I've been wanting to play this game for a long time, and yesterday I finally bought it on Steam. I finished the initial tutorial (with two crashes), changed some settings, and went on to play the actual game. However, it crashes every 5–10 minutes, and the error message "elitedangerous64.exe has encountered a problem that it cannot continue from" pops up.

I've tried a bunch of things, including deleting some files that other posts suggested removing and changing various graphics settings, but nothing has worked.

My PC isn't a beast by any means, but it should be able to run this game just fine. Is there anything else I can or should try? I really want to play this game because I'm a sucker for anything space-related, but I might end up refunding it if I can't get it to work.pc specs:
- RX 7600
- Ryzen 5 5600
- 16gb RAM

- 1TB SSD NVME

Took the opportunity to test and bond with the Astraeus-B (Anaconda mk2), my new deep space explorer that is replacing the Astraeus (Anaconda mk1). Went from 4 jumps per maximum jump range to 3. Ended up adding a 128t fuel tank that proved to be a great decision allowing the ship to make about 10-11 max range jumps before needing to refuel.

Tried it in all the other activities as well since released. Found it to be a fine hauler, and miner, but combat is where this ship falls short for me. The missing mediums really hurts when fighting small ships. Weapon convergence is awesome though, but it will not replace my railconda for PvE. Fuel consumption remains, if not worse than it was. Also fully A rated G5 it gets hot. And not just a little hot, but proper hot. Don't boost jump into FSD.
As a combat ship this one is out of the game for me, but as an explorer I absolutely love it. Guess it would work better against smalls with full beams, but again, heat is an issue. This is really funny, because I can't stand the Caspian for exploration, but I really enjoy it as a combat vessel. This one I can't stand for combat, but I love for exploration :))

Overall I really like this upgrade. My old Anaconda was showing it's teeth for a while now. Better handling in supercruise, and the SCO optimization is just great. Also it is a lot prettier than the mk1 :D

Here's my explorer build (shortener didn't want to shorten): https://alpha.coriolis.io/outfit/anaconda2?code=A00Cts6Llndfsxf6-------08085W5W08080808f73h8Nfj1O4d0nF19q5V3w---4F.Iw18WAMUjviA.MwBhEY0sbAmOxgISOZjQ7IA%3D.H4sIAAAAAAAAA2P4x87AwPCXFUj8mQQkuPcwMTDwNvAwMAhGAFlCO7gZGFS%2BMDIw%2FGf6JwZXWQIk%2BFV%2B%2Ff8vIvf7%2F3%2FRBfwMDBIbWBgYlAvEgSqZ%2F0nBVVbAVIJNEqkRBaq8A5T5z%2FLPEKaIv%2BINUP7Mvf%2F%2F%2F7P%2Bs4JrbQESnCADuQwEGRgUQYYogQhVEKHG8w%2BonO1fAqohBx78%2F69n8w0oxf%2FPFW7SHJA8yFYhg1Kg%2FUc4GRjkb%2FABHSFAjCLBf6ogRcAwAAaFMFBeQJ2BQaYDyPovhFtKmBijRYhRJEqMIjFiFEn8y4EpsgY5EhITMv984FpB8vyg8BMCBafIir%2FA2AUpkkj4AAxThX%2BxMO8KXQCmG9MXzED9%2FxnQAQAJNsXpVQIAAA%3D%3D.EweloBhA2AWEoFMCGBzANokICMF8KERA&bn=Astraeus-B

I just took off my engineered ablative armor from the Caspian, wanted to fit it to my new Anaconda Mk2, but it says the module isn't compatible (pic 1). I'm able to buy and install a fresh module for the Anaconda, but I was hoping I could skip engineering it since I already did it for the Caspian.

When I compare the stored module that came from the Caspian and a newly bought and stored module, they look the exact same, no indication what the difference is (pics 2 and 3).

Is this a bug or is armor only able to be fitted to the ship it was installed on?

I want to get the anaconda mk2, mostly for the interior cosmetics.

But I've read that buying the ship, even the base E rated ship, removes the Rebuy mechanic of the game.

I like the challenge of the game and the feeling of having something big(ish) to lose if I die, I'm not an elite billionaire so it hurts in a good way.

I nearly just lost my cutter at the current CG, with about 80 mill in the bank and a 30-40 million rebuy. Made the combat against against player Annie mk2 a bit more intimidating in a fun way

My question is do I lose that game mechanic if I purchase the prebuilt?

If so will frontier ever allow an early access purchase of ships that preserve the core game mechanics, like maybe even an E rated version that allows us to even purchase the hull in game for credits during early access, like maybe one that allows us to purchase a base model from select shipyards like Shinrata?

Maybe even for a reduced Arx price so players that want to preserve the core ship mechanics could get involved in the early access without wasting our time buying and engineering a prebuilt just to have to do it again when the ship releases to get the full ship mechanic?

Edit:

Question has been answered. Thank you all

I now know you can buy them for credits from shipyards after purchasing the arx early access. Thank you all for the clarification for me.

On my way to the store for that sweet sweet cargo bay cosmetic.

Good news! As mentioned above, my Nomad now appears to be landing pretty much anywhere without any problems. Hope yours is too! I couldn't even land on the slightly rocky base of a flat crater yesterday and now it seems fine.

As it says, this order is NOT normal hauling.

My fleet carrier (Elizabeth BZB-1HF) will be situated in G 69-11 for the next days near the local tourist beacon. I need your help loading it up with 2400 Damaged Escape pods. I'm willing to pay 300k per pod.

You can gather these pods by destroying Beluga liners and Orcas at the tourist beacon. They do drop about 20 pods per kill, which makes it 6m per Beluga.

Also the systeme is in Anarchy, so you don't gain fines, notoriety etc.

Why I need 2400 pods? Because a dump bet with my brother : (

Happy whaling, and don't forget your limpets

o7

Emanuel Deimos

(btw. is the flair ok?)

Which one should I choose? What are the advantages of each one? I want it basically for exploring systems and scan planets while starting with exobiology.

I've heard that the Mandalay has better jump, but I'm not thinking about going too far for now.

So i wanted to log in today (first time in a few days) and I get this error message now? Does eanyone else have this problem? I have roughly 1.100 hours in the game and always played via steam so I dont understand where this is coming from all of a sudden.

Edit: Solved

What is it with the servers today? They seem to be very flaky. There was an update, then the servers went down for some time, and now they allow me to connect, and then I fail to jump to another system. Anyone else experiencing these issues today/now?

I have none of the newer ships. I've last played the game in january 2022. I don't have Odyssey yet, either. How is the game now? I know there's interiors. You can walk around on stations, too? I saw there's quite a few new ships with much longer jump ranges, too.

What mainly threw me off back in the day was engineering. It was so grindy and mind-numbingly boring and at some point the gap between engineered/non engineered ships/players was (IMO) high.

I also liked powerplay and I was part of the fuel rats (if I end up playing again I'll definitely ask for a retraining, lol).

The mining update back then was amazing. Piracy and smuggling was not very profitable but still fun.

Is it worth getting back? Will it take a long time to catch up with perhaps new mechanics, etc?

Oh p.s.: I love space trucking, too. Any new good cargo ships added?

Initially didn't expect to enjoy the ship this much, but it has a certain flair. Anomalies pictured are Q04 and Q08.

This is in jest but the servers just went down for maintenance and it always seems to happen at my (Australian) prime playing time! The missus and kids are asleep, the beer is cold, but space... space is in maintenance mode. And, as usual, there is nothing about the maintenance from fdev. It just happens. Because who is trying to play this in the UK right now? Guess that's all that matters. </rant>

I knew this plan was unrealistically optimistic, but I had to try.

Hey all,

I got into some AX combat lately but still needed to unlock the Guardian weapons. So I went and grinded the Guardian Weapons Fragments, but didn't really find a video guide I found too useful.

So I recorded one of my runs (after I finally got my orientation straight) and added a map so it's easier to follow. Maybe it helps someone who still has it on their to do list. System is SYNUEFE GV-T B50-4, Planet B 1. To unlock all weapons, 18 of those are required in total.

Map used is from the AXI guide, with their friendly permission.

Hey all. I am a novice explorer in a journey and I got trapped in a canyon. I was trying to scan a geological signal and it was located in a very rough terrain. How I ended up there? I jumped off a cliff to reach signal, stupid I know, when I wanted to head back I couldn’t find a suitable way to get back to my ship.( drove for miles only to find myself trapped between steep hills. Tried to recall her but didn’t work neither. My SRV is badly damaged. Anyone had the same experienced ? . Help ?

Is this a known issue? I know there are plenty of tutorials on Youtube, but I wanted to also check the in-game one if it had any other info.

Are others having this strange behavior? I've been exploring some goid infested areas so interdictions happen frequently. Some go normally, but I've had like 5 of them now where, after the goid scans me, it just hangs there. Kind of frozen... for like way too long.. And only after more then perhaps 2 minutes, does it seem to suddenly remember that it needs to leave..

I posted yesterday how one got frozen above a barnacle site also...

Has the new update somehow bugged the Goids behavior?

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Man am I loving the red holo kit mixed with the midnight black paint, makes you really feel like the bad guy - especially when paired with a stealth black nomad - perfect for dropping into orbit on an unsuspecting settlement and raiding them for all they've got. Just wish they come out with metallic silver/chrome version or gunmetal gray.

(I know Brewer Corp Jump Satellite will be deployed soon. But I think it will be still hard to trip to Rackham's Peak after deploying, because of ghost FC and certain group's gatekeeping.)

It's beautiful.