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== Compatibility ==
[[File:Odyssey compatibility chart 12.png|thumb|right|250px|Horizons/Odyssey compatibility between PC launch and console launch]]
After the console version of ''Odyssey'' becomes available, this bifurcation of the community will mostly end, and ''Elite Dangerous'' will bewas updated to reunite both branches of the game. ''Odyssey'' and ''Horizons'' players will be able tocan instance with each other, though ''Horizons'' players will not be able tocannot land on planets with tenuous atmospheres because they willare not be able to obtain the required [[Advanced Planetary Approach Suite]]. However, ''Horizons'' players will be ablecan experience the graphical update and planet-generation improvements in ''Odyssey''.<ref name="Compat1">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/ Frontier Forums: Horizons / Odyssey Compatibility]</ref><ref name="Compat1A">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/page-5#post-9155372 Frontier Forums: Horizons / Odyssey Compatibility, post #96]</ref>▼
[[File:Odyssey compatibility chart 2.png|thumb|right|250px|Horizons/Odyssey compatibility after console launch]]
Between the PC launch of ''Odyssey'' on May 19, 2021 until the console launch later that year, players who own ''Odyssey'' and players who only own ''Horizons'' will be temporarily unable to instance with each other.<ref name="Compat2">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility-further-details.575005/ Frontier Forums: Horizons/Odyssey Compatibility - Further Details]</ref> Both groups will continue to share the same galaxy and background simulation, but ''Horizons'' players will not have access to any new content or improvements added by ''Odyssey''. If an ''Odyssey'' owner wishes to play with a friend who only has ''Horizons'', they have the option of switching to the ''Horizons'' version of the game via the PC launcher, but while playing ''Horizons'' they will not have access to any ''Odyssey''-specific features or items.<ref name="Compat1">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/ Frontier Forums: Horizons / Odyssey Compatibility]</ref><ref name="Compat1A">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/horizons-odyssey-compatibility.574677/page-5#post-9155372 Frontier Forums: Horizons / Odyssey Compatibility, post #96]</ref>
 
Due to the addition of first-person shooter gameplay in ''Odyssey'', it was given a higher age restriction rating than the ''Elite Dangerous'' base game by the PEGI. As a result, players who own ''Odyssey'' will beare blocked from instancing on non-atmospheric landable worlds with players who do not own ''Odyssey''.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/cm-arf-elite-horizons-pegi-7-cmdrs-wont-instance-with-odyssey-higher-pegi-rating-cmdrs-on-non-atmos-planets-because-of-rating-restrictions.565878/ Frontier Forums: CM Arf: Elite/Horizons (PEGI 7?) CMDRs won't instance with Odyssey (higher PEGI rating) CMDRs on non-atmos planets because of rating restrictions]</ref>▼
▲After the console version of ''Odyssey'' becomes available, this bifurcation of the community will mostly end, and ''Elite Dangerous'' will be updated to reunite both branches of the game. ''Odyssey'' and ''Horizons'' players will be able to instance with each other, though ''Horizons'' players will not be able to land on planets with tenuous atmospheres because they will not be able to obtain the required [[Advanced Planetary Approach Suite]]. However, ''Horizons'' players will be able experience the graphical update and planet-generation improvements in ''Odyssey''.<ref name="Compat1" /><ref name="Compat1A" />
 
Development of the console version of Odyssey was officially cancelled on March 10, 2022.<ref name="Console Update" /> On May 4, 2022, Frontier confirmed that players can copy their profiles from console to PC. This process will be time limited and optional with a specific date. <ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-and-2022-updates.603032/ Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates]</ref>▼
▲Due to the addition of first-person shooter gameplay in ''Odyssey'', it was given a higher age restriction rating than the ''Elite Dangerous'' base game by the PEGI. As a result, players who own ''Odyssey'' will be blocked from instancing on non-atmospheric landable worlds with players who do not own ''Odyssey''.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/cm-arf-elite-horizons-pegi-7-cmdrs-wont-instance-with-odyssey-higher-pegi-rating-cmdrs-on-non-atmos-planets-because-of-rating-restrictions.565878/ Frontier Forums: CM Arf: Elite/Horizons (PEGI 7?) CMDRs won't instance with Odyssey (higher PEGI rating) CMDRs on non-atmos planets because of rating restrictions]</ref>
 
▲On May 4, 2022, Frontier confirmed that players can copy their profiles from console to PC. This process will be time limited and optional with a specific date. <ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/console-profile-transfers-and-2022-updates.603032/ Console Profile Transfers and 2022 Updates]</ref>
== Editions ==
''Elite Dangerous: Odyssey'' was made available in two editions on PC.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/commander-this-is-ground-control.560656/ Frontier Forums: Commander, this is Ground Control]</ref>