Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.0o PTU.8029196 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.0o has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.0-PTU.8029196.

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.

Current Audience: Wave 1
Database Reset: No
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

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

Testing Focus

This build has many further fixes and updates to streaming changes to help with infinite loads and asset streaming. 3.17 contains new streaming changes that we are testing on the PTU and players may experience infinite loading or very long load times along with possible missing assets in game such as elevators or ships not streaming in. We are updating and fixing these issues as we find them and each new build will hopefully address these more and more.

Ship Positional Desync Test

In 3.17.0 we have put in a networking update that should reduce ship to ship desync. We would like to know how well this update works and if there are any observable knock-ons. Relative to 3.16, you should feel as though the facing direction and position of other player ships are much more accurate and real time. We have created a feedback thread in spectrum so please let us know about any potential issues with this that could include ship jittering, rubberbanding, jittering, and other effects of that nature.

MISC Hull-A
Lorville Hospital and Space Station Clinic Variations
River
Coffee Shop Vendor
Ship-to-Ship Refueling
Mining Gadgets
Shopping and Selling T0
Ship and Ship Components Inventory Updates
Player Injury Updates
DNA Head Texture Updates

Known Issues

Custom mobiGlas Casings breaks the mobiGlas functionality
Turret acceleration changes have been reverted to pre-3.17.0 while we work on rebalancing and will be coming back in a future release
The Player is unable to Place the Mining Gadget on a minable rock
Starfarer Boom Arm not repairing if destroyed
Players cannot buy components directly into ship storage (will be coming later in the PTU cycle)
AR Markers are present when opening the mobiGlas which can make it hard to read
Ships can explode after players exit them
Many mineable asteroids can’t be scanned
While docked to a Starfarer the Valkyrie will continuously tilt instead of remaining stationary
Lobby and Pad / Hangar elevators in space stations pass through areas that cause the player to suffocate while not wearing a helmet
The Refinery Yield Bonuses are incredibly high
Unable to interact with the mining attachment for the multi-tool
Players with positive health can enter a state similar to being downed without the incapacitated UI or VFX

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Shopping Terminal Polish Pass

Updated most shopping terminals to include item paging

Target shield status will now stop updating on the MFD when the target is beyond 8 km away
Reverted the turret acceleration change

Bug Fixes

Player armor should no longer go missing after rapidly equipping it
Large hangers should no longer be missing collisions
Players should no longer be blocked from purchasing items from shopping terminals
Starfarer External Tanks should now persist fuel
Cutlass Black should now be able to scan for Surface Mining Deposits