Spaceship Ahoy - Elite: Dangerous [Dec 16, 2014, 10:47 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The Elite:
Dangerous forums announce the official release of Elite: Dangerous,
as version 1.00 of Frontier Developments' space combat sequel is now available.
The game's official website is
non-responsive at the moment, but that forum post has some details:
A 30 year legacy, and more than 2 years of development, and we're thrilled to announce that Elite: Dangerous 1.00 is out now, available for download and play.
Thanks to everyone who played this far - see you in space Commanders.
Ed (and the whole of the Elite: Dangerous development team)
https://store.elitedangerous.com/
Change log for those updating from Gamma:
- Prevent missions softlocks when switching servers from A->B->A without disconnecting from A
- Check if we should use the neutron star's version of the bolometric luminosity first to prevent soft lock
- Avoid crash in creating a location object when it hits a rare window
- Sky box view distance altered to reduce memory usage in highly populated regions
I was trying out different missions and decided to try one of the 'assassination' missions that pay out ~$180k. I never successfully have done one of these before...Find a random guy in one of these three zones.
What the hell.
So, I fly around and go into one or two USS signals. There's a guy who says over the comms that my target almost killed him. He won't be going into "whatever" system anytime soon. Huh. A lead.
I warp over there, and the first USS signal has that target there. He's in an elite Anaconda...excellent. I kill him. Objective completed.
I've done this twice now. I guess they fixed these missions.
You get a $180k payout plus a $50k bounty. Not bad. The missions take about 10 minutes.
I don't know if I got lucky or what...but this has been fun while actually giving me money.
Edit:
I think I was lucky. Ever since, I've had to go through 5-10 USS signals until I finally hit the jackpot. It still is definitely a worthwhile effort, as it gains you combat xp plus you get bounties for pirates. Sometimes a USS will have nothing, so you just move on.
This comment was edited on Feb 2, 2015, 02:48.
What the hell.
So, I fly around and go into one or two USS signals. There's a guy who says over the comms that my target almost killed him. He won't be going into "whatever" system anytime soon. Huh. A lead.
I warp over there, and the first USS signal has that target there. He's in an elite Anaconda...excellent. I kill him. Objective completed.
I've done this twice now. I guess they fixed these missions.
You get a $180k payout plus a $50k bounty. Not bad. The missions take about 10 minutes.I don't know if I got lucky or what...but this has been fun while actually giving me money.
Edit:
I think I was lucky. Ever since, I've had to go through 5-10 USS signals until I finally hit the jackpot. It still is definitely a worthwhile effort, as it gains you combat xp plus you get bounties for pirates. Sometimes a USS will have nothing, so you just move on.
This comment was edited on Feb 2, 2015, 02:48.
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