Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.0g PTU.8012110 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.0g has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.0-PTU.8012110.

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 FilesRoberts Space IndustriesStarCitizenPTU.

Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Disabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

The current build is under NDA
Please log out then back in on the issue council site to see the Evocati environment there. Please make sure to only select the Evocati 3.15 environment when creating IC reports while the builds are Evocati only

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

USER.cfg settings: r_displaySessionInfo = 1

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 Focus

Ship Positional Desync Test
Lorville Hospital and Space Station Clinic Variations
River
Coffee Shop Vendor
Mining Gadgets
Player Injury Updates
DNA Head Texture Updates
Shopping and Selling
Ship to Ship Refueling

Known Issues

After creating a character in the customizer this can cause players to spawn in with an invisible body

We have made some fixes to infinite loading and character customization that has a very small chance of fixing this issue. Please let us know if you continue to encounter this with a brand new character reset in this latest build!

Creating a female character results in a male body (gawd, relatable)
Starfarer Boom Arm not repairing if destroyed
There can be duplicate elevators at UGFs
Shubin Interstellar kiosk in New Babbage still using the old Shop UI
Players cannot buy components directly into ship storage (will be coming later in the PTU cycle)
Buying or Selling items in rapid succession causes the “Buy/Sell” buttons in the confirmation window to become inoperable
The ‘Sell’ page at Live Fire Weapons will not update properly
Players are receiving more than intended combat assist notifications
Players can experience severe delays and failures to equip items into the appropriate inventory slots
Clicking items too quickly can cause them to go missing. We suggest equipping items slower in this build and verify that each item equips before trying the next one

Nearby players will experience a visual stall when a player interacts with a shopping terminal, which lasts for up to several seconds
ASOP terminals can be accessed by other players while in-use by another player
ASOP terminal displays successful retrieval with designated hangar number; however, there is no ship marker and designated hangar is empty
Large New Babbage hangers are missing collisions
Cave interiors on planets with breathable atmospheres do not have an atmosphere which will cause the player to die from suffocation
AR Markers are present when opening the mobiGlas which can make it hard to read
Many mineable asteroids can’t be scanned
Ships can explode after players exit them
Multiple ships have difficulty autodocking with the Starfarer, frequently colliding or getting stuck on the boom arm in the process. In some cases, the ship cannot complete the docking procedure
MFDs are difficult to interact with due to overriding Inner Thought prompts (work to resolve this is in-progress and may be resolved in some ships in this new build)

Feature Updates

Locations

River Polish Pass

Further river updates to make the river less angular and have a more natural flow

Gameplay

Inventory Polish Pass for Component and Ship Volumes and Weights
Updated Arena Commander scoreboard to display game mode

Core Tech

Added Updated GameGlass Keybinds for 3.17

Bug Fixes

Players should no longer get infinite load screens when loading back into PU after crashing out
Ships should now generate a loot crate upon destruction
Players’ ships should no longer drift and rotate when docked with a Starfarer
Refuel timer should no longer rapidly increase estimated time and break refueling at low flow rates
Shopping terminals should now retain the player’s last choice of destination for “Buy”, “Quick Buy”, and “Selling”
Fixed an issue that could cause players to suffocate after dropping a helmet they were holding
Weapon Customization UI on multiple weapons should no longer be partially off-screen and cannot be interacted with
Weapon attachments inside of containers should no longer break the scrolling function on the shopping/selling terminal confirmation screen
Argo MOLE’s Scanning UI info should now update correctly when the mining turret points at a fragment/rock that the pilot isn’t looking at
Inner Thought options should no longer be positioned too low for the female coffee vendor in Area18
There should no longer be trees all over the ice lake around New Babbage
Fines and Citation Terminal should now correctly deactivate when the player walks away
After delivering packages, the mission popup should no longer display ‘Objective withdrawn’ rather than objective complete