Credits are the easiest part of the game! It doesnt take long to make them. Its the engineering, builds, guardian unlocks and ranks that matter. Perhaps I am wrong, never tried the fleet carriers thing...might do one day...is it that? Please tell me if so because I really cant see why the rather good offer from FD can in any way be seen as anything other than generous.
Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates
- Thread starter Paul_Crowther
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Idk,m That's a question for Zac Cocken. I just repeated what he told me.
Well, Console players have only paid for Horizons on their consoles. So - when they transfer to PC, they get a PC version of horizons allocated to them without further charge. Console players transferring never paid for Odyssey on their consoles, and the transfer needs to go to a "non-existing" CMDR name on PC (per Frameshift Live on 5th May)... so if you want to play Odyssey with your newly transferred CMDR, you'll have to buy it again. Just like anyone else who wants to run an Alt account.
So, I'll have to ask a name change for my "destination-copy" CMDR... as currently my PC and XBOX CMDR have the same name (I hope they put this in the form we have to fill up for the transfer).
Meh, I've already done most of the engineering I had on my console account. I think I'm only missing my Beluga. I don't have ANY of the suit engineering done on my console account, so I'd rather keep my pc account. So since mergers are out, the assets are better than nothing. I'd really like all my console painjobs and DBX ship kit, too (without torching my PC CMDR).
If only I had a gaming PC. Of course, one of the main reasons I play on console these days is, other commitments mean I just cant justify the cost of upgrades etc. I guess it "Good bye Elite" for me. 
. It was fun while it lasted....
. It was fun while it lasted....Right.
Hypothetical here, but probably very important for a few CMDRS out there.
First started playing Elite D on the PS4.
Then purchased a copy on Steam a year later.
Both accounts use the exact same CMDR name.
Can I just copy over the PS account over the existing PC account with same name?
All explorer first discoveries would not be affected in the backend (seeing as it's the same name afaik) and I don't mind pasting over my PC progress.
Can it be done FDev?
Edit: Okay. It seems my question is answered already. I don't want to merge. That's not my issue.
Console CMDR gets pasted over existing PC Commander is that the Gist of it guys?
Hypothetical here, but probably very important for a few CMDRS out there.
First started playing Elite D on the PS4.
Then purchased a copy on Steam a year later.
Both accounts use the exact same CMDR name.
Can I just copy over the PS account over the existing PC account with same name?
All explorer first discoveries would not be affected in the backend (seeing as it's the same name afaik) and I don't mind pasting over my PC progress.
Can it be done FDev?
Edit: Okay. It seems my question is answered already. I don't want to merge. That's not my issue.
Console CMDR gets pasted over existing PC Commander is that the Gist of it guys?
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Yep brand new again "Name"...
This is better than what Valve did when they moved console players to PC versions they Put a console prefix to the name they were transfering...
Aka if you moved from PSN a PSN prefix was added so you became psn_rebel or Live_rebel... on the account screen...
100% not used on fdev name...
So for me some thing Like...
GraphiteGB_completely_free_account_Ta
Or
GraphiteGB-FDEV
Or
Graphite GB - PC - 2
Glad I got the game on Steam for $7 last year.
Well you can't really blame Frontier for hoping that newly transferred console commanders may also purchase an Odyssey expansion to go with it.
that would still be great if they allowed us to replace a commander with odyssey, but with less progress ( that we already have on pc i mean)
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Whichever PC you may have, if it's from the last five years, it will most likely run Horizons as good as the Xbox One, I originally used to play Horizons on Intel Graphics on a quad core i5 from 2015, with 8gb RAM.If only I had a gaming PC. Of course, one of the main reasons I play on console these days is, other commitments mean I just cant justify the cost of upgrades etc. I guess it "Good bye Elite" for me.
Of course Odyssey ramps up the specs, and we will see what the merge brings, performance-wise, but you're being given the chance to get a free copy of PC Horizons and an almost full transfer of your console commander to it, and you can keep playing your commander on your console.
Seriously, why wouldn't you, or anyone else for that matter, take that offer up so it's there for the future?
I agree with those who suggest to wait for official confirmation one way or another, but an earlier post looked like it suggested that Frontier could replace your current PC commander with your console one, which would include access to Odyssey if you've already bought it. But again, I suggest caution in treating that as a solid promise.
If you're suggesting that you want to merge your commander, I think Frontier have said a definite no to that, and if you think of the process, I think it's not too hard to see why. However, the details are still being worked on, and while I won't say don't hope for more, like a way to merge commanders, I think Frontier have come up with something that is delivering much more than what was expected already.
May has another two weeks, and FDEV just got a new mess on their hands to fix first with the last CG rewards.
The next stream is next thursday, I'm sure we'll hear then. Someone (maybe last weeks stream) said end May for the update as far as I remember.
That's unfortunate for me anyway... I also have the PC version but with the lifetime expansion pass so already have the content. I stayed away from the PC version for years though because I simply enjoyed playing the game more on Xbox so all my progress is there. Spent a little time building up my PC character but nothing compared to Xbox. Plus Odyssey at launch was unplayable so I never bothered returning to it. If the future is PC, all I'd really need is my Xbox progress, ships, etc added to my existing PC account and I'd be OK.
My only concern then is if another account got created for this transfer would that mean I couldn't play on my copy of the game with the lifetime exp pass? Or can you manage multiple characters/profiles? Like I said, been playing on Xbox so if it's possible now, not sure.
Features updates have allready stopped on console...
All of the updates have been Compliance with EDO changes updates to stop the game breaking on console when they change stuff on PC that could break the console game we have had updates to keep the game running ...
Thats why the updates on the main menu say EDO compliance builds on Horizons clients at the bottom of the screen on console...
No new features updates will come to console... All the features you have now are all you will get...
All the posh new shiny bling stuff will only come to PC owners and those who paid for EDO DLC on PC will get a lot more bling and shiny content...
Every thing you can do this very second on console is what you can do on console still...