Horizons 2.0 beta change log #3

Hi all,

Please find the patch notes for the third Horizons beta build. I'm sure you'll agree there is an incredible amount of changes and fixes. :)

We are expecting this to go live at 3pm and we're expecting the usual 30 minutes of beta server downtime.

Thanks,

Audio Changelog for beta 3

• Audio Mix - Improvements to non-self SRVs, and non-self SRV surface dust
• Audio Mix - Improvements on non-self ship launch-land sequence
• Audio Mix - Improvements to Turret HUD
• Audio Mix - Improvements to Material collection
• Audio Mix - Improvements to skimmers
• Audio Mix - Improvements to external sounds heard from SRV landing pad garages
• Audio Mix - External sounds no longer audible in planetary outfitting bays
• Audio Mix - Improvements to planet structures
• Audio Mix - Boosted Orbital HUD warning blips
• Audio Mix - Improvements to Buggy Shield
• Audio Bug - Fixed messy sounding Anaconda, Adder, Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Federal Assault SHip, Vulture, Cutter, Clipper, CobraMKIV on exiting from Glide
• Audio Bug - Fixed planetary launch “clunk” happening too late
• Audio Bug - Fix for hard music cut on leaving system map
• Audio Bug - Fixed hard-panned GUI sound in system map
• Audio Bug - Fix for buggy shield sounds being audible from huge distance
• Audio Bug - Fixed silent metal rich planet ambience
• Audio Bug - Ship engines now go silent when freefalling with FA off
• Audio Bug - Fixed silent canopy grit/scratch, when driving through dust kick-up
• Audio Bug - Ship voice no longer says „Landing Gear Deployed“ when deploying buggy
• Audio Bug - Arrival from supercruise music delayed until a glide is complete near planets
• Audio Bug - Skimmer hatches now sound different depending on their size
• Audio Optimisation - Optimisations to skimmers

Game Changelog for Beta 3

• Fix crashes in power distributor
• Fixed server crash with island clean up
• Fix crash in station menu if a cockpit isn't present
• Kinematic input crash fix
• When the connection to the webserver is broken, prevent the game from softlocking at the end of a CQC match
• Speculative fix for some data points not being active at the right time
• Make sure that surface installation damage is fully network replicated
• Fix for only some data points actually giving a reward for completion
• Make some points of interest illegal, allowing you to attack and trespass for no permanent penalty
• Fix for some Commanders not being able to die or clear their save
• Enable a free ship option on SRV death; generalise resurrection options some more in preparation for respawning to orbit
• Fix rescuing Commanders stuck on planets without access to Horizons
• The „rejoin ship“ option on the insurance screen now only returns to your last port if you deployed the SRV from a settlement; if you deployed straight from a landed ship, your ship respawns in orbit around the planet you were on
• Send through the market id of settlements so galaxy map can show them
• Close the cargo transfer panel when you can no longer switch back to the ship
• Allow more texture streaming memory
• Make sure time (and legal status) properties are replicated across the network
• Don't fix ship when dismissed and recalled
• Logging out while landed or hovering near a settlement or port should not longer potentially respawn you under the floor
• Making sure the SRV specific „surface map“ button doesn't appear in the ship cockpit when going back to the ship
• Adding localisation key for system map „locale“ panel („settlements“ category becomes „Ports“ )
• Removing old icon system from system map station and surface settlements
• Stop all hostile ships in conflict zones targeting the player and friendly ships do not assist
• Trespass zones around settlements now fire a fine and then a bounty
• DataPoint rewards now select their payee from star polity. Federation, Alliance or Empire are acceptable factions
• Fix potential bad transform for far dust effects
• Added 50% more fuel for the SRV
• Fix for hologram advert activities blocking objects from activating (e.g. some port segments in a loading screen)
• When docked or landed altitude should now read 0
• Altitude in SRV should now read 0 when SRV is on the floor
• Altitude fixed for ships, incorrect parameter was being used for offsetting landing gear against ship location
• Fix remote client buggies spawning in the wrong place and doing a weird flip under their parent ship
• Fix FOR (Frame of Reference) error causing ships spawning in the right place and then flying to weird locations during ship recall
• Added disabled „Ship Departing“ button to the role panel when the ship is departing
• UI support for updating the 'SC' panel to show distance and speed to orbital cruise
• Make sure we cant fire the turret if we are in any other state but active
• The canopy no longer repairs its self when leaving and re-entering the ship
• Split out the SRV roll into a new binding, this new binding can be bound to the same as the steering axis to get the same functionality as we have now
• Pushed Python drive hit spheres back so it can intersect with the hitcheck - so drives are not invulnerable
• Turrets remain in contacts at 1% health after they die fixed
• When applying a module perk, check that the new perk can be applied before deactivating the current one
• Restock panel no longer allow you to confirm a transaction with zero things selected
• Improved feedback when attempting to confirm a transaction you cannot afford (flashy red cost) on restock panel
• You should not be able to target modules on an SRV
• Orbital HUD now stops rendering when canopy is breached
• Enable the collision callback whether we are the authority or not, so collisions on the capsule of the SRV are registered (fixes some issues with SRV not taking damage)
• Goliath Skimmer vehicle missiles aren't affected by the weapons range value fixed
• Make skimmers a bit more mobile with shooting and moving
• Missile skimmers don't respond quick enough to players driving at them
• Setting skimmer missiles to have a range of up to 800m, instead of a couple of kilometers
• Adjusted the basic skimmer weapon attack and down time
• Skimmers do not have an image on the contact panel fixed
• Ramming into skimmers with your ship doesn't give the player a penalty fixed
• Able to partly hide behind settlement structures enough to obscure skimmer LoS making it super easy to kill them fixed
• You shouldn't be able to friend yourself while in the SRV
• Fix bug in vehicle where its trying to find some valid geometry below the SRV to ensure we'll spawn above the floor
• Fix for turrets/skimmers becoming hostile to the player without the player being hostile in return
• AI NPCs having issues docking at a station and a planetary port fixed
• Settlement/Planetary ports locations in the navigation panel are shuffling constantly fixed
• The choose module popup now continuously updates
• Look up the player's ship if they are in a buggy and we want to know if they can dock at an outpost
• LOD fixes for some buildings
• Collision mesh fixes for various buildings
• Fixed LODs for the hardpoint bunkers used for Outpost Planet Ports
• Fixed a number of UV and LOD issues on port road sections
• Fixed some floating POIs
• Improved VR camera positions in SRV
• Fix bullets not reliably appearing for their first frame. Looks significantly better in the SRV, especially at low framerates. will also improve feel of other projectile weapons (CQC cannons a notable case)
• Fixed the Keelback's name in local traffic reports
• Bobblehead GUI image disappears fixed
• Bobblehead slots 8 and 9 are not automatically re-selected after you place a bobblehead in it fixed
• Added new signal source for mining extractors
• Unbound system and galaxy map bindings from classic context scheme and resolved some other weird issues present in the file too
• Updated terrain GPU work option description to make it clearer what this option does
• Fix for star trails flickering off every time an envmap capture is taken
• Subtle tinting for surface materials that were coming through too flat / neutral grey
• Upgraded detail rocks AO and improved the textures on the metal rocks
• Adjust surface material blending values
• Fix Io type worlds not reporting their atmospheres
• Postpone planet rendering while in loading screens
• Display modules in the choose module popup as disabled if we can't apply a perk to them
• Fixed error that was preventing Ship Graveyard from spawning
• Fixed laser gate visibility issue (it wasn't turning off)
• Remove an extra copy of the firegroup in the data link scanners module data in the SRV starter loadout
• Tweak to the SRV muzzle flash to make it more visible when shooting close range
• Fix logic components and inactive turrets in one of the military settlements
• Player debris should now fall under gravity when the payer dies on a planet
• Don't kick out dust when ship is docked
• Initialise openvr tracking space to seated - will prevent compositor bounds being permanently shown
• Compute shader performance tweak
• Prevent targeting SRV with ship
• Buying or swapping a ship in the ship yard causes the camera to float around the station
• Fix for the radar occasionally displaying in the wrong location above the player after the buggy redocks with the ship
• Removed decals to stop them floating on destroyed geometry
• Cockpit no longer marked as „inactive“ once repaired
• Art pass on deco files for the Radial ports
• Various minor text fixes
• Xbox One: Fix an error seen when temporarily breaking the network connection during CQC matchmaking
• Xbox One: Wing members are not informed that another wing member is no longer part of the chat when they've accepted a new voice comms request
• Xbox One: If the UI is waiting for us to update our friends list but we're not updating (have done so too recently) then re-push the current friends list to the UI to remove the „Server Response“ loading screen

New 2.0 mission changes

• General Text fixes
• Remove cargo requirement for off-Base 6/8/9
• Stop pirate ships respawning if killed in bespoke 4/5
• Show distance for all delivery missions
• Rep/inf/state/reward balancing first pass
• Crash fixes
• Prevent players being unable to take off-base missions because they are in the buggy
• Make more off-base missions trigger

Horizons Beta 3.1 AMD Hotfix Incoming 6.30 GMT

Hi everyone,

we're deploying a hotfix for the AMD issues seen in the Beta 3 release. This will be available at 6.30pm GMT. There will be no server downtime.

Michael