Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8361845 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8361845 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 2
Server Region: US/EU
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

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
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
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
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
Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Locations / Loading – Infinite black screen on loading into Klescher
Locations – Transit – Elevators – Players can fall through Elevators
LifeTime Management – Sustenance – Items are not destroyed / cleaned up to the persistence limit when in a vehicle after streaming the area out for 60 minutes
Rest Stops (R&R) / Rundown Station (R&R) – Design / Transit / Location – The player is unable to call elevator from hangar interiors
Vehicles / Docking – A retrieved ship delivered to a docking port will be missing collision
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 – Multivehicle – Vehicles – Destroyed ship thrusters will still not function after being repaired
Fixed – FPS Mineables – Mining / Game Code – FPS Gem Shards are cleaned up/vanish when multiple Deposits are Shattered
Fixed – MISC Hull Series – Vehicles / Ships / Vehicle Feature / Controls – Alt+K keybind will not retract vehicle spindle
Fixed – Mercenary Missions – Security Work Asses./Protect Site – Remaining Hostile NPCs Not Spawning In
Fixed – Drake Vulture – Vehicles / Art / VFX – The Drake Vulture is missing countermeasure VFX
Fixed – Locations – Art – The Klescher Rehabilitation Facility escape route is missing textures and has gray boxes
Fixed – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning ships causes the requested ship to spawn outside of the hangars
Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Docking – A retrieved ship delivered to a docking port will be missing collision
Fixed – AC – Elimination – Echo 11 – Spawn points are placing players within geometry.
Fixed – Star Marine – Elimination – Player may be able to reach Out of Bounds areas
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Law System – Kiosk / Terminal – Mined ores are worth 1/10 of their intended merit value
Fixed – Drake Vulture salvage beams stay on when entering Armistice Zone
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Law – Locations / Actor Feature – Players are unable to leave prison after taking elevator to surface level