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jameslondon74

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Immanuel Kant said:
Why does the screenie 2 post up say 'last synced message 18 May' and the presumably newer one '26 April'? And as I stated before the message under the update bar does not mean the sync did not work at all.
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Sure. That's what I was puzzled about too.
Shall I start over somehow and do something else? Or just leave it syncing and constantly telling me that the Frontier auth service is unavailable?
 

jameslondon74

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This is where I am with it now..
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Snowymonk

Snowymonk
jameslondon74 said:
I'm just really confused about the two log in options.
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Be careful about connecting up to the wrong platform.
There are two levels of authentication.
Top layer - 1) login to EDSM to retrieve you commander profile - i.e. what EDSM knows about you, which expeditions you attend, what systems you visit

Secondary layer - 2) Elite Dangerous server authentication. - i.e. what the game knows about you. This is platform specific. If you link to the wrong platform, everything will report successfully but you wont get your details to populate the EDSM profile. For PS4, you should be click on playstation logo and using your sony credentials. If you get this wrong, you will be pulling back either Xbox or PC commander details (which will be empty).

I originally signed up from my PS4 account at the start of Distant Worlds II and it was a lot clunkier then. I can't speak for a new user, connecting now but it looks a lot more straight forward. For example - in the early days, you needed to have the console updater active on a second screen (iphone or Ipad) for updates to be imported. At least now, historic information is periodically pulled through.
(You may need to disconnect a previously validated authentication if you have, for instance, connected up to the Frontier servers as a PC commander instead of a PS4 commander.)
 
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jameslondon74

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Thanks guys.

Well I bought the game 11th May! So I have literally no idea why it is saying 2nd May.

It's syncing, and then comes up with the 'Frontier auth service unavailable.' message again and again.

Shall I log out and try and log back in again? But do I log into the left or the right hand side? It's so confusing.
 

Snowymonk

Snowymonk
jameslondon74 said:
Thanks guys.

Well I bought the game 11th May! So I have literally no idea why it is saying 2nd May.
It's syncing, and then comes up with the 'Frontier auth service unavailable.' message again and again.
Shall I log out and try and log back in again? But do I log into the left or the right hand side? It's so confusing.
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Let the refresh cycle kick through a few times.
It's looking through old logs for you.
Once it has caught up to the 11th, it should start importing your data
 

jameslondon74

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Snowymonk said:
Let the refresh cycle kick through a few times.
It's looking through old logs for you.
Once it has caught up to the 11th, it should start importing your data
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How do I know it's actually making any progress? The time and date haven't changed and it's already gone round the syncing cycle at least 10 times.

Also - sorry to ask because I'm still unclear...when I want to log in at the beginning of the day, do I avoid the left hand side, and only log in using the Frontier auth service on the right? (clicking on PS4 logo)
 

jameslondon74

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jameslondon74 said:
How do I know it's actually making any progress? The time and date haven't changed and it's already gone round the syncing cycle at least 10 times.

Also - sorry to ask because I'm still unclear...when I want to log in at the beginning of the day, do I avoid the left hand side, and only log in using the Frontier auth service on the right? (clicking on PS4 logo)
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PS - I just logged out, and logged back in again using the LEFT hand side (into ESDM) and the sync date is now 11th May, when I bought the game. What do you think?

So to be clear:
Log in to ESDM - last synced message 11th May
Log in to Frontier - last synced message 28th April.
 

[PS5] Immanuel Kant

[PS5] Immanuel Kant
jameslondon74 said:
PS - I just logged out, and logged back in again using the LEFT hand side (into ESDM) and the sync date is now 11th May, when I bought the game. What do you think?

So to be clear:
Log in to ESDM - last synced message 11th May
Log in to Frontier - last synced message 28th April.
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So it is clear you have two accounts. Just use the frontier auth and let it run until it catches up (As you were told several times now ;) )
 
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