Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0v PTU.8328236 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0v has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8328236.

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
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

Character Creation doesn’t occur automatically on first PU login
Selling single item out of a stack will zero remaining stack weight in personal inventory
Floating kiosk screen with missing body at New Deal in Lorville
MULTIVEHICLE – Ships – Ship Features – Flight – Quantum Travel – When entering and exiting any seat during Quantum Travel, there is a high chance you will be ejected into space
Players who recopy their accounts can get stuck in entitlement processing followed by Error 19004
Missions – Personal Transport Beacon – Transport beacon mission markers to a player ship will display the wrong location until nearby object containers are loaded
Missions – Personal Delivery Missions – Property Reclamation – Mission not updating after grabbing package
Server Crash Ship Recovery – After a server crash, ships left on landing pads will be in an “Unknown” state, requiring a claim
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Law & Criminality – Commodities / Cargo – Stolen Cargo does not always behave as such and can sometimes be sold as legal cargo
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
MULTIVEHICLE – Medical Screens / Actor Feature – When the player uses the “Auto Medicate” feature to heal a wound that isn’t treatable they will be given 99.99% BDL
Ships / Vehicles – Impounded Vehicles – ASOP – Impounded ships do not finish Transferring to Storage and are no longer Retrievable
MULTIVEHICLE – Vehicles – Gameplay – Explosive ordinance kills pilot through shields and hull
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
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Multilocation – Elevators – Elevator doors open mid-transit
Multivehicle – Physicalized Cargo – Multiple ships either partially or entirely fail to physicalize cargo purchased to their cargo grids
Ships / Vehicles – Ship Features – Reclaimer has no rear Elevator interaction
Multivehicle – 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
VARIANTS ONLY – Weapon / Weapon Feature – Multitool Variants display “HEALING” info regardless of attachments

Feature Updates

Core Tech

Server Performance Improvements
Further Gen12 Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed – 30009 upon attempting to rejoin PU
Fixed – UI – Shopping – Shopping Kiosks – Can’t move after closing shop kiosk with “x” UI button
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Actor – Force respawning or dying inside prison will respawn the character without any loadout
Fixed – Actor Feature – Personal Inventory / UI – Capacity bars on inventory can fail to show correct percentage, and in some instances show negative
Fixed – Actor Feature – Inventory – Equipped armor remains attached to undersuit in local inventory when player dies in armistice zone
Fixed – UI / Network – Menus – When selecting “exit to menu”, game stalls on black screen for a long time before the loading screen appears
Fixed – Mission Content / AI – UGF Raid – Bunker / UGF mission NPC kills are not always recorded
Fixed – Ships – Ship Features – Graphics / Art – Multiple vehicles are displaying glowing interior screens instead of normal decals
Fixed – ORIGIN 890 Jump – Vehicles / Mission Content – The 890J used in the URGENT: Boarding Action mission will spawn with no elevator platforms or elevator doors
Fixed – Multivehicle – Hull Scraping / VMA – The port side Salvage Head Sub-Item Slots do not update correctly
Fixed – Multivehicle US – Vehicle – Toggling G-Safe off and on using PIT wheel hails ATC and assigns landing pad
Fixed – Vehicles / Collision / Cargo – Moving cargo in Drake Caterpillar causes collision issues
Fixed – Star Marine – Players with a Crimestat in the PU will have their loadout swap to the prison suit after dying in Star Marine
Fixed – AC – Broken Moon – Player is unable respawn when dying in blue terraformer light.
Fixed – Multiweapon – Inventory / Weapons – The narrative description of multiple weapon magazine sizes differ from their actual capacity
Fixed – Inventory / Shopping – Players are able to purchase items exceeding intended inventory capacity
Fixed – Stanton – Lorville – When loading into Lorville, the entity count can be almost double what it should be peaking at 150000
Fixed – Landing Zones / VMs – After repairing a ship, button shows 1 aUEC for repair
Fixed – MULTIVEHICLE – Ships – PES / Spawning – Player-docked snubs are ejected when Constellation is retrieved from ASOP
Fixed – PU – Law System – Armistice Zones – Gameplay/Locations – Armistice zones that fully prevent weapon usage are rendering player characters and ships invulnerable
Fixed – There is a broken vault near the start of the prision escape route that trapped players
Fixed – Graphics / UI – Terminals / Kiosks – Various screens, terminals and kiosks fail to load their UI and only display a black screen
Fixed – Locations – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Actor – Traversal / Mantling – Players cannot mantle a required ledge to return to the escape route after falling
Fixed – FPS Mining – Dying while carrying a mineral can cause a new mineable node to appear
Fixed – Exploit – Law / Klescher – The player can select an unmined mineral deposit while in Inventory view and select-drag drop into inventory to be sold to the kiosk
Fixed – RSI Constellation Andromeda – Stanton/AC – Vehicles/Art – Ship has reversed text decals
Fixed – AI will inconsistently have their flashlights on/off in lit or dark areas
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Vehicles – Reclaimer cargo elevator ramps folding up too soon
Fixed – FPS Weapons – Art / Graphics – Greycat Multitool – Salvage Canisters that have been emptied after collecting salvage will show as ReplaceMe Balls
Fixed – Sneaky Replaceme Ball in Daymar wreck site cave
Fixed – Locations / Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Personal Inventory / Mining Deposit Kiosk – Mining Deposit Kiosks in Klescher don’t detect harvestables in the player’s inventory
Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicle Balance – Racers have Atmospheric Speed discrepancy between 3.17.4 and 3.18.0
Fixed – Scraper Beam modules have multitool attachment icon
Fixed – Crusader Security missing shader on armor