Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0y PTU.8342974 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0y has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8342974.

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

There is a pretty severe issue in this build where players will more likely than not get an infinite load after any death in the PU. The workaround for this is that you will have to either exit the game and reload after a death when this occurs or use the character repair tool on the PTU website if that doesn’t fix the issue. This bug isn’t quite 100% but it appears to be a vast majority of player deaths when it happens.
With this said, we are releasing this build with the caveat that it might not survive the night and will have to be pulled down if it becomes too severe.

https://ptu.cloudimperiumgames.com/account/reset

Actor Feature – Respawn – Unable to respawn upon player death, stuck on splash screen
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
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
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
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
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
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
Shopping / UI / Vehicles – Vehicles purchases through rental are missing from ASOP terminals, preventing access / use of the rented vehicle
Aegis Reclaimer – Stanton – Ships – Features / UI – Personal Inner Thought – The main elevator of the Reclaimer can stop responding to “Call Elevator” interaction, trapping players
Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Mission Content – ClearCrimeStat – Bounty on escapee will persist even after they have cleared their crimestat
Multivehicle EU – Stanton – Vehicles – Destroyed ship thrusters will still not function after being repaired
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
Stanton – Law System – Users spawn in prison with weapons and armor after dying with crimestat
MobiGlas – UI / Ship Components – VMA – Paints and components previously applied to claimed vehicles will no longer be available for use in VMA listings, despite being present in the player’s inventory
Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Locations / Loading – Infinite black screen on loading into Klescher
Trading – Cargo invisible in multiple ships
DRAKE Corsair – Ships – Ship Features – Audio / SFX – Using the crew elevator from the surface will trigger an audio loop
Ships / Vehicles – Storing ships at a non-home location will result in a locked state, “Transferring to Storage”

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Vehicle/Ship Armour has been rebalanced to account for ballistics piercing through shields as a stop gap until the future armour rework

Core Tech

Made further optimizations to help with slow Inventory

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Ships / Vehicles – VMS / CryAstro Services – CryAstro services does not offer the option to repair/refuel/restock ships
Fixed – Vehicles / UI – mobiGlas – VMA – VMA active tab indicator can become offset switching between ships with different available tabs
Fixed – ORIGIN 890 Jump – Ships – Ship Features – Graphics Tech / Art / VisArea / Portal – 890 Jump elevators and lifts have visarea issues or are completely missing
Fixed – City window glow is too strong and too frequent for area 18
Fixed – Missions – Personal Delivery Missions – Property Reclamation – Mission not updating after grabbing package.
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 – Origin 400i – Ships – Components / Materials – Paints – Applied paints do not apply to the exterior face of the airlock
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 – Multivehicle – Ships / VMA – Components – Player customizations to vehicle loadout are permanently lost and reset to default if the ship is claimed
Fixed – Exploit – [PES][CHAR REPAIR/RESET] Users are able to get out of prison instantly after a character reset/repair
Fixed – Ships / Vehicles – Impounded Vehicles – ASOP – Impounded ships do not finish Transferring to Storage and are no longer Retrievable
Fixed – Greycat Industrial Roc – Vehicles/mining – ROC Inventory fills up past the intended capacity
Fixed – UI – MobiGlas – VMA – When saving changes to vehicle loadouts, the ‘Unsaved changes’/’Changes Pending’ markers are not removed until the player revisits that ship loadout
Fixed – Infiltrate and Defend – Mission Content / UI / Game Code – The enemy UI counter is not present when reaching the mission area
Fixed – Mission Content / Locations – Repair – Comm Array Repair missions fail to generate property
Fixed – Refinery Terminal – Game Code / UI / Locations – Metals and Minerals are Listed as Inert on the Refinery Terminal and cannot be Refined
Fixed – MicroTech – Art/Planet – Player and AI can shoot through rock formations across stanton4 surface
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Ships / Vehicles – Ship Features – Reclaimer has no rear Elevator interaction
Fixed – Salvage / Hull Scraping – Kruger P-52 Merlin – Wingtips show as valid but do not allow salvage
Fixed – Salvage / Hull Scraping – RSI Constellation Andromeda – Some sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage”
Fixed – Area 18 – Shopping / Personal Inventory – Items on Casaba and Cubby Blast shelves can be picked up and carried out of store without paying