Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.2u PTU.8148301 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.17.2u has been released to the PTU and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.2-PTU.8148301.

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

Siege of orison will be running on the PTU servers tonight from 5:30pm to 9:30pm CDT

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

Multivehicle – Ships floating in the hangar when stored with the engines left on then retrieved again
Vehicle / Spawning – The Khartu-al spawn on the hangar floor sideways
Missions – Red Wind Discrete Courier – Some Delivery Boxes Cannot Be Placed to Progress Mission
Animation – Weapons – All weapons are held like a pistol whilst moving in EVA
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

Ships and Vehicles

Reduced the HP of multiple parts on the Esperia Blade

Bug Fixes

Hull-A Empyrean, Horizon, and Dusk Paints should no longer be missing
The rear of the Drake Mule should no longer start to float if the vehicle navigates over steep inclines / hills
NPCs on dropships should no longer be completely unresponsive for an extended period
Fixed an issue causing players to have an infinite load screen after recovering from a client crash while in a ship or vehicle