Greetings Commanders,

We hope you are as excited as we are for the launch of Odyssey! This expansion marks Elite Dangerous' biggest ever update, and as such we'll be taking the servers offline in preparation for the launch.



All Elite Dangerous servers on all platforms will be taken offline at 07:00 UTC / 08:00 BST on Wednesday 19 May and will be down for approximately 11 hours, returning 18:00 UTC / 19:00 BST.


We look forward to taking that one giant leap with you all next week!


o7

Greetings Commanders,


We hope you enjoyed the recent alpha for the PC version of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey

Thank you once again for your feedback and suggestions which will have a lasting impact for all future Commanders. This only marks the beginning for Odyssey. After the game launches on 19 May, we’ll continue tweaking and balancing according to your experiences, just as we have done in the past.

We know there are still a number of questions from the community, and today we’d like to give more information on the shared galaxy between Elite Dangerous: Odyssey and Elite Dangerous: Horizons.



All Elite Dangerous: Odyssey players will gain access to the new features, including planetary improvements, enhanced lighting, and textures.

The differences will mean that Elite Dangerous: Horizons players cannot share a gameplay session with those playing Odyssey. However, Odyssey owners will be able to share a session with and play with those in Horizons by launching the game in Horizons mode – though if they do this, they will temporarily not have access to the new Odyssey features.


In line with the console launch, we plan to update Elite Dangerous on all platforms (PC/PlayStation/Xbox) to allow Odyssey and Horizons players to reunite and play together with other users on their respective platform.

All Horizons players will also receive the new graphical updates, including the new planetary tech, lighting, and organics, free of charge, but will not be able to get out on foot or enter Odyssey’s tenuous atmospheres.

If you have any questions please leave them in the equivalent post on our forums, and we will answer them as quickly as we can!

o7

Greetings Commanders,

Thank you all for all the amazing feedback and reports you've sent in throughout the Alpha. Our developers have been reading and reviewing your comments as we continue towards release. The Elite Dangerous: Odyssey PC Alpha will end at 15:30 UTC/16:30 BST on Wednesday 5 May 2021 with full launch scheduled for 19 May 2021.

Once again, we are incredibly grateful for all of your feedback and reports, and we can't wait to bring you the full game for PC later this month!

o7

Greetings Commanders!


Today at 16:00 UTC / 17:00 BST we implemented a hotfix to the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha with the following changes:

• Further improved stability.
  
• Enabled Fleet Carriers in the Alpha at an adjusted cost.
  
• Fixed an issue where a small number of players spawned outside the playable bubble.
  
• Fixed an issue where terminals would lock the camera off-centre. Players can now adjust the camera to view the terminal more freely.

Commanders who would like to purchase a Fleet Carrier can do so at Sharp Dock in Sumod.

Once again, thank you for your continued feedback as we enjoy the final phase of the Odyssey Alpha!


o7

Greetings Commanders!

At 14:15 UTC / 15:15 BST we released a hotfix to address the following issues in the current phase of the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha.

• Improved build stability.
  
• An issue has been fixed whereby cargo could vanish when changing ships at Inter Astra.

Here in the final phase of the Odyssey Alpha, we're as grateful as ever for the valuable feedback provided as always.

See you in the black! o7

Greetings Commanders!


We're excited to announce that Phase 4 of the alpha is now underway! This time, you can play Odyssey with your existing Commanders and ships, so bring on the Cutters, Corvettes, Cobras and more! To help manage your fleet, delivery times and costs for ship transportation have been reduced, allowing you to easily transfer and use any of your existing ships. The snapshot taken from the base game to duplicate for the alpha was taken on 23 April.


The following features will also be available:

• Wing Missions / Ship Depot
  
• Powerplay
  
• Tech Brokers
  
• Search and Rescue contacts
  
• Research Station services contacts

Phase 4 is expected to close on 5 May, continuing as long as necessary for the development team to receive feedback, collect data, and make adjustments. Once the phase ends, the alpha will close so this is your last chance to play Odyssey until launch! Note that any progress made in the alpha will not carry over to the live game.

• Various stability and crash fixes.
  
• Fixed missing mission hand-in icons.
  
• Fixed an issue with mission hand-in not working for some mission types.
  
• Fixed a softlock in the quick comms panel.
  
• Fixed an issue with Conflict Zone scores failing to update.
  
• Fixed a disconnect when recalling a ship at a Conflict Zone.
  
• Fixed a softlock when navigating the Black Market contact's UI using a keyboard.
  
• Fixed an issue with items not appearing in players' inventories correctly.
  
• The Apply and Cancel buttons are no longer partially cut off at the bottom of the screen in the Settings Menu.
  
• Locations on the Galaxy Map can now be selected without plotting a course.
  
• NPCs should no longer mumble/be inaudible.
  
• A connection error when landing at settlements in a Conflict state was fixed.
  
• An issue with the Oculus Rift HMD not displaying Odyssey was fixed.
  
• An issue with the "Complete Mission" button not working at station terminals was fixed.
  
• An issue with Frontline Solutions dropships attempting to dock at Conflict Zones was fixed.
  
• An issue with organics displaying as "Insufficient Diversity" rather than "Already Sampled" was fixed.

• Some players are unable to select the alpha test from the launcher.
  
• Maintenance panels can fall backwards into their housing after being cut, blocking power nodes.
  
• The player view is locked after interacting with station terminals, sometimes fixing players' at an awkward angle.
  
• Some information in the Galaxy Map which is present in Horizons is missing.
  
• Planet icons are difficult to see on ship sensors.
  
• Filters in the DSS are not showing.
  
• On-foot momentum mid-air is not preserved when jumping.
  
• Some NPCs do not display facial animation while speaking.
  
• On-foot inventory UI is not accessible.
  
• Apex Interstellar ship landing sound is out of sync.
  
• Conflict Zones are sometimes empty when they initially appear.
  
• The Commander camera suite keybind cannot match ship and SRV camera suite keybinds.
  
• Some Russian letters in station terminals are replaced with squares.
  
• All missions fail when Commanders die on a mission.
  
• Quitting to the main menu just after recalling a ship causes a crash
  
• Setting control options to "keyboard and mouse" doesn't set DSS camera control to mouse.
  
• Physical multicrew members occasionally find an empty hangar when attempting to board their host ship.
  
• An obstructive defect blocks the player visor when performing melee attacks or grenade throws.
  
• Graphical artefacts are present on some assets when the visor is down.
  
• Sometimes players are unable to choose a side at Conflict Zones via the comms panel while on foot.
  
• Collection mission objectives will only update for one player in the instance.
  
• Players encounter a crash at the Conflict Zone at Aster's Escape.
  
• Autodock music is present in Apex Interstellar shuttles.
  
• When using the "Default Context" preset on the Xbox One Controller, the "Hold" button mode for crouch does not work as expected.
  
• Emissive Paint Jobs don't appear correctly under bright lights, so will not be in this phase.
  
• A connection issue while auto-launching as a physical multicrew passenger may cause players to spawn in a glitched hangar.

We hope you enjoy this final phase and would like to take this moment to thank you all for playing! Your feedback and suggestions have helped steer Odyssey's development, ready for launch on 19 May. We hope you enjoy the last chance to play Elite Dangerous on-foot before the big day!


o7

Greetings Commanders,


We have been overwhelmed by your feedback and excitement through the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha, your support and dedication is vital in completing the most ambitious expansion in Elite Dangerous history.

We can confirm that, as of this morning, our live game snapshot has been completed and phase four is set to begin as planned on 28 April.

We have been listening closely to your feedback and many members of our community have requested longer in the Alpha to experience the content and share your valuable feedback. This is why we are pleased to confirm that we will be extending the window of play for our fourth phase, and therefore the Alpha will now end on Wednesday 5 May at 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST.

In addition to this, after a number of community requests, all stored ships captured in the snapshot will now be made available during the Alpha with reduced transportation time and cost to bring those ships into the playable bubble.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank you all once again for your help in taking this giant leap forward for Elite Dangerous. The development team have been incredibly busy reviewing your reports, comments and data from this period. Some of these fixes you will have seen through the phases of Alpha, and many more will be going live with the full PC release on 19 May.

Please remember, if you would like to leave feedback during the remainder of the public Alpha you can do this via the issue tracker, where our development team are eagerly awaiting your reports.


o7 Commanders

Greetings Commanders!

Following on from the excitement of the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey launch date announcement this afternoon, we're excited to make preparations for the final phase of the Odyssey Alpha, Phase 4, which is due to launch on Wednesday the 28th of April.

The primary focus of Phase 4 will be: Compatibility Testing.

Before Phase 4 can begin, a 'Player Snapshot' of your Elite: Dangerous Commander profile needs to be taken and applied to the Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha.

This snapshot will be taken at 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST tomorrow, April 23rd.




The snapshot will include:

• The ship your Commander is piloting at the time of the snapshot being taken. No other ships that you own will accompany you to Alpha Phase 4.
  
• Your accumulated credits will transfer across as part of the profile snapshot.
  
• Any players in SRVs at the time the snapshot has been taken will be moved back to their current ship and transferred.
  
• Fleet Carriers that commanders currently own will not be coming to phase 4, however we are aiming to add the ability to purchase Fleet carries during Phase 4

In order to begin Alpha Phase 4 with your profile ready to go, the Elite: Dangerous Alpha servers will be down from approximately 07:00 UTC / 08:00 BST on Monday the 26th of April, returning to order to welcome in Phase 4 on Wednesday the 28th of April.

Full patch notes will follow on Wednesday the 28th along with the start of Phase 4 with a full list of features, fixes and known issues.

On behalf of all teams involved, we want to once again thank you for your hard work and commitment with providing such thorough and thoughtful feedback throughout each phase of the Alpha so far - amazing work.

o7

Greetings Commanders,


We're delighted to announce that the PC version of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey will launch on May 19th!

Your feedback during the alpha period has been invaluable and made this release date possible. We'll continue collecting your feedback throughout the upcoming alpha phase 4 and beyond launch as we work on further improvements and content updates.

Console development continues behind the scenes with an Autumn release still on schedule.

There's still time to pre-order Odyssey and get your hands on the exclusive Pioneer suit skin. The Deluxe version of the pre-order is also still available for those who want to hop into the alpha which is expected to end on April 30th.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336350/Elite_Dangerous_Odyssey/

We'll see you on foot planet-side!


o7

Greetings commanders,

Thank you for all the feedback so far on Phase 3! We've collected and shared many of your comments with the development team and will continue to do so for the rest of the phase. Here's an update on two of the most pressing issues:

The Genetic Sampler​
We've heard you loud and clear about the sampling minigame mechanics and place within Elite Dangerous. We understand that a manual reactions-based minigame is not a good fit in this context and will remove it in time for launch or shortly after. Instead, the tool will take samples automatically (exact implementation TBD). This may mean that the circles instead appear only to indicate the level of sample completion: e.g. sample 1 completes the first ring, sample 2 the second, and sample 3 the third.

The Detailed Surface Scanner (DSS)​
We've also received many reports about planets being highlighted entirely in green by the Detailed Surface Scanner. This is a known issue resulting from the new planetary tech not being in its final state. This is unlikely to be fully resolved during the alpha, but will be fixed in time for launch when planetary tech changes are final.

Thank once again for your feedback which is critical to the alpha process. We hope you'll continue sharing feedback and reporting any bugs you encounter on our Issue Tracker.

o7