Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.0l PTU.8021249 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.0l has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.0-PTU.8021249.

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.

Attention There are some elevator and ship spawning issues with this new build that could possibly be worse than the current PTU. We will be monitoring the PTU and may have to roll back to the previous build if this is much worse.

Database Reset: No
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
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

Testing Focus

Ship Positional Desync Test

In 3.17.0 we have put in a networking update that should reduce ship to ship desync. We would like to know how well this update works and if there are any observable knock-ons. Relative to 3.16, you should feel as though the facing direction and position of other player ships are much more accurate and real time. We have created a feedback thread in spectrum so please let us know about any potential issues with this that could include ship jittering, rubberbanding, and other effects of that nature.

MISC Hull-A (see known issue for ship claim)
Lorville Hospital and Space Station Clinic Variations
River
Coffee Shop Vendor
Ship-to-Ship Refueling
Mining Gadgets
Shopping and Selling T0
Ship and Ship Components Inventory Updates
Player Injury Updates
DNA Head Texture Updates

Known Issues

Insurance Claiming a ship always claims next ship down the ASOP terminal (Claiming a ship may require character reset or destroying the ship above the one you want to claim on the ASOP and claiming that)
Elevators from the metroloop to NBIS terminal are not functioning consistently
Ship is invisible on retrieval and does not have marker
All doorways in Orison can kill players if repeatedly walked through
Custom mobiGlas Casings breaks the mobiGlas functionality
The Player is unable to Place the Mining Gadget on a minable rock
Large hangers are missing collisions
Starfarer Boom Arm not repairing if destroyed
Players cannot buy components directly into ship storage (will be coming later in the PTU cycle)
ASOP terminal displays successful retrieval with designated hangar number; however, there is no ship marker and designated hangar is empty
AR Markers are present when opening the mobiGlas which can make it hard to read
Ships can explode after players exit them
The player is respawning with their loadout pre-death, and the medical gown equipped. The player also leaves no corpse present
Player is unable to drop items from their inventory within the Hull A due to “Area too cluttered”
Many mineable asteroids can’t be scanned
While docked to a Starfarer the Valkyrie will continuously tilt instead of remaining stationary

New Features

Ships and Vehicles

Added New Ship: MISC Hull-A

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Scatter Gun and Rocket Polish Pass

Decreased damage and radius of explosions from rockets. Decreased damage and removed explosion damage from scatter guns.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that was causing players to experience extreme delays with asset streaming
Inner Thought prompts should no longer be missing from many usables around the PU
Players should no longer be able to interact with another player’s ASOP terminal while it’s in use
Fixed an issue that blocked players from refueling ships while docked to a station
Minerals should no longer spiral around the ROC collection laser and be thrown across the terrain instead being collected
Valkyrie and Valkyrie Liberator HUDs should no longer be positioned too high
Fixed an issue that prevented engaging afterburner / boost when only rotating
Players should no longer be able to equip the Redeemer’s remote Turret to various other ships
Organization descriptions should no longer be missing from the reputation app