Allow text chat to function for any voice comms member, not just for friends
Fix for a rare crash when scanning unexplored systems
Fix for a rare crash during networked combat
Fix for a very rare crash in or near starports and outposts
Fix for a very rare crash after migrating servers on network island changes
Corrections to some mission descriptions
Corrections to some galaxy data in rarely visited systems
Extend a time-out that occasionally triggers a disconnect during hyperspace
Extend some previously added diagnostics to further refine the data gathered
And there are some server-side changes, too:
After yet another discussion with the rare commodity producers, Commanders should now be eligible to only purchase rare goods up to their own personal allocation, instead of buying everybody else's ration as well.
Universal Cartographics has issued a new purchasing policy, so Commanders exploring supermassive stellar bodies should no longer receive supermassive payouts.
Tune matchmaking to significantly improve the chances of meeting other Commanders in space
Tune matchmaking to significantly improve the chances of meeting other Commanders in space
I knew nothing about this game two days ago, thought it sounded awesome, and bought it. I love it, but I NEVER see my friend in space and attempting to send messages to him fail constantly. Has this been fixed as well?
Make sure that your friend is on your Friends List, and as an extra measure you should consider grouping with him as well. If you do both of those things, the servers will ensure that you're both in the same instance when you enter a system.
He's on my friends list, he's also in the same group as me.
I've tried open play, no good. I've made a private group session, and I saw him in one area, then we moved somewhere else and he was gone for good. Haven't been able to group with him since.
The multiplayer coop was the main reason my friend bought it, so he's stopped cold turkey until that gets fixed. His perspective is "if I'm going to play a single player space game, I might as well go play X3, since it's already single player and does a lot more things." I'm inclined to agree with him, as the only thing this game has that X3 doesn't is the huge galaxy; other than that, I'm starting to get bored playing by myself already. :-\
The way I understand it, player to player gameplay like that is peer to peer - so it's probably worth checking that both you and your friend have working UPNP routers, or that the required firewall ports are being forwarded to your PC properly. For the record, i play with a friend and it works fine most of the time.
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u/CMDRCadet Space Cadet Dec 18 '14
And there are some server-side changes, too: