News Beyond - Chapter Four - Out now!

Will Flanagan

W
Greetings Commanders,

Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter Four is now out on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!

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This brand new update features all of the following... and more! Read all the details in the patch notes here.

Exploration
The Analysis Mode with the improved Exploration Discovery Scanner and Detailed Discovery Scanner, is a game-changing, brand new way for all Commanders to explore the Milky Way galaxy. After the initial scan of the system, you will then be able to tune your scanners to find stellar bodies and other phenomena. Not only is this new system a more realistic, satisfying and engaging exploration experience, but now you will be able to make more informed decisions on where to look next, and you will be more rewarded for your time spent exploring. Commanders will now have probes at their disposal to map the planetary surfaces, and planetary rings, in detail, to locate points of interest and leave your mark on the galaxy in a different way.

Mining
Asteroid belts and planetary rings are about to get very busy. New tools and mechanics will provide a fresh, exciting and lucrative mining experience for all Elite Dangerous Commanders. Using new exploration mechanics, miners can investigate rings to locate the best spots to start their mining sessions, and then the best specific asteroids to probe and excavate for rewards. With the right amount of skill and expertise, the new Abrasion blaster, Sub-surface displacement missile, and Seismic charge launcher, will provide some exciting and explosive results.

Squadrons
Squadrons is a new in-game way of uniting like-minded Commanders to support factions of their choice and compete for top spots in seasonal leader boards. New communication tools, including in-game chat channels, will help you blaze trails together, and leave your Squadron's mark on the galaxy.

You can check out all of the changes and additions via the forum threads here:


Fly safe out there, Commander!
 

Hooplah

Hooplah
On the PC the connection status says, "Your Client is too new". OK, now what. I did download the latest launcher about an hour ago.
OK, download the launcher again. I'm now at the upgrade page.

Done. Start the game, tell my anti-virus software to always like ED, and I'm in the game! Off to Options, Controls setup.
Looks like my X-56 HOTAS is alive and well, I can't remember where the new FSS bindings are. I also have to figure out where to put night
vision. Oh, restart ant the FSS section in the controls showed up.

Meanwhile the PS4 account is currently downloading 8.3Gb with 13 minutes to go. There is an option for start application without updating.
I don't think so. I unplugged the HOTAS just using a DS4 to see what shows up. Download completed but cannot connect to the ED Server.
A typical ED update. Probably 30 Devs are trying to figure out the loading issues at the moment versus a million players trying to connect.

I already sold 26 Advanced Discovery Scanners yesterday on the PC accounts. That made a cool 40 million credits.

Oh, the PC just lost the server connection. Reconnect. Been there and done that before. Welcome to the standard ED update.
I'd be worried if I didn't lose the connection a few times. The launcher says, "Issues Detected". That's a new one. I'm in the game but no
missions available for now. So much for resetting the BGS.

Anyone feel like we're kids innocent of how the world works and this is Christmas morning? :)
 
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Cmdr Hawk

Cmdr Hawk
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pootch

P
restart Steam /check
downloaded elite updated /check
Login at Elite Launcher /check
Waiting for Accound Verification Code /failed

No email since 15min. Great!
 

kastia

K
Same here... nothing coming through. Previous updates have been more or less straight away with the verification codes... glad it's not just me :)
 

Orvidius

Orvidius
Patch completed, authentication failure in the game client. In the bottom corner it says "Connection Status: Internal Server Error"
 
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Beeb84

B
Worked for about 20 mins, now just endless can't retrieve commander data errors, can't connect to transaction server etc.....
 

Azardamus

Azardamus
i got in once, then got scanned by a thargoid (i'd left the ship on a planet surface) and it booted me off the server. suspect overload? also a problem being reported with first found names & first mapped names.
 

Humbo

Humbo
Congrats! to FD

Well done to all at Frontier!
Now on to Elite Dangerous: Skies (or is that Elite Dangerous: Boots?)
 
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