4.0 Access on PC: FAQ

[Bruce G]

Greetings Commanders,

Earlier this month we shared this post which described our plans to make 4.0 available to all PC users. We’d like to take this opportunity reiterate the purpose of this option and answer some of your questions. To that end please, read this FAQ on our website:

Elite Dangerous '4.0' Access on PC: FAQ - Elite Dangerous: Odyssey

Greetings Commanders, Earlier this month we shared this post which described our plans to make 4.0 available to all PC users. We’d like to take thi...

www.elitedangerous.com

As always, thank you for your feedback and please ask any further questions you may have down below!

O7

 

[DrinkyBird]

Thanks Bruce.
How was your ice cream?

 

[Kzak]

Information! I approve. +1.

 

[CyberTX]

thanks a lot

 

[Bruce G]

Thanks Bruce.
How was your ice cream?

Cookies and cream filled.

 

[yianniv]

Thanks, Bruce.

 

[Rubbernuke]

What about C+P? Will this be harmonised between versions or will 3.8 be the place you go to push wanted ships into the nearest ravine?

 

[KitKatCake]

Thanks for the post!
Is there a post regarding Known Issues and their acknowledgement to the team coming soon as well?

 

[ElvisKremmen]

Thanks for the clarification Bruce o7

 

[effingjoe]

Is there a technical reason the player base has to be split up like this? Fragmenting the player base seems counterproductive in a game where organically running into another player was very rare to begin with.

 

[nemolomen]

Cookies and cream filled.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Look for chocolate spots- always a danger with that.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

Thanks Bruce.

Would it be possible to consider in future allowing instancing between 4.0 Horizons and 4.0 Odyssey when in CQC mode (and maybe even 3.8 as well)? None of the CQC mode itself is Odyssey-specific or contains any Odyssey content, and the mode has been suffering badly since the initial Odyssey release from not having a unified queue.

 

[DSS Lev]

Will Horizons 4.0 players be able to instance with Odyssey or Horizons 3.8 Players? One or the other, or neither?

 

[Ravenov]

Is there a technical reason the player base has to be split up like this? Fragmenting the player base seems counterproductive in a game where organically running into another player was very rare to begin with.

Agreed, splitting an already fractured playerbase further is not the way forward.

 

[Bruce G]

Thanks Bruce.

Would it be possible to consider in future allowing instancing between 4.0 Horizons and 4.0 Odyssey when in CQC mode (and maybe even 3.8 as well)? None of the CQC mode itself is Odyssey-specific or contains any Odyssey content, and the mode has been suffering badly since the initial Odyssey release from not having a unified queue.

It's not a bad idea and would definitely help with matchmaking. That said, it's not ideal to have cross-instancing available in one game mode and not others. I don't imagine we would consider this for 3.8 when we'd prefer people move onto 4.0.

 

[Bruce G]

Will Horizons 4.0 players be able to instance with Odyssey or Horizons 3.8 Players? One or the other, or neither?

This is one of the FAQs!

 

[Factabulous]

You probably want to update this FAQ at some point, as it's now wrong https://customersupport.frontier.co...348381714-Odyssey-and-Horizons-compatibility- (pic shows instancing in space as a thing, maybe more)

 

[nemolomen]

Will Horizons 4.0 players be able to instance with Odyssey or Horizons 3.8 Players? One or the other, or neither?

Players will only be able instance with those in the same version of the game. There will be three versions:

Horizons v3.8

Horizons v4.0

Odyssey v4.0

 

[DSS Lev]

This is one of the FAQs!

ah, missed that the first time, thanks