Patch Notes Update Update incoming - 2.0.07 patch notes

[cazna52]

I figured it out.

For anyone else in the same situation:

You need to run Steam in VR mode. I thought I was because I was selecting the VR mode option when opening ED from Steam but that doesn't do it.

You need to force your Steam into VR mode, to do this go to the properties of your Steam shortcut and on the "Target" put "-vrforce" at the end of the target without the quotes.

This will enable an option in steam under the View menu for "Start SteamVR". When you first select this it will download what it needs for SteamVR.

After this is downloaded and enabled you will be prompted to set up your space for VR. It takes you through some steps to set the location of your headset. You will need to have a tape measure for this.

When this is done and you are in SteamVR mode down the bottom of your Library games list there will be a section for SteamVR games. Select Elite Dangerous from this section and click Play, you should now have the HMD options in the Graphics settings in ED and the DK2 should work.

I did this with version 0.8 of the Oculus runtime. I believe you need to be running this version but I have not tested with earlier versions.

 

[stevesideas]

Thanks. Looking forward to using the latest SDK now.

 

[Acus]

Thanx,

What about support SBS mode for Smartphone VR?

Many of us are playing ED by the Cellphone's VR,, but a game does not support a proper Side By Side mode so we are forced to use resolution workarounds - and workarounds are doubling a bandwitch and CPU needed to play - to play in 2,5K we need to power for over 4K.
We are asking about this since Gamma:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56165&p=961898&viewfull=1#post961898
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138331&p=2116324&viewfull=1#post2116324

Maybe it is the right moment to back to this. Smartphone VR is a good way to try a VR before buying Oculus or Vive.

^ This ?

 

[glojo]

Woe, woe, woe izz me and no doubt a number of other players who were waiting with baited breath for this next 'Minor Upgrade'

We have been waiting for months to have our group registered as a minor faction. We have been waiting months to not just be registered, but also to have our own system. We were eventually assured we would get our wish when the next 'Next Upgrade' was released.

Yup here we are, the long awaited upgrade was released, I was online from 10am patiently waiting for hour after hour for this upgrade to come online and eventually......

Guess what??

Yup, no registration...... No system and no subsequent reply from my polite email and I genuinely appreciate just how hard the developers are working but should you be looking after your most loyal players?

PLEASE, please folks can we try our hardest to look into this really annoying 'let down'?

I was assured we would NOT have to wait for the large 2.1 upgrade. I was assured we would be added at this next minor upgrade and sadly for me, I then assured our group that finally, finally we would be a minor faction and here I am with that egg on my face typing this plea for help.

PLEASE, please respond to my email, or just simply register the groups that are waiting to become a part of the minor faction gang.

Best wishes one and all.

 

[Noddie]

Not a lot of difference if you're not a VR player, then?

 

[Assimilator1]

- Fix for refuelling 10% button
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Yay! , oh & good for the other fixes too , although mostly for VR.

 

[kubovsky]

i too wonder when this VRMania (not only Frontier...) stops and more content is presented for the 90% of users who don't own a VR set and don't plan to buy one (you can buy a gaming rig for the price of one)..... reminds me of the 3D cinema madness.....

 

[Assimilator1]

I don't think Frontier have excessively focused on VR, yea this update has focused heavily on it, but this is the only update I can remember that it has.
If this is just an occasional focus on VR I don't see the problem with it, I'd like to have VR myself 1 day, as I'm sure many others would too!

 

[GeneralIdea1964]

This one is really bad one. Top 5 bounty should only show players who play in open and on same platform and leave out all players that you can't meet/hunt down. What is the point of the list if you can't ever see him or hunt him down??????

Yes, with you on this one
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... unless they plan that we will all be able to meet-up in the near future, in which case it'll be great for those that want the excitement

 

[GeneralIdea1964]

i too wonder when this VRMania (not only Frontier...) stops and more content is presented for the 90% of users who don't own a VR set and don't plan to buy one (you can buy a gaming rig for the price of one)..... reminds me of the 3D cinema madness.....

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I think you're being a bit reactionary here.
It all works for us 'normal' players, BUT ~IF you have a VR headset, the support is that bit better.
True the only update for us is the 10% fix, which was more or less fixed already, and a few bug patches.
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BTW I've previously tried the 3D mode on my 3D TV and it looks pretty good. You really need a good (read expensive?!) set up with active glasses as the bleed-over with passive set-ups due to the high contrast (black on any colour ) which can be disconcerting, but the general feel of dimension in your cockpit and surroundings is a neat trick.

 

[kubovsky]

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I think you're being a bit reactionary here.
It all works for us 'normal' players, BUT ~IF you have a VR headset, the support is that bit better.
True the only update for us is the 10% fix, which was more or less fixed already, and a few bug patches.
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BTW I've previously tried the 3D mode on my 3D TV and it looks pretty good. You really need a good (read expensive?!) set up with active glasses as the bleed-over with passive set-ups due to the high contrast (black on any colour ) which can be disconcerting, but the general feel of dimension in your cockpit and surroundings is a neat trick.

yeah, i have to apologize, frontier is not to blame, at least there was VR support from the beginning.... and you are right, elite is fun anyway, with or without the Rift....

just a bit mad on all the Industries development efforts on a technology which for sure has a "wow" effect but is

- very expensive
- hardware hungry
- makes many people dizzy (like me)
- no suitable for whole genres of games (not first person-> RTS, 3rd Person, 2D....)

 

[thebjoern]

Lol, just logged in and tried out the "fixed horizon level" option, when I switched to my Ship, my head/Camera was upside down... flipping the setting off fixed it, but it was hilarious.

Yeah just had the same thing before... and also felt weird playing without VR again :/ 3 days to wait <sigh>

 

[Black-Bart]

Woe, woe, woe izz me and no doubt a number of other players who were waiting with baited breath for this next 'Minor Upgrade'

We have been waiting for months to have our group registered as a minor faction. We have been waiting months to not just be registered, but also to have our own system. We were eventually assured we would get our wish when the next 'Next Upgrade' was released.

Yup here we are, the long awaited upgrade was released, I was online from 10am patiently waiting for hour after hour for this upgrade to come online and eventually......

Guess what??

Yup, no registration...... No system and no subsequent reply from my polite email and I genuinely appreciate just how hard the developers are working but should you be looking after your most loyal players?

PLEASE, please folks can we try our hardest to look into this really annoying 'let down'?

I was assured we would NOT have to wait for the large 2.1 upgrade. I was assured we would be added at this next minor upgrade and sadly for me, I then assured our group that finally, finally we would be a minor faction and here I am with that egg on my face typing this plea for help.

PLEASE, please respond to my email, or just simply register the groups that are waiting to become a part of the minor faction gang.

Best wishes one and all.

I feel your pain.

When did you apply to become a minor faction? I applied back in November 2015!

How many Commander have you got waiting to join your faction? I have at least 51 Commanders waiting - many of whom are getting very disillusioned and fed up with waiting so long.

Does anyone know if any minor factions were added with this update? (FD have previously informed me that minor factions are generally added during minor patch days)

 

[glojo]

I feel your pain.

When did you apply to become a minor faction? I applied back in November 2015!

How many Commander have you got waiting to join your faction? I have at least 51 Commanders waiting - many of whom are getting very disillusioned and fed up with waiting so long.

Does anyone know if any minor factions were added with this update? (FD have previously informed me that minor factions are generally added during minor patch days)

Wow.... I thought I was unlucky.

We have only been waiting since the end of January which is nowhere near as bad as what you are experiencing. Our membership is also suffering although again, it is not as bad as you have experienced.

Folks are trying to tell me that the developers are mainly interested in attracting new customers as opposed to looking after those that have already purchased the product. I personally feel they do care about us but boy do they have their priorities out of wack.

Yes I am guilty of complaining, but hopefully my observations are factual and relevant.

I am NOT going to name the developer that told me we would registered in the next MINOR update but that was what was said and hopefully our request has slipped through the net and HOPEFULLY this oversight will be rectified?? (PLEASE)

Good luck with your request and fingers crossed this will be resolved.

 

[Ragnascot]

This one is really bad one. Top 5 bounty should only show players who play in open and on same platform and leave out all players that you can't meet/hunt down. What is the point of the list if you can't ever see him or hunt him down??????

Yeah, I'm an xbox player and its pointless (even confusing) having names of different platform users appear without the ability to meet them.

Worth a look FDEVs, unless you intend to allow cross-platform play...
At which point our puny xbone pads will be no match for the oculus wielding voice attacking paint job invasion

 

[doombug]

The fix is to wait for monday and the appropriate 1.3 runtime from oculus.

With 0.8 you need to use steamVR but be aware that the performances are very bad with this workaround.

If later versions like the 0.7 and 0.8 don't want to work with my setup, I don't see why the newest 1.3 version will work with those who could get ED running with 0.6 because of their older graphics cards.
If 0.6 worked it is a proof of concept that VR works (suprisingly well) with graphics cards well under what Oculus thinks it is the best. I have a 6990M on a 4 and a half year old Clevo laptop. That is close to a 6870 desktop equivalent. A gtx 970 is not surprisingly latest gen and costs quite a lot. To me it all seems like they just want sell hardware in addition to their own product.
If 1.3 won't work, I take it I am forced to make a hardware upgrade (oh wait, laptop replacement) just to play this game I like so much. That would be disgusting.

 

[-Pv-]

+1 10% refuel fix. Waited a long time for this.

As to the wanted merge, My impression is the platforms will eventually see each other, so this is in preparation for this, I suspect.
-Pv-

 

[Birdnose]

Folks are trying to tell me that the developers are mainly interested in attracting new customers as opposed to looking after those that have already purchased the product. I personally feel they do care about us but boy do they have their priorities out of wack..

Think about it from a financial perspective. Elite: Dangerous is a one-time-purchase MMORPG, not one with a monthly fee. Those of us who already own it don't bring in any revenue. To survive they need to keep attracting new people.

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How many Commander have you got waiting to join your faction? I have at least 51 Commanders waiting - many of whom are getting very disillusioned and fed up with waiting so long.

Not to threadjack, but this is something I've been curious about for a while -- how does one "join" a minor faction? I thought we could only pledge to powers. Or is this more of an RP thing?

 

[lones2000]

Lost HMD to wait until SDK 1.3 28th monday

 

[X-Terminator]

VR Update I can not afford.

Thanks for the er update.
"Fix for refuelling 10% button" - what ever took this so long?
"Xbox bounties now in Top 5" - as said by countless CMDRs and has been bleeding suggested countless times in the past for er Suggested Ideas...what's the point if we can not find them?! Simply do make this the Top 10 Local ONLINE nearest bounties with last known place (reported as seen by both Stations and by Player ships)
DO NOT PROCRASTINATE FURTHER THANK YOU. HAPPY EASTER! [yesnod]