Update 16 Deployment + Release Notes

[Spaceman-FXL5]

PATIENCE.
I am on COP (Crappy Old Laptop) using ED on EPIC using GeforceNow and also using an Nvidia Shield Pro.
I have it on Epic with the last update U15 said:
Patching
We are currently patching this game. It will be ready to play in a few hours.

Even so, on patch day it was ready in less than 1 hour, not a few hours - no % progress, no download, no completion % etc, JUST LET IT WORK .
There 1000's downloads all happening now concurrently (with some Cmdrs having 2,3, 4 Alts, etc)

 

[TonyFlury]

My launcher just decided to download and reinstall U16 depite doing it all already (and letting me log in).

 

[Untilting]

GeforceNow client update has now completed, just logged in fine.

 

[JonStripe]

Not sure why I put an apostrophe in servers but no problem! Here for the ride o7

Missions available. Cheers Sally and the team O7

 

[Namix]

If anyone in the Frontier Office isnt busy running around making sure things work , could you take a peak at shinrata dezra , jamesons memorial ... appears to be a child hacking and ruining peoples game experience

 

[Rat Catcher]

@Rat Catcher can you check your directional shadow setting please?

checked and working beautifully, thanks Sally & @Malic
All good!

 

[Cori]

Update done; guess it wasn't 9h after all.
Might have been faster than previously; difficult to tell, really.

 

[sallymorganmoore]

checked and working beautifully, thanks Sally & @Malic
All good!

Oh sweet, sweet relief.
Of course, we'll continue to look into the root cause but for now, glad to get you all in game on VR again o7

 

[Tryffyd]

Downloaded OK . Had a first mission with no problem until now. Of course I haven't had time to test everything yet.
Cheers Sally and the team

 

[m4kthu5]

Just logged into GeForce Now and it seems that the FC jumps are broken : it takes one hour and the more you try, the more time it takes.

 

[Spaceman-FXL5]

GeforceNow client update has now completed, just logged in fine.

Hi mate.
It would be wonderful if everyone using ED on GeforceNow just used 1 single client (.exe) on the VM (as only the latest release of ED can run, not previous versions), but unfortunately it seems to be one download per user so we have to wait for patching to update the .exe (I have no idea where it is stored, as I can do the Nvidia shield and play, but the GeforceNow on my laptop still has to update when I go into run it on the laptop).

................................................going to the pub....................................


(I have 900Mbps internet, but DL is restricted by AWS (especially patch day).

 

[Ned Flandalorian]

Just logged into GeForce Now and it seems that the FC jumps are broken : it takes one hour and the more you try, the more time it takes.

That's how FC jumps work; the more people schedule them, the longer the times get. If you cancel and retry you end up at the back of the queue.

 

[sallymorganmoore]

That's how FC jumps work; the more people schedule them, the longer the times get. If you cancel and retry you end up at the back of the queue.

Can confirm (thanks, Ned!).
It'll for sure be the case more prominently right now with so many players all entering the game at once to try out the Update.

 

[m4kthu5]

That's how FC jumps work; the more people schedule them, the longer the times get. If you cancel and retry you end up at the back of the queue.

Ok so I'd better wait because everyone is scheduling I guess. Never faced this before, thanks for the explanation !

 

[rOmiLaYu]

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[devilious]

fleet carrier 1hr 13 mins per jumps

 

[sallymorganmoore]

fleet carrier 1hr 13 mins per jumpsView attachment 362858

As Ned says, @devilious :

That's how FC jumps work; the more people schedule them, the longer the times get. If you cancel and retry you end up at the back of the queue.

Can confirm (thanks, Ned!).
It'll for sure be the case more prominently right now with so many players all entering the game at once to try out the Update.

 

[Jaden Capek]

Ok so I'd better wait because everyone is scheduling I guess. Never faced this before, thanks for the explanation !

The last time I've seen this happen was right after the Proteus Wave fired. Things were crazy.

 

[CMDR Intellektfresser]

I am at Shinn Enterprise in HIP 20485 and I can now load into the mission board but it is empty. No mission at all. The same with passenger missions.

 

[Jaden Capek]

I am at Shinn Enterprise in HIP 20485 and I can now load into the mission board but it is empty. No mission at all. The same with passenger missions.

Mission server is overloaded at the moment. It should hopefully be clearing up soon.