I understand that. But Odyssey players can't instance with players in 4.0.
And it doesn't pay to instance with players in 3.8 anymore either.
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And it doesn't pay to instance with players in 3.8 anymore either.
Too many commanders now that even my alts will have their own alt.
Biggest worry is that we won't be able to farm materials in "legacy" for use in "live".
I just hope that they fix the stupid planet HUD graphic (the dot) vanishing before the planet is visible - that really annoys me and is the main reason I prefer 3.8 for non-foot stuff.
Biggest worry is that we won't be able to farm materials in "legacy" for use in "live".
I just hope that they fix the stupid planet HUD graphic (the dot) vanishing before the planet is visible - that really annoys me and is the main reason I prefer 3.8 for non-foot stuff.
I've never seen that happen.
I am not entirely sure, but to me, it sounded like they would change something there, so Odysey players are able to switch between ED:H 4.0 and ED:O from their main menu.
Not sure about that. I've not heard anything about it. I'm just basing it on their past setup.
If that turns out to be the case then what's the point of keeping 3.8 at all? It wouldn't make any sense at all.
"With Update 14, Odyssey players will have the option to select either Horizons or Odyssey mode within Live Mode so that playing together remains possible."
www.elitedangerous.com
So yes, Odyssey owners will get the long demanded option to launch in Horizons 4.0 mode.
Elite Dangerous Update 14 and Beyond: Live and Legacy Modes - Elite Dangerous
Greetings Commanders. In our Access to 4.0 post from August, we mentioned that future content would only be available to players on the 4.0 framewo...
So yes, Odyssey owners will get the long demanded option to launch in Horizons 4.0 mode.
OK - You're right! Here it is:
So what they're doing is effectively killing 3.8. When the patch drops, you'll get a carbon copy of everything in Odyssey and 3,.8 (or 4.0 and 3.8 if you don't have Odyssey).
After that, anything you do in 3.8 stays in 3.8. IT DOES NOT COME BACK WITH YOU TO 4.0 or Odyssey.
So that's it, folks. No more easy street on all those signal markers and logging in and out. It's all Odyssey from here on out.
Bruce also confimed that if Horizons players want to instance with Odyssey owners, it will only happen in Horizons 4.0 mode. No cross-instancing between H4.0 and Odyssey.
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Update 14 and Beyond: Live and Legacy Modes
A fair criticism, but leaving a Legacy mode for players like yourself seemed preferable to shutting it down entirely as you say. I expect that many if not most of the existing player base that will ever buy Odyssey has already done so. It's likely that brand new players will trend towards the...
See for example:
Anyone experiencing invisible planets in SC until you get very close to it?
The planet is not visible until about 5-2 Ls. Please add to the issue if you have the same problem. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48765 Invisible: And suddenly visible: The problem seems to be in different handling of planets in SC in Horizons vs Odyssey. Here is the...
and maybe...
Never seen that happen.See for example:
Anyone experiencing invisible planets in SC until you get very close to it?
The planet is not visible until about 5-2 Ls. Please add to the issue if you have the same problem. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/48765 Invisible: And suddenly visible: The problem seems to be in different handling of planets in SC in Horizons vs Odyssey. Here is the...
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Well it happens every time you are travelling in supercruise - the HUD displays a dot to represent the planet's position then in Horizons the actual body is displayed over it so that the dot is obscured when the planet is bigger than the dot. In Odyssey the dot suddenly is displaced off to one side or other presumanbly as the body starts to be drawn - at first it is too small to see until you get close enough. It really is stupidly annoying and if you have not noticed it then you can not be paying attention.
That's because it's never been visible in Odyssey, so you'll only miss it if you're used to Horizons. It bugged me for a while. Now I don't notice anymore.
That is not quite true - in Odyssey the HUD does draw the "dot" when you are far away from the planet - that "dot" then moves to some place off to the side at a certain distance - determined by the size of the planet so I suppose it is when the game starts to actually paint the pixels of that planet. So from that "draw distance" inwards you see nothing inside the nav marker reticle until the actual model of the planet becomes large / bright enough for you to see.
It still bugs me A LOT ....
I have of course noticed the complete lack of the dot or sometimes that it vanishes after being there, I have never noticed it move to the side. However that could well be due to its being just over two years since my appointment with the opticians for my next two yearly eye test was due so small stuff can get lost. New pairs. of specs for both seeing and playing the game are due to be collected on Friday.Well it happens every time you are travelling in supercruise - the HUD displays a dot to represent the planet's position then in Horizons the actual body is displayed over it so that the dot is obscured when the planet is bigger than the dot. In Odyssey the dot suddenly is displaced off to one side or other presumanbly as the body starts to be drawn - at first it is too small to see until you get close enough. It really is stupidly annoying and if you have not noticed it then you can not be paying attention.
Not sure I believe FA off all the time is easier. There are things you can do with how you set up controllers, especially mice, that makes it easier. If I fly the AX combat Chieftain with fixed Gauss cannons I have to switch mouse left - right to yaw control to make it work.
Personally I use FA off in specific circumstances, like making a faster turn. Fighting a Thargoid Interceptor and trying to deal with the swarm is an FA off fly backwards and aim a fixed mount flak launcher round at it. I'm useless at doing this....
The only thing I use FA off for is planetary landings in tricky positions or higher gravities.
I've got two accounts that have Odyssey (one straight from FDev, one from Epic) and two that don't (one Steam, one Epic - the latter bought for me by a friend and on my ex's Steam account, so will be the Devil's own job to upgrade it to Odyssey!)... Would it be simpler to just get everything changed to Odyssey? I hardly ever use Horizons now.
Since FDev have made it abundantly clear that's where they're heading, I would say yes.
If they're isolating 3.8 now, which they clearly are, how much longer do you think it will be before Horizons is gone altogether?
Found a ringed water world orbiting a gas giant, nice photo opp.
Well, without 3.8, I and several others would drop out of the game because we have insufficient hardware and can not afford to upgrade their setup.