Type-8 Update (18.08) | Wednesday 7th August

Greetings Commanders,

A new update will be available for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 on Wednesday 7th August.

Release Schedule (All times are in BST)​

• 6AM - In game messages commence
• 8AM - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers offline to deploy changes
• 2PM - Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 servers back online and Update 18.08 available to download.

Please note that these times are estimates and are subject to change.

Update Notes​
Features of Note:

• Added Lakon Type-8 Transporter for early access
  • In world holo-screen adverts now present for Type-8 Transporter
• Added new pre-built ships: to the store:
  • Type-8 Transporter Stellar (33,000 Arx)
  • Type-8 Transporter Standard (16,520 Arx)
  • Passenger Jumpstart - Beluga Liner (25,500 Arx)
  • Bounty Hunter Jumpstart - Vulture (25,500 Arx)
• Python MkII now included in the general Shipyard stock for Odyssey players.

Engineering Changes

• Alterations made to the engineering ruleset and systems:
  • Updated engineer rolls to consistently give a fixed roll depending on the grade of the recipe and the commander rank with the engineer.
  • Increased Material availability/payout at Grade 4/5 farming locations by increasing sources of materials and in some cases payout per source.
  • Increased Engineering material rewards across missions.
    • Up to 24 depending on mission type, material and mission difficulty
  • Updated unlock requirements for some engineers:
    • Hero Ferrari - Settlement Defence Plans required = 5 (down from 15)
    • Yarden Bond - Smear Campaign Plans required = 5 (down from 8)
    • Wellington Beck - Cat Media, Classic Entertainment or Multimedia Entertainment required = 15 (total)
    • Kit Fowler - Opinion Polls required = 5 (down from 10)
  • Removed Power Regulators from recipes
  • Reduced recipe costs for upgrading and modifying on-foot suits and weapons
  • Backpack Capacity Changes:
    • Maverick suit
      • Goods capacity 15 → 40
      • Assets capacity 30 → 60
      • Data Capacity 10 → 20
    • Artemis suit
      • Goods Capacity 10 → 20
      • Assets capacity 20 → 40
      • Data Capacity 10 → 10
    • Dominator suit
      • Goods capacity 5 → 10
      • Assets capacity 10 → 20
      • Data Capacity 10 → 10
• Contributing to taking a Thargoid controlled or invasion system will now reward engineering materials upon system completion.
  • All Grade 4 Raw & Grade 5 Encoded/Manufactured engineering materials are eligible as rewards.
  • Rewards are determined by percentile individual Commander contribution:
    • Tier 1 - Top 25% - 120
    • Tier 2 - Top 75% - 60
    • Tier 3 - Bottom 25% - 18
  • 2 materials are picked randomly from each material category (Raw/Encoded/Manufactured) for a total of 6 different rewarded materials.
    • For example, a Commander within the top tier can expect to receive 20 materials of 6 different types, for 120 total.
    • Materials are randomised per system, so all Commanders contributing to a system will receive the same type of materials when that system is completed.
  • Rewards will take you to the microresource cap but not over.
    • Any rewards which would have been over the cap will be lost. Careful monitoring of your inventory and usage of materials traders is advised.
  • Rewards are issued on an hourly basis and an inbox message will inform you of your achieved tier.
  • Contributions will be logged from the release of 18.08 onwards.
  • Contributions will not be reset on the weekly turn, and will therefore carry over between weeks until the system is completed.

Issue Tracker

• Fixed LOD issue with Orca resulting in holes in ships model when viewed at distances. (Issue ID: 64768)
• Fix for missile racks not firing correctly (Issue ID: 61996)
• Fixed Python Mk2 hull & integrity being unable to be repaired (Issue ID: 64522)

Bugs/Adjustments F * ixed a crash while idling in the pre-built ships store.

• Updated the new CMDR packages stats to more accurately reflect the content
• Release fee for Pre-Built Ships now calculated correctly when ship has been impounded
• Fix for luxury cabins not counting as suitable for lower classes of passengers.
• Removed power draw from Experimental Weapons Stabilizer modules
• Removed SCO mass lock from small planets to be consistent with medium and large planets
• Added SCO fuel consumption stat when viewing the module
• Fixed an issue where ships could jitter whilst using AutoDock & AutoLaunch
• Fixed some visual effects not playing correctly after sabotaging dropboxes at Thargoid spire sites.
• Adjusted orbit lines to display cleaner in various instances.

Known Issues
Type-SRV Deployment

• We are aware of an issue where the procedural generated nature of some terrain can make it difficult to deploy the SRV from the Type-8. We are looking into a solution for a future update.

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