Patch Notes Update Beta 2.03 incoming

[Kezerk]

Regarding the red Start button after Server disconnect.

If the server claims to be online, the fastest way to reset the button seems to be to enter the Tutorial menu and then return to the main menu.
If the server claims to be offline, just wait. Looks like the game automagicallly scans for an available server after a while.

- Kez.

 

[M0b1u5]

I have updated the launcher, and tried at least 10 times to download the upgrade. It just sits there for about 1-2 minutes and then errors out with "Incorrect manifest checksum".

Restarting the launcher or installing it again do not solve the issue.

So disappointing that four updates fail in a row, and that the state of it is now so bad the game cannot even update itself any more.

 

[Guigsy]

Pretty much everything is improved in Beta 2.xx. However, did anyone else prefer the sound effects when jumping before? It all feels too smooth now, I preferred the thunder and rumbling effects, felt like you were ripping through the laws of physics!

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Some people are saying if they are stuck loading to reset the profile?

How do I do that?

Main Menu -> Options -> Clear Save

 

[Kezerk]

I've not bothered doing any trading yet, the bulletin boards seem pretty lucrative just doing errands. At one point I got 4 contracts for the same destination. Earnt about 35k without much effort. Not as much skill and thought in that, maybe the bulletin boards need to be toned down a bit?

I'm pretty confident it will be. At the moment there are N Sidewinders flying around... Big rewards for Bulletin Board work makes it easy to start upgrading and having more variety in the vessel types soon. Once that happens I'm sure easy money will not so easily available and you really need to eork to upgrade your vessels. Now the developers prolly want us to start having various ship types sooner to be able to test them, as well.

- Kez.

 

[tomba4]

About 20:30 I went for Solo play and I've been playing for the past 1.5hrs without issue. Good show chaps!

This is really starting to worry me now. Last time I did Open play was in August, but it was so bad that I just gave up and switched to Solo. Now with B2 I again gave Open a try, but it looks like nothing at all improved in the network code.

If not now, then when?

 

[Brujah]

I'm pretty confident it will be. At the moment there are N Sidewinders flying around... Big rewards for Bulletin Board work makes it easy to start upgrading and having more variety in the vessel types soon. Once that happens I'm sure easy money will not so easily available and you really need to eork to upgrade your vessels. Now the developers prolly want us to start having various ship types sooner to be able to test them, as well.

- Kez.

Damn, that's very logical and means I need to be playing right now! *logs in*

This is really starting to worry me now. Last time I did Open play was in August, but it was so bad that I just gave up and switched to Solo. Now with B2 I again gave Open a try, but it looks like nothing at all improved in the network code.

If not now, then when?

Worked fine pretty much the whole of last month. It's just since the 2.0 release that they've had problems. Your timing is impeccable.

 

[Guigsy]

I'm pretty confident it will be. At the moment there are N Sidewinders flying around... Big rewards for Bulletin Board work makes it easy to start upgrading and having more variety in the vessel types soon. Once that happens I'm sure easy money will not so easily available and you really need to eork to upgrade your vessels. Now the developers prolly want us to start having various ship types sooner to be able to test them, as well.

- Kez.

Good point, fair enough... I'd better cash in while the going is good then!

 

[Efraam]

very well done FD,
E-D beta 2.03 ROCKS!!!!!!

respect to the team and keep up the good work!

 

[ghcannon]

Pretty much everything is improved in Beta 2.xx. However, did anyone else prefer the sound effects when jumping before? It all feels too smooth now, I preferred the thunder and rumbling effects, felt like you were ripping through the laws of physics!

absolutely, miss it so much ...

 

[the_bruce]

Managed to play pretty much uninterrupted in solo mode, but cannot connect in open play - looks like plenty of other people are having the same issue, though; guess I'll just have to buy around the galaxy on my own for a bit!

 

[GuruNot]

2 Hours solid gameplay no disconnects for me. Some pauses exiting SC but nothing major.

Still didnt stop me shooting a friendly as they flew through my sights in a warzone mind ..... Then they were all after me ... Thank god i was only in a standard sidewinder!

 

[CaptainKremmen]

At 2:15am, Beta 2.03 arrived, and I finally got past the main menu, and into the game proper.


I've just played for three hours straight. Not a single glitch, freeze, crash or oddity. It's been absolutely outstanding for me!


Brilliant work. Well done, FD. This was well worth staying up for. And to think I could have wasted the time sleeping!

 

[Aborgrove]

To be or not to be

So the game works amazingly and is beautiful when I play in solo, however it seems to break coming out of hyperspace or cruise in open play, my problem is, do I play in solo where it works or should I continue in open to root out all of those bugs, even if it costs me (a little) enjoyment?

What are you guys doing?

 

[tomba4]

So the game works amazingly and is beautiful when I play in solo, however it seems to break coming out of hyperspace or cruise in open play, my problem is, do I play in solo where it works or should I continue in open to root out all of those bugs, even if it costs me (a little) enjoyment?

What are you guys doing?

My plan is to give every new version a shot in Open to see if things improve, report problems, move back to Solo and hope for the best.

 

[Mintysaurus Fox]

I also have had a good hour playing with no disconnects. Some stuttering and I was originally thrown off the server earlier on but working well for me now. Amazing improvements, I really like it. Shame I have to spend the weekend with family visiting.

 

[Edward Lewis]

Thanks for your continued support. The devs are still hard at work looking over your ticket logs. Keep them coming in, more updates are coming very soon.

 

[Silma]

Good,good job, forward so! hem.......freeze in multy!! but not problem, im use task manager for kill process.

 

[I_am_Jon]

Just had a stable 2 hours playing in open group.

Only made 12,000CR.

Not realy sure what to do in the game. Which is great fun, better than just grinding trade routes for credits. Did a few deliveries, bit of bounty hunting, exploration, failed at piracy and found some stolen crop harvesters that i don't know where to get rid of.

So may upgrades available I don't know what to spend my cash on. Going to be a while before I can afford a better ship, but at least theres a lot more fun to be had in the old sidewinder now.

Only thing I'm not so keen on is the excessively bright milkyway, preferred the look of it in Beta 1.

 

[spudje]

Looks really awesome all the new stuff I could see the few minutes I played. Unfortunately my sidy didn't wanna come out of SC so I had to kill the game