Hello everyone,

We are taking the galaxy servers down now for the 3.0.4 update which has a number of bug fixes. It also reverts the changes made to hot ships and access to outfitting in the 3.0.3 update, which means ships can now access outfitting anywhere except Starports controlled by a faction that has issued a bounty or fine against them.

Details about future crime proposals can be found here[forums.frontier.co.uk].

Estimated downtime is approximately two hours, and we’ll communicate here and on our social media channels when the servers are back online.

Thank you all for your patience.

The changelog can be found below:

Consoles

• Fixed a cockpit shadow issue near planets on the PS4
• Restored the version info text to the main menu on the XB1

Crime

• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t pay off bounties via the Interstellar Factors Contact when their notoriety was 0
• Refuelling from the Starport Services screen is now allowed while under Anonymous Access Protocol
• Power bounties are now cleared when the player leaves or defects from a power
• Power bounties are now included when cleaning a ship with Interstellar Factors
• Outfitting service is always open (where available) except when using anonymous access

Installations/POIs/USSs

• Fixed scans in settlements only giving one data material, apart from Guardian Blueprints which intentionally return one
• Fixed an issue where police will spawn in anarchy systems at a USS

Local News Reports

• Fixed the wrong ship name appearing in the top 5 bounty lists if a commander appears in more than one list
• Fixed ship bounties not being added to the top 5 bounty lists on login
• Fixed top 5 bounty list entries not expiring after 5 days
• Fixed superpower bounties not being added to the top 5 bounty list when issued

Missions

• Long distance passenger missions now properly allow the selection of a mission reward
• Fixed rank up missions not spawning
• Fixed some Search and Rescue missions not correctly reflecting the repair state of the Starport
• Fixed some mission-only cargo types not being available
• Delivery Wing mission payouts have been increased and the cargo requirement decreased

Multi-crew

• Crew members now unlock trade data correctly when the helm scans a Nav Beacon

Player Journal

• Fixed localised strings where the localisation resources redirect to another text symbol
• Fixed missing “PayBounties” event
• Ensured commodity names are localised in CargoDepot interactions, and when scooping and dumping from SRV
• Fixed some factions having their influence displayed incorrectly

Stability Fixes

• Fixed a rare memory crash
• Fixed a connection issue that could occur near SYNUEFE VM-D C15-10 2 A
• Fixed a connection issue that could occur near planet surfaces
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the Kill Warrant Scanner
• Fixed the tourist beacon issue where the beacons became misplaced

Weapons & Modules

• The damage values displayed for experimental weapons now more accurately represent the damage that they will deal against human vessels

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to thank you for your continued community feedback, patience and support – the constructive reports and information we’ve received from you has been incredibly important in allowing us to fix bugs and resolve game issues. All of it is being taken into account, so please keep it coming, and thank you for keeping it as constructive as possible.

We have noticed a lot of discussion surrounding various issues and the temporary fixes in place for those issues. We wanted to take a moment to update you on what steps we are making to resolve various issues.

Here are some of the issues we’ve previously spoken on:

• Engineer Guardian Modules[forums.frontier.co.uk] – It was possible to engineering Guardian Modules when it shouldn’t have been. We’ve prevented players from engineering the module and offered a compensation package to affected players who had engineered their modules.
• Skimmer Missions[forums.frontier.co.uk] – The payouts for these skimmer missions exceeded what we felt was appropriate for these missions, so we have temporarily removed them. We are working on a fix, details of when we expect that to be in game are below
• Mining Missions[forums.frontier.co.uk] – Mining missions offered rewards which could then be used to complete additional mining missions. This was not the intended use of the new mission reward system so we have temporarily removed mining missions.

While the solutions we have implemented are temporary, permanent fixes for the above issues are on their way with the 3.0.3 update. We expect this update to be released at the end of next week or at the start of the following week, depending on how our internal tests go.

Here’s a list of things we’re currently working on for that update*:

• Updates to the Kill Warrant Scanner (including licence to kill if a bounty is detected)
• Updates to the generation of bounties on AI ships (to improve background simulation and support the new KWS)
• Superpower bounties
• Updates to the respawn rule (to improve flow robustness and legibility)
• Locking off outfitting (to stop confusing flow for players trying to wipe low cost fines/bounties and being stung with huge module cleaning bills, and to close a missed ‘loop hole’ where players didn’t have to face the consequences of crime)
• Skimmer missions re-enabled, with improved effectiveness of anti-ship base weaponry. Missions will no longer select planetary bases with inefficient defences
• Mining missions re-enabled and no longer offer the same commodities as a reward that would be required by other local missions
• ATR response now being cleared after death
• Mining fragments now show the % of what resources it contains
• Massacre missions now spawn for factions in a war state
• Galaxy map configuration now persists
• Adjusted settlement data so that missions no longer erroneously direct players to locations where they cannot be completed
• Increased bulk passenger mission rewards and balanced the rewards for Wing Delivery missions, and addressed issues with reputation gain
• Stop players being able to delete wing mission reward inbox messages, which stopped them from being able to collect the reward
• Players can pay of fines that were incurred whilst in the SRV
• Rank up missions now appear as a ‘follow up’ mission, to make it clear to the player
• Fixed gyroscopic head look on PS4
• Fixed collector limpets so that they automatically ignore materials that you have maxed out
• Fixed collector limpets so they ignore correctly when used by Gunner role in Multi-crew

*This is a near-complete list of things we are working on and aim to fix with release of the 3.0.3 update.

We’ll be sure to update you on any further information as soon as it becomes available and we thank you for your patience.

Thanks,

Will and the Frontier Developments Team