Star Citizen Alpha 3.21.1 PTU.8885209 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.21.1

Alpha Patch 3.21.1 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.21.1-PTU.8885209.

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 Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\PTU. The Shader folders can be found here C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Star Citizen.

Audience: All Backers
Database Reset: Yes
Server Regions: US/EU Servers only
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing Focus

Tonight through the weekend we will be running multiple events on the PTU for all backers!

– Friday through Sunday Morning: Expo Halls will be run throughout this time for testing’
– Sunday 10am CST | 16:00 UTC (2 hours) we are doing a test for Jump Town 2 right after the expo hall ends to test this transition
– Sunday 3pm CST | 21:00 UTC (6 hours) We are running Siege of Orison

System – Security – Ship Trespass
Mission – Defend – Data Heist
New Player Experience – New Babbage
Vehicle Headlight Refactor
Tractor Beam – T2 – Vehicle Tractor Beam
Crusader C1 Spirit
ARGO SRV
FPS AI Behavior Integration
Siege of Orison Global Event Re-Activation

Known Issues

PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
SRV Tow UI shows invalid or no target despite meeting the criteria for a valid target prior to attempting to tow a ship in QT
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles – When docking at a station the docking arm will not extend
AC – Elimination / Free Flight / Gun Rush – Security Post Kareah – AI are present throughout the location and engage players and themselves in combat
PU – Rental Kiosk / ASOP Kiosk – After Renting a ship and letting the rent timer expire. A couple of ships or rows will not be visible at the ASOP
PU – Stanton – Data Heist – Mission Content / Game Code – If players fail the Very Easy mission they can’t reaccept it
PU – Stanton – AI / Mission Content – UGF AI falling through the stairs / floor
Multivehicle – ASOP Retrieval – Various vehicles spawn with wings/engines/landing gear in their “in-flight” state instead of their “landed” state when retrieved from ASOP
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Usables – Exiting bench seats ignores collision
PU – Stanton – Halo – Desync / EVA / Vehicle / Ships – Players can desync when transitioning to or from EVA from one ship to another ship
PU – Missions / Reputation – Data Heist – The hard missions are not appearing despite meeting the requirements
PU – Stanton – Location – Seraphim – ASOP / Fleet Manager – The ASOP terminal loading screen will not end
PU – Shopping Kiosk – “Invalid Sell Price” error occurs while selling specific items
PU – Stanton – New Babbage – NPE – Locations/Design – The player will be stuck in their hab’s bed if they restart the tutorial by quitting to main menu whilst dead, blocking flow

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Made it a crime to tractor beam an owned ship without permission

Ships and Vehicles

Rebalance of Star Runner Atmospheric Flight Speeds after Mass Adjustment

Weapons and Items

Tractor Beam VFX and UI Polish Pass

Bug Fixes

Put in further fixes to help stop player corpses from clipping through planetary surfaces
Fixed an issue causing Grim Hex Main Lifts to kill players
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Locations / UI – AR Marker showing your assigned hangar does not appear
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Missions / Law and Criminal – Players are considered Trespassing after completing a UGF mission, destroying any ships near the facility
Fixed – PU – Lorville – Shopping – Kiosks – Shops do not have any items in their inventory
Fixed – PU – Stanton – New Babbage – Locations / Art – There’s a large visible hole in the terrain in New Babbage outside of the Commons dome
Fixed – Crusader Spirit Series – PU – Vehicles – Enabling auto-gimbal causes fixed wing gun convergence to be set too close
Fixed – PU – Stanton – UI / Cargo – Cargo UI markers from inside your ship will appear on your HUD
Fixed – PU – Stanton – ArcCorp – Art – Cubby Blast weapon display glass is heavily frosted
Fixed – AC – Vanduul Swarm – Broken Moon – No hostile AI spawn
Fixed – TRACKING – PU – Stanton – SOO – Mission Content – Solanki ships are marked as NineTails Sympathisers
Fixed – PU – Stanton – SOO – Mission Content / Locations – Ships on Solanki and Brushwood Platforms can fall or clip into the environment making them inaccessible
Fixed – SoO – Code on the barge doesn’t open a shipping container
Fixed – Argo SRV – Vehicles / Tractor Beams – The Towing Head Attachment leaves a visual duplicate after destroying and repairing it
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Mission Content / Vehicle Tractor Beam – Caterpillar Hijack – The caterpillar can be towed
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Data Heist – Interactables / Mission Content – Tigersclaw cards can be quickly interacted with and picked up after they have been inserted into a card slot