Patch Notes Update Beta 2.03 incoming

[Thynome]

Great, working fine!

Since the update B2.03 it works fine for me! B2.00 till B2.02 weren't playable for me (exactly as for the majority of us beaters) and I'm so happy that I can go out now and earn some money and don't stop wondering about what fantastic work you did, Frontier Developments! Sure there are still some (minor) bugs but that doesn't interest me at the moment. The game is playable and I'm happy!

Keep going, FD
CMDR Thynome

 

[Lothahnus]

Dropping out od SC at stations takes way too long. Also still crashing. Can only play about 15-20 minutes. I will be waiting until fixed to play. Still it is getting better than yesterday. Good job FD . Cant wait till crashes stop. I want to play.

 

[hyzwar]

Playable now. Something is wrong with blur / shadows on my GT740M. B2 is soo cool in my opiniom - keep going with GJ, FD!

Music is total ownage!

 

[Vingtetun]

Managed to get into game last night and play a little after doing a clear save. Had 4 occasions where the pc just froze. Total lockup. Power button reset.

Not heat as I have that all logged.

Once in station menu, once entering supercruisr, once entering station letterbox and the last in mid supercruise.

 

[kbthetoad]

Thanks been trying to get back in game since beta 2 update. The clear save worked fine.
Had no probs so far.
Goodbye withdrawal systems.

 

[Logan Hand]

ant one else having a problem with the scanner when dropping form sc?

I think it has zoomed in?

I sometimes need to change scanner range to get visible ships etc on the scanner.

 

[Ludo Madrid]

Am I the only person here that can't get to enter 'solo' or 'open play'?

I played the Beta 2 the first day without any problem (Alpha backer here, all drivers updated, save cleared, etc.).

Since Beta 2.01 I can load the game menu and play the tutorials, but I can't connect with solo or open modes (ceteris paribus, if you know what I mean).

Any suggestions please? I really need help here.

Thanks!

 

[Andy Kappa]

Just thought I'd drop by to add my thanks to the team for getting this issue (sort of) sorted so quickly. Edward, please be good enough to pass it on - thanks guys; much appreciated.

 

[Mewsse]

I've just tried this beta and i have only one thing to say : great job Frontier team !

 

[jprelph]

I managed to have a pretty good play last night and on my machine (i7 MacBook Pro Retina with Windows 8 under Bootcamp), this beta is pretty much better in every way. No crashes, the graphics look significantly better while at the same time being very noticeably smoother. Impressive stuff really!

 

[quaezar]

Beta 2.03

Tumbs up!

The new beta works great and love the new improvements added.
Thanks for the great work

Regards,
Q

 

[lemonrev]

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed once the game is loaded ie from looking at the frontier logo right though to playing the game. The your system can act a little funky in terms of if you move your mouse around it can hang for a brief period then resume..

And even thought the game works well now. The crashes and the apparent ping like problems.

I thought i had landed in a dock but if it crashed or hick uped then i would find my self outside the station again.

I find that having some stations not able to take on commodities troublesome.

Once you find a station that has a commodity you can find then its a lot better to start trading.

Found that the commodities on the open market are very close to galactic prices so its much harder to find something to trade and looking at the trade routs seem to be much further appart.

Is it just me or the game that seems when your looking for your trade jumps you can make the galaxy screen sometimes can forget to display the jump rout's on the map ?.

I would like to hear when the crashes have been resolved and possibly weather or not we have to wait for another major patch to come out or a little one for this fix to be over and done with ?.

 

[mojonaut]

Now working here also, only tried solo mode but can SC and jump without issues.

Still have the washed out almost shadowless look to the stations and outposts but the game is now playable.

Thanks to all - oh and the new music is great :smilie:

 

[Michael Brookes]

Yes, I know what you mean. And yes, it's not a bug, but feature. It identifies stars *near* system you are in. Idea is that instead of using side panel you could just pick one and hit T to lock on.

They also indicate very bright stars.

Michael

 

[teamkill]

Awesome

Played ~4 hours last night only had 2 'couldn't contact server' errors

No CTD, just back to main menu

Looking awesome

 

[Lexor]

Still having the NO STARS AND SKYBOX bug, when after u close the galaxy map u get to see the stars again but not the galaxy itself, and the FX IS VERY LOW no mater how high u set it in settings

It has to do with the new way they are rendering, beacuse as far as i know too many people are experiencing this

 

[CobraKhan]

OK, finally was able to test more today. Did several jumps and SC, one courier mission and one trade route.
All worked fine for me, no crash, it looks AWESOME!! Great work so far guys, looking forward to make more money to get my Cobra back

 

[Bifford]

Well I was beautifully happy to find that 2.03 *finally* let me get past the menu screen without crashing.

The station I had last been in had converted from a cuboid station into a orbital rig with me on its surface and no commodities market - but by goodness the graphic updates and layout updates were awesome. I especially like the System Map - which I was so used to in Frontier Elite with its extra info and planet layout. I did find the cursor moved far far too fast in here, making moving from one object to the next very hard.

The big problem came when I finally tried to launch however!

My ship wouldn't move. Not one pixel. There I sat on the top of the orbital station with another ship visibly incomming (whether to my pad or not I don't know) ....and I couldn't take off.

My HUD wireframe display of the sidewinder twisted and turned when I moved the sticks/pressed the buttons; the throttle mini-bar flew up to the top when I hit thrust then dropped again, but the main speed bar didn't change.

I sat there like a lemon, unable to do anything.

Went into my control prefs and checked the keybindings, made some changes then came back out to try again. Only to find my ship had been nudged off the landing pad and was now at a crazy angle facing a ton of metalwork station sides. And of course I couldn't move.

Saved and Exited then went back in, which places my ship in open space (presumably above the station, but I couldn't see it) and again totally unable to move one pixel!


Support ticket created last night. Hopefully they can get this sorted and I'll ses 2.04 tonight when I can move my ship!

 

[graphyte]

I downloaded the new patch late last night and managed to HJ & SC for the first time since B2. Went to bed and when I awoke this morning I had a quick look and the game was still connected. Made another quick SC and it worked perfectly.

I left my Sidewinder hidden in an asteroid field near Beagle2Landing fully loaded with cargo. Can't wait to see if I am still connected when I get home tonight.

Great job at the B2.03 patch. Seems to have fixed my issues. Will do lots more testing over the weekend. Can't wait to see all the new features!

 

[Edward Lewis]

Hi guys,

Really glad to see that people are enjoying (able to play) beta 2.03.

If you're still having problems, keep logging tickets. We're still looking at everything that comes through, and we're still passing on everything we find in the forums. The team are still working hard on fixes and further updates.

Thanks again Cmdrs.