Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0x PTU.8340717 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0x has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8340717.

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
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
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Ships / Vehicles – Impounded Vehicles – ASOP – Impounded ships do not finish Transferring to Storage and are no longer Retrievable
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
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
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
Multiweapon – PU / SM – FPS Devices / Throwables / Weapon Feature / Actor Feature – When using a throwable the previously equipped weapon is thrown instead and a duplicate weapon remains equipped
Shopping/Selling – Off The Shelf – Players can equip and keep items from the mannequins bodies displayed in store without purchasing the items
Salvage / Hull Scraping – RSI Constellation Andromeda – Some sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage ; some become invisible ; some do not transition into a damage mesh
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Kruger P-52 Merlin – Wingtips show as valid but do not allow salvage
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
Area 18 – Shopping / Personal Inventory – Items on Casaba and Cubby Blast shelves can be picked up and carried out of store without paying
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
Origin 400i – Ships – Components / Materials – Paints – Applied paints do not apply to the exterior face of the airlock
Mission Content / Locations – Multiple mission locations are Disabled due to AA Not Found
Greycat Industrial Roc – Vehicles/mining – ROC Inventory fills up past the intended capacity
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

Feature Updates

Locations

Made Improvements to the visuals of Cliffs

Gameplay

Disabled bed log around Outposts
Adjust first-time user messaging in the commodity kiosk to select an inventory
Improved layout of commodity price alerts journal entry to list by commodity type rather than location
Removed Physical Pressure from Distortion Weapons

Core Tech

Ship Recovery from DGS crash Now Functions with PES
Added large-scale diffuse to planet-driven shading mode of organics shader
Further Gen12 Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Persistence / ASOP – Vehicles can show as retrievable at locations that the player has not moved or claimed them to
Fixed – Ships – mobiGlas – VMA – Components / Mining Laser – Mining lasers display in the wrong tab and can prevent players from equipping or using mining lasers
Fixed – Hull Scraping – UI / Vehicles – Inner thought UI is offset for RMC canisters when attached to filler stations
Fixed – Actor Feature – Inventory – Equip requests can fail to update in a reasonable / acceptable amount of time, leaving the item in a pending state
Fixed – Loot Generation – Loot boxes spawning inside one another
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Stanton / Arena Commander – Interaction – The “Engaged Self Destruct” phrase is mirrored/flipped around while in interaction mode in Arena Commander. The button is missing in Persistence Universe.
Fixed – Anvil Carrack – Stanton – Vehicles / UI – Carrack top remote turret interaction buttons misaligned
Fixed – 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
Fixed – ARGO MOLE – All Variants – Stanton – Ships / Ship Features – PTU MOLE mining cargo capacity is showing 64 SCU instead of the intended 96 SCU
Fixed – Drake Cutter – Stanton – Vehicles / Interactables – Landing gear lever on cutter is backwards
Fixed – Stanton – Law System – Spawn in prison with weapons and armor after dying with crimestat
Fixed – Ships / Vehicles – Impounded Vehicles – ASOP – Pay Fine button can be pressed an indefinite amount of times and will subtract UEC each activate
Fixed – GRIN Multitool VARIANTS – VARIANTS ONLY – Weapon / Weapon Feature – Multitool Variants display “HEALING” info regardless of attachments
Fixed – Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Fixed – Origin Jumpworks ALL Variants – Stanton – Vehicles/Art/Livery – 600i Sterling paint makes ship lack art materials
Fixed – Stanton – FPS / Animation – Weapons will holster and unholster themselves repeatedly at low server FPS
Fixed – Ships – Ship Features – Internal elevators can spawn rotated, preventing player access or causing players to be trapped
Fixed – Rentals / Vehicles – VMA – Exploit – Rented vehicles can be edited in VMA
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Stanton – Physics – Ships – Players can exploit the salvage elevator geometry to clip into the ship by EVA collision
Fixed – PU – Characters – Female – Inventory – ADP-mk4 Helmet displays bright visor texture issue
Fixed – UI – MobiGlas – SkyLink/CommLink – Player loses mobiGlas access to CommLink and SkyLink through keybinds and PIT after falling from EVA to landing pad
Fixed – Exploit / Inventory – Unlimited personal inventory using ‘Carry’ action
Fixed – Interactables / Narrative – The Harvestable variant of the ‘Year of the Rooster’ Lunar New Year envelope is missing all narrative information from NikNax and the ‘Tool-Tip’ menu within the Personal Inventory
Fixed – Recovery – Mission content – Hurston Safe Retrieval mission does not progress after collecting the objective package
Fixed – Multivehicle – UI – MFD – Self and Target Status MFD holo model detaches from the panel when ship moves so hull health cannot be visualized
Fixed – Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Fixed – Multiple Mission Types – Mission Content / UI – Accepting multiple contracts can show the objective markers for multiple missions at the same time
Fixed – Locations / AI – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – The AI in prison caves take a very long time to move from their spawn closets on a stressed server
Fixed – Mission Content – Mercenary – Unable to complete Security Work Assessment, Hostile counter is increasing but no more are spawning
Fixed – Multivehicle – Medical – Terminal – Patient medical terminal gets stuck at ” Healing in Progress ” after performing treatment
Fixed – Origin 400i – Vehicles / UI – 400i Exterior Bike Elevator button is missing
Fixed – Missions – Personal Transport Beacon – Transport beacon mission markers to a player ship will display the wrong location until nearby object containers are loaded
Fixed – Mission Content – Finish Covalex Delivery / Frustrated With Covalex – UI / HUD – Objective marker does not update once package is collected
Fixed – MULTIVEHICLE – Ships – Ship Features – Internal elevators can spawn rotated, preventing player access or causing players to be trapped
Fixed – MISC Reliant Series – Ships – Audio – Machinery audio in the Reliant main cabin areas is extremely loud
Fixed – Mission Content – Zeta-Prolanide Salvage Claim – Not all the cargo boxes are spawning in for player to retrieve
Fixed – Rentals / Vehicles – ASOP / UI – Rented vehicles are missing the rental tag and do not display the remaining rental time on the ASOP terminal
Fixed – MISC Razor – Vehicle / Animation – When in open space exiting the pilot seat will cause the player to clip into the ship
Fixed – Actor Feature / UI – Personal Inventory – Item port helpers are hidden / closed if the player releases the item they are moving in an incompatible location, requiring the filter to be reset
Fixed – Multilocation – ASOP – ASOP not showing hangar or pad number, ship not retrieved to any hangar
Fixed – Sabre Raven – Vehicle / Animation – When open space exiting the pilot seat and not moving will cause the glass casing to trap the player
Fixed – ARC-L1 Galleria Elevators won’t call again after being used
Fixed – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning ships causes the requested ship to spawn outside of the hangars
Fixed – Vehicles – Ship Components – Purchased vehicle weapons applied to a spawned vehicle will have missing assets and cannot fire
Fixed – ARGO Raft – Vehicles / Cargo – ARGO Raft’s cargo grid clips through its shipping containers
Fixed – 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