The landings are graphically seamless with a small pause for instance loading, and the planets can be explored in low-level flight or by using a Surface Reconnaissance Vehicle. These planets vary in size and composition, therefore having different gravity forces affecting the flight and landing dynamics. Players are able to land on four types of airless planets - rocky, metal, ice and rocky/metal - which make up 61% of the planet types in Elite Dangerous' Milky Way. Released on Decemon PC, and on Jon Xbox One. Released expansions Planetary Landings - v2.0 Main article: Planetary Landings The different platforms place players in the same galaxy environment sharing a common background simulation, however direct cross-platform interaction is not possible. Note: Players on one platform cannot see players from another (except for PC/Mac). The PlayStation 4 version has the same content as the Xbox One and PC versions.

PlayStation 4 support was announced on the 8th of December 2016. The Apple Mac platform did not receive Horizons due to the current lack of high-performance Compute Shaders in the graphics API's supported by OS X. Frontier intends further expansions to come out within a few days of the PC versions. Horizons released on the Xbox One on the 3rd of June 2016. Four subsequent free expansion updates - versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 have been released. Įlite Dangerous: Horizons v2.0 was released on PC on the 15th of December 2015. Players who purchased Horizons before the conversion were given the 'Azure' paint job set as an exclusive gift.

All Elite Dangerous owners who had not purchased Horizons received access to its content for free, and all purchases of Elite Dangerous from that date onward include Horizons at no additional cost. On October 27, 2020, Horizons became a free expansion attached to the Elite Dangerous base game. See Development Plans for an overview of major updates and expansions. Horizons was followed by Elite Dangerous: Beyond, a third season of content available for free to all Horizons owners. From the 5th of February 2016, Horizons changed from an expansion format to a DLC format. It was continuously updated and developed throughout 20, providing free improvements to the base game for all Commanders, and headline features accessible only to Horizons owners. Elite Dangerous: Horizons is the second season of expansions to Elite Dangerous that gradually introduces a variety of new features and gameplay content.

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