This update includes numerous fixes for various issues that have been discovered and investigated during the development process, and we'll be introducing additional fixes in the next beta update. 

AI

• NPC ships (military archetype only)  should use the reboot/repair option when drives are at 0%
  

Audio

• Fixed missing background chatter when near surface bases
  

Cockpit UI

• Updated descriptions on where to hand in or pay off transactions in the transactions tab
  

Codex

• Fixed descriptions becoming out of sync, and showing a previous selection
  
• Decreased the time it takes for images to appear
  

Comms

• Added extra feedback to the chat channel tab when the player receives a message
  

Conflict Zones

• Fixed Superpower icons not appearing when choosing a side to fight for
  
• Ensure faction details are shown in info panel when a CZ is targeted
  
• Fixed misspelt word "Captain"
  
• Fixed issue where objectives would fail to promptly appear after choosing a side
  

Crashes/Stability

• Fixed crash that could occur whilst using FSS mode
  
• Fixed crash that could occur during ship reboot/repair
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when opening the Codex
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when clearing a save
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting the Galaxy Map
  
• Fixed a softlock that could occur whilst loading in to the game
  
• Fixed a crash that could whilst in analysis mode
  
• Fixed soft lock that could occur when exiting Galaxy Map and returning to the Codex
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when opening the system map
  
• Fixed crash that could when dropping into planetary rings
  
• Fixed crash that could occur whilst the using the Codex
  
• Fixed crash that occur when loading in to the game
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when switching screen resolutions
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when plugging in a controller
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur as a player joins a Multicrew ship that is near a volcanic POI
  
• Fixed crashed that could occur when fighting a Hydra
  
• Fixed crash that could occur when switching between a mothership and fighter
  

Crime and Punishment

• Ensure contacts tab is correctly updated after using the Kill Warrant Scanner
  

Engineers

• Balance pass on the High Yield Shells engineering special
  

Exploration

• Fixed issue with the default Keyboard and Mouse and Classic Keyboard Only control schemes in FSS. Also added additional key bindings for the tuning on keyboard for both of these.
  
• Added separate controls for the SAA mode third person camera controls so that they can be bound differently
  
• Fixed issue with camera positioning resetting incorrectly when zooming out in FSS mode
  
• Switched the Discovery Scanner to a built in module, that is fitted to all ships. This frees up a slot for players to use. Refunded credits too
  
• Fixed mismatched temperature readings between FSS and System Map
  
• Ensure button icons are used (where appropriate) in the help screens
  
• Can now correctly hand in codex data at the Authority Contact for credit reward
  
• Fixed some stars flickering when zoomed in
  
• Fixed scanned rings not storing their scanned state correctly
  
• Removed non-accessible tabs from the comms panel whilst in FSS (text communications will still come though)
  
• Added a fade to black when transitioning to FSS mode and back to cockpit
  
• Fixed the 'Open Codex' shortcut when player has made a discovery
  
• Added a background to the body data when zoomed in to one
  
• Reduce aliasing of scanned ring effect
  
• Can no longer see planet scan grids when changing zoom level in FSS
  
• Reduced wobbling of orbit lines in FSS
  

General

• Removed superfluous 'Threat Level' UI appearing
  

Guardian Sites

• Corrected some obelisk symbols to match what the object actually requires
  
• Tweaked Guardian material drop rate, in an effort to make it more balanced across the different rarities
  

Krait Mk.II

• Balanced the dirt/scratches on the cockpit glass
  

Lighting

• Fixed some situations where the lighting can be overly bright for a few seconds (when exiting some screens)
  
• Removed pops in lighting that occur when going to/from supercruise
  

Material Trader

• Fixed value being reset to 0 after scrolling to top of the page
  

Night Vision

• Players can now turn night vision on/off using the bound key in supercruise and the SRV
  
• No longer able to see other players night vision effect
  
• Stopped displaying ships night vision whilst the player is in their SRV
  

Orrery

• Tweaked distance at which the orbit lines fade out
  fixed a a bug where names were not appearing correctly
  Fixed navigation marker overlapping
  

Outfitting

• Fixed livery filters not working
  

Player Journal

• Include info on Faction Happiness– in Location and FSDJump events (§4.8,§4.12)
  
• Status.json flags indicate if in Analysis mode, and GUI focus shows if in Orrery, FSS, SAA or Codex view (§12)
  
• Fixed bug in MissionAccepted and MissionCompleted for donation missions, where the “Donated” key was written twice, one with a string, once with an int (§8.21,§8.22)
  

Powerplay

• Corrected Aisling expansion instructions
  

Render

• Fixed Lagrange cloud particles and volumes glitching their positions
  
• Fixed mining lasers not leaving decals on asteroids
  
• Fixed tiling in hi-res screenshots due to lensflares
  
• Fixed "Brown Screen" when exiting to main menu and re-entering game whilst parked in an SRV on a planet
  
• Motion blurred SRV wheels no longer visible in the livery
  

Server

• Added server support to try to get Commanders back into the game after triggering a 'Commander Data' error if their 3.2 ships had more than one FSD Interdictor module equipped.
  
• Fix Technology Broker and Material Traders being incorrectly unavailable from Station Services
  
• Refined FSS signal types for signals that didn't come from stellar bodies
  
• Fix a faction simulation crash when a faction retreats after losing an invasion
  
• Fix the player faction submission form to stop offering starsystems that include a rare commodity in its starsystem suggestions
  
• Allow faction conflicts to end in a draw if a faction loses 4 days but wins the other 3 days by a huge margin
  
• Trigger a new inbox message when a Commander reaches their third Elite non-CQC career rank to tell them about the new decal in outfitting
  
• Fix conflict zones, megaships and installations spawning in locations with the wrong frames of reference
  

SRV

• Fixed incorrect aiming reticule sometimes appearing in the SRV
  

Stellar Forge

• Corrected Sednas position on it's orbit
  
• Corrected the positions of the three ports around Earth
  
• Fixed Moon GD 319 1 A intersecting ring of planet GD 319
  
• Fixed some Class V gas giants being overly bright pink
  

VR

• Fixed Neutron star cones only appearing in the left eye of the HMD
  
• Fixed FSS help screens not appearing in VR
  
• Ensure the system scan intermediate zoom background is limited to the overlay grid region (should make intermediate zoom levels more comfortable on VR)
  
• Probes should fire based on the targeting reticule instead of the direction you are looking
  
• Popups in the orrery view should now be fixed in space, and not follow the camera
  
• Ensure bodies discovered with the FSS are centered
  
• Corrected oversized icons in orrery view
  
• Improvements to head look control when using the orrery
  
• Capped the frame rate whilst on the main menu to 90fps, to stop HMD's overheating
  

Weapons/Modules

• Fixed the Short Range Composition Scanner displaying its current scan state in the modules panel, which was resulting in a truncated string