Update 11 Patch Notes

[CDRDickenson]

I'm with you. I just bought the Nautilus when they were on sale. Aaargh. :-\

...and now I see there is no way to go back to the Drake Class carrier!?

 

[Spaceman-FXL5]

Am I the only one who is confused by the new "parking" orientation of the carrier?
Has the orientation changed? My carrier is now looking into another direction... my beautiful view onto the rings of the body is gone :/
Sure, I now have a nice view out of the windows of the lounge, but... has it changed because of the lounge view?

My crew seems to do double or triple shifts all day long...
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Also my crew seems to wear only blue pyjamas with moon boots

Still not fixed on my Anaconda :/
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OMFG, They all look asleep!!! ROFLOL

 

[Codger]

Jumped to a nearby system to test things. Scheduled another jump back to the Admin system. After the jump, I'm still in the same system I jumped to first. So the jump didn't work. 45 minute wait to go nowhere at all.

 

[Morbad]

Why is your head so small?

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbVi1UsNhJ8

 

[Deleted member 182079]

There might be a reason why we have dozens of billions in the bank. We don't spend our money on crap like that...

Interestingly it's the same people who give me grief when I suggest the 5bn price tag is a few billion too high, and why I don't just earn credits naturally by "playing the game".

 

[nemolomen]

Not even Pat can catch me, such is my awesome fly power.

 

[Iron Body]

The jump times are all over the place. I've had 20 mins and now 35 mins. Bug?

I just have 56 minutes to wait ! Ok, this is my second jump, the first was 40 minutes which gave me time to explore the FC, but now I've done that I don't need to do it again.

 

[Neilski]

Update 11 Odyssey is now using: Journal.CCYY-mm-ddTHHMMSS.XX.log

It must be a real relief to EDO folk that they will now be safe from overwriting journal files for the next ten thousand years (the danger had been less than a century away!).

 

[DrinkyBird]

Am I the first one to complete one of these?

The protect missions basically involve fighting off waves of NPCs delivered by dropships; you have to prevent them from reaching the target object and sabotaging it. Brought an SRV Scorpion and some decent gear and managed to do it solo.

edit:

The new Protect missions

I managed to configure and jump my carrier before the rush, so I decided to check out the new protect missions. I had to try four stations before I eventually found one in Omicron-2 Eridani (currently in Bust state, not sure if it matters). Essentially these missions require you to fight off...

forums.frontier.co.uk

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Pioneer supplies are still dependent on system state as to whether they can flog you an e-breech - is that right?

 

[Arsen Cross]

1. Fdev believes that by limiting the ability to transfer discrete items from one player to another will limit the exploitation of that ability by players who have alts to trade with themselves.
2. Did you want this released a few weeks late or half a year late?
3. squadrons...that reminds them, squadrons exist.
4. see #2



No just completely undocumented behavior that fdev felt didn't need to be mentioned and that probably nobody would notice. (edit: it's dynamic based on current server "load")

You know, the "surprise" part of the update.

Uh... responding to each point in kind...

1. I doubt this. I have 5 accounts. This doesn't impact my ability to trade with myself in the slightest. I'll just keep doing it the way I would already do so; put both parties you want to transfer goods with on a planet surface, park an SRV on top of my ship and drop the goods on the ground ship (where they won't clip through and potentially be lost). Bonus is it's much faster than fiddling with items 100 units at a time in the clunky carrier market that has zero filtering ability.
2. Allowing me to hit a button to open a UI from a chair that has a screen that is animated to move in front of you wouldn't take weeks. Try not to use hyperbole when discussing development, please.
3. Yes... squadrons seem to have been forgotten. :'(
4. Again, hyperbole. This is likely an oversight as the chairs were intended to be there for use during jumps. Not seen as something to play with. Instead of restricting the UI while jumping, someone lazy decided to restrict the UI while seated. They simply need to move that logic to the appropriate spot at the appropriate times.

 

[Bronson [BBfA]]

Has anyone found yet the new "protect" mission types?

 

[aquilla]

just so frontier are aware , this has been an issue since I bought the game , LODs are not shifting when up close , here pictured an elevator with the lowest LOD

this is an issue everywhere , when docking at starport my character switches from fully loaded to lowest LOD
Also here pictured my view from the deck of my carrier

edit fixed by setting model load distance to max right.

 

[LethalMoustache]

Greetings Commanders,

Update 11 has arrived! Since Elite Dangerous’ inception, Commanders yearned to stand and walk on planets throughout the Milky Way which Odyssey has delivered. Now it’s time to sit down once again, put those feet up, and enjoy one of the most glorious views in the game from the inside: a Fleet Carrier jump.

This release also brings a range of fixes and features including the brand new Protect mission type. If you’re up for the challenge, these missions will demand more of Commanders than previous types. Read all about them and everything else in Update 11 below:

Fleet Carriers
Interiors have been added to Fleet Carriers to enjoy on-foot. These include:

Main Areas

• A main concourse and hangar lobby.
• A Command Deck with an additional area for the owner and their Wing.
• A seating area for safe Fleet Carrier jumps.

Optional Areas & Services

• Bar
• Vista Genomics service desk
• Pioneer Supplies store
• Shipyard access point (included with the Shipyard service)

Other Fleet Carrier Changes

• On-foot access to the shipyard is now available (added automatically if the Shipyard service is enabled).
• Service tariffs can now be set individually, allowing control of each service’s costs (Universal Cartographics and Vista Genomics do not use the tariff system).
• The Fleet Carrier Livery has been moved into the same environment as Outfitting.
• The Fleet Carrier Livery now includes a number of concourse themes.
• A small amount of random delay was added for landing pads retracting during jump prep for aesthetics.
• The Fleet Carrier section of the Pilot's Handbook now describes new features and how to use the new bartender functionality.
• A lack of notifications for Fleet Carrier jumps until 10 seconds beforehand was fixed.

Sitting
It is now possible to sit in all chairs and barstools found on all concourses (albeit one at a time).

Missions

• New “Protect” missions ask Commanders to defend against criminals attacking delivery routes. These missions pose a new challenge in both combat difficulty (teammates recommended) and time-response required. To account for these, factions will offer higher sums than usual.
• Fixed an issue where missions could be repeatedly abandoned to produce a strong negative influence on the faction offering.
• Fixed an issue with shared missions not displaying correctly when in a failed state.
• Changed the settlement mission givers’ compass icon to match the concourse mission giver icon to distinguish between new missions givers and existing mission targets.
• Fixed a legal Collection mission asking you to collect an illicit item. Naughty.
• Fixed some incorrect text in a Sabotage mission.

Settlements

• Added the new cargo loader used in the new Protect missions to various settlements.
• Fixed a control point being inaccessible at a specific settlement type during Conflict Zones.
• Fixed corpses clipping through the floor.
• Added and adjusted ammo crate positions to improve distribution.
• Floating consumable boxes were brought back down to Earth (or relevant body).

AI

• The on-foot friendly-fire system has been extended to include turrets, skimmers, and ships.
• Attacking an enemy dropship can no longer cause a friendly settlement to become hostile.

Combat

• Fixed an issue in multiplayer whereby throwing a grenade consumed multiple grenades (that didn’t seem fair).
• Slightly reduced how much power the Scorpion’s Surge Repeated consumes allowing for longer runs of sustained fire at full accuracy.

Codex: Pilot’s Handbook

• The Fleet Carrier guide was updated to include the new concourse services and functions.
• Missing images when accessing some articles via the Insight Hub were replaced.

Codex: Knowledge Base

• The following articles have been added:
• Aegis
• The Consortium
• Generation Ships
• Pilots' Federation
• Several entries under “Corporations”
• Ishmael Palin’s entry was updated.
• The Guardians section saw a terminology correction.

Audio

• Fixed some broken UI sounds in outfitting weapon and suit cosmetics.
• Fixed broken main menu button sounds under Controls and Extras.
• Fixed broken UI sounds in the player character creation screen.
• Fixed mix issues on the Scorpion SRV deploy and stow sounds.
• Fixed various Fleet Carrier management screen audibility and mix issues.
• Fixed an issue where the Apex radio comms voice, heard when taxi drivers request landing clearance, gets stuck.
• Fixed the fridge sounds behind the bar areas sometimes being loud.
• Fixed mix issues on the turbo lifts in social spaces.
• Fixed inaudible UI sounds in the on-foot Shipyard menus
• Fixed the continuous tinkling Supercruise flyby sound when on another player's ship.
• Fixed a transition on the Galaxy Map music.
• Fixed issues when disembarking on foot from either SRV type.
• Fixed the sound of flying through the rings in the ship tutorial.
• Fixed the rotating loading screen animation on some menus being silent.
• Fixed the cinematic when purchasing a Fleet Carrier being silent.
• Fixed the “back” action in Carrier Livery to no longer be silent.

Art

• The Cargo Loader and cargo canisters were added for Protect missions.
• Small settlement landing pads schematics were enlarged to aid navigation and landing.
• LOD issues on various doors and screens were fixed.
• The offset Livery camera for the Python was fixed.
• Non-tinted colours of beverage materials were fixed.
• A hitcheck issue on the Krait Mk II Raider ship kit, preventing some weapons from firing was fixed.
• Hitcheck issues on the Fer-de-Lance underside were fixed.
• A missing hitcheck on the underside of the dome seen in Agricultural settlements was added.
• Multiple hitcheck issues on legacy planet settlement objects were fixed.
• Ship landing gear was adjusted to render more pleasingly.
• The door glass shader in Agricultural settlements was adjusted to tint glass correctly.
• Electricae scatter assets now have been subtly colour-adjusted, using LUT data from the planet surface to recolour them.
• The warning light in the Beluga cockpit now emits from an apparent source.
• A material issue on a laboratory workbench was fixed.
• Z-lighting on decals at a Thargoid Imprint was fixed.
• Adjusted high tech doors to slide open without intersecting.
• Fixed floating rocks at a Thargoid ship crash site.
• Improved the alignment of thrusters on the nose of the Cobra Mk IV
• Fixed the glow on collectables at Guardian sites when approached in an SRV.
• Fixed an occlusion issue seen from the hangar lobby of some Industrial stations.
• The glow of activated Guardian pylons was made more visible.
• Fixed the incorrect appearance of some AI feet and torsos.

Rendering

• Fixed suits and visors rendering in-front of particle VFX.
• Fixed misaligned text on Fleet Carrier nameplates and decals.
• Fixed scatter rock appearing black on planet surfaces from a distance.
• Fixed the cockpit view rendering over the Galaxy Map.
• Checkerboard rendering is now automatically applied to low, medium, and high quality graphics settings. This option will reduce the cost of the planet terrain shader when in close proximity to a landable planet.

UI

• Truncation issues on the Ship panel of the right-hand internal panel were fixed.
• Text colouring on the ship boarding panel was fixed.
• The layout of the search results in the Galaxy Map when missions exist in bookmarked systems was fixed.
• Text resizing to the item/emote wheel so letter wrap correctly was added.
• Focusing behaviour for the staff list on terminals was fixed.
• Filters at the Pioneer Supplies vendor when buying/selling a weapon on suit were fixed, preventing new items which don’t match the filters being shown.
• An issue on the multicrew report popup that would cause multiple crew members to be selected at once was fixed.
• Rank animations were adjusted to display the correct ranks.
• An icon was added to the radar to display powered-down recharge stations.

Performance and Optimisation

• Unnecessary operations were reduced in the humanoid HUD markers system.
• Fixed cases of shadows flickering from directional lights.
• All visual effects at settlements will now adjust to graphics settings.
• Selecting graphic pre-sets now correctly applies super resolution values with FSR.
• Other rendering optimisations:
• Reduced the workload for maintaining avatars while they are not visible.
• Ensured planet-related systems do not perform unnecessary work when in space.
• Miscellaneous optimisations to lighting and colour grading.
• Fixed some incorrect text in a Theft mission.
• Fixed an issue where a faction would sometimes target themselves for a Hacking mission.
• Fixed an issue where some missions expire but not correctly fail.
• Fixed Salvage missions failing to have the relevant item for the mission.
• Fixed the spawning of mission givers for the hand-in of missions taken from a settlement.

Server & Stability

• Fixed Stygian paint jobs appearing as the wrong colour on the Cobra Mk IV.
• Fixed a Black Adder server error when deploying a second fighter from the ship.
• Fixed some black markets not being activated during Civil Unrest.
• Fixed a crash while embarking/disembarking at settlements.
• Fixed a crash when dying during the tutorial.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while jumping to hyperspace/Supercruise while trespassing.

Issue Tracker Fixes

• Fixed issues with ships not inheriting the spin of stations when undocking with Flight Assist off and Auto-Launch on, resulting in rapid spinning and collisions.
• Fixed issues with not being able to collect resources from Crystalline Structures.
• The brightness and flickering when mining icy asteroids was reduced.

Horizons

• Fleet Carrier tariffs (as described in the Odyssey Fleet Carrier section) were made backwards compatible.
• Some stability fixes were added.
• An incorrect string when selecting the Multi-Limpet Controller in Outfitting was fixed.
• Hairstyles displaying incorrectly in Holo-Me were fixed.
• Crew voices changing upon re-launch of the game or switching modes was fixed.
• Fleet Carrier nameplates and decals appearing off-centre was fixed.
• A lack of notifications for Fleet Carrier jumps until 10 seconds beforehand was fixed.

That’s a wrap for Update 11! We hope you enjoy all of the above and get to experience a Fleet Carrier jump from your owner’s chair or the viewing deck in the near future.

O7

@Bruce G , I was wondering if I could get clarification, Horizons players can't install the new services for Odyssey players to use?

 

[Deleted member 182079]

Am I the first one to complete one of these?
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The protect missions basically involve fighting off waves of NPCs delivered by dropships; you have to prevent them from reaching the target object and sabotaging it. Brought an SRV Scorpion and some decent gear and managed to do it solo.

I wondered how these would pan out - so basically like a CZ but without the coloured markers, and without allied NPCs?

Did you get a look at those cargo loader thingies?

 

[Ralph Vargr]

Small piece of advice: Your Generation Ship isn't going to turn out great if the gene pool is that small to begin with.

Gamma World...

 

[Sakashiro]

Pioneer supplies are still dependent on system state as to whether they can flog you an e-breech - is that right?

I saw an option for selling illegal items in the carrier settings.

 

[The Atlas]

I'm hoping you can answer a few questions I have (can't get into the game due to work yet, and don't have my own FC so will take a while to explore all the new bits on other people's carriers):

• is the jump animation the same as before, or has this been upgraded/changed somehow?
• I thought the shipyard area is a separate room, is it not or is it just very basic?

i can only answer 2
1 - the same, apart from the stormcloud effect, it is the same short animation as the ship(i might be wrong but i think i've seen parts of it clipping to the inside of the carrier)
2 - it is a separate room but you cant walk through your ships, i actually thought it would be an actual shipyard, not just the menu, what i could see was what looks like a SLF on the outside of the shipyard.

 

[Erei]

Sitting
It is now possible to sit in all chairs and barstools found on all concourses (albeit one at a time).

Wait, sitting on several chairs AT ONCE was something considered ?

 

[Bruce G]

Wait, sitting on several chairs AT ONCE was something considered ?

Not necessarily, we're just trying to manage expectations!