03.10.2017 - 2.4.02 "The Return"

2.4 The Return - Update 2.4.02 - Downtime scheduled

Hi everyone,

The Elite Dangerous galaxy servers will be down for PC for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. The updates will go live to PS4 and Xbox One at a later date (I'll confirm the date ASAP) - the console versions of the game will not be affected by this downtime.

The change log will be posted below… ASAP. Thanks!

Fixes and Improvements

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