Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates

FDev, thank you so much for not hanging us console Cmdrs out to dry. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the opportunity to transfer to PC. I will continue on on console for the foreseeable future. Really pleased I’ll one day be able to play Odyssey without starting from scratch

o7
 
Thanks for the update and for breaking the silence. I'm pleased to see the doom and gloom can be ignored for a while as you even mention 2023!

Best wishes to the team. Let's all be positive now.
 
I'm actually quite impressed by this. My question remains the same - will there be a merge option for console CMDRs who already bought Horizons on PC, or is the only option to import as a separate, new "alt" CMDR? If the latter, will that alt be a free account, or will we need to buy another copy of Horizons to transfer over?
Believe it was mentioned on the stream that a free Horizons copy is included for the new PC profile.
 
Awesome stuff, well done Frontier (y)

Devs have done an amazing job to get the console transfer to be able to do what has so far been identified as possible.

The roadmap highlights there is life in the old dog yet, and cant wait to see where this story goes........ hoping for thargoid fps combat, and big thargoid motherships ;)
 
I do have to give Frontier props on the transfer information. It's a lot of things that players were requesting and it does appear they've listened and have tried to implement as much as possible. My only real concern on this is the lack of a timeline, how long will this drag out before actually being implemented?

That roadmap is pretty tough and have to say unless there are some serious stability and optimization improvements in these updates, how does this entice someone to make the switch? If you're already on the fence, like I am, about getting a PC and making the switch to Odyssey, this roadmap does nothing. I guess not everyone can have a roadmap and wishlist as robust as MSFS.

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Unlike FS where pretty much everything that could be known about flying is already known, for Elite there's a whole lot of stuff that could come that they cannot spoil by saying anything about it now. That's what I took from what Arthur was saying. Content based on story progression which they cannot tell us about or mention on a roadmap.
 
As a premium beta and explorer, one of the most important things I expected from EDO was overall quality planetary graphics. Unfortunately planetary graphics quality was reduced, and from what I read in the updates, there is currently no hope of it being fixed. If they ever fix/upgrade the planetary graphics, I will once more return to play.
 
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ok ... i come back for 2023 ???

I support the game since 2013 but it took you 3 months for so little info???
I hope for more complete information for the next few weeks.
NB : I almost want to tell you : put us paid ships if it can help you add new ships ...

if you need more money, I am one of the players ready to pay subscriptions and ships regularly for the game that I respect is evolving correctly.


But please, don't sell us a corpse ... Added economic model to the Star Citizen but please offer us something regular.
 
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Question, I do have a console account. But I exclusively play on PC now. Will there be an option to opt for the old liquidation model and have the credits applied to my existing PC account?
 
Greetings Commanders,

We’d like to thank you all for your patience whilst we’ve been working on our communications and development plans for the remainder of the year.

Following the launch of Odyssey, our primary focus has been on performance, optimisation and bug fixing, along with adding more features. This focus has had a knock-on effect with regards to our plans for this year and beyond and delayed our communications.

We understand the concern and frustration this has caused and hope this post goes some way to alleviate those feelings. Below we discuss profile transfers for console players and give an overview of the updates coming before the end of 2022.

Console Profile Transfers

We can now confirm that players will be able to copy their profiles from console to PC in light of Odyssey’s cancellation on Xbox and PlayStation. This process will be time limited and optional. We will provide a date for this process once it is confirmed.

The original profile will remain playable on console and the new PC profile will be a copy. Only one profile may be copied over per copy of the game. Please also be aware that this will be a one-time only process.

Elements that will be copied
  • Ships, Holo-Me, weapons, SRVs and SLFs
    • Including Cobra Mk IV if owned
  • Core progression (this includes…)
    • Inventory
    • Reputation
    • Navy Ranks
    • Permits
    • Codex Discoveries
    • Engineering progress
    • Guardian Tech Broker progress
  • NPC Crew progress
  • Cosmetics*
*Cosmetic items applied through the Livery (ships and Fleet Carriers) and Holo-Me will remain applied.

Elements that won’t be copied
  • Commander name*
  • ARX Balance**
  • Squadron membership
  • Friends lists, Block lists and Private Groups
  • Current mission progress
  • NPC Crew names and appearances

*The process will require a new name to be chosen if the original name is not available on PC.

**ARX balances cannot be transferred. We recommend that anyone who submits their account for the transfer process purchases any desired cosmetics beforehand. Any unspent ARX post-transfer will remain available on the original console profile.

Fleet Carriers and their contents

Fleet Carrier ownership cannot be transferred from one Commander to another. To players that wish to own a Fleet Carrier post-transfer we would advise the following:
  1. Decommission your Fleet Carrier ahead of the transfer
  2. Wait for the decommissioning to complete (two weeks).
  3. Check that credits from the decommissioning have been returned.
  4. Complete the profile transfer process
  5. Re-purchase a Fleet Carrier on PC
Precise dates for the opening and close of this process will be announced closer to the time.

Roadmap

Here we present our top-level roadmap for the remainder of 2022. Our three focuses before the year ends are launching the next phase of the narrative, stability and optimisation. We’ll release three more updates to support these.

Within the narrative, human space balances on the precipice as tension mounts within the bubble. The Azimuth Saga will conclude in a grand finale event, the consequences of which will mark the beginning of the next stage of the Elite story in Update 14.

Meanwhile, updates 12 and 13 will largely focus on quality-of-life changes, stability and optimisation. Work has also begun on a major feature overhaul for 2023 that we’ll discuss later in the year.

Please note that the details and timings of each release are subject to change and that any adjustments will be shared ahead of time. Beyond this we are also discussing additional game content, and we’ll reveal it once confirmed.


May 2022 

Update 12
  • A new mission variant
  • Stability
  • Optimisation

August 2022

Update 13
  • Narrative content
  • Stability
  • Optimisation

November 2022

Update 14
  • Next major narrative phase
  • Stability

Early 2023 
  • Key feature overhaul

Development Updates and Streams

Following the launch of Odyssey in 2021, we started publishing monthly development posts to share our progress on subsequent updates. In light of the remaining updates for 2022 being confirmed above, these will not continue. However, we will still provide detailed patch notes, information, and other relevant details around updates and hotfixes as they are released between each development post.

Regular streams from the Community team have returned. Going forwards, these will be fortnightly on Thursdays at 16:00-18:00 GMT. This additional time between streams will allow us to put on longer shows and take full advantage of the in-office studio. Frameshift Live has only just started and we have many exciting ideas to explore in the future! If you have not been watching, these streams now feature new and exclusive Twitch Drops that can be earned simply by watching.

We will also be launching our Partnership Programme later this year, offering content creators their own exclusive Twitch drops their communities can earn by watching them. More on this in the coming months!

We hope this post clarifies our continued support and plans for Elite. As always, we thank you for your feedback and support.

O7
Will console still be able to participate in the ongoing narrative into into 2023 or it is strictly for p.c. ?
 
As they explained, you will get a free horizon account with the transfer. That account doesn't have EDO. You will need to add EDO to it, regardless of any other account.
Oh yes, because horizion isn’t free since a long time 😒

when someone should buy elite on consoles, there is no split on the versions. You have just only horizon. Fairly spoken, this is no goody to me.

but glad for the few console cmdrs, that they can transfer their accounts 👍🫠
 
That’s good news about console transfers.

But the development roadmap is very sad. That’s not much above maintenance mode.

As for the one major feature overhaul, there are several major features that need an overhaul. But my guess is it’s Exobiology as the developers for that completely whiffed it with the mini game that had to be emergency deleted. That’s an entire rank that has no real gameplay.
 
Looks like console commanders get a complimentary horizons pc account, most everything transferred and after that can play two accounts, one on pc and the other on console. To me that seems like a fair effort on FDev's part.

To me personally the best part was that ED is not dead!
 
I'm not sure the reasoning around the Carrier

Carriers have unique IDs tied to the cmdr account
They may copy your data, but that data will be synced with a new account which would need it's own carrier with its specific carrier id.
So you'd probably get refunded the carrier value for your new account and you can purchase a carrier for that account
 
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