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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby Avago-Earo » Thu May 05, 2016 5:23 pm

Bonsaipanda wrote:How exactly are people getting access to the beta? I have the season pass on steam but I see no option either in the launcher on in steam to get in there ... :/


Is it an Elite Steam account or is it bought from Frontier and put on your Steam games list?

If it's a Frontier account then you can go to their site
https://www.elitedangerous.com/ and at the top right of the page hover on the 'Downloads' tab. Click on the first one under that tab: WINDOWS (32/64 BIT) [26 MB].

This will download the launcher version to prepare for 2.1. installation.

I don't know if you bought it via Steam though, sorry.
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby de Carabas » Thu May 05, 2016 5:38 pm

Bonsaipanda wrote:How exactly are people getting access to the beta? I have the season pass on steam but I see no option either in the launcher on in steam to get in there ... :/

Beta access is available to those that have the LEP (Lifetime Expansion Pass) or that bought the Horizons season pass with the beta access option.
I got the LEP through buying in at Premium Beta but as I'm 3,500miles from my PC right now I still don't get to play the beta either :(
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby Xebeth » Thu May 05, 2016 5:49 pm

Bonsaipanda wrote:How exactly are people getting access to the beta? I have the season pass on steam but I see no option either in the launcher on in steam to get in there ... :/


You need to have purchased the season pass with beta access (it was an extra £10), or have a lifetime expansion pass.
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby Bonsaipanda » Thu May 05, 2016 5:52 pm

Xebeth wrote:
Bonsaipanda wrote:How exactly are people getting access to the beta? I have the season pass on steam but I see no option either in the launcher on in steam to get in there ... :/


You need to have purchased the season pass with beta access (it was an extra £10), or have a lifetime expansion pass.

Aww. Steam only had/has "Season pass" and nothing else. Welp, maybe their store will offer the beta access later on.
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby pargyrak » Thu May 05, 2016 6:41 pm

I have a lifetime pass, launcher version 0.4.5499.0 (upgraded without uninstalling and also tried uninstalling and installing ) and I do not get the option to upgrade.

Any ideas?
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby Avago-Earo » Thu May 05, 2016 6:44 pm

pargyrak wrote:I have a lifetime pass, launcher version 0.4.5499.0 (upgraded without uninstalling and also tried uninstalling and installing ) and I do not get the option to upgrade.

Any ideas?


You've been here as long as me so I can't think of anything except Validate Game Files(or whatever it's called)?

Good luck. Hopefully see you out there :)
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby de Carabas » Thu May 05, 2016 6:54 pm

pargyrak wrote:I have a lifetime pass, launcher version 0.4.5499.0 (upgraded without uninstalling and also tried uninstalling and installing ) and I do not get the option to upgrade.

Any ideas?

Sorry for potentially an obvious one, but I saw a similar post on the main forum where the issue was that the beta was added at the bottom of the list on the loader so the guy had to scroll down. It would have been more obvious to have it at the top.....
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby pargyrak » Thu May 05, 2016 6:56 pm

Thanks.. Did the validation... Nothing... Perhaps there is something wrong with my account..

I will give it a day and then complain :)
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby pargyrak » Thu May 05, 2016 7:00 pm

de Carabas wrote:
pargyrak wrote:I have a lifetime pass, launcher version 0.4.5499.0 (upgraded without uninstalling and also tried uninstalling and installing ) and I do not get the option to upgrade.

Any ideas?

Sorry for potentially an obvious one, but I saw a similar post on the main forum where the issue was that the beta was added at the bottom of the list on the loader so the guy had to scroll down. It would have been more obvious to have it at the top.....


Thanks for the tip. I had already seen it.

Anyway, I am not in a hurry for the beta... Will check again in a while
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Re: Beta - 1.6 and The Engineers (2.1) incoming (UPDATE Download Now Available)

Postby TorTorden » Thu May 05, 2016 7:09 pm

Been testing it a bit. And so far one thing strikes me.

The ultra graphics look a lot better and presents a much smoother image. As well as a smoother frame rate.

Also.
As for the "improved AI". It means they're now chickens.
As soon as their shields go down they take off, orbit you at about 5km and come back once their shields are back.
Going up against a wing with a cobra and diamondback in my slow python was not difficult just annoying..

So FAS, Fdl's, clippers etc will probably be the way to bh going forward.
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