Odyssey updates and return...

[MoodBear]

After giving Odyssey a 1.5 year break, the old Elite Dangerous itch was coming back too strong. I didn't switch back to Horizons, I wanted to be able to walk in the bar, do the organic plant exploration, and so on. After spending so much money for high end PC, Nvidia RTX 3090, Valve Index VR, cockpit, peripherals, Voice packs, etc. I was surely disappointed to walk away from ED one and half years ago to allow Odyssey to further 'cook'.

Last week of testing showed none of the issues that upset me has been resolved, especially since my biggest concern was VR, which is no longer supported. But lighting still a pain (sunlight through cockpit, dark planets, etc.), performance on flight (stutter leaving SC mode), and a host of others besides the VR headaches. It performed better in star stations and settlements on foot, but other than that? For VR, it is still very immersion breaking, where it counts most for me.

I cannot stay away from Elite Dangerous any longer. I fell in love with Horizons when I started, so back to version 3.8 Horizons I go. I love the space flight experience, couldn't care about FPS, and VR is where ED had shown it excelled above everything else.

I just hope Horizons 3.8 will stick around, and seeing it supports consoles and Odyssey 4.0 does not, it might be around as long as Odyssey is. But there is just nothing like my experience I had in Elite Dangerous and 1.5 years is a long enough break. I just can't wait any longer for Odyssey to be updated in a fashion it would please me and I don't think they will ever do VR again.

I really did miss this forum as well, there is such a different class of more matured people here than that I experienced in MMOs.

Off to the transition to Horizons 3.8 and pick up my space career where I left off. o7 to everyone.

 

[Keloot]

performance on flight (stutter leaving SC mode)

this will allaways happen dosent matter if you have a low end pc or not . this is the server selecting an instance for you and loading you in .its not an issue with the game . it is how it was desinged to do...

especially since my biggest concern was VR, which is no longer supported.

what does vr not work when you select odessey?? because if so that is a lie .. you can use vr in odessey . are you sure you have eltie dangerous and arent playing another game??

I really did miss this forum as well, there is such a different class of more matured people here than that I experienced in MMOs.

not to long ago there was a dude here who scamed another dude and toke his money when he was asked to try out odessey lol.

 

[MoodBear]

what does vr not work when you select odessey?? because if so that is a lie .. you can use vr in odessey . are you sure you have eltie dangerous and arent playing another game??

I didn't say VR does not work in Odyssey. It does not work as well. There are artefacts in updated objects that will screw up your vision, performance drop, lighting though cockpit, etc. Lots of this stuff is around that detriments VR experience because new Odyssey updates do not address VR at all. VR is "no longer supported" for updates and on foot stuff. You get what you get. Further VR development is no longer of concern.

this will allaways happen dosent matter if you have a low end pc or not . this is the server selecting an instance for you and loading you in .its not an issue with the game . it is how it was desinged to do...

Yes, I've read this years ago. Can understand it, but if that is the case, it is much more pronounced and noticeable in Odyssey than what I have experienced in Horizons. Also, in VR, only in Odyssey, while leaving SC near planet, sometimes the view switches to some part of your cockpit section, a flash, and then back to normal view. Bazar, but not experienced in Horizons, from what I can recall. As an old fart, I do have many recall issues though.