Orange Oh wait i loaded in Nice.
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 4
- Thread starter sallymorganmoore
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Holy Superhuman Abilities Batman!! Sally you've been goin at this like a super ninja on a 20 pack of redbull. Hats off to you! This is communication Frontier, this is amazing!! Just wanna say well done on my lunch break 
Thanks Sally for the great work! Here is what fixed the Orange Sidewinder for me.
1) In the ED launcher selected Options | Validate game files
2) --> This ran for ten minutes and gave me an "Incorrect manifest checksum" error
3) I launched ED but still got the Orange Sidewinder
4) I closed out of everything then in Steam did a Verify integrity of game files
5) Then in the ED launcher I did Options | Validate game files again. It seemed to work this time.
6) --> I launched ED and was able to get in the game normally
Have a great day!
1) In the ED launcher selected Options | Validate game files
2) --> This ran for ten minutes and gave me an "Incorrect manifest checksum" error
3) I launched ED but still got the Orange Sidewinder
4) I closed out of everything then in Steam did a Verify integrity of game files
5) Then in the ED launcher I did Options | Validate game files again. It seemed to work this time.
6) --> I launched ED and was able to get in the game normally
Have a great day!
sallymorganmoore
Senior Community Manager : Elite Dangerous
@sallymorganmoore is on full throttle working there
1. SLF unable to launch
2. Weapon SFX gone
3. Unable to damage ship modules
oOOFT all in one ticket? Goodness me hehe. Will see what can be done about the SLF from this ticket then if there are individual ones for the others to track then AWESOME! Thank you!
Next time, be polite and show the solution instead of "scroll down". Don't judge that people didn't to that.
I know that you're trying to help, I appreciate that but let FDev help with the issues.
BTW, I've opened an issue tracker. Using another machine (with steam) worked only doing the update.
It is wrong, I see more stars from my backyard through the earth's atmosphere. The background in the odyssey is broken and looks awful, not realistic.
Short straw with being on the forums today @sallymorganmooreLots and lots there! Appreciate it! I sadly am up against it right now with some stability issues and things BUT I will absolutely see what I can do when I have breathing room
When will the looting of megaships and orbital settlements be fixed? The problem exists and has been reported for over 2 years. The BGS attack scenario is currently impossible to conclude.
whanting to bring attention to this: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/38405
And the fact that i cant log in since patch. most of the time, or get constant disconnects.
And the fact that i cant log in since patch. most of the time, or get constant disconnects.
sallymorganmoore
Senior Community Manager : Elite Dangerous
I had this too initially. Was stuck on 'preparing for update' for ages with no progress. I resorted to restarting the PC, disablng cache file check in the ED Launcher, and then validating files. It was another few minutes stuck on 'preparing for update', but then it patched and has worked ever since. Hope you get it sorted soon, mate.
Frontier, please take note of this one. Mission material rewards have been broken for a while now and it's disappointing to see them still not fixed in Update 4 despite many people reporting it. Happens with certain mission types it seems (if you read the below link)
Here is only 1 of numerous threads on it in the Issue tracker - https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35486
And here is video proof (link is timestamped) -
Source: https://youtu.be/mBq59lmNeDo?t=17036
Please sort it for Update 5,
Also weren't we told the darkness would be sorted in Update 4? Could have sworn we were. Has it been as I've not seen it mentioned in the patch notes?
Here is only 1 of numerous threads on it in the Issue tracker - https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/35486
And here is video proof (link is timestamped) -
Please sort it for Update 5,
Also weren't we told the darkness would be sorted in Update 4? Could have sworn we were. Has it been as I've not seen it mentioned in the patch notes?
Almost five and half hours after the launch of the latest update and you still can't sort out why Orange Sidewinder is a thing?
So what worked worked for me to get past the Orange Sidewinder, as many have mentioned, I am on Steam:
1. Verify game files from Steam - Right click on game > Properties > Local Files> Verify Integrity of game files
2. Validate game files from Elite Dangerous Launcher - Open the launcher then go to Options > Validate Game Files
I did have some files download. Restart the launcher and try again.
1. Verify game files from Steam - Right click on game > Properties > Local Files> Verify Integrity of game files
2. Validate game files from Elite Dangerous Launcher - Open the launcher then go to Options > Validate Game Files
I did have some files download. Restart the launcher and try again.
if it helps, then at least as of patch 3 the brightness of the skybox was related to the brightness of the star. So white dwarfs looked amazing (see images below), while brown dwarf systems had a very dark galaxy. Haven't checked properly with update 4 yet! Was in LHS 449 today after patch 4, which looked much better than before. Some dimmer stars still looked odd vs horizons.
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