We’re nearing that time of the year again... wearing cozy jumpers, picking out presents and decorations, celebrating together with family and friends... As per tradition, we’d like to celebrate with you too!
Frontier’s 24 Hour Charity LivestreamOn December 11, 2017 (midday GMT), Ed and Bo will kick off our third annual Charity livestream in honour of SpecialEffect, a wonderful charity which helps disabled people use technology and play videogames. We will be joined by amazing developer guests, do midnight challenges, and get progressively tired and silly in the name of a great cause! Last year, we raised over £46,000 together with a £10,000 target; this year we've gone for a more ambitious £25,000 in the hopes that you'll be there to support us to reach that amazing amount. We will be hosting several activities in the weeks to come and during the 24 hour stream, which will end on December 12 (midday GMT).
We will be streaming on twitch.tv/frontierdevelopments and will upload the entire livestream on YouTube afterwards for archive purposes. Please read the below sections carefully if you want to join us in spreading the holiday spirit, and also have a chance to receive some amazing and unique prizes!
Charity Sweepstake For every £1 you donate to our Just Giving campaign, you get one entry into the prize draw. At the end of the 24 hour stream we will pick winners together on screen, so make sure to donate and enter your email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) for a chance to win one of the following amazing prizes:
High-end gaming PC worth £2,000!
Xbox One X console
PlayStation 4 Pro console
Annual pass to a theme park of your choice!
3x £50 Frontier Merch Design Credit
3x Planet Coaster + all DLC (The Munsters, Back to the Future, Knight Rider, Spooky Pack)
2x Elite Dangerous CMDR Deluxe on PC
2x Elite Dangerous on PlayStation 4
2x Elite Dangerous on Xbox One
1x Elgato StreamDeck
1x HyperX package including Hyper X Cloud 2, Hyper X Cloud Alpha, HyperX Aloy FPS keyboard, and HyperX Fury mousepad
2x Hyper X Fury mousepad
2x signed Spooky Planet Coaster poster
1x signed Elite Galaxy Map
1x Frontier Goodie Bag including notebook, posters, postcards, pin badges, sports bottle, mouse mats, and more!
For the Elite Dangerous players, you can also receive the SpecialEffect paintjob, in case you missed out on it last year, for every £6 you donate to our Just Giving page. (Terms and Conditions apply, please see the bottom of this post for details!)
Blind Charity Auction Coming Soon! Like last year, we’re also organising a Blind Charity Auction with super unique prizes for you to bid on (with all the money going to SpecialEffect via our Just Giving page). We’re finalising the auction items as we speak, and will post more info about them in the next week or so – these are amazing, bespoke, epic prizes that we hope you’ll enjoy! Keep your eyes peeled on our forums for the Blind Charity Auction coming soon!
Last but not least... We love that you are helping out by donating to SpecialEffect and supporting us by watching our streams. That’s why we’ve set up a very special Advent Calendar that will run throughout the stream, starting from the campaign amount when the stream goes live on December 11. For each £1,000 we raise during those 24 hours, we will open a Calendar door, and there’s loads of surprises behind them... ranging from silly little dares to big giveaways! So help us reach those milestones!
Thank you for supporting us throughout the past year, with all the updates, our first ever Frontier Expo, streams, and more! Your enthusiasm and love for Frontier is what keeps us ever going, and we couldn’t do it without you. We hope you’re excited to join our celebration, all in support of the amazing charity SpecialEffect. Every little bit helps make a difference in someone else’s life. We’ll be sure to host an awesome show on December 11, 2017.
Terms and Conditions
Raffle
Every full £1 (UK British pound) donated to the Just Giving page is an entry into the prize draw.
If a donation is made in another currency we will use a currency converter to work out the UK equivalent.
The prize draw will be held on December 12, 2017 at 11AM GMT on the livestream. The cut-off time for entries will be announced shortly before the draw.
For prize draw tickets to be valid they must include suitable contact details. Either the Commander name in the name or comments for Elite Dangerous players or the email address in the donation (not as a publically viewable comment).
Prizes in the raffle may be substituted for one of equal value if for any reason they become unavailable, such as going out of stock.
Prizes are available worldwide.
Where a prize is not deliverable by a specific merchant, vouchers may be offered for a suitable retailer instead. Specifically for the Gaming PC, Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro.
SpecialEffect PaintJob
The SpecialEffect paintjob and decal will be made available to everyone who has donated over the specified amount in their currency and has a valid email address on their donation (be sure to add them at the donation and not as a comment).
These will be sent out after the event ends and not granted immediately. Please be patient for your code, they could take a number of days to be dispatched.
The SpecialEffect paint job is only available for use with Elite Dangerous and you will need to own the game in order to use this item.
We’re nearing that time of the year again... wearing cozy jumpers, picking out presents and decorations, celebrating together with family and friends... As per tradition, we’d like to celebrate with you too!
Frontier’s 24 Hour Charity LivestreamOn December 11, 2017 (midday GMT), Ed and Bo will kick off our third annual Charity livestream in honour of SpecialEffect, a wonderful charity which helps disabled people use technology and play videogames. We will be joined by amazing developer guests, do midnight challenges, and get progressively tired and silly in the name of a great cause! Last year, we raised over £46,000 together with a £10,000 target; this year we've gone for a more ambitious £25,000 in the hopes that you'll be there to support us to reach that amazing amount. We will be hosting several activities in the weeks to come and during the 24 hour stream, which will end on December 12 (midday GMT).
We will be streaming on twitch.tv/frontierdevelopments and will upload the entire livestream on YouTube afterwards for archive purposes. Please read the below sections carefully if you want to join us in spreading the holiday spirit, and also have a chance to receive some amazing and unique prizes!
Charity Sweepstake For every £1 you donate to our Just Giving campaign, you get one entry into the prize draw. At the end of the 24 hour stream we will pick winners together on screen, so make sure to donate and enter your email address (the optional field at donation, not as a comment) for a chance to win one of the following amazing prizes:
High-end gaming PC worth £2,000!
Xbox One X console
PlayStation 4 Pro console
Annual pass to a theme park of your choice!
3x £50 Frontier Merch Design Credit
3x Planet Coaster + all DLC (The Munsters, Back to the Future, Knight Rider, Spooky Pack)
2x Elite Dangerous CMDR Deluxe on PC
2x Elite Dangerous on PlayStation 4
2x Elite Dangerous on Xbox One
1x Elgato StreamDeck
1x HyperX package including Hyper X Cloud 2, Hyper X Cloud Alpha, HyperX Aloy FPS keyboard, and HyperX Fury mousepad
2x Hyper X Fury mousepad
2x signed Spooky Planet Coaster poster
1x signed Elite Galaxy Map
1x Frontier Goodie Bag including notebook, posters, postcards, pin badges, sports bottle, mouse mats, and more!
For the Elite Dangerous players, you can also receive the SpecialEffect paintjob, in case you missed out on it last year, for every £6 you donate to our Just Giving page. (Terms and Conditions apply, please see the bottom of this post for details!)
Blind Charity Auction Coming Soon! Like last year, we’re also organising a Blind Charity Auction with super unique prizes for you to bid on (with all the money going to SpecialEffect via our Just Giving page). We’re finalising the auction items as we speak, and will post more info about them in the next week or so – these are amazing, bespoke, epic prizes that we hope you’ll enjoy! Keep your eyes peeled on our forums for the Blind Charity Auction coming soon!
Last but not least... We love that you are helping out by donating to SpecialEffect and supporting us by watching our streams. That’s why we’ve set up a very special Advent Calendar that will run throughout the stream, starting from the campaign amount when the stream goes live on December 11. For each £1,000 we raise during those 24 hours, we will open a Calendar door, and there’s loads of surprises behind them... ranging from silly little dares to big giveaways! So help us reach those milestones!
Thank you for supporting us throughout the past year, with all the updates, our first ever Frontier Expo, streams, and more! Your enthusiasm and love for Frontier is what keeps us ever going, and we couldn’t do it without you. We hope you’re excited to join our celebration, all in support of the amazing charity SpecialEffect. Every little bit helps make a difference in someone else’s life. We’ll be sure to host an awesome show on December 11, 2017.
Terms and Conditions
Raffle
Every full £1 (UK British pound) donated to the Just Giving page is an entry into the prize draw.
If a donation is made in another currency we will use a currency converter to work out the UK equivalent.
The prize draw will be held on December 12, 2017 at 11AM GMT on the livestream. The cut-off time for entries will be announced shortly before the draw.
For prize draw tickets to be valid they must include suitable contact details. Either the Commander name in the name or comments for Elite Dangerous players or the email address in the donation (not as a publically viewable comment).
Prizes in the raffle may be substituted for one of equal value if for any reason they become unavailable, such as going out of stock.
Prizes are available worldwide.
Where a prize is not deliverable by a specific merchant, vouchers may be offered for a suitable retailer instead. Specifically for the Gaming PC, Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro.
SpecialEffect PaintJob
The SpecialEffect paintjob and decal will be made available to everyone who has donated over the specified amount in their currency and has a valid email address on their donation (be sure to add them at the donation and not as a comment).
These will be sent out after the event ends and not granted immediately. Please be patient for your code, they could take a number of days to be dispatched.
The SpecialEffect paint job is only available for use with Elite Dangerous and you will need to own the game in order to use this item.
Greetings commanders, we have 2.4.08 on the way today for you! This update will cover all platforms and will have about 10 minutes of downtime while you download the update, and us updating the servers.
The contents of the update is as follows...
Fighters/Crew
Fixed an issue with the AX Fighter’s statistics that rendered it more effective than intended against human targets
Ships Keelback
Fixed an issue with misaligned Paintjobs for the Keelback.
Xbox One
Fix for inability to send comms messages in normal space when using T.Flight Hotas One.
Fix for the T.Flight Hotas One Xbox button putting the ship in full reverse.
Greetings commanders, we have 2.4.08 on the way today for you! This update will cover all platforms and will have about 10 minutes of downtime while you download the update, and us updating the servers.
The contents of the update is as follows...
Fighters/Crew
Fixed an issue with the AX Fighter’s statistics that rendered it more effective than intended against human targets
Ships Keelback
Fixed an issue with misaligned Paintjobs for the Keelback.
Xbox One
Fix for inability to send comms messages in normal space when using T.Flight Hotas One.
Fix for the T.Flight Hotas One Xbox button putting the ship in full reverse.
At 11AM BST (27 minutes from this posting!), we will be taking the Elite Galaxy servers offline for 30 minutes for update 2.4.03!
Below are the changes and fixes for this update.
Companion API
Fixed ship prices sometimes not being returned from /shipyard
Factions
Implemented a fix to stop factions trying to invade during an expansion when they already had a conflict pending
Fighters/Crew
Fixed the "Switch" button on the fighter orders menu not disabling when the cockpit canopy is breached
General Fixes & Tweaks
Updated some translations
Holo-Me Creator
Removed the ability to Undo / Redo while a player is not on the top level of a tab in the Holo-Me creator to prevent a store exploit
Installations/POIs/USSs
Fixed an issue whereby all Barnacles in a system would appear in the Navigation Panel after scanning just one
Mining
Fixed the Vent button for the refinery failing to do anything with the hopper
Missions
Fixed Engineer invite missions not spawning in certain systems
Fixed some incorrect text strings that appeared in certain Assassination mission inbox messages
Fixed an issue where only massacre missions were spawning instead of rank missions
Ensured that Salvage missions contribute to the Exploration career
NPCs
Fixed an issue that led to Thargoids flagging up as allied in certain cases
Outfitting
Fixed an issue where previewed decals could remain on the ship after exiting the livery section
Player Journal
Fixed an issue with control characters remaining in the ReceiveText of a journal message
Render
Fixed the motion effects appearing fainter than they should be when flying through space
Server
Fixed Thargoid encounter UI statistics
Fixed some stored ships being unavailable through shipyard
Ships Imperial Clipper
Fixed an issue with the Docking Computer being unable to dock
Stability Fixes
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when at Resource Extraction Sites
Fixed a rare crash that could occur if the player disconnected while loading in to a Multi-Crew session
UI
We now update a Commander's subscribed to community goal data in the Transactions tab every ten minutes, allowing players to keep track of the results on the fly
Weapons
Fixed the missing lens flares on plasma accelerator shots
At 11AM BST (27 minutes from this posting!), we will be taking the Elite Galaxy servers offline for 30 minutes for update 2.4.03!
Below are the changes and fixes for this update.
Companion API
Fixed ship prices sometimes not being returned from /shipyard
Factions
Implemented a fix to stop factions trying to invade during an expansion when they already had a conflict pending
Fighters/Crew
Fixed the "Switch" button on the fighter orders menu not disabling when the cockpit canopy is breached
General Fixes & Tweaks
Updated some translations
Holo-Me Creator
Removed the ability to Undo / Redo while a player is not on the top level of a tab in the Holo-Me creator to prevent a store exploit
Installations/POIs/USSs
Fixed an issue whereby all Barnacles in a system would appear in the Navigation Panel after scanning just one
Mining
Fixed the Vent button for the refinery failing to do anything with the hopper
Missions
Fixed Engineer invite missions not spawning in certain systems
Fixed some incorrect text strings that appeared in certain Assassination mission inbox messages
Fixed an issue where only massacre missions were spawning instead of rank missions
Ensured that Salvage missions contribute to the Exploration career
NPCs
Fixed an issue that led to Thargoids flagging up as allied in certain cases
Outfitting
Fixed an issue where previewed decals could remain on the ship after exiting the livery section
Player Journal
Fixed an issue with control characters remaining in the ReceiveText of a journal message
Render
Fixed the motion effects appearing fainter than they should be when flying through space
Server
Fixed Thargoid encounter UI statistics
Fixed some stored ships being unavailable through shipyard
Ships Imperial Clipper
Fixed an issue with the Docking Computer being unable to dock
Stability Fixes
Fixed a rare crash that could occur when at Resource Extraction Sites
Fixed a rare crash that could occur if the player disconnected while loading in to a Multi-Crew session
UI
We now update a Commander's subscribed to community goal data in the Transactions tab every ten minutes, allowing players to keep track of the results on the fly
Weapons
Fixed the missing lens flares on plasma accelerator shots
In order to make sure everyone can enjoy our Frontier Expo, even if you’re not able to make it in person, we are broadcasting parts of the event, including our special content reveals, on our official channels throughout the day! Please note that our guest speakers and the talks taking place on the Second Stage will not be streamed, in order to offer exclusive content for the attendees. Some content will be recorded and published at a later date.
Have a look at the schedule below to know exactly when and where to tune in from home:
5PM BST Special Content Reveals Jurassic World Evolution: Special Content Reveal Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Senior Community Manager Edward invites Jurassic World Evolution’s Game Director Michael Brookes, Lead Designer Andrew Fletcher, and Head of Animation Nick Rodgers to the Main Stage for the first ever look at this epic new title.
Planet Coaster: Anniversary Update Reveal Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Nearly one year after the game’s release, Senior Community Manager Edward is joined by Planet Coaster’s Lead Programmer Andrew Chappell, Lead Artist Sam Denney, and Art Director John Laws to talk about the upcoming Anniversary Update.
Elite Dangerous: The Year Ahead Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Looking forward to the next year in the game’s development, Senior Community Manager Edward talks to Elite Dangerous’ Lead Designer Sandro Sammarco, Game Director Laurence Oldham, and Art Director Chris Gregory.
Special Guests Many content creators are attending Frontier Expo and will be putting vlogs on their channels for you to get even more backstage experiences of the entire event. Did you know that Yogscast are representing with Hat Films, Sjin, Duncan, Angory Tom and Turps), and they will host an official recap show on Monday October 9. YouTuber Ali A is also going to be there to film his experience and post stories live from the show floor.
That’s not all though; we have even more friends coming who are streaming live from the special streaming booth during the entire day. For a complete list of all of our special guests, please check this page for their streaming times and a link to their channels.
In order to make sure everyone can enjoy our Frontier Expo, even if you’re not able to make it in person, we are broadcasting parts of the event, including our special content reveals, on our official channels throughout the day! Please note that our guest speakers and the talks taking place on the Second Stage will not be streamed, in order to offer exclusive content for the attendees. Some content will be recorded and published at a later date.
Have a look at the schedule below to know exactly when and where to tune in from home:
5PM BST Special Content Reveals Jurassic World Evolution: Special Content Reveal Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Senior Community Manager Edward invites Jurassic World Evolution’s Game Director Michael Brookes, Lead Designer Andrew Fletcher, and Head of Animation Nick Rodgers to the Main Stage for the first ever look at this epic new title.
Planet Coaster: Anniversary Update Reveal Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Nearly one year after the game’s release, Senior Community Manager Edward is joined by Planet Coaster’s Lead Programmer Andrew Chappell, Lead Artist Sam Denney, and Art Director John Laws to talk about the upcoming Anniversary Update.
Elite Dangerous: The Year Ahead Where? Official Twitch channel, Official YouTube channel, Official Facebook page. Looking forward to the next year in the game’s development, Senior Community Manager Edward talks to Elite Dangerous’ Lead Designer Sandro Sammarco, Game Director Laurence Oldham, and Art Director Chris Gregory.
Special Guests Many content creators are attending Frontier Expo and will be putting vlogs on their channels for you to get even more backstage experiences of the entire event. Did you know that Yogscast are representing with Hat Films, Sjin, Duncan, Angory Tom and Turps), and they will host an official recap show on Monday October 9. YouTuber Ali A is also going to be there to film his experience and post stories live from the show floor.
That’s not all though; we have even more friends coming who are streaming live from the special streaming booth during the entire day. For a complete list of all of our special guests, please check this page for their streaming times and a link to their channels.
We've released update 2.4.02 this morning (Oct 3rd, 2017), below are the changes for this update.
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Audio
Fixed the air traffic controller work assignments so they no longer appear to be working where they shouldn't
General Fixes & Tweaks
General text fixes
Holo-Me Creator
Removed some placeholder text for the Cyber Lips tattoo
Missions
Fixed issue whereby mining missions could be turned in for profit without leaving station
Reverted the reward for the Dead Missions to 10 million after it erroneously changed back to 100 million
Prevented planetary scan sites from spawning in the same location
Rebalanced passenger missions to be much more in line with other mission types
Rebalanced distance from star reward elements
Increased chance of skimmers on planetary scan missions
Fixed an issue with rank mission and permit spawning
Fixed incorrect mission (incredibly high) credit rewards and expiry times
After reviewing overall player experiences since 2.4, we've adjusted the number of missions the servers attempt to send for each board or passenger lounge
NPCs
Fixed an issue where after an interdiction, the Thargoid did not move or interact with players until taking damage
Fixed an issue whereby a ship's shield appeared to still be active during the Thargoid shutdown wave
Fixed an issue whereby Thargoids were not attacking the player if they were carrying Thargoid parts in their cargo hold
Player Journal
We no longer write to the journal when in Training Missions
Fixed player name in Journal text message report
PlayStation 4
Speculative fix for texture resolution problems
Server
Fixed Companion API authentication problems
Fixed an error in ship rebuy cost after committing a murder crime against another player
Reminded the Engineers how to speak Portuguese
Hid hidden factions from the summary local news report
Fixed various transaction server errors
Ships Beluga Liner
Decals on the Beluga Liner have been made less reflective
Fixed some incorrect preview thumbnails/names for Beluga Expedition Paint Jobs
SRV
Fixed the SRV's emergency oxygen supply not activating when the life support module is disabled (i.e. running out of fuel)
Stability Fixes
Fixed a crash that could occur when Thardoids fired their missiles
Implemented a fix for some players getting stuck loading the Galactic Politics panel
Fixed a crash that could occur when in Supercruise
Fixed a crash that could occur when accepting missions
Fixed a crash that could occur at the Thargoid Barnacle encounters
Fixed a crash that could occur as a Thargoid dies while a heart is exerted
Fixed a crash that could occur when fighting a Thargoid
Fixed a crash that could occur when at a surface port
Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to open station services in the docking challenge scenario
Fixed a crash that could occur when a player jumped to hyperspace
Stations and Outposts
Fixed several visual issues with the Coriolis stations
Increased the current no fire zones around Stations and Outposts from 6km to 8km
Weapons & Modules
Increased the module health of the heatsink launcher and shutdown field neutraliser, from 20 & 20 -> 45 & 35 respectively
Reduced the ArmourPiercing value of Anti-Xeno Dumbfire Missiles from .05 to .001
Fixed an issue with the docking computer to prevent it scraping large ships when entering a station
Raised the Anti-Xeno turret base to allow for a clearer field of fire
Thargoid weapons are now completely immune to chaff (or any other form of weapon confusion)
Wings
Fixed an issue whereby wing members were sometimes getting multiple copies of combat bonds from destroying Thargoids
Xbox One
Fixed a bug where users were not being offered the features they had bought while signed in on an Xbox other than their home Xbox
We've released update 2.4.02 this morning (Oct 3rd, 2017), below are the changes for this update.
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Audio
Fixed the air traffic controller work assignments so they no longer appear to be working where they shouldn't
General Fixes & Tweaks
General text fixes
Holo-Me Creator
Removed some placeholder text for the Cyber Lips tattoo
Missions
Fixed issue whereby mining missions could be turned in for profit without leaving station
Reverted the reward for the Dead Missions to 10 million after it erroneously changed back to 100 million
Prevented planetary scan sites from spawning in the same location
Rebalanced passenger missions to be much more in line with other mission types
Rebalanced distance from star reward elements
Increased chance of skimmers on planetary scan missions
Fixed an issue with rank mission and permit spawning
Fixed incorrect mission (incredibly high) credit rewards and expiry times
After reviewing overall player experiences since 2.4, we've adjusted the number of missions the servers attempt to send for each board or passenger lounge
NPCs
Fixed an issue where after an interdiction, the Thargoid did not move or interact with players until taking damage
Fixed an issue whereby a ship's shield appeared to still be active during the Thargoid shutdown wave
Fixed an issue whereby Thargoids were not attacking the player if they were carrying Thargoid parts in their cargo hold
Player Journal
We no longer write to the journal when in Training Missions
Fixed player name in Journal text message report
PlayStation 4
Speculative fix for texture resolution problems
Server
Fixed Companion API authentication problems
Fixed an error in ship rebuy cost after committing a murder crime against another player
Reminded the Engineers how to speak Portuguese
Hid hidden factions from the summary local news report
Fixed various transaction server errors
Ships Beluga Liner
Decals on the Beluga Liner have been made less reflective
Fixed some incorrect preview thumbnails/names for Beluga Expedition Paint Jobs
SRV
Fixed the SRV's emergency oxygen supply not activating when the life support module is disabled (i.e. running out of fuel)
Stability Fixes
Fixed a crash that could occur when Thardoids fired their missiles
Implemented a fix for some players getting stuck loading the Galactic Politics panel
Fixed a crash that could occur when in Supercruise
Fixed a crash that could occur when accepting missions
Fixed a crash that could occur at the Thargoid Barnacle encounters
Fixed a crash that could occur as a Thargoid dies while a heart is exerted
Fixed a crash that could occur when fighting a Thargoid
Fixed a crash that could occur when at a surface port
Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to open station services in the docking challenge scenario
Fixed a crash that could occur when a player jumped to hyperspace
Stations and Outposts
Fixed several visual issues with the Coriolis stations
Increased the current no fire zones around Stations and Outposts from 6km to 8km
Weapons & Modules
Increased the module health of the heatsink launcher and shutdown field neutraliser, from 20 & 20 -> 45 & 35 respectively
Reduced the ArmourPiercing value of Anti-Xeno Dumbfire Missiles from .05 to .001
Fixed an issue with the docking computer to prevent it scraping large ships when entering a station
Raised the Anti-Xeno turret base to allow for a clearer field of fire
Thargoid weapons are now completely immune to chaff (or any other form of weapon confusion)
Wings
Fixed an issue whereby wing members were sometimes getting multiple copies of combat bonds from destroying Thargoids
Xbox One
Fixed a bug where users were not being offered the features they had bought while signed in on an Xbox other than their home Xbox