Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0u PTU.8324837 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0u has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8324837.

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
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled

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

Alt+K keybind will not retract vehicle spindle
Refuel, repair, and rearm services unavailable when landed
Items appear not to be removed from the player’s inventory when they sell them or hand them in to a contraband kiosk
Location – Daymar / Whistler Crypt / Physic – Walking on hills near Whistler’s Crypt can potentially kill or wound the player
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Multilocation – Elevators – Elevator doors open mid-transit
Merlin will not undock from Constellation
Mercury Star Runner only loads 6 SCU of cargo
Stanton – Ships / Vehicles – Ship Features – Reclaimer has no rear Elevator interaction
Multivehicle – Stanton – Vehicle Feature – Hit box desync – Vehicles do not take damage when attacked at certain parts of its hull
External Inventory – Loot Boxes will Eventually Load Indefinitely
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
UI / Vehicle HUD – It is possible for the Vehicle HUD to vanish for the player during flight and combat
VARIANTS ONLY – Weapon / Weapon Feature – Multitool Variants display “HEALING” info regardless of attachments
Orison – Mission Content / Locations – A hostile AI is stuck inside a wall at HMR-A and one hostile appears missing at BWD-G for Bounty Assignment: Neal Garrison mission
Inventory / Loot Boxes – Loot Boxes will Disappear on Approach or after Opening

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Removed the nearby drop limit on inventory items

Ships and Vehicles

Corsair rest height adjustment

Slightly raised Corsair landing height. Extended ramp slightly further and ramp angle is slightly steeper.

Tweaked Reclaimer lift speed to help prevent damage
Updated Salvage Filler station to allow crafting of multiple items

Core Tech

Physics polish pass

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Locations – Transit – Elevators – Players can fall through Elevators
Fixed – Stanton – Leaving server session and rejoining to a new shard can make player stuck in long load loading screen at 20539 entities
Fixed – Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Fixed – Vehicles / UI – mobiGlas – VMA – VMA takes several minutes to load a chosen ship loadout
Fixed – Performance – UI – Client stall when entering the ASOP terminal rendering range
Fixed – ASOP – Ships abandoned on planets no longer appear on the ASOP terminal
Fixed – ASOP console shows information of another player
Fixed – GP-33 grenade launcher does no damage and has no force reactions
Fixed – Actor Feature – Personal Inventory – Move All – Move All functionality is failing to move armor
Fixed – PU – Law System – Locations – Lorville – Impounding – Restricted area violation triggered too soon
Fixed – Vehicle – Vulture – While flying in atmosphere, the Vulture will constantly input a downward pitch that must be constantly countered by the players control inputs
Fixed – Vehicles – Logout – Players are able to logout of Constellation beds when under attack and with other players on board
Fixed – Drake Corsair – Vehicles / Art / Graphics – LOD issue on right VTOL engine when viewed in external camera
Fixed – Vehicle Hull Scraping – Code – Allow player selected salvage beam to persist upon exiting and re-entering the seat
Fixed – microTech / Huston – Planets – The merge between rivers and lakes is currently a very harsh transition with terrain flickering in and out at the location
Fixed – microTech – River – Planet Tech / Graphics / Locations – River water can be seen floating above the terrain at various mountain tops
Fixed – DRAKE Cutlass Series – Vehicles – Interactables – The rear Interior ramp for the Red and Blue can be locked with player stuck outside ship
Fixed – Drake Corsair – Ship / Art – The Word “Pressure” on the Corsair’s Airlock has a Spelling Error
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Physics – Ships – Players can exploit the salvage elevator geometry to clip into the ship by EVA collision
Fixed – TUMBRIL Cyclone MT – Vehicles – Vehicle Features – Vehicle Components – Turrets – After firing the missiles from the Cyclone MT, players wil not be able to fire the main cannon
Fixed – Orison – Race Track – Design / Locations – If player abandon and/or topple over the Greycats on the race track they are not cleaned up and do not respawn at the race pit
Fixed – Stonebug Harvestable – Interactables / Props – The Stonebug harvestable is missing its shuffling/moving legs animation
Fixed – Aegis Vanguard Sentinel – Ships – Actor – Vanguard Sentinel lower bunk has no atmosphere
Fixed – Interactables / Inventory – Decari Pod uses the same model as the Stone Bug Shell
Fixed – 890J Hangar Elevator Gravity Missing