Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One Beta FAQ

Lander

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Actually I followed the procedure in the spoiler but anyway e:d key or e:d horizon season pass key, partner keys generate to me is invalid when i put in the Steam -> Panel -> Beta or in Game -> Activating a Product

What i must do? :/
 
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Paul Bambury

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Lander said:
Actually I followed the procedure in the spoiler but anyway e:d key or e:d horizon season pass key, partner keys generate to me is invalid when i put in the steam -> panel -> beta.

What i must do? :/
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Wait for the patch to be deployed to the steam servers. No key required, it will simply show in the dropdown when it's ready
 

lemny

lemny
Paige Harvey said:
Borg184 said:
Due to the up and coming Engineer changes, when the Beta goes live, are all the Engineering blueprints going to be available at any Engineer for Fish like they have been in previous Betas, or will they remain more consistent for live progression?
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I'll have to check on both of these points in the morning to be sure :)
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That would be a bad decision. We have to test the new engineering system and the mat trader balance wise. That would not be possible if we upgrade the mods for fish.
 
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Faybs

Faybs
Squareyed said:
Anyone know of a release time or are we all sat here waiting?
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As far as I'm aware all FDev have announced is the date, not the time. I imagine the Steam download will be available some time after the launcher one, since the former is in Valve's servers.

Hmmm, I think now I know why Beyond is called that and not season 3 - I bet it's in FDev's contract with Valve that version 3 of anything is not allowed :p
 

Genar-Hofoen

Genar-Hofoen
Saltie Mae said:
Do we know the length of time the beta will go on for? (Sorry if I missed the answer to this) ����
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An update this size, with so many New Things to throw a large beta-testing base at, with a flood of bug reports and comments on the new Things and mechanics and subsequent adjustments, tweaking, tuning, and balancing?

I reckon we're talking at least 2 or 3 weeks, with quite a few beta updates within that. :)
 

ZeroAi

ZeroAi
Paige Harvey said:
Hello everyone!

Here's a quick list of the most frequently asked questions about the Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One Beta.

1) How do I download the beta?
The beta can be downloaded in one of two ways. Either via the game launcher as usual or for the first time ever, via Steam! When the beta goes live on January 25, 2018, please follow the instructions below to install the beta via Steam.
If you have Elite Dangerous in your Steam Library, you will be able to participate in the Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One Beta using the Steam client. If you purchased the game from the Frontier Store and would like to add it to your Steam library, please follow the instructions in this support article.

To opt into the Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One Beta on Steam:

1. Open the Steam client and navigate to your Library.
2. Right-click on Elite Dangerous and select Properties.
3. Click on the BETAS tab.
4. Select "Beta" through the drop-down box.
5. You will be prompted to restart your client. After restarting, launch Elite Dangerous to access Beyond - Chapter One Beta.
6. Select the beta from the launcher as usual.

Please note that once the beta build goes live, you may not see the "Beta" option immediately in the Steam client as the build may take some time to propagate. In this case, please restart your Steam client and try again in a few minutes.

*EDIT - Please note only PC players are eligible to download the Beta via Steam. Mac players, please download the beta via the launcher as usual.

2) Who is eligible to take part in the beta?
Every PC/Mac player is eligible to take part in the beta. This includes both players who own the Horizons Season Pass and those who do not. Not every part of the beta (and full update) will be available to those without the Season Pass.

3) How much does the beta cost?
The Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One beta is free of charge.

4) Can consoles take part in the beta?
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to provide Elite Dangerous betas on consoles.

5) When will console players getto experience Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One?
Console players will be able to experience the full Elite Dangerous: Beyond - Chapter One update at the same time as the PC players. Currently, we do not have a date available for the full update, but you'll be able to find out about it here on the forums or on our social channels when it's announced!

6) When will the beta go live on Thursday 25, 2018?
We don't have a set time for the beta to go live at this time, but we will keep you up to date via our social channels throughout the day

7) Should I take the day off to play the beta?
We wouldn't advise taking time off to play the beta first thing tomorrow, as we don't have an exact time that this will go live!

8) How do I report bugs that I've found in the beta?
A beta-specific bug forum will be opened on our forums tomorrow, 25 January 2018.

9) Do I have to start from the beginning of the game during the beta?
No. Your main game saves will have been duplicated within the last few weeks and applied to the beta server. This means you'll be able to play through the beta with most of your current game progress intact.

10) Does my progress during the beta carry over to the main game?
No. Everything you do in the beta will be wiped when the update goes live for the main game, and no progress will be carried across.

11) What content is in the beta?
You can find our beta Livestream recaps here to find out what content will be available in the beta!

Let us know if you have any further questions regarding the beta!

Social channels to follow:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EliteDangerousOfficial
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elitedangerous
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Nice - Thank you!
 

smartroad

smartroad
Personally I am disgusted, I was up at 5am and no beta. I was promised today and not delivered. #fail Hehe I am of course being silly ;) I was not up at 5 (are there hours that small?!) And I am at work anyway haha

Still looking forward to having a go although I'll be at a hotel so depends on how much of the old beta is still used for how much I need to download ;)
 

WPWW1488

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Will this patch add relative mouse toggle to the game? Without it mouse players cant really compete with serious PVPers that are swarming CGs...
 

Bronson [BBfA]

Bronson [BBfA]
seriously? You know that the best PvP players use mouse + fa off right? You can already toogle relative mouse on, just check your controlls. Whats missing is a button to enable/disable it during the game
 
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