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12/9 UPDATE!
Elite: Horizons is officially released on 12/15/2015! Official forum post:
NEW: Horizons Beta Trailer
As a part of this, if you preordered Elite: Horizons and did not own the standalone Elite: Dangerous, you can now download and play Elite: Dangerous:
Just the other day, Frontier released Patch 4 for the Horizons beta, which added a BIG graphics upgrade to rocky worlds, particularly icy worlds. Some screens:
Holy shit at this one:
From a different CMDR, a comparison--before/after:
There will be one more big patch (Patch 5) before the release next week!
Original OT:
On 11/30, the beta for the "Horizons" planetary landing expansion for Elite: Dangerous went live! This is the beta release, with the live release going out to all Horizons owners in a few weeks. You must be an Eliteangerous or Elite:Horizons beta backer in order to access this beta!
Included in this beta:
For beta owners: you can check out planetary landings in one of two ways:
What's NOT in this beta:
For general information on Horizons, check out the Unofficial Preview to Elite: Horizons guide!
Elite: Horizons is officially released on 12/15/2015! Official forum post:
Hi Everyone,
Beta is going very well – the team have been working hard and have made great progress. Thanks to all those that have been helping us - a great many improvements have been included already, with another update (Beta 5) expected tomorrow, with more tweaks and changes.
We have worked very hard to ensure forward & backward compatibility so that all players of both seasons can play in the same galaxy together.
After every Elite Dangerous release we have taken care to listen and reacted to all feedback, and Elite Dangerous: Horizons will follow exactly the same process. Included with Horizons will be multiple expansions of which Planetary Landings will be the first.
All going well, we plan to launch Horizons with Planetary Landings on Tuesday (15th December – you heard it here first!). This will initially be termed an ‘Early Access’ release to highlight our normal process to our broad audience, some of whom have been with us since the start, but many have joined our community very recently.
We’ve put together a beta gameplay trailer here, for those that don’t have yet the beta, and here is a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX_E6jCGusM
Thank you everyone for your support, and your tickets and reports, and I look forwards to seeing you in the game! (I’m CMDR BRABEN).
RIGHT ON COMMANDER!
David
NEW: Horizons Beta Trailer
As a part of this, if you preordered Elite: Horizons and did not own the standalone Elite: Dangerous, you can now download and play Elite: Dangerous:
Yes that's right. With only 1 week left to go till launch we've decided to allow Horizons pre-orders the chance to get in and play season 1 while they wait.
Just the other day, Frontier released Patch 4 for the Horizons beta, which added a BIG graphics upgrade to rocky worlds, particularly icy worlds. Some screens:
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I will play this game for the next 10 years.
Look.
Getting better and better.
Holy shit at this one:
From a different CMDR, a comparison--before/after:
There will be one more big patch (Patch 5) before the release next week!
Original OT:
On 11/30, the beta for the "Horizons" planetary landing expansion for Elite: Dangerous went live! This is the beta release, with the live release going out to all Horizons owners in a few weeks. You must be an Eliteangerous or Elite:Horizons beta backer in order to access this beta!
Included in this beta:
- Land on virtually any airless planet--over 60% of the airless worlds found in the ~400 billion stellar systems can be landed on
- Alternate ship flight models that take into account the gravity of the world
- Pilot the surface recon vehicle (SRV) "Scarab", deployable from your ship
- Attack pirate and enemy bases for missions or simply to raid their loot
- Search ship wrecks for valuable materials
- Respond to distress beacons
- Explore worlds with your Wing in "combined arms" with SRVs and ships
- Find planetside materials that can be used to synthesize enhanced ship modules
- Mine valuable materials from these planets
For beta owners: you can check out planetary landings in one of two ways:
- In your existing ship/life, purchase both Planetary Insertion Module and Planetary Vehicle Hangar systems OR
- Restart your current ship/life to access the pre-fab planetary landing beginning
What's NOT in this beta:
- Atmospheric planets: not a part of Horizons, will be added in later season/expansion pack
- Multi-crew ships: coming later in the Horizons season/2016
- Character creator: coming later in the Horizons season/2016
- Advanced crafting: coming later in the Horizons season/2016
For general information on Horizons, check out the Unofficial Preview to Elite: Horizons guide!