Trying to play right now and "START" is RED. Can't enter game, only training.

redmantab · Dec 28, 2014

Are the servers down or something? I haven't seen anything here in the forums suggesting they are and you all seem to be typing and foruming away...

any idea why my START in the opening menu is red and not yellow to let me enter the game?

thanks all!

kurush · Dec 28, 2014

They decided to shut down Elite Dangerous about 20 min ago.

Ouiche · Dec 28, 2014

Can't connect to edServer : down for maintenance.

Joe Spivey · Dec 28, 2014

Server is down for 15mins ish for daily maint.

Nebulocity · Dec 28, 2014

Joe Spivey said:
Server is down for 15mins ish for daily maint.

It's a 1 hour maintenance, I thought? Should be back up within the next ~30m.

Jackboot · Dec 28, 2014

redmantab said:
Are the servers down or something? I haven't seen anything here in the forums suggesting they are and you all seem to be typing and foruming away...

any idea why my START in the opening menu is red and not yellow to let me enter the game?

thanks all!

Always try to read all the words on the screen when this happens. It should say why the server is down on the lower left.

redmantab · Dec 28, 2014

thanks guys. where can I see the actual threads about this, or some warning they give? Is it different because they use England time zones?

Joe Spivey · Dec 28, 2014

See here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=84921

Bora-Horza Gobuchul · Dec 28, 2014

It happens every day around this time. They begin announcing it in-game at 30 minutes before restart. Normally it only takes about 15 minutes to complete, but it is lasting longer today.

Sandmann · Dec 28, 2014

Jackboot said:
Always try to read all the words on the screen when this happens. It should say why the server is down on the lower left.

I think he hadn't been in when it was shut down and tried to join only after the shutdown... hence a red "start".

Susimetsa · Dec 28, 2014

They should do this stuff on weekday mornings when no one's (presumably) playing... :/

Krighten · Dec 28, 2014

Susimetsa said:
They should do this stuff on weekday mornings when no one's (presumably) playing... :/

Welp, when a mod says this it probably should be.

TANDKO · Dec 28, 2014

Is it longer than 15min usual maintenance?

Tim Wheatley · Dec 28, 2014

Susimetsa said:
They should do this stuff on weekday mornings when no one's (presumably) playing... :/

They do, as well.

Sneakin · Dec 28, 2014

I think the timing is about right, even though it disturbs an evening playtime for me here in New Zealand

Yaffle · Dec 28, 2014

Duplicate - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=84921

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