Star Citizen Alpha 3.21.1 EPTU.8867388 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.21.1

Alpha Patch 3.21.1 has been released to the EPTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.21.1-PTU.8867388.

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: Up To Wave 3 Testers
Database Reset: Yes
Server Regions: US/EU
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing Focus

System – Security – Ship Trespass
Mission – Defend – Data Heist
New Player Experience – New Babbage
Vehicle Headlight Refactor
Tractor Beam – T2 – Vehicle Tractor Beam
Crusader C1 Spirit
ARGO SRV
FPS AI Behavior Integration
Siege of Orison Global Event Re-Activation (Playtest tonight shortly after release)

Known Issues

PU – Lorville – Shopping – Kiosks – Shops do not have any items in their inventory
PU – Stanton – Locations / Elevators – Grimhex elevators kill players when entering them from the Main Concourse level
Stanton – PU – Graphics – Low resolution textures appear around the PU
PU – Shopping / Selling – Consumables / Items – Items can be seen stacked on each other in mid-air
PU – MaxLift Tractor Beam – Interactables / Tractor Beam / UI – The 2-handed dedicated tractor beam tool appears in the weapon inventory tab
TRACKING – Cubemaps not rendering in New Babbage (and other locations)
Crusader Spirit All Variants – all variants – PU – Vehicles – Spirit explodes from any damaged for particular spot damaged on ship regardless of hull health
Argo SRV – PU – Vehicles / Insurance Claim – Argo SRV insurance claim is abnormally short
PU – Stanton – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning specific ships will cause them to spawn outside of Hangars
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles – When docking at a station the docking arm will not extend
PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
PU – Stanton – New Babbage – NPE – Locations/Design – The player will be stuck in their hab’s bed if they restart the tutorial by quitting to main menu whilst dead, blocking flow
Crusader Spirit A1 – PU – Vehicles / Weapons / Components – Missiles – When the Spirit A1 is travelling at high speed, a fired bomb can rip through the ramp and body of the ship and severely damage the ship
PU – Stanton – Hurston – Lorville – Locations / Design / AI – Security AI are missing from Teasa Spaceport Customs area
Anvil Lightning F8C ALL Variants – Vehicles / EVA – Using EVA to fly into the Cockpit during Zero G will cause the player to gain gravity and fall into the Cockpit
Stanton – Backend Services – Service Beacons – After service beacon is abandoned / canceled / declined, player will be unable to receive or accept other service beacons
PU – Stanton – Locations / UI – AR Marker showing your assigned hangar does not appear
PU – Mission Content – Retrieve Consignment – Datapad is blank / no code is displayed

Feature Updates

Locations

Adjusted gloss values of screens around Area18 and Grimhex to eliminate strong glare and improve screen readability
New Babbage Signage Art Polish Pass
Seraphim Station Exterior Lighting Polish Pass

Gameplay

Tractor Beam Gameplay Updates

Implemented new dedicated tractor beam UI. Added target distance indicator, added Range Bar, added time transitions to bars. UI fixes for max angle, deflection, and stats. Temporarily Updated Salvage Mission Ships to Not be Tractorable.

AI Ship Cargo Manifest Balance Changes

Re-balancing the cargo amounts and types that spawn inside derelict and AI ships in the PU using a new distribution algorithm.

Ships and Vehicles

Ship Mass Balance (Part 1)

Tumbril Nova, Corsair, Vanguard, Caterpillar, Mole, Raft, and Star Runners have all had a balance pass on their actual masses in the universe.

Bug Fixes

Fixed – TRACKING – Siege of Orison Killing Ninetails Sympathizer gives CS
Fixed – PU – Stanton – SOO – Mission Content / AI – Some AI do not leave their spawn closets
Fixed – PU – Stanton – SOO – AI / Mission Content – Hostile AI Ships unstream shortly after spawning
Fixed – PU – Stanton – SOO – Mission Content / Vehicles – Players are able to manually deactivate the self destruct sequence on the seige ships when flying too far from the event
Fixed – PU – Stanton – SOO – Mission Content / Locations – Datapad will fall through floor when placed in Garcia Greens
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning specific ships will cause them to spawn outside of Hangars
Fixed – F8C main thrusters sounds not working
Fixed – Data Heist – AI reinforcements not arriving as intended
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Data Heist – Mission Content – Server closest to the mainframe (S-594) will indefinitely halt the upload if disconnected
Fixed – Stanton – Spawn Closet – Mission Content / AI – Enemy AI can spawn out of bounds of their intended spawn points
Fixed – PU – Lorville – Room System / Actor / Locations – Room System does not protect player actor from extreme weather conditions in Lorville Interiors
Fixed – PU – Tractor Beam / Components / Vehicles – Removing a Vehicle Tractor Beam off of ships using a Multitool Tractor beam leaves the Vehicle Tractor Beam unmanipulable & non-functioning
Fixed – Drake Caterpillar ALL Variants – PU – Vehicles – Tractor beam – The tractor beam object component has noticeable LOD transitions when the player is nearby
Fixed an issue allowing players to use tractor beams to move small ships while their shields are still enabled
Fixed – Crusader Spirit C1 – PU – Vehicles – Art / GFX – Decals – The A1 nameplate logo appears on the left side of the C1 variant
Fixed – HoverQuad – Stanton – Vehicles / Locations – The vehicle spawns slightly stuck in the ground
Fixed – Stanton – Shopping Kiosk – Live Fire Weapons / Kiosks – UI – The quantity multiplier will remain blank
Fixed – PU – Stanton – NPE – Mission Content / Interactables / Actor Feature – During the New Player Experience Tutorial, picking up the Helmet Objective will cause the player to be unable to look around
Fixed – PU – MaxLift Tractor Beam – Character / Interactables / Tractor Beam – Left hand of female character do not hold the 2-handed dedicated tractor beam correctly
Put in multiple fixes to help player corpses falling through planet surfaces when falling at speed