Star Citizen Alpha 3.24.2 PTU.9381373 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.24.2

Alpha Patch 3.24.2 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.24.2-PTU.9381373.

Characters in this new environment have been built from Long Term Persistence(LTP) data.
Currently with LTP, certain player states such as personal hangar layout, custom characters, and in-game purchased consumables are not saved between releases which will cause some items to be lost in the next update.
Audience: All Waves
Server Info: PTU Channel
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000
Shard Player Count: 100

Testing/Feedback Focus

Stability & Bugfixes
Zeus ES & CL (Evocati and owners will receive these in the build)
Vehicle HUD & MFD Rework
New Character Creator DNA Faces, Beards, Tattoos, and Hair
New Acidic and Rock Cave Systems
Flight Tuning and Archetype Balance (Ongoing during PTU)
Quantum Fuel Adjustments
New Arena Commander Updates

New Global Event: “Save Stanton” Playtest!

Tonight on the 3.24.2 servers we will be running the first 2 phases of a new global event called Save Stanton!
This will start up shortly after the build has been released and run overnight with mission phases 1-2.

If you have any feedback and issues on the event, check out the post here for known issues and to discuss!
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190049/thread/ptu-playtest-global-event-mission-save-stanton

Known Issues

Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Vehicle Components – Quantum Drives – Cannot initiate quantum jump (low chance STARC-131460)

QT Workaround: De-allocate all power from systems in power management Re-allocate power to Quantum Drive and other systems.

Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Components – Unable to pull components out from their sockets
PU – Stanton – Locations – Hangars / Network – Hangar at Baijini Point is despawning whilst the player is using the area, without external factors, leaving them stuck inside LEO geo
PU – Stanton – Online Services / mobiGlas / commLink – Players are unable to receive updates to their Friends List
PU – Stanton – Transit – Trams from Lorville Metro Centre to Teasa Spaceport will rapidly rotate when leaving the station, which can push the player out of bounds or kill them
PU – Stanton – ASOP / Locations – Personal Hangar – Retrieving a ship results in “We are unable to deal with your request at this time” and no ship
Corsair co-pilot loses manual gimbal after remote turret (STARC-130625)
PU – Stanton – ArcCorp – Area18 – Locations / Art – Multiple areas across A18 have visarea/portal issues
PU – Stanton – UI / Locations / Vehicles / Kiosks – Vehicle Rentals / Purchase Kiosks preview image will overlap transaction UI once purchased
PU – Harvestables – Game Code / Planet Tech / Mining – Planets and Moons have no Harvestables/Mineables (Asteroid Fields not affected)
PU – LTP – Ships / Weapons – Purchased Tractor Beams do not persist in LTP
PU – Stanton – Multivehicle – MFD – MFDs can be interacted with while in mobiGlas
PU – Commodity Kiosks – Multiple Locations – “Failed” error appears when buying RMC from Commodity Kiosks
PU – Stanton – UI / Shipping & Delivery Kiosk – Shipping & Delivery Kiosk(Covalex)’s screen will be stuck on “Please Standby” after pressing “Pickup”

Bug Fixes

Fixed – PU – Stanton – Locations – Elevator doesn’t move to hangar when your hangar button is pressed (STARC-124127)
Fixed – PU – Save Stanton – Phase 1 – Mission Content / AI – Enemy ship AI can be unresponsive to the player (STARC-133466)
Fixed – ALL MODES – Changing system language using LALT + LSHIFT while Star Citizen is running prevents any further inputs from registering in game (STARC-132222)
Fixed – AC – Vehicles – UI – ALL MODES – Cant enable Multi-Crew mode on eligible Game Modes (STARC-132226)
Fixed – Weapon and Shield charge and drain times are being impacted by server tick, leading to excessive regen times
Fixed – PU – UI / Locations – mobiGlas – Star Map – “Hurston Dynamics Showcase” is misspelled on the Star Map app as “Huston” (STARC-105807)
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Multivehicle – Vehicles / MFDS / UI – The Scanning MFD is not displaying ore / cargo in mining bags
Fixed – Mining lasers on mole and prospector can not be changed (STARC-133279)
Fixed – MISC Starfarer – PU – Vehicles / Ship Refuel – Hydrogen fuel is depleted despite Nozzle being closed and Flow Rate not adjusted
Fixed – PU – Save Stanton – Phase 1 – Mission Content – Mission A stops being completable at progress 4/6 and 2/6