down the issue

 

[sallymorganmoore]

@sallymorganmoore FYI - still having the same issue with Apex Interstellar. I get a flash of the mission board as it tries to go to the galaxy map then it crashes out.

Anyone else?

Throw me the Tracker Ticket, X and I'll run with it for you. Just trying to battle off these Orange Sidewinders.

 

[CMDR Charybdis]

Yes it is, I got back in and mine were all failed. I had an hour and a half (ish) left when servers went down for weekly reset...And due to serer issues mine are all failed now

As unfortunate as this is for the lost time that you've put in, this is precisely why the maintenance window is set at a consistent time of day on the same day of the week.

The recent practice of installing updates at this time is no bad thing either (the servers have just completed a maintenance cycle), but any issues may run on as they have here. Perhaps the lesson to take away is to have all your time sensitive missions completed before a patch/maintenance cycle is started. That at least is under your control.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, manage your risks.