Greetings Commanders,

A new update is available for Elite Dangerous. Please find the Update Notes below:

Issue Tracker

• Fixed LOD issue with Orca resulting in holes in ships model when viewed at distances. (Issue ID: 64768)
• Fix for missile racks not firing correctly (Issue ID: 61996)
• Fixed Python Mk2 hull & integrity being unable to be repaired (Issue ID: 64522)

Features of Note:

• Added Lakon Type-8 Transporter
  • In world holo-screen adverts now present for Type-8 Transporter
• Added new pre-built ships: to the store:
  • Type-8 Transporter Stellar (33,000 Arx)
  • Type-8 Transporter Standard (16,520 Arx)
  • Passenger Jumpstart - Beluga Liner (25,500 Arx)
  • Bounty Hunter Jumpstart - Vulture (25,500 Arx) 
• Python MkII now included in the general Shipyard stock for Odyssey players. 

Engineering Changes

• Alterations made to the engineering ruleset and systems: 
  • Updated engineer rolls to consistently give a fixed roll depending on the grade of the recipe and the commander rank with the engineer.
  • Increased Material availability/payout at Grade 4/5 farming locations by increasing sources of materials and in some cases payout per source.
  • Increased Engineering material rewards across missions.
    • Up to 24 depending on mission type, material and mission difficulty
  • Updated unlock requirements for some engineers:
    • Hero Ferrari - Settlement Defence Plans required = 5 (down from 15)
    • Yarden Bond - Smear Campaign Plans required = 5 (down from 8)
    • Wellington Beck - Cat Media, Classic Entertainment or Multimedia Entertainment required = 15 (total) 
    • Kit Fowler - Opinion Polls required = 5 (down from 10)
  • Removed Power Regulators from recipes
    • Backpack Capacity Changes:
      • Maverick suit
        • Goods capacity 15 → 40
        • Assets capacity 30 → 60
        • Data Capacity 10 → 20
      • Artemis suit
        • Goods Capacity 10 → 20
        • Assets capacity 20 → 40
        • Data Capacity 10 → 10
      • Dominator suit
        • Goods capacity 5 → 10
        • Assets capacity 10 → 20
        • Data Capacity 10 → 10
• Contributing to taking a Thargoid controlled or invasion system will now reward engineering materials upon system completion. 
  • All Grade 4 Raw & Grade 5 Encoded/Manufactured engineering materials are eligible as rewards.
  • Rewards are determined by percentile individual Commander contribution:
    • Tier 1 - Top 25% - 120
    • Tier 2 - Top 75% - 60
    • Tier 3 - Bottom 25% - 18
  • 2 materials are picked randomly from each material category (Raw/Encoded/Manufactured) for a total of 6 different rewarded materials.
    • For example, a Commander within the top tier can expect to receive 20 materials of 6 different types, for 120 total.
    • Materials are randomised per system, so all Commanders contributing to a system will receive the same type of materials when that system is completed.
  • Rewards will take you to the microresource cap but not over.
    • Any rewards which would have been over the cap will be lost. Careful monitoring of your inventory and usage of materials traders is advised.
  • Rewards are issued on an hourly basis and an inbox message will inform you of your achieved tier.
  • Contributions will be logged from the release of 18.08 onwards.
  • Contributions will not be reset on the weekly turn, and will therefore carry over between weeks until the system is completed.

Bugs/Adjustments

• Fixed a crash while idling in the ship bundles store. 
• Updated the new CMDR packages stats to more accurately reflect the content
• Release fee for Pre-Built Ships now calculated correctly when ship has been impounded 
• Fix for luxury cabins not counting as suitable for lower classes of passengers. 
• Removed power draw from Experimental Weapons Stabilizer modules 
• Removed SCO mass lock from small planets to be consistent with medium and large planets 
• Added SCO fuel consuption stat when viewing the module 
• Fixed an issue where ships could jitter whilst using AutoDock & AutoLaunch 
• Fixed some visual effects not playing correctly after sabotaging dropboxes at Thargoid spire sites.
• Adjusted orbit lines to display cleaner in various instances.