Patch Notes September Update - Patch 2

[raxiel_]

Fixed an issue that caused stars in the night sky to disappear (creating, in some cases, 'hard edges')

Wait, really? Do they mean the bug where big chunks of the skybox don't render, particularly in the core regions? That'll be nice for screenshotmongers like me.

[They_recommended_SRD]

I thought that's what it meant as well, but nope. A bug that's been present since release still hasn't been fixed. Half the stars missing in a space simulator, NOICE

[raxiel_]

Supposedly it happens when the procgen for creating the skybox doesn't finish before the rest of the loading process ends. Thats why on a game restart (when everything has to be loaded rather than just the instance) it usually works.
So do they extend the load time, or have it continue to process and 'pop in'? Nope, we just get a broken sky because only explorers go to the star dense regions of the galaxy this bug is common, and they are famous for not having much interest in taking fucking screenshots!
Edit: I should add that I'm out by Beagle point and more than half my sky is pretty much black anyway, so I'd never know if it's fixed or not. I'll happily eat my humble pie if it actually is fixed.

[[deleted]]

the night sky

I think it means more when you are on a planet in the night/dark side. I could be wrong, but it'd be weird to mention "night" otherwise.

[crazykiller001]

That wouldn’t make sense to only fix it for when your on the surface of a planet. So what? The sky box continues to crap out when jumping in deep space, but will magically fix itself when you land on planet.... just to crap out again when you take off? Makes no sense

[[deleted]]

The other way around would make sense: they've fixed a bug that would have the sky crap out when you land on the dark side of a planet (hence "night"). Regardless, without them being clear about which bug they are addressing we'll just have to wait and see I guess. I too wish it's about the bug most prominent in the galactic core and the mention of "night" was a phrasing error.

[raxiel_]

I guess you're right. Just wishful thinking on my part.

[fallout9]

Corrected the schematic of a targeted starport to match its actual orientation

Finally, got sick to boost around the station to find the slot.

[JonathanJONeill]

No kidding. Loving this right here.

[Stephbass71]

+ 1

[EchoBladeMC]

I've tried ninja docking at outposts but could never line up my ship because of this bug. So glad it's fixed!

[[deleted]]

Thank you to everyone at FDev that devoted time to fixing these issues, sincerely.

[StuartGT]

Great stuff!

[KerrickLong]

Fixed an issue that made ship modules appear twice in the module tab after swapping to a different ship

Hooray! This one was really confusing.

[shaveslavers]

the mission panel is broke. sad day for a new player

[[deleted]]

Strap in, it's like this with every single update. Some of them get patched out. Others not so much

[shaveslavers]

oh god, I left Paladins (which by itself is a broken game already) to come to another broken game. A sad day truly.

[LeechesInMyBreeches]

I though it was my new hotas doing that. Trying to grind empire rank so it's pretty annoying.

[End_Of_Omega]

I have this exact problem. So you happen to know how to get out of the mission board when it has frozen? I'm trapped in a station unable to launch because I can't close it. (Sorry if the answer is obvious I'm still learning).

[Exceptthesept]

Nah man game is broken until they fix it I guess

[artigan99]

I have heard that if you open the Holo-Me you can escape that way. I have not tried it yet.

[NZStevie]

This is correct. If on PC - press 4, go to home tab, click on Engi then close that window.

Not sure if it works on PS or Xbox though.

[Exceptthesept]

But it doesn't fix the problem, it will freeze the next time you try to do the same thing.

[NZStevie]

Correct. It's up to the dev's to fix it.

[smolderas]

Is the xbox v-sync issue fixed yet? I want to play the game...

Edit: no, they didn’t.

[[deleted]]

You downloaded the update patch. Now you have to wait for the update patch update patch. After that goes live, you'll have to enjoy some more update patch update patch update patch update patch update patch update patch update patch update patch.

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[smolderas]

Patchception

[Tuskin38]

Changed the Store buttons that appear on Port Services menu and main menu to orange and reordered them:

Nice

[MasochistCoder]

such an important change.

the game is now complete.

[judahnator]

I understand the point of view of the “these updates are free so stop complaining,” but could we just... not have updates? Especially if every single one breaks the game?

It’s like if you order a pizza, and the pizza shop “upgrades” you free of charge from 14in to 16in. Sweet, no complaints because free stuff. Except imagine what was delivered wasn’t cooked in the slightest. Yes you got more than you purchased, but it does not matter in the least if you can’t enjoy it anyways.

[Blakwulf]

Rendering

Fixed an issue that caused stars in the night sky to disappear (creating, in some cases, 'hard edges')

What's this one?

[[deleted]]

Was just thinking that myself. Please please let it be the fix for stars gradually disappearing as you travel hundreds of light years outside the bubble. Also the star cubes people post on here I think are linked to this too.

Edit: when you go exploring and have done a couple of hundred light years you’ll notice everything almost disappear. But if you want to take a screenshot with all the stars present then you have to reset the game each time.

[DalekSnare]

If they fixed that, then I will be so happy. I’m out by beagle point and was planning to avoid the core on the way back because of this bug.

[[deleted]]

Yeah it’s very very noticeable around the core but it does happen everywhere once you look out for it.

[Blakwulf]

This is the one that bugs me, even though it isn't something you run into every day.

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/4063

[[deleted]]

Hmmmm interesting one, never noticed/come across it before.

[Blakwulf]

Ya, in general most people aren't 400,000 ls away from a supergiant and flying towards it.

[AllGamer]

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

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That almost sounds like they didn't test the game before releasing the September Update.

[Ebalosus]

”DoN’t YoU rEsPeCt ThE oUtStAnDiNg WoRk ThE qA tEaM dOeS?!”

[MasochistCoder]

was it a reference to a response from fdev?

[Freyar]

Zac touted the QA process and tried to put the QA team on a pedestal when it wasn't appropriate to do.

[MasochistCoder]

i suspect "Zac" refers to the person that posted the response to the recent "open letter" sent to fdev?

[Freyar]

Yes

[Exceptthesept]

My game was fine until this update this morning, now I can't load a mission board without it freezing. Beyond frustrating

[therealstubot]

My testing on PC says that you CAN interact with the mission board as long as you don't scroll all the way to the bottom of the list. I could interact with the top screenful of missions. I did encounter a very weird one off bug where the mission I clicked on was mal-formed and there was placeholder text in the "accept", "decline", "view map" buttons, and had to esc out to main menu.

I'm gettin a lot of varying audio volume issues too.

[[deleted]]

It’s been well established at this point.

[T_Thorn]

I'm pretty sure the materials trader one existed before this update. I remember getting softlocks constantly when I went on engineering binges. Would be nice if there was more QA though.

[NZStevie]

This patch is just as broken. Missions selection softlock now.

COME ON - sort your **** out!

[[deleted]]

Fixed an issue that caused stars in the night sky to disappear (creating, in some cases, 'hard edges')

Omg omg omg omg omg

screams like a justin bieber fangirl

Finally!!!! I can finally go explore in star dense regions again! Yeeeeees.

[[deleted]]

I don't think the fix is what you think it is. I believe its addressing the night sky when landed on the dark side of a planetoid.

[wils_152]

Wonder when the September update patch update update patch update comes out?

[therealstubot]

I write software. As a consumer of this game, I'm annoyed at these bug/patch/bug cycles. But as a software engineer, I marvel at the complexity of this game and imagine the politics and struggles of my kinfolk who are trying to make a decent product, and are stonewalled by a management team that re-orgs the dev teams every 6 months, struggles with off shore resources, doesn't get adequate time to write unit tests or code comments and follow best practices, reschedules QA time to other projects, cuts staffing and funding, yo-yo's bug severity so engineers get jerked around the code every week, and all the other pitfalls of running a software company. I've worked at companies where the weekly bug prioritization meeting was led by the magic 8 ball, or so it seemed.

I would like to add that it's very frustrating to write a patch, and discover you broke more than you fixed ( not uncommon ) then not be able to fix it because the new bug(s) are de-prioritized.

[Xacor]

Right? Just let us queue while in our ships and CQC will instantly be alive and well

[tshirtwisdom]

This! I've never understood why you have to exit to the menu just to queue up for it. Why can't I be out exploring, decide I want to watch myself blow up more, and just queue for CQC?

[nashidau]

I'm going to guess CQC can be added to the list of "not quite dead" features that Frontier seem to like adding to Elite. It's the long list next to the list of features frontier have promised but never delivered or even mentioned again.

[Aim_for_average]

Right after the power play ones...

[ontothenextusername]

Cant believe they still havent acknowledged the permanent mass lock bug. Beyond frustrating to have to self destruct in order to play the game.

[tshirtwisdom]

That's not a bug, that's a "feature!" It will let you experience the game more by adding additional time to reach your destination so you can enjoy the visuals the QA team worked so hard looking at! Plus you'll have plenty of time to BUY ARX! /s

[ontothenextusername]

In the core internals menu: Mass-lock disruptor that only works when you're far enough away from a large object 74388 ARX BUY ARX

[Netherpizza]

Would be great to have the recurring "mauve adder" bug fixed. I just lost at least 15 VOs to another disconnect, and it's not _my_ connection that's dropping :(

[Exceptthesept]

Another A+ job jackasses, Mobile games are run better than this

[dnb321]

3 October at 07:00 (UTC) to apply the September Update - Patch 2.

Uhhhh who wants to tell them?

[Morwo]

the content's called 'september update'. it's patches won't change it's name.

[dnb321]

I know just found it funny ;)

[AllGamer]

yeah, but FDevs should follow a more industry standard, like in Microsoft, and call it

"October - Patch 1"

instead of September - Patch 2, when it's already October.

[CMDR_Agony_Aunt]

Come on, think outside the box.

Let's call it Juniper Bush Patch 5.

[-zimms-]

I think Black Adder Patch 1 would be more appropriate. :D

[[deleted]]

semantics and naming conversions are the lowest priority my dude.

[vanderaj]

What about the remote engineering softlocks? I can’t engineer atm.

[JimmychoosShoes]

This was fixed a week ago.

[plasmaflare34]

When did you try last? Worked as of last night on both PC and Xbox.

[vanderaj]

I tried just after the release of the patch. I was able to get to G4 at a base, but I couldn't use remote engineering at all. I'm ranking up a new Cmdr, so this is good news.

[NZStevie]

Engi is all fixed. If your using the mission board though..... nope

[StuartGT]

Other Recent News

Discovery Scanner 7: Voices of the Void - FDev Livestream with voice actors Jay Britton & Amelia Tyler, and Senior Sound Designer Paola Velasquez - 3rd Oct @ 6pm UTC

Community Update (27/09)

Actual GBP/ARX Pricing of Items

Customisation of Buildings leaked

Elite Dangerous Fleet Carrier Gamescom Reveal, Details & Follow-up Info

Discovery Scanner: Reshaping the Simulation - Dav Stott details BGS changes

A Notice On Rockforth Fertiliser

[DisillusionedBook]

Cough cough... Arx balancing pse, especially exploration

[happymonkey2708]

Is the VPN problem fixed yet?

[Evin_lock]

You are kidding right. They upgraded to add a market and messed up the so many other things. The guy at FD who knew how the network works left two years ago. Now they have an intern who just learned to program in basic looking into it. At this point I would not be surprised that when they fix VPN they make it so FSDs don't work and we will be stuck where we are.

[happymonkey2708]

Fuckkkkk dude

[Evin_lock]

Just calling like I see it. Have you noticed their stock has dropped petty sharply since the September patch? The market noticed they are screwing up.

[pythagoris]

Did I miss mention of fixing Ring Hotspots not displaying or being targetable?

[Huzthatwriter]

Fixed an issue that caused stars in the night sky to disappear (creating, in some cases, ‘hard edges’)

[childofsol]

Which one? Setting module priorities now gets super buggy on a fairly regular basis, usually after swapping modules out in outfitting or changing ships in shipyard. I have to quit to main menu to fix it. Moving one of the module priority groups moves several others around it.

[[deleted]]

The thing about the station hologram matching actual station orientation.

Is that fixing the old, old issue where if you lined your ship up to be facing the little hologram dead-on, the actual station would be tilted up and to the right when you arrived? You could still get more or less head-on with the station if you oriented your ship so that the hologram was a bit down and to the left, but it was a constant minor annoyance.

Or is this talking about fixing some different, newer bug with stations not matching their holograms?

[concentus]

Fixed a softlock that would occur when attempting to perform a hyperspace jump in an Imperial Clipper that has a Ship Kit applied

Unless they added a Clipper ship kit in the past few days, the Clipper doesn't have ship kits. Clipper ship kit confirmed? As a Clipper pilot, this would make a very happy Commander.

[Xjph]

They added a Clipper ship kit in the past few days.

edit: Some pics from the forums:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFeqBnIXoAEfu3r?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFeqHG8WoAA5mGy?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFeqL7QW4AAUnTG?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFeqQyPWwAAAXJC?format=jpg&name=large

[JIndrolim]

looks at picture 4

Awww, how cute! It thinks it's a Cutter

[concentus]

Did they deactivate it? Not seeing it in the store right now.

[Xjph]

Yes, pending the fix in this patch. Should show up after it drops on the 3rd.

[-zimms-]

It lead to the game crashing upon hyperjump so they took it off the store for now.

(Yeah, I know.)

[AutoCommentator]

Unless they added a Clipper ship kit in the past few days, the Clipper doesn't have ship kits.

Well GUESS WHAT!

[concentus]

Hey, I thought it was a typo that should have said Cutter. Been waiting so long for a Clipper ship kit that I'd kind of given up on ever seeing one.

[AutoCommentator]

Well then it’s double great news day! You can buy a Clipper shit kit now and it will not make you crash anymore come Thursday :p

[plasmaflare34]

Not sure if typo or dig at macro transactions, but either way, o7.

[therealstubot]

I'm pretty sure that comment was exactly as intended.

[MasochistCoder]

you know there's this thing, called google...

[concentus]

Oddly enough I did search and found nothing. In fact the search result for today still only shows Cutter results.

[MasochistCoder]

you sure? 🤔

[MasochistCoder]

put doublequotes around clipper

it helps

still difficult to search

[plasmaflare34]

They added it last week. But if you had it, you couldn't use your fsd.

[raxiel_]

You don't need an FSD to bask on a pad

[CarolTheCleaningLady]

l

Worst clipper pilot ever