Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Update 7 Notes

[oztrich]

@sallymorganmoore I am unable to purchase limpets from my carrier (cr deducted, but no limpets in my hold).

I've tested mine and don't get any limpets in my hold either, but doesn't look to be any CR deduction. It just says "stand by" and then nothing happens.

 

[Ian Skippy]

Still tanking fps? Oh I rly hoped they fixed that by now. So many settlements were just unplayable.

It was one big drop (+-15 sec), but after that it seemed stable. trying a second settlement to see how that goes.

 

[Cori]

In anarchy factions you dont get punished for comitting crimes, so that is where people go to commit them. It means that if the grind for EDO is considered illegal, people will exclusively roflstomp anarchy settlements. They already did for many things, this just makes it worse. if that is what is happening, still not 100% sure what the patchnotes really mean.

Think so? I was getting most of my data from reactivation missions, not attacking pirate bases. Hopefully that'll be easier now there should be more of them.

 

[The Atlas]

thanks for putting it all together sally, that's a well-written list

@update

but hey, if i can play above 30 inside a starport ill be less miserable (for the lack of a better word), which is a nice thing

here's hoping for update 8, hopefully framerate(and other related) issues will be sorted out after 5 or 6 months

now let's do another free QA test so 7.1 can be ironed out and released, good luck everyone

 

[Aella Fess]

I'm getting 10+fps gains in the two large concourses I visit daily. The large ag station and large extraction station - both were 45 fps on average moving around on foot, and now they're 60 with occasional dips to 58.

Here's the same station, same PC, same graphics settings with update 6 on the left, update 7 on the right. I call that a major win.

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Also the brief pause when passing through the mailslot seems to have gone?

FPS increase is great but I can spot like 3 differences between interiors... Newer ads are all the same, no plant and ugly looking metal on the fence. I can't actually say for real that I like newer version more...
EDIT: so maybe removing plants gave more FPS?

 

[sallymorganmoore]

Hi Sally, thanks for those patch notes! and the patch itself! Would it be possible for you to elaborate on this and post for example a table with faction states and the corresponding mission types that should be more or less of for that state?

Oh gosh, errrrrrrrm, I can have a bit of a think how to help with this once I've got my head out of the initial deployment stuff coming in
Will crack down on helping people with issues first, then I'll get to the more info support if thats okies o7

 

[Fake Newts]

Can you explain how it puts pressure on them? I genuinely don't know and want to understand.

People spam anarchy settlements for Odyssey progression because there's no C&P / Notoriety inconvenience. Also a lot of Odyssey mission content targets anarchies specifically. Odyssey was catastrophic for pirate and anarchy factions - and still is. There are multiple threads about it, but iirc the total number of anarchy systems is down from ~1500 pre-Odyssey to ~500 now, and still falling.

 

[sallymorganmoore]

I've tested mine and don't get any limpets in my hold either, but doesn't look to be any CR deduction. It just says "stand by" and then nothing happens.

We're on it Thanks for confirming further.

 

[Retropolitan]

So.... everything on my SRV radar seems to be floating very high off the ground.

 

[CaptainPugwash]

My goodness Sally, you are an Iron Willed Woman - Impressive. Long may your strength stand up!

We are going to need a kick-[donkey] Sally COVAS pack before too long.

I would definitely vote for a Sally covas!

 

[sallymorganmoore]

So.... everything on my SRV radar seems to be floating very high off the ground.

Can I get a screenshot please ? Thanks!

 

[Cori]

Download done, time to dive in.

 

[Dextio]

@sallymorganmoore 's side comments on the patch notes were awesome ;-). Made the patch notes fun to read (as opposed to just data/info to read through)... Kinda fun to see! Well done!

 

[CMDR Von Abrahart]

I’m so far away from anywhere - I can’t test out starports or settlements. When I get back update 8 should be out lol - so all i can look at is planet tech, lighting, plants, rocks and LODS

 

[taniwha-qf]

@sallymorganmoore SRV radar is wonky (targets shown above me instead of in front):

 

[Chro]

The NPCs in my game dont move their mouths when they talk since Update 6, i thought update 7 would have fixed it, is the team even aware of this issue? Also Shoulder Decals do not show up in our characters when we are out of the ship.

 

[Freebooted]

I'm looking forward to enjoying all these improvements, and am particularly hopeful that the mission type tweaks will make finding certain mission types a little more predictable (I'm currently on the hunt for covert thefts and heists).

A question about this:

• AI in a settlement will now register a crime if they see a player transferring data.

How do they 'see' a data transfer? Surely just milling around near a data gubbins isn't enough to incriminate the player. Do AIs have Matrix vision or something?

 

[[VR] TheBlackCat]

• Map UI - The speed of map panning when in VR mode has been increased.

Thank you!

And with the paint jobs supposedly looking correct again with this update & the lighting fixes the past months, I'm more interested in logging in to play again for the first time since June.
Hopefully VR framerates aren't still tanked?

 

[Hangerhead]

I'm hoping that fixes the odd occasions where you'd talk to a merchant and their hair would change colour.

Very good. Like they've just stepped out a space salon

 

[Sighman]

That's one loooooong list...
I hope dowmloading data being a crime won't be too problematic!

Should be able to start the download when not under observation, then crouch behind cover while it proceeds.

Until recently I thought all downloading led to on-the-spot execution so it's not much of a gameplay change to me.