Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0g PTU.7627001 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.14.0g

Alpha Patch 3.14.0g has been released to the PTU environment, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.14.0-PTU.7627001.

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\PTU.

Database Reset: YES
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Audience: Wave 1
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Please monitor sc-testing-chat in spectrum for updates and testing instructions.

USER.cfg settings: r_displaySessionInfo = 1

Current cloud tech is still in active development and not yet final. There’s ongoing work on SDF occlusion which should help alleviate the graphical artifacting (visual dots in the clouds). Additionally, we are working towards having local VFX for the clouds (similar to the gas clouds around rest stops) which will make a big difference in overall quality.

Testing Focus

Crusader
Orison Landing Zone
Constellation Taurus
Law System v2: Surrender
Power Management v2 (Capacitor Gameplay)
Missile Operator Mode
Radar, Scanning, and Ping T0

Known Issues

Gas Clouds on Crusader appear to have moving graphical artifacts that appear as dots. Current clouds are still in development and not final. See note at the top of patch notes
Orison objects & textures loading very slowly
Orison volumetric fog pops on and off depending on camera direction
Various UI markers are faded and hard to read
Unable to scan for FPS or ROC-sized mining deposits until very close
Port Tressler is missing QT marker when Player returns to microTech planet
Port Olisar has no quantum marker
Enter ship animation is glitchy and jumpy for multiple single seat fighters
Large black cubes and bright light particles can been seen within the snow storm clouds on microTech & in the “dust” storm on Hurston
Snow effects are seen in the interior of New Babbage space port and other areas including the commons
Security Ships do not recognise illegal goods onboard a ship when being carried by a player
Players can clip through the exterior door of the 890 Jump whilst it is docked
A second player spawning a ship at a Docking Tube can cause ships still in the vacinity of the tube to lose collision
Missions do not recognize players entering zone and AI are unresponsive or not visible to player during missions
Players may Rubberband back into their bed in the Loreville hab when getting out of bed

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Ongoing Ship Capacitor, Balance, and Polish Pass

We have done further core tuning for ships. Added secondary effects besides regen to capacitor assignments. Assignments to each system above default (33%) will now give you: more energy weapon ammo, more shield damage resistance, or reduced thruster boost costs scaling upward with increasing assignhment. Updated weapon regen pools for small fighters. Reduced damage on ballistic gatlings and repeaters. Tweaked heat per shot on ballistic gatlings. Added heat bar to the HUD for displaying weapon’s temperature ratio. Replaced turret cannons with repeaters on Caterpillar. Changed Terrapin to use 2x S2 shields. Changed Caterpillar to use 2x S3 shields. Changed Hurricane to use 1x S2 shield. Changed Constellation to use 1x S3 shield. Increased base health of the Terrapin and Constellation series.

Ships and Vehicles

Updated lens and vehicle HUD settings to be more legible against bright backgrounds

Major Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that could cause a Player’s cursor to get stuck on the game screen
Docking UI should now be present after requesting docking
Missiles should no longer hit the player’s own ship when they are fired while the ship is moving forward at speed
Fixed an issue causing ground vehicles to have a chance to randomly explode while crossing Hurstons terrain anywhere on the planet
Fixed an issue causing the AI at UGFs and Kareah to be desynced from their actual locations
Fixed an issue causing a single location to only appear if the player spools their drive before setting destination
Fixed an issue causing Ping Scans to be unable to detect FPS and Large FPS Deposits
Fixed an issue causing NPCS to navigate the environment while sunk into the floor and not animating
Door to the Constellation series bridge should no longer appear to be blocked due to a visarea issue
Freelancer MIS scanning UI should now appear when toggling on Scanning Operator Mode
Fixed a visarea issue causing the Mercury Star Runner turrets to be missing textures
FOIP calls with players using some seats or stations in ships should no longer display a grey screen
Origin 600i lift should no longer be missing
Fixed an issue causing some new game settings to revert after exiting the client