Elite Dangerous - Update 18.09 | Thursday 19th September

Paul_Crowther

Senior Community Manager
Frontier
Greetings Commanders,

This Thursday (19 September) we will be releasing Update 18.09 for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 players on PC.

Release Schedule (All times in UTC)​

  • 07:00 - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers offline
  • 10:00 - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers online and Update 18.09 available
Please note that these are approximate times and so may be subject to change.

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Update Notes​

Bugs/Adjustments
  • Increased clearance for SRV's when deployed from the Type-8
  • Improved planetary landing checks for Type-8 allowing easier landing in both manual and auto-landing
  • Fixed Mirrored Armour not showing in outfitting for Type-8
  • Fixed outfitting and livery camera orientation for Type-8 in VR
  • Fixed issues with orbit lines when toggling them off
 

Shadowsnog

Shadowsnog
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DjVortex

DjVortex
Can I ask you if you PLEASE could make the orbit lines a bit thinner than they currently are?

I understand that you made them thicker probably because of better antialiasing, but in my opinion they are way too thick now, and look ugly. The thinner orbit lines look much nicer and are not so obnoxious.

Not necessarily back to their original thickness, but maybe 50-75% of their current thickness, or the like?
 

Sighman

Sighman
The orbit lines would be much better if they were a lot more transparent now they're a lot thicker.

"Not necessarily back to their original thickness, but maybe 50-75% of their current thickness, or the like?"

There is no intermediate number between 1 pixel and 2 pixels in thickness. We had 1 before, which didn't allow for AA. Now we have 2 pixels, which does.
 

STRONTIUM DOG

STRONTIUM DOG
for some unknown reason i have developed a craving for hoops on toast
and i think some kinda thick hoop subliminal messaging is responsible :giggle:
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i prefered it the way it was tbh well i suppose legacy is always an option if i crave the old subtle beauty
that is being ebbed away at
 
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JR250

J
I for one appreciate the effort to improve the orbital lines. But, too me, the current ones look like deep fried onion rings and make it worse.

Whereas before I could see the glorious beauty of a gas giant's blue/white ice ring at a distance, now they look like they've been battered and covered in cheddar cheese. I'd much rather have aliasing than cheese rings.
 

HRDiagram

HRDiagram
DjVortex said:
Can I ask you if you PLEASE could make the orbit lines a bit thinner than they currently are?

I understand that you made them thicker probably because of better antialiasing, but in my opinion they are way too thick now, and look ugly. The thinner orbit lines look much nicer and are not so obnoxious.

Not necessarily back to their original thickness, but maybe 50-75% of their current thickness, or the like?
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The secret would be not thinking of them as lines, but as staircases.

Endless staircases.

And then the problem would magically go away.
 
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Spaceman-FXL5

S
Malcom Vilogen said:
You guys /really/ need to fix the NPC fighter's aim. It's complete garbage rn, and I'm not a fan of paying them to not kill stuff.
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I haven't used my fighter pilot in ages due to this pointless/aimless/rubbish mess (don't really know how to describe it actually!!), AND WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THEM!!!!!!!!!
Can't remember exactly when, but at Dangerous my pilot was Absolutely Fantastic at shooting, or even just as an 'expendable' distraction (also even against Thargs), but it suddenly changed and they can't sort of press the 'Fire' Button - really don't understand this BUG as when I change to the SLF I can shoot anything perfectly.
 
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Valorin

Valorin
Paul_Crowther said:
Greetings Commanders,

This Thursday (19 September) we will be releasing Update 18.09 for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 players on PC.

Release Schedule (All times in UTC)​

  • 07:00 - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers offline
  • 10:00 - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers online and Update 18.09 available
Please note that these are approximate times and so may be subject to change.

​

Update Notes​

Bugs/Adjustments
  • Increased clearance for SRV's when deployed from the Type-8
  • Improved planetary landing checks for Type-8 allowing easier landing in both manual and auto-landing
  • Fixed Mirrored Armour not showing in outfitting for Type-8
  • Fixed outfitting and livery camera orientation for Type-8 in VR
  • Fixed issues with orbit lines when toggling them off
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Fixed orbit lines toggle... Finally I get to see uncluttered space again!
 

SubitaNeo

S
DjVortex said:
Can I ask you if you PLEASE could make the orbit lines a bit thinner than they currently are?

I understand that you made them thicker probably because of better antialiasing, but in my opinion they are way too thick now, and look ugly. The thinner orbit lines look much nicer and are not so obnoxious.

Not necessarily back to their original thickness, but maybe 50-75% of their current thickness, or the like?
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I love the way are now, please don't change back.
 
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