Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.2q PTU.8142179 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.2q has been released to the PTU and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.2-PTU.8142179.

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 %localappdata%\Star Citizen.

Audience: All Backers
Database Reset: No
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 10,000

Please monitor sc-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

We are looking to run Siege of Orison tonight on PTU servers. This will run shortly after the release of the PTU until about 21:00 CDT | 02:00 UTC

Player Capacity Server Test
Turret Acceleration changes
Derelict Reclaimers V1
Derelict Colonialism Outposts
New Space Stations and Lagrange Points
Grim HEX Hospital Expansion
Combat Service Beacons V2
Illegal Collect and Delivery Missions
Player and AI Networking Updates

Known Issues

Locations – New Babbage / Orison – Transit Systems / Elevators / Spaceport – Elevators in NBIS / August Dunlow can become unresponsive / missing floor collision
Locations / Shopping – Store Kiosks have different prices for weapons then the store display
UI – Launching Star Marine After Being in Arena Commander launches Arena Commander instead
Stanton – Network – Actors are teleporting around after networking updates (Ongoing improvements and testing)
Missions – Red Wind Discrete Courier – Some Delivery Boxes Cannot Be Placed to Progress Mission
VFX – Blinding lights during planetary flight near the Snake Pit race track
Animation – Weapons – All weapons are held like a pistol whilst moving in EVA
Area18 – Centermass – Locations – Double Elevator
Seize the Data – Mission Feature / Law / Criminality – Destroy the Reclaimer Objective Results in CS2 for destruction of vehicle
Combat AI – UGF Missions are sometimes missing NPC spawns to complete the mission
FPS Weapons – Weapon holsters or un-holsters unintentionally
ASOP – Ships on landing pads end up in “unknown state” for location and have to be reclaimed after the ship is stored or streamed out
Missing Ships on SCOUNDREL PACK (and others) on PTU 3.17.2 (This is a PTU only issue that is being worked on)

Feature Updates

AI

Performance polish pass for FPS AI behavior

Bug Fixes

UGF and grimHEX Elevators should now operate correctly
EZHAB and Landing Zone elevators should now operate correctly
Fixed an issues causing Party member markers to go missing
Fixed an issue causing AI to be slow to respond when engaging players in combat
Combat Assistance Beacons should now correctly appear for players if they have been disconnected due to a server crash
Fixed an issue to cause Medical beacons to not complete mission/payment when player is brought back from incapacitation
There should no longer be invisible collisions in front many space station hangar doors
Fixed multiple shield holes on the Aegis Hammerhead