Given that some of the popular games like Destiny2 and (dare I mention the insidious) Fortnite have cross save features, as someone who plays Elite Dangeous on 3 platforms, (XBox,PS4 and PC) is there any possibility of Elite Dangerous getting a cross save feature any time soon? Have Elite and my Conda on XBox, and Conda on PS4, and now working up from my Type 7 on PC. Would be nice to sync to one, and use that Cmdr profile. Surely it cannot be that difficult if a game like Destiny 2 is offering it, which would also have the same online challenges.. (imho of course)
Cross save any time soon ?
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I just could not fathom suffering Elite on a console.
Between the very limited selection of controls, or may C'thulu devour your soul whole, using an XBox controller to try to play.... no thanks.
Between the very limited selection of controls, or may C'thulu devour your soul whole, using an XBox controller to try to play.... no thanks.
Lol it’s not that bad. The control scheme is pretty clever to get so many binds onto the controller
When I bought ED and went through the combat tutorials, the very next thing I did was to order a joystick. I'm sure I could learn to play on a gamepad and I did play the original on something not that different. But I have a whole lot of muscle memory from the Wing Commander games.
When I moved from xbox to pc I took my controller with me.
I use an xbox controller on my PC - does that count 
i also find the xbox controller really nice and the default bindings really clever - so much that when i got the Elite version of controller, i made only 2 minor changes to accommodate lateral thrusters on stick pushes.
Those being said, if i will ever move to PC, i will also take the controller with me.
Now, regarding the topic - the ability to access the cmdr profile from any platform would be really nice. I could play on xbox @home and on laptop while away.
But, iirc, they said something about technical reasons and also legal reasons (store items related) - although i do wonder how other games are faring.
Those being said, if i will ever move to PC, i will also take the controller with me.
Now, regarding the topic - the ability to access the cmdr profile from any platform would be really nice. I could play on xbox @home and on laptop while away.
But, iirc, they said something about technical reasons and also legal reasons (store items related) - although i do wonder how other games are faring.
In my opinion it's not as easy as it initially seems on paper.
The F2P model is an easier prospect, like Rocket League, Fortnite and now Destiny 2. When it comes to paid content there are a lot more discussions that need to be had with the various platform owners as to how it works when content was bought on another service and hence the cut going elsewhere.
Obviously player numbers factor in to the conversation.
Even with the F2P model, the place where the premium currency is purchased matters when it comes to the isolated ecosystems of Sony and Microsoft - I think you need some real weight when it comes to user base to be able to coax the likes of Sony to be happy with ARX purchased on an Xbox to be used in transactions on their platform.
I'm probably wrong, but it's how I see it - and given that FDev are also elbow deep working on a new premium addition to the game for the next year+ I would say it's unlikely. (I've played on PC since the single station alpha, but more recently have moved to the PS4 due to convenience and friends etc, so I would love it for what it's worth)
The F2P model is an easier prospect, like Rocket League, Fortnite and now Destiny 2. When it comes to paid content there are a lot more discussions that need to be had with the various platform owners as to how it works when content was bought on another service and hence the cut going elsewhere.
Obviously player numbers factor in to the conversation.
Even with the F2P model, the place where the premium currency is purchased matters when it comes to the isolated ecosystems of Sony and Microsoft - I think you need some real weight when it comes to user base to be able to coax the likes of Sony to be happy with ARX purchased on an Xbox to be used in transactions on their platform.
I'm probably wrong, but it's how I see it - and given that FDev are also elbow deep working on a new premium addition to the game for the next year+ I would say it's unlikely. (I've played on PC since the single station alpha, but more recently have moved to the PS4 due to convenience and friends etc, so I would love it for what it's worth)
Given that even the move between platforms is minimal (you get to keep your CR balance) I guess x-platform saves is not something they can do.
Not sure what happens to cosmetics if you move platform? I'm guessing you lose everything?
Not sure what happens to cosmetics if you move platform? I'm guessing you lose everything?
Of those three only Fortnite is a free to play and all of them have micro transaction that need to be managed across saves. Those games didn't have an easier prospect, it's just that their developers could be bothered to do it.
This is how Larian does it:
Yes, for selected definitions of "soon"
Ah, thanks for the correction. My only experience with RL is my eldest who has it on three platforms and hasn't had to pay for it once (probably through sales etc), and I thought part of the cross save shenanigans with Destiny 2 was linked to their move to F2P a month later.
Taking the latter as an example, the microtransactions are not managed across the cross save initially. Any premium currency spread across platforms is lost, and any content not purchased on a platform impacts what can and can't be seen and done. In this example the issues are nothing to do with the amount of effort put in by the developer or the publisher and 100% to do with the platform's approach to "foreign purchases". It's a start though, and after the F2P Shadowkeep update it seems it will be a lot more uniform no matter where you play your save.
I still think that those publishers approaching Sony and MS is a very different proposition than Fdev approaching them. Who knows, maybe once the precedent is set then smaller less popular/mainstream games will find it an easier road? Maybe even ARX is groundwork for such a thing?
The game is not free to play so the consol platform owners get their cut from the game sale and any premium currency sales on their platform not to mention the premium subscription required to play in Open/PG with others (Gold/PSPlus). Why is it a problem to the platform owner if a premium currency bought elsewhere is used on their platform to buy cosmetics. Sony have shown a remarkable restraint in their recent titles to avoid implementing microtransaction, unfortunately Microsoft not so much. Given the unified system that is ARX is frontier not bringing the store in house only. I believe the latest update said we would not have to go out of game to an external store.
I think it would be down to FD to implement it and provide a syncronisation method for cross-platform accounts. How they deal with the consol ability to game share enabling multiple accounts could be problematic.
I think it would be down to FD to implement it and provide a syncronisation method for cross-platform accounts. How they deal with the consol ability to game share enabling multiple accounts could be problematic.
As a PS4 user, my solution to the Cobra mk4 issue was void opal mining with the credits being used to buy a Krait Phantom.
Cross play would be nice although I wonder if the realistic option here is Xbox and Windows linking up since ED crossplay is probably isn't going to interest Sony.
Currently I can use my PC account on any PC by logging in with my Frontier account credentials, visited systems history is the only issue, the other locally stored stuff is hardware specific (graphics & controller settings) & that's fair enough. I think it'd be good to eventually be able to log in with that game account onto any supported device and play in the same instances. It would allow a player to keep their cosmetic purchases across platforms too.
Most of the impact I have had on the game galaxy has been via the BGS and exploration name tagging though, both are already cross-platform, only direct player interactions are missing really.
Most of the impact I have had on the game galaxy has been via the BGS and exploration name tagging though, both are already cross-platform, only direct player interactions are missing really.
I went from PS4 to PC. You can have your credits transferred to a new commander, but nothing else. You l dont get your cosmetics either.
I begged FD. I offered to pay a large sum of money to have a dev take the time to do it. I waited a year, then tried both those options again. No avail. They will not do it.
I finally took the credits and kissed my 1000s of hours, ranks and engineers goodbye.
Frankly, if they institute this option now, id be pretty butthurt.
I begged FD. I offered to pay a large sum of money to have a dev take the time to do it. I waited a year, then tried both those options again. No avail. They will not do it.
I finally took the credits and kissed my 1000s of hours, ranks and engineers goodbye.
Frankly, if they institute this option now, id be pretty butthurt.
I would love it if they did this, but after setting up Destiny 2 so I could use my XBOX saves on PC, it seems like a lot of work if not designed into the game (like the games you mentioned as well as many others.)
And if they did add the same feature as D2, I'd likely not use it because I'm double Elite on both, but farther along in Combat rank on the PC, so there would be no reason for me to load up my XBOX save on PC.
Unless you could switch between them as Save 1 and Save 2, I'd love that.
I could leave one in Thargoid territory and another in Colonia ;-) Wait - I have a second XBOX account with a JumpAconda in Colonia, so that could be Save 3!
Honestly, I'd prefer cross play, which should be super easy - all three platforms now obviously sign into Frontier's severs when launched ;-)
I'd say that was a bad call given the fact that is quite easy for a veteran to make credits when starting over.
But the fact is: it is possible to have the same account, at least for xbox/pc. There was a case here on the forums (quite recently) when someone could start on pc using the xbox account and, for a brief period of time, could play on pc using the commander on xbox.
It happened during an account transfer XB -> PC and FD "corrected" this and claimed it to be a bug. It ended up with the cmdr on xbox being deleted.