Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Hotfix 10.03 | 14/02/2022

[Darth Ender]

no downtime likely means the server is just being restarted immediately.

assuming the OP wasn't given bad information.

Expecting unreliable narrators though, should be second nature for an ED player. You're supposed to play assuming everything someone tells you about the game is potentially biased, wrong or the result of memory manipulation and brain-washing.

 

[DanTheMan]

How long will the servers be down for?

Only until patience has been thoroughly tested (unlike FD code)

 

[Northpin]

What does it break?

Now that's the billion credits question

 

[Rat Catcher]

Not sure if understanding what restarting !=downtime.....

There will be no appreciable delay in bringing the servers back to full functionality... A bit like rebooting your PC or playbox and waiting for it to restart.

 

[LeoBartlet]

Is the update done yet?

It's too soon to say.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

Do not be coy or play stupid, you can afford neither in Sparta

 

[Northpin]

Zac said no downtime, which means that servers will be shut down and restarted right back.

IMO no downtime means no restart.

A restart implies downtime - even if for 30s (assuming the servers do reboot and are running from SSD) or even less if it's only a service restart.
But if the client gets disconnected, it means at least 2 minutes downtime - the time needed to restart from desktop

 

[Athan]

Ooohhhh, actually very close to a CORRECT USAGE of the term 'hotfix'.

I first experienced it in relation to World of Warcraft applying server-side changes that definitely didn't require a client patch, no client restart, and often not even a relog of character. The whole point of the "hot" is that "things stay running the whole time, no client disconnection/restart, nothing gets chance to start cooling down because it's still running".

So, please stop using "hotfix" when an actual client patch is part of it. Those are just patches, not hotfixes.

 

[STRONTIUM DOG]

I am a level headed dog...……………..
proof being I dribble equally out of both corners of my mouth
nothing wrong with being more stable imo

 

[zimms]

We've had backend fixes in the past where no downtime also meant no server restart, so I don't think golgothas question was completely unreasonable.

But obviously one can't let a good opportunity to insult somebody go to waste. As you were.

 

[Vandaahl]

Not sure if understanding what restarting !=downtime.....

Then you have no problem either.

 

[Rat Catcher]

But obviously one can't let a good opportunity to insult somebody go to waste.

Indeed...
Have you noticed how black that kettle is?

 

[Cmdr Kellett781]

IMO no downtime means no restart.

A restart implies downtime - even if for 30s (assuming the servers do reboot and are running from SSD) or even less if it's only a service restart.
But if the client gets disconnected, it means at least 2 minutes downtime - the time needed to restart from desktop

I play on a dedicated SSD. All of my big memory games have their own dedicated SSD. “Nearly” eliminates load times. It’s glorious.

 

[Florenus]

IMO no downtime means no restart.

A restart implies downtime - even if for 30s (assuming the servers do reboot and are running from SSD) or even less if it's only a service restart.
But if the client gets disconnected, it means at least 2 minutes downtime - the time needed to restart from desktop

Right. Then why he said:

it's always wise to give the servers a few minutes to get back up to speed!

Why servers need to get back to speed if they are not restarted?

 

[zimms]

Indeed...
Have you noticed how black that kettle is?

Mhm...

 

[LeoBartlet]

See, Frontier this is what happens when you vanish, We have people arguing semantics and a bloke with soap in his mouth very confused about what is happening.

 

[Oztig]

No thanks, but maybe accusing golgotha of illiteracy was a bit of a duck move. (Not talking about you.)

"There's no expected downtime associated with the hotfix but it's always wise to give the servers a few minutes to get back up to speed!"
If the game is now saying summat different, then can't comment on that, but at time of my post, see above.
we will find out in 1 minutes time ......

 

[Dillon Fallon]

1. Switch off PC
2. Go make a coffee or go outside with a bin on your head shout "Bubbles!" as loud as you can, depending on your preference.
3. Return to PC and check if game is working.

 

[Judge Chuck]

Just got dumped out of the game, so there is downtime.

Edited to add: "Can't connect to Frontier Servers"

All play options, apart from "Training" greyed-out.

 

[Northpin]

Right. Then why he said:

Why servers need to get back to speed if they are not restarted?

Why saying "contributing pilots have the opportunity to be rewarded with a generous number of credits" about a CG with only 2 tiers and where the TOP 10 will be rewarded with 6.4 millions credits?

Genesis - Land of Confusion