Star Citizen Alpha 3.23.0 EPTU.9146828 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.23.0

Alpha Patch 3.23.0 has been released to EPTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.23.0-EPTU.9146828.

It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER folder 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\EPTU.

Characters in this new environment will be built from LTP data so items such as medpens, ammo, rentals, and refinery jobs will be lost.
Audience: Wave 2
Server Info: US/EU – EPTU Channel – PU/AC
Replication Layer: Enabled
Server Recovery: Disabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Note: This patch does not contain all of the intended features, which will be added iteratively to the notes as they become available. Additionally, some features may be implemented in a partial state and as such are not ready for testing. When those features reach a playable state they will be detailed on the notes and added to the “Testing Focus”. Please issue council all issues related to those in testing focus and in general gameplay.

Testing/Feedback Focus

Xenothreat Will be enabled in various phases tonight and Friday on the EPTU while we test compatibility and performance

Stability/Performance/Bug Fixing
Master & Operator Modes: Vehicle Combat and Experience
Vulkan Renderer (Off by Default in Graphics Settings)
Full Character Customizer Revamp
mobiGlas Rework / Starmap / Interior Map / Minimap
Distribution Centers
EVA T2
New Loot Screen / New Visor / Lens
Full FPS Combat Refactor / Dynamic Crosshair
Backpack reloading / Ammo repooling
Physical Shopping UI
New Arena Commander Features: Engineering Game Mode, Grav Royale, New Race Tracks, and New Pirate Swarm Final Wave

Known Issues

For 3.23, Server Crash Recovery will remove all current missions and mark them as abandoned. This will not reduce reputation when this occurs. This could cause a few trespassing issues in locations like UGFs.
Distribution Center missions sometimes show the wrong location markers inside so might be difficult to know exactly where you need to go to.
Server and Client Performance is something we are constantly monitoring and working on fixes and changes for 3.23. Currently we are seeing quite a few issues that are reducing the experience and looking into these.

AC – Backend / Network – Searching for a Match will always load a new instance despite other matches waiting for players
AC – Backend / Network – Infinite loading when two players launch from lobby
PU – Vehicle Purchase Kiosk – Shopping / Locations – Unable to purchase vehicles from kiosks
PU – UI / Mission Content – Players Cannot accept shared mission
PU – Stanton – Loot / UI – New Loot Menu does not appear when looting
PU – Stanton – Distribution Centers ( DC ) – Locations / Physics – Hangars missing collision for incoming flight traffic
PU – Stanton – Hurston/Crusader – Lorville/Orison – Locations / Transit – Lorville/Orison transits are off set from the station doors causing visual and collision issues
PU – Shopping / Art / UI / Locations – Weapon display in stores are rotated 90 degrees
PU – Multiple Locations – Locations / Art – GrimHEX and Kareah airlocks are missing breathable air and doors
Stanton – GrimHEX – Locations / Actor Feature – Player corpses will not despawn at GrimHEX
PU – Stanton – Locations – Grim Hex – Hospital – Elevator – Elevator is missing at Grim Hex’s hospital
PU – Stanton – Character – HUD / UI – No body marker after death
PU – Stanton – Lorville – Transit / Locations – Trams missing from Perimeter Line West
PU – Stanton – Lorville – Female / AI – Females – There are no female social AI present around Lorville
PU – Interactions / UI – Panels become unresponsive, after highlighting interactables
PU – Terminal – Locations / Interactions / UI – Unable to interact with the Medical Insurance Terminal to manage regeneration
PU – UI – NikNax / VLM – Liveries – All Liveries are missing volume information in NikNax and Vehicle Loadout Manager
Front end – UI / Locations – Inventory – Entitlement – Primary Residence location can be missing from the front end
AC – Front-End – Engineering: Duel – UI / Lobby / Menus – Missing ship model on lobby screen

Features and Gameplay

AI

Added More Variety to Outlaw NPC Loadouts

Gameplay

Water VFX: Wake improvements

Added control of the wake width based on the bounding box of the ship. Added a strength offset for the vfx effect to trigger.

MasterModes Spool times: SpoolTime balance pass
Added GSafe On/Off keybinds
mobiGlas and Interior Map Polish Pass
Increased ammo for Vanduul weapons, increased bullet velocity for Vanduul cannons

Ships and Vehicles

Master Modes – Balance – Made Slight Max Angular Velocity Increases to Scorpius and Scorpius Antares to match the flight archetype
Master Modes – Balance – Made Adjustments to Cutlass Black, Cutlass Blue, Cutlass Red, and Cutlass Steel to match the flight archetype after recent changes changed the stats

Core Tech

Made Further Server Performance Optimizations
Made Further Client Performance Optimizations
Hurston Ocean Performance Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed – PU – UI / HUD / Interaction – Mouse cursor is invisible while using interaction mode, mobiGlas, and shop kiosks (STARC-93364)
Fixed – PU – HUD – Contracts UI – UI doesn’t update automatically, but updates once when Untracking and then tracking the contract again
Fixed – After server recovers the player receives a “Disconnected for being inactive for too long” message and is disconnected (STARC-105607)
Fixed – PU – UI – Flight HUD – Toggle-able flight HUD elements are virtually indistinguishable from ON or OFF in all manufacturer palettes (STARC-84137)
Fixed – PU – UI – mobiGlas – Starmap – There are no icons for jump point stations at the system-wide zoom level (STARC-104022)
Fixed – Server Recovery – Vehicle present in hangers are impounded or stored after server recovery (STARC-99569)
Fixed – PU – Cargo / Weapons – Tractor Beam – Handheld Tractor Beams will instantly deactivate when attempting to move items
Fixed – Quantum Travel – When jumping to a target in a route it can be tricky/impossible to select the next target in that route
Fixed – Vanguard Sentinel – Loadout is identical to the Harbinger rather than the expected loadout
Fixed – PU – Stanton – AI – Combat AI can shoot players at any angle before turning to them
Fixed – Code – AI – FPS – Defenders leaving their cover when their cover is still best
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Actor / Core Tech – Player’s Bodies Despawn After Death Outside Armistice
Fixed – PU – Actor – EVA / Animation – Entering a ships pilot seat from EVA causes the player to enter a standing pose momentarily
Fixed – PU – Stanton – NPE – Mission Content / mobiGlas / UI – The NPE is using an incorrect loadout
Fixed – Graphics – Upscaling/DLSS – Wielding a weapon with a scope can cause intense lens flare
Fixed – Neutral Territory does not make the inhabitants hostile to trespassers
Fixed – Global – Gamewide – Audio / Audio Code – Ship computer dialogue stops triggering / stops being audible once the ship has been powered off then back on again
Fixed – SFX Events on Audio Triggers in Mannequin Inconsistently/Unpredictably play audio across all player animations
Fixed an issue causing rifle scope reticles to blur while moving

Technical

Fixed 5 Client Crashes
Fixed 5 Server Crashes
Fixed 2 Vulkan Specific Client Crash
Fixed a Client Deadlock

Arena Commander 3.23 Patch Notes

Vehicle Balance

Fixed an issue that caused the A2’s core health to be significantly lower than intended

Fuses

Fixed issue where the wrong fuse type was in players inventory

Game Mode Adjustments

Engineering: Duel & Squadron Battle

To better allow teams to prepare for the upcoming fight:
– Increased Team Balance Pre-Game Phase from 10s to 15s
– Increased Game Start Countdown from 10s to 30s
– Movement & Interactions have been enabled in the pre-game.
– Player will no longer auto-equip their primary weapon.

Game Mode Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that caused Engineering: Duel to end prematurely.
Fixed an issue that caused suicide to win the game.
Fixed an issue that caused Match Cycling to fail.
Fixed an issue that caused players to lose Flight UI in the PU after playing an AC Engineering Mode

The team are also working on enabling VOIP across Arena Commander, this may be enabled mid-patch.

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