Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8364000 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8364000 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

Xenothreat Weekend Playtest
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190049/thread/ptu-weekend-playtest-3-18-pes-xenothreat-dynamic-1

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 / Shopping / Medical – Lagrangian R&R / LEOs – R&R Clinics Pharmacy Kiosk terminals do not have sales inventory displayed (fixed in next build)
The Area18 Pharmacy kiosk may display an Invalid Location error when attempting to purchase any item
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
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
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.”

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Ultrawide QoL Updates

Added new Visor support for various aspect rations + high field of views. Added 4:3, 16:9, 21:9, 32:9, 48:9 visor meshes which gets swapped out based on current aspect ratio. Visor mesh will be dynamically aligned onto the camera surface (“dynamic FOV offsets”) so it will always encompass the whole screen. No more custom horizontal FOVs based on aspect ratio > Will be calculated automatically from vertical limits now. Increased vertical fov limit from 54-67 to 54-90 since it’s working now with the dynamic visor. Fixed black bands/low res visor in area18