Frontier
September Update - Patch 2
Greetings Commanders,
The Elite Dangerous servers will be offline for all platforms on the 3 October at 07:00 (UTC) to apply the September Update - Patch 2.
We are aware that there is an issue where some Commanders, specifically those on console, are experiencing the „Failed to communicate with server. Unable to get an up to date mission list from server“ message when trying to access missions at a starport's mission board and passenger lounge. The team are currently investigating measures to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Update: The team has investigated the disconnect and mission list communication issue for console players, and we have implemented a change that should reduce the amount of times players encounter this.
However, if you have any further problems, please let us know.
Thank you for your patience and vigilance as we address these issues.
Please find the full Patch Notes below:
Crashes/Stability
Fixed a softlock that could occur when trading materials at a material trader
Fixed a crash that could occur during the new starter experience
Fixed softlock that could occur when hiring crew members
Fixed a crash that could occur after clearing a save and skipping the new starter experience
Fixed a softlock that would occur when attempting to perform a hyperspace jump in an Imperial Clipper that has a Ship Kit applied
COVAS
When buying a new ship, your selected COVAS will automatically be inherited from your previous ship.
When purchasing SRVs and fighters, they will inherit the COVAS currently selected for your ship.
For new commanders, the applicable localised COVAS will now automatically be selected based on which language is set in the options menu
Diamondback Explorer
Exploration
Interdiction
Livery
Fixed an issue that meant the confirmation popup failed to appear after selecting an item the player owns
Fixed an issue that could cause the sort feature to not sort correctly
Fixed an issue that could prevent the SRV livery options to appear after leaving the Dashboard items category
Updated various Bobblehead preview cameras to give a better view of the item
Removed the 'preview' option on Engine Colours in livery, as it was not intended
Changed message from 'Outfitting Unavailable' to 'Livery Unavailable' when the livery isn't accessible
Updated the 'remove item option' message to 'clear the equipped item'
Renamed 'Back' to 'Exit'
Localisation
Multi-Crew
New Starter Experience
Fixed an issue that could cause visual issues with the star in Matet when the player arrives in the system
Fixed an issue that could cause the weapons to automatically fire after being returned to the training area
Removed the ability to damage ship modules as this can lead to the player becoming stuck during the experience
Removed the ability for players to view and turn off modules during the experience
Outfitting
Pause Menu
Combined 'restart training' and 'exit options' into one confirmation screen. Now, when the player selects to either restart or exit they then choose to either:
This new restart/exit option UI is also inline with other areas of the game as well. This update fixes text truncation in other languages and unnecessary duplication of options, without increasing the amount of clicks needed to exit or restart
Rendering
Server
Updated local news articles for faction summaries, engineer progression and megaship itineraries
Fixed many causes of transaction server disconnections (error codes: Scarlet Krait, Magenta Krait, Black Adder, Yellow Adder)
Ship HUD
Corrected the schematic of a targeted starport to match its actual orientation
Fixed an issue that made ship modules appear twice in the module tab after swapping to a different ship
Fixed the edge case where the ship HUD could be switched off (by the Thargoid shutdown effect) during a jump to Supercruise, causing the HUD to never appear again.
Store
Changed the Store buttons that appear on Port Services menu and main menu to orange and reordered them:
Fixed an issue on Xbox One that causes the preview camera to pan without any player input
Re-added a missing scroll bar
Packs now display how many items are in it
Weapons