Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8383510 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8383510 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test!

It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER and Shader folders for the Public client after patching, particularly if you start encountering any odd character graphical issues or crash on loading. The USER folder can be found (in default installations) at C:Program FilesRoberts Space IndustriesStarCitizenPTU. The Shader folders can be found here C:Users%username%AppDataLocalStar Citizen.

Audience: All Backers
Server Region: US/EU/AUS/ASIA
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting AUEC: 1,000,000

Please monitor sc-testing-chat in spectrum for updates and testing instructions.
USER.cfg settings: r_displaySessionInfo = 1

Testing Focus

Salvage – Hull Scraping
Platform Assault on Orison
Security Post Kareah Reactivation
Courier Delivery Missions Update
Sandbox Prison Activities
Drake Vulture
Sand Caves
Daymar Crash Site
Stanton Racetrack Locations
Greycat PTV Race Track
New Rivers (40 New Rivers on Hurston and microTech)
Additional Derelict Outposts
Restricted Areas v3
Arena Commander Quality of Life Updates

Known Issues

UI – Quantum Travel – Markers Will Randomly Disappear After Quantum Travel With No Route Set
Player Character / Vendors – Players Cannot Open Inventory In Vicinity to Food Vendors
Bed Log Out – Avenger Titan – The Player Character Is Spawned Into The Wall Of The Ship On Login
Shopping – Area 18 – Pharmacy Kiosk – Buying Pharmacy Items at Empire Health results in “Invalid Location” error
ANVIL Spartan – Vehicles – Vehicle Tech – ASOP – Core Tech – Collision / Physics – When spawned via ASOP on any Platinum Bay pad, the Spartans wheels will be partially clipped into the ground preventing it from moving
Multivehicle – Stanton – Vehicles / Animation – No animation for entering pilot seat, player will snap into the seat
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Wallace Klim is missing from the drug lab in Grim Hex
Looted Ammo Clips Drop Off Player
Multivehicle – Audio – Missing Audio/SFX with QT travel
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
Salvaging – Some ship wreckages erroneously give “No Material” text and do not let you salvage
Cargo – Performance – Fully loaded C2 landed at Area 18 results in Slow Framerates or Crash
Vehicles/IFCS – When flying near another ship, ship seems to hit an invisible box that kicks it in random directions
Cargo – Performance – High capacity cargo vessels, when loaded, can cause a severe performance drop on both client and server
Actor Feature / Law – Respawn – If a player is placed into Klescher after being rescued with a crime stat, the player is respawned in the facility still incapacitated
Breach & Steal – Design/Missions/Locations – The target Reclaimer “October Rising” will disappear when you get very close to it, makin the mission impossible.
Ship / Commodity Trading / Cargo Inventory – Selling some of the cargo while the vehicle is stored cause the cargo to show at max inventory capacity
Selling – Commodity Kiosk / Cargo – Large amounts of cargo sold at once will cause the transaction to fail the cargo will be taken and no money will be granted
Law & Criminality – Commodities / Cargo – Stolen Cargo does not behave as such and can be sold as legal cargo if the ship with the cargo is stored
Ships – Cockpit – Actor animations – Occasionally unable to exit ship seat
Locations – Transit – Elevators – Players can fall through Elevators
Rest Stops (R&R) / Rundown Station (R&R) – Design / Transit / Location – The player is unable to call elevator from hangar interiors
Multiple Locations – ASOP Terminal / Ships – When storing a ship, the ASOP terminal will set the ship status to “Claim” instead of “Retrieve.”

Bug Fixes

Fixed – AI – Multilocation – AI Standing / Crouching on Benches Throughout The PU
Fixed – Multivehicle- AI – Some pirate ships no longer perform circling behavior
Fixed – Planet Tech – Locations / Havestables – Harvestable Deposits may be invisible to players, cause collisions or become unavailable for scanning, mining or salvage gameplay
Fixed – TUMBRIL Nova – Vehicles – Vehicle Features – Animation – The tracks do not animate with vehicle locomotion
Fixed – Multivehicle – Stanton – Vehicles – TVI (Total Velocity Indicator) is offset in Gravity wells
Fixed – 890J Hijack – Mission Feature / UI – Knocking AI unconscious lowers the AI counter but the mission cannot be completed until they are killed by the player