So i got Elite on sale and altough having just logged a few hours i liked it enought to pre-order horizons.
How exactly will the update process take place for steam users and is there anything i can do in the meantime?
Also, i´m running windows 8 x64 yet in the launcher my Elite version is 32-bit, i was under the impression both versions are available so what gives?
Thanks
Posted Dec 10, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC
64bit version is not live yet, only in beta.
Current horizons beta on steam only works by either :
-Running the launcher directly, outside of steam
-Installing a copy of the launcher downloaded from frontier.
you can add this as a non-steam game to get steamchat/overlay. There will be steam keys released at a later date, once it becomes availbe to purchace there.
There may be a method to speed up the upgrade by copying/renaming the existing game folders, which i will test later.
Thank you for replying. If you do find a way to speed up the process please share.
copying the files only works for beta so that you don't have to download all of it. Considering that the game is now 64 bit and the files are 32
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After testing, can confirm. Attempting to upgrade copy of 1.4 files(after renaming win32 folders to win64) does indeed replace everything, few 100mb difference at best.
Unfortunatly, nope. All files got re-downloaded.
When Horizons releases you will either have to grab a new launcher off the frontier website to get you in until they bring the steam version up to parity, or a new option will appear in the launcher you already have,
The 64bit version of the game will only come with Horizons, the base E:D game will remain with a 32-bit option.
Thank you for replying. So just to be clear, Horizons will be a separate .exe but contain all previous ED content?
Only the beta is a seperate exe at this point due to a bug with the steam launcher. Im sure they will fix this and you can launch horizons from your steam normaly by then (infact if you go to the local files and start the launcher manually it already shows horizons just not when launched trough steam itself for some reason.
Yes, It will be a different .exe, probably launched via an updated launcher downloaded off of the Frontier website.
People who have not bought Horizons will still be able to play alongside those that have, they will just not be able to get to the surface of planets (plus there will be other 'Horizons-exclusive' content released over the year.)