Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8345033 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8345033 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 Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\PTU. The Shader folders can be found here C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Star Citizen.

Audience: Wave 1
Server Region: US/EU
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Account Copy: Disabled
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

Locations – LEO Stations – Galleria – Audio – The “Visit Orison” Commercial Locks up the Client
Ships – Ship Features – UI – Interaction Mode / Inner Thought – Most ship beds no longer have PIT options to interact
Actor – Inventory – Equipped Ammo Clips Fall Off the Player
Multivehicle – Stanton – Audio – Missing Audio/SFX with QT travel
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Nomad – Some sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Crusader C2 Hercules – Some sections of the hull are exceedingly difficult/impossible to salvage
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Anvil Carrack – Sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage ; Some only salvage when beams are offset ; Some show as valid but do not allow salvage
Derelicts – Missions / AI / Locations – Once a mission has been completed at the settlement the AI will not respawn for the next mission resulting in it completing upon reaching the location
Derelicts – Missions / AI / Locations – If reinforcements do not leave the ship they will be counted towards the hostiles remaining total even once the ship has left resulting in the mission being incompletable
Valkyrie bottom turret locks and makes player invisible
Salvaging – Some ship wreckages erroneously give “No Material” text and do not let you salvage
Ships – Quantum entanglement – hostile indicator – QED does not mark ships as hostile
Multivehicle EU – Stanton – Vehicles – Destroyed ship thrusters will still not function after being repaired
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
Stanton – Law System – Users spawn in prison with weapons and armor after dying with crimestat
Trading – Cargo invisible in multiple ships

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Reinforcement update

Added a workaround to check to see if reinforcements do not leave the ship they will be counted towards the hostiles remaining total even once the ship has left resulting in the mission being incompletable

VMA Update

Players will currently need to unequip items from the previous ship to equip onto a new ship. UI isn’t completely updated to show this but more updates will come in future builds.

Assigning specific UI to attract screen & manufacturer for all platinum bay shopping kiosks

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Mission Content – ClearCrimeStat – Bounty on escapee will persist even after they have cleared their crimestat
Fixed – Missions – Racing – mobiGlas – Racing missions not appearing on Contract Manager
Fixed – Mining – Ships / Vehicles / Game Code – The Mining Extraction Rate has decreased noticeably
Fixed – Arena Commander – UI / Ship Customization – Changes to loadout cannot be saved due to the “Save Changes” button being missing
Fixed – UI – Mobiglas – Mobiglas Exit Button “X” incorrectly scaled
Fixed – Caterpillar Derelicts – Calliope / Wala – Design/Mission/Locations – Target for the Eliminate_Specific scenarios are not spawning
Fixed – DRAKE Cutlass Series – ( All Variants ) – Ships – Ship Features – Turrets – Graphics / Tech / Art – The turret interiors on the Cutlass series have a VisArea and will appear invisible when crewed by players
Fixed – Missions – Supply Re-Up – 9000 aUEC + Bonuses / Delivery – Delivering package to Yela drop off doesn’t Progress contract
Fixed – Kareah – Contraband door not opening when TID is activated through the terminal
Fixed – Vehicles/Art – Missing MFD’s in Cockpit of Esperia Glaive
Fixed – Vehicles – Light persistently blocks the player’s FOV within various ship’s pilot seats and some variants within Vehicle Loadout Manager
Fixed – Missions – Eliminate All – UGF – Mission is failed after a Client Crash