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Quote from Elite Dangerous Galnet News-Bot

*Pilots' Federation ALERT*
An initiative in Rabh has enabled Aegis to begin manufacturing a module that gathers data about the Titans.
Deliveries of ceramic composites, polymers, gallium and indium were immediately put to use mass-producing the pulse wave xeno scanner. Distribution is underway and rescue ships have already begun stocking the module.
Professor Alba Tesreau, head of Aegis, released a statement:
"The Thargoid Titans represent not only the greatest threat to humanity, but also the greatest scientific opportunity in a generation. Learning more about these enormous constructs could be crucial to our understanding of the Thargoid species, which I still believe is the only path to ending the war."
"A coalition of Allied, Federal and Imperial technicians worked around the clock to modify Professor Palin's xeno scanner using pulse wave technology. Thanks to the dedication of independent

Quote from Elite Dangerous Galnet News-Bot

The announcement that the rogue signal sources heading towards the core systems are Thargoid in origin has caused unease within the general public.
Protests in systems on the edges of human space have taken place, demanding assurances from local governments about their safety. The failure to establish a collective human fleet to counter Thargoid incursions has left many concerned about what the future may hold.
Casey Kilpatrick provided this report from Castellan Station in Lave:
"Colleagues across multiple systems have confirmed that the impending arrival of the rogue signal sources – termed 'stargoids' by some in network media – has led to a shared sense of anxiety. ICE networks are seeing high interest in topics related to Thargoids, with negative sentiment aimed at politicians and military figures seen as responsible for the Proteus Wave event which perhaps attracted the anomalies.

Quote from EVERSPACE News-Bot

Hello space pilots! We've released a quick hotfix patch for PS4 that adds the Traditional and Simplified Chinese localization back again, which accidentally got lost in one of our earlier patches. We apologize for the inconvenience that this caused! The patch also contains a small fix in the projectile system.

• Fixed that the Traditional and Simplified Chinese localizations were falling back to English
• Fixed that splitter glyph additional projectiles were having incorrect range/lifetime

Quote from EVERSPACE News-Bot

Hey everyone! We just released a new patch for PS4 with the latest changes and fixes from the other platforms, as well as some PS4-specific bugfixes. Here's the list of changes:

• Fixed a handful of hardcore mode handicaps carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed nano injectors not working while emergency shield is active
• Fixed using Drone Disassembler on own drones not decreasing current drone count
• Fixed deadlock when a progress bar success type message was removed from viewport while equipment selection wheel was opened
• Fixed that when the system was put to Rest Mode on the pause screen and then rebooted, the game wasn't paused anymore even though the screen was still active
• Fixed enemy sentinel sometimes still firing discharger while dying/already dead
• Fixed life support damage sound still playing during game credits when winning a run with damaged life support system
• Fixed

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We've just released a new patch on PS4, which introduces some new settings and re-enables the in-game resolution selection on PS4 Pro, which has been taken out by mistake in the last patch. There are some a few gameplay fixes.

New Features

• Added an option to adjust the HUD marker size
• Added an option to adjust the aim assist strength

Tweaks

• Don't offer additional primary weapon slot at tuning stations when having ancient weapon glyph equipped

Bugfixes

• Fixed regression from last version, causing the resolution selection to be invisible in the options menu
• Fixed that the health of the player's drones could go above 100%, and that they sometimes weren't spawning again when loading a savegame
• Fixed still being able to use drones while "no consumables" hardcore mode handicap is active
• Prevented corvette from fleeing outside level area

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We've just released a new patch with some smaller tweaks and a number of bugfixes. We've also added a special "retro graphics" graphics mode that you can unlock as a reward for finishing a hardcore mode run! Have fun!

New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze

Bugfixes

• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar Corvettes and Outlaw Drone Carriers occasionally bouncing away when destroyed
• Fixed Grey Goo damaging player from greater distance if player has a tractor beam installed
• Fixed hardcore mode "Anti Consumerism" handicap carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed that the "Unarmed" challenge could be exploited by using Headstart

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We've just released a new patch on PS4. The version numbers are different, but the contents are the same.

Here's the list of changes:

• optimized the performance of projectiles, speeding up combat
  
• fixed several savegame issues related to player death and the hardcore run
  
• fixed a rare crash when random secondary weapon slot is cleared due to selected hardcore mode handicap
  
• fixed a rare issue where savegames could get corrupted if the game crashed during a location change
  
• fixed game hanging when dying during low fuel jump
  
• fixed spawning issues with jump suppressors, including a rare crash
  
• fixed the selection of next/previous ship buttons in perk screen
  
• fixed some minor issues regarding autoaiming
  
• fixed some minor sound issues
  
• fixed a rare time extender speedup glitch
  
• fixed some issues with POI streaming
  
• fixed receiving double credits when dying while jumpgate jump is triggered
  

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Anatoly Shashkin

posted some pretty nifty preview images of the canceled Origin game, Prowler. This was a mech combat game that some of the Super Wing Commander team worked on in the mid '90s. It never saw the light of day, so there's not much info out there, but the CIC has archived the game's

box art

,

concept sketches

and

back story

. It looks pretty dated today, and these are still pre-release shots from early in development, but this had the potential to be another neat Origin sci-fi series along the lines of MechWarrior. Thanks to Pelinal for the tip!

Promo shots from the cancelled ORIGIN #NotDOS game Prowler (Prawler/Storm Troop)

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LOAF recently found a nifty marketing prerelease snap of the Wing Commander 4 box. As the story

goes

, the stark geometric pattern of the main box eventually gave way to a slipcase sleeve with a more action-oriented center. You can see in the shot below that this bears a fairly strong resemblance to the final design. The core art and even font are in place, but the lettering was repositioned a bunch before production. Note that it just says "Wing IV" on the side though!

Quote from Elite Dangerous Galnet News-Bot

Material gathered from the Titan Taranis wreckage has reportedly allowed Achilles Aerospace to complete the research on their prototype Frame Shift Drive.
The recent initiative sponsored by Achilles Aerospace saw over 5000 independent pilots enter the hazardous wreckage of Titan Taranis, retrieving enough Titan Drive Components to allow Achilles to allegedly design a new type of Frame Shift Drive based on Titan technology.
A spokesperson for Achilles Aerospace gave the following update:
The Achilles Corporation would like to commend every brave pilot that responded to our request. The data we are gathering from the collected materials is staggering, and our work has progressed at an astonishing rate. Our teams are hard at work getting the prototype ready for production as I speak, and we are eager to show you all the fruits of our labour very soon.
Sirius Corporation, the current sole

Quote from Elite Dangerous Galnet News-Bot

*Pilots' Federation ALERT*
New Federal and Imperial capital ships have arrived in HIP 22460 as Azimuth Biotech's operation nears its conclusion.
The following message was provided to all newsfeeds for public broadcast:
"This is Salvation. The Proteus Wave's core mechanism will be fully constructed one week from today. We will then begin integration with the surface site on HIP 22460 10b, using designs of mine which are unique to the superweapon's operation."
"As anticipated, the Thargoid presence in the HIP 22460 system has escalated considerably. Providing the sufficient majority of their fleet is within range of the Proteus Wave, the casualties will be devastating enough to drive the Thargoids out of the core systems forever."
"I urge all superpower-affiliated and independent ships to hold the line. Only through determination and sacrifice will we finish our crucial work."
In HIP 22460, the

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A living planet. While some may cite technicalities and term this a misnomer, the complex and interconnected lifeforms that call the planet Pahvo their home are the closest known match to such a phenomenon found in the vast expanses of our chartered galaxy. Despite the planet’s vibrant biomes and complex native life, it is largely defenseless against the invading forces that have attempted to claim and corrupt it for their own use. It’s up to you to come to the planet’s aid. The Defense of Pahvo Event will include multiple TFOs, previously featured individually, in a combined Featured Event that will allow players to choose their favored way of defending Pahvo each day, while earning Daily Progress toward a new grand prize reward. Defend the system space above the planet by maintaining and operating a series of defensive satellites, or take to the vibrant wilds of the planet’s surface to

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There's already another neat addition to the high definition movie packs that ODVS released last week. While he was originally able to significantly upgrade the DVD quality movies for Wing Commander 4 and Prophecy, fans pointed out that there was also a small batch of clips excluded from the Prophecy DVD edition. This means that the source material we have for these few is only the lower CD quality, but Owen did his best to spruce it up anyways to make as complete a package as possible. In addition to higher resolution, the frame rate has been sync'd up with the rest of the game and brightness/contrast adjusted. If you previously downloaded the large Prophecy video packs, the extra clips can be added separately below. Everything has also been bundled into a "version 2.1" zip that has both last week's movies as well as these new clips. You can find instructions on how to patch WCP to the DVD

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It was just last week that ODVS released version 3.0 of his enhanced WC4 video pack, and now Prophecy is ready too! The stock video of WCP originally had some harsh interlacing, but deinterlacing the footage just made it kind of blurry. His fantastic upgrade techniques don't just upscale what we had before - they use advanced AI/machine learning techniques to add pixels where none previously existed to boost the game's original (and unreleased in the case of WCP!) DVD quality footage into a solid 1080p rendition. Instructions on how to upgrade your copy of Prophecy to accept the new clips are available here. Download links to the updated files are below these two nifty comparison videos. Both English and German editions are available!

• Wing Commander Prophecy: Version 3.0, English (2.2 gig zip)
• Wing Commander Prophecy: Version 3.0, German (2.1 gig zip)

WCP HD Video Pack V3.0 is ready

The WCP DVD

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John Rairdin was looking at old game trailers and reminded us about the wonderful little teaser for Prophecy on the Game Boy Advance. We reported on it back in December 2002, but that was years before YouTube was founded, so it was just a downloadable wmv file. Since most of you probably haven't seen it before, here it is again! Sure, it's not quite as pretty as the 3dfx version, but keep in mind this was running on a 16 MHz handheld with 256 kb of ram. Three CDs had to be compressed down to less than 32 megabytes - it was quite a technical achievement! You can find this clip, other Prophecy trailers and many more Wing Commander videos in the CIC Holovids section.

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We recently talked about the Prophecy Demo and how it adds several additional missions to the game's official plot. Today I wanted to briefly plug Prophecy's training simulator and the ten missions included there. Over the years we've heard from a number of folks who just never did any of the bar simulators after exploding in the Tiger's Claw original TrainSim. Some people see these missions as just a remedial tutorial for new players, but there are also some interesting gauntlets with their own high score boards. They can even include little bits of lore. Most WC games don't have the luxury of shipboard simulators, so when you're playing through one that does (Wing Commander 3 is another good example), don't pass them up! Here's a video of Ben Horne playing level 7, a rousing carrier defense.

Level 7: Carrier Defense

Author: Colonel Jacob 'Hawk' Manly (typo!)

Overview: Protect the Midway against a

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Bransfield has made a video about 10 ‘Impossible’ Game Boy Advance Ports. I don't agree with all of the points being made, but they do a really good job of shedding light on some sorely under appreciated releases (as well as non-released games). They highlight Wing Commander Prophecy Advance at the 5:44 mark. Their initial complaints are about how the story was cut down into talking head blurbs and the controls were challenging, which were unfortunately limitations of the platform. The reviewer is quite impressed at Raylight's technical accomplishments though in getting the 3D spaceflight working on the handheld. I would have pointed out that the GBA port also added four-person multiplayer, which is a very nice treat.

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Twelve years ago, HCl rolled out a major update to his Prophecy multiplayer patch. When users entered their credentials for Crius.net (then the home of our vBulletin-powered discussion boards) into the the launcher, the game would report back typical game statistics like kills/deaths, ejections and time played to the CIC server where they would show up in our

Multiplayer Scoreboards

section. As time moved on, the forums were relocated to our primary domain at wcnews.com and the software powering them was changed as well (look

here

if you are interested in Chat Zone history leading up to the 2011 Xenforo upgrade). If you signed up for our Forums after this transition, there was no way for you to have your results included in our scoreboards. There's a fix for this issue now and it takes just a few easy steps:

• Sign in on the Chat Zone, or sign up for an account if you don't already have one.
• Visit the