Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.2m PTU.8136799 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.2m has been released to the PTU and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.2-PTU.8136799.

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 %localappdata%Star Citizen.

Audience: Wave 1
Database Reset: No
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 10,000

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

Note: This patch does not contain all of the intended features, which will be added iteratively to the notes as they become available. Additionally, some features may be implemented in a partial state and as such are not ready for testing. When those features reach a playable state they will be detailed on the notes and added to the “Testing Focus”. Please issue council all issues related to those in testing focus and in general gameplay.

Testing Focus

Turret Acceleration changes
Derelict Reclaimers V1
Derelict Colonialism Outposts
New Space Stations and Lagrange Points
Grim HEX Hospital Expansion
Combat Service Beacons V2
Illegal Collect and Delivery Missions
Player and AI Networking Updates

Known Issues

Stanton – Network – Actors are teleporting around after networking updates (Ongoing improvements and testing)
Missions / AI / Combat AI – Some Enemy AI will not engage Security AI or Players
GrimHex – Atmosphere – Several locations at grimhex do not have an atmosphere
Animation – Weapons – All weapons are held like a pistol whilst moving in EVA
Seize the Data – Mission Feature / Law / Criminality – Destroy the Reclaimer Objective Results in CS2 for destruction of vehicle
UGF Raid – Missions / AI / Combat AI – Some Enemy AI will not engage Security AI or Players
FPS Weapons – Weapon holsters or un-holsters unintentionally
Ships – Components and interior zones remain when ships are destroyed
ASOP – Ships on landing pads end up in “unknown state” for location and have to be reclaimed after the ship is stored or streamed out
Medical Beacon- Medical beacon does not complete mission/payment when player is brought back from incapacitation
Missing Ships on SCOUNDREL PACK (and others) on PTU 3.17.2 (This is a PTU only issue that is being worked on)

Feature Updates

Ships and Vehicles

Greatly increased the fuel reserves of the Khartu-Al
Moderate reduction in hull health for the Nova Tank in response to player feedback

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue causing many elevators around the PU to be be unresponsive or inaccessible
Crash Recovery back into the PTU should now function correctly
Red Wind Delivery mission should no longer create duplicate mission boxes
Fixed VisArea issues on multiple doors on the upper deck of the 400i
Tumbril Nova Paints should now correctly be applied to the body