Update 18.04 | Python MK II
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Sorry, it didn't. I was able to "sell" my pre-built pulse lasers and other optional stuff but not anything from core.
I have my hardpoints loaded, boosters, and shields but can't go anywhere with E-grade core internals. Given the message in the outfitting window about not being able to replace pre-built core internals, this might require a client-side fix.
Edit: Update from Lauren, here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/python-mk-ii-modules-known-issue.625170/
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IME with my own carrier even without having outfitting installed I can store a core module which automagically buys and installs an E-rated module from "thin air"--same for station outfitting when they don't carry suitable modules.
Problem with prebuilt ships seems to be that you can't sell a normal core module, you can only store them with auto-buying an E-rated replacement, and you can't store a prebuilt ship module, you have to sell it. What a nice little catch-22 here
Yes, the workaround is to buy a different module for the slot — then the pre-built module will be auto-sold for 0 credits.
Unfortunately that won’t work at an FC that does not have Outfitting installed; in that case you have to visit a station (or wait for a fix).
Exploration involves surface scans, too — and that definitely benefits from the SCO.
I'm perfectly okay with this. Better technology supersedes old and all that... or, from a gaming perspective, the better QOL & fun of SCO should trump concerns of keeping the 'old way' viable.
I wouldn't dislike older FSDs retaining a higher integrity or slightly improved fuel economy, though.
So you say that lifetime expansion pass owners has to still pay ARX to get early access?Hi all,
First of all I want to apologise for the delay in getting patch notes out to you, Previously these have always been released as maintenance starts and today was an exception, rather than a new way of working.
With that in mind, Update 18.04 is now live, you can read more about whats new and changing here:
Update 18.04 and the Python Mk II are now available - Elite Dangerous
Greetings Commanders! Update 18.04 is now available for Elite Dangerous, bringing with it our newest Elite Dangerous spacecraft, the Python Mk II! Thi...www.elitedangerous.com
A link to the full patch notes can be found here: https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-0-18-04
No, they have to pay to purchase cosmetics from the store. And now, ships too
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Well only if they're hundreds of Ls away. I thought the heat effects might be enough for damage to be a worry for those without an easy way to repair, but actually it seems they're not. So there is no downside to the SCO drives.
Things getting better is fine. But the new SCO drives have a longer jump range than the old v1 FSDs, and the added bonus of faster SC travel. With the reduced Heat output there is literally no downside to them. So it's not so much that they're better but compromises have to be made, they just straight up make old FSDs redundant in one day.
I think Sirius should just swallow their pride, pay Achilles for licencing and start producing SCO drives, too, phasing out the legacy FSD-s completely
It's just so much better and a real QoL improvement all around. Like-for-like exchange program for engineered legacy FSD-s at Felicity and other FSD specialists would also be welcome, but not essential. V1 FSD-s can stay at tech brokers, they're useful for some combat builds and a convenient shortcut for not messing around with engineers; maybe the material price should be reduced a bit.As for redundancy--well, E-rated module and hull reinforcements and H-rated SRV hangars along with (arguably) non-Azimuth plasma chargers are also redundant modules. So it's not without a precedence, but a little outfitting cleanup and streamlining would be nice
On a side note, Apex should run and refit their fleet with SCO drives. Even if it results a rate hike--worth it!
I'm sure the SCO will eventually be renamed as the 'ordinary' FSD and the v1 renamed as 'Legacy' or something. Or else fdev will leave it as another 'gotcha' for new players who dare to not buy their ships pre-configured
Edit: Also - cunning to give us new modules everyone will want to engineer a few months before they roll out the engineering changes that will make it all far easier - really going all out to get players to their happy place
Edit: Also - cunning to give us new modules everyone will want to engineer a few months before they roll out the engineering changes that will make it all far easier - really going all out to get players to their happy place
Yes !
in one of my really power hungry ships i had to resort to have H--rated srv hangar and e rated life support
I just put my SRV hangars to power priority 5 and shut them off completely when thrusters are online, that is, when not landedin one of my really power hungry ships i had to resort to have H--rated srv hangar and e rated life support
I wonder if you meant kLs, because planets are usually at least a few hundred Ls from one another
In any case, SCO speeds up multi-body surface scans even when the bodies are not far away, because it reduces the time needed to get away from bodies’ gravity wells.
Yes — my point, too. And I agree that making a module effectively obsolete feels a bit wrong in a game, even if it is more realistic than a decisive majority of things in ED
Ok, I'll answer my own question, I think I know what's going on. I've done maybe a dozen hyperjumps and some supercruising and now I can repair the paintwork. The cost would be 1 cr. Because I can't repair integrity, the damage is still under 1 cr. Tough ship.
Good riddance to slow rubbish.
I've just made the fastest transit across the 12K from star to Selene Jean's base...
Made a note that the P2 has the potential to be a FC accompanied sightseeing ship - it is fun!
Made a note that the P2 has the potential to be a FC accompanied sightseeing ship - it is fun!