Star Citizen Alpha 3.21.1 PTU.8892745 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.21.1

Alpha Patch 3.21.1 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.21.1-PTU.8892745.

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: All Backers
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

Known Issues

PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
PU – Stanton – AI / Mission Content – UGF AI falling through the stairs / floor
PU – Lorville – Locations – Transit – HAB Elevators – There is a chance that the HAB elevators do not arrive when called
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles – When docking at a station the docking arm will not extend
PU – Stanton – Area18/GrimHex – Locations / Inventory / Respawn – Player loses loadout and equipped items after dying in the armistice zone
SRV Tow UI shows invalid or no target despite meeting the criteria for a valid target prior to attempting to tow a ship in QT
PU – Rental Kiosk / ASOP Kiosk – After Renting a ship and letting the rent timer expire. A couple of ships or rows will not be visible at the ASOP
PU – Stanton – Data Heist – Mission Content / Game Code – If players fail the Very Easy mission they can’t reaccept it
Multivehicle – ASOP Retrieval – Various vehicles spawn with wings/engines/landing gear in their “in-flight” state instead of their “landed” state when retrieved from ASOP
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Usables – Exiting bench seats ignores collision
AC / SM – Menus – Ship / Equipment Rental – Renting a ship / Equipment for 3 days display incorrect rental times
AC – Single Weapon Elimination – Weapon / FPS – Player who has takedown performed on them has their gun despawned
PU – Stanton – Halo – Desync / EVA / Vehicle / Ships – Players can desync when transitioning to or from EVA from one ship to another ship
PU – Missions / Reputation – Data Heist – The hard missions are not appearing despite meeting the requirements
PU – Stanton – Location – Seraphim – ASOP / Fleet Manager – The ASOP terminal loading screen will not end
PU – Shopping Kiosk – “Invalid Sell Price” error occurs while selling specific items
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

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with many VFX particle effects to be missing from Arena Commander
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Data Heist – Mission Content / Game Code – If players fail the Very Easy mission they can’t reaccept it
Fixed – AC – Front End – Failed to find Match message prompted when attempting to launch multiple game modes
Fixed – PU – Shopping / Selling – Consumables / Items – Multiple items in shops seem to have items they sell in their store floating within the store