Elite: Dangerous will release a new patch with Commander Creation changes and other updated features

Elite: Dangerous shuts down its servers on April 23rd for “approximately six hours, though the time could run over” to make the April Update work. Devs team promises some advancement in a range of features such as the Main Menu and Commander Creation. Changes contain the Pilots’ Federation District, a new “regulated area” styled for new commanders. Also new modules has been added and some improvements in other, smaller, areas.

Commander Creation:

• Updated the new commander flow to make the process more informative and engaging
• Ship selection screens now show more information on the ship, and also containes an image of the ship itself
• You can now choose to start in the Dromi system (in a permit-controlled area administered by the Pilots’ Federation) or in the standard package location

Other features to update:

• the Navigation Tab
• Training Simulation added
• Commodity Market Interface updates
• bug fixes and other improvements
• the Pilot’s Handbook with new Codex entries