Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8352563 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8352563 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test!

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 FilesRoberts Space IndustriesStarCitizenPTU. The Shader folders can be found here C:Users%username%AppDataLocalStar Citizen.

Audience: Wave 1
Server Region: US/EU
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting AUEC: 1,000,000

Please monitor sc-testing-chat in spectrum for updates and testing instructions.
USER.cfg settings: r_displaySessionInfo = 1

Testing Focus

Salvage – Hull Scraping
Platform Assault on Orison
Security Post Kareah Reactivation
Courier Delivery Missions Update
Sandbox Prison Activities
Drake Vulture
Sand Caves
Daymar Crash Site
Stanton Racetrack Locations
Greycat PTV Race Track
New Rivers (40 New Rivers on Hurston and microTech)
Additional Derelict Outposts
Restricted Areas v3
Arena Commander Quality of Life Updates

Known Issues

RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Nomad – Some sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage
Salvage / Hull Scraping – Anvil Carrack – Sections of the hull show as valid but do not allow salvage ; Some only salvage when beams are offset ; Some show as valid but do not allow salvage
Derelicts – Missions / AI / Locations – Once a mission has been completed at the settlement the AI will not respawn for the next mission resulting in it completing upon reaching the location
Derelicts – Missions / AI / Locations – If reinforcements do not leave the ship they will be counted towards the hostiles remaining total even once the ship has left resulting in the mission being incompletable
Valkyrie bottom turret locks and makes player invisible
Salvaging – Some ship wreckages erroneously give “No Material” text and do not let you salvage
Ships – Quantum entanglement – hostile indicator – QED does not mark ships as hostile
Multivehicle EU – Stanton – Vehicles – Destroyed ship thrusters will still not function after being repaired
Cargo – Performance – Fully loaded C2 landed at Area 18 results in Slow Framerates or Crash
Stanton – Law System – Users spawn in prison with weapons and armor after dying with crimestat
Trading – Cargo invisible in multiple ships

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Reverted GForce Values back to 3.17 model

Ships and Vehicles

Added Avenger Renegade, Sabre Comet, Gladius Valiant, C8 Pisces, F7C Wildfire, MISC Hull A, STV, and RSI Scorpius into in-game shops

Core Tech

Widescreen QoL Changes

Addition of some quality of life changes for Widescreen monitor players. Keep vertical FOV but scale horizontal FOV if resolution becomes ultra-wide. Updated FOV slider with new values for current resolution. Added new 32:9 Aspect Ratio in FovGlobalSettings which had a too narrow one being calculated resulting in a clipped visor. Completely disabled the behavior that the chat moves down when entering a ship, since it’s not very useful and can even be reset when resolution changes. Inventory overhaul for widescreen with items and scaling no longer being cropped on ultra widescreen resolutions.

Bug Fixes

Fixed – MULTIVEHICLE – Vehicles/IFCS – When flying near another ship, ship seems to hit an invisible box that kicks it in random directions
Fixed – Drake Caterpillar – Vehicles / Art / Graphics – Caterpillar body has a large Visarea when viewed from the Cockpit
Fixed – R&R – Art / Locations – Refinery Decks have multiple ReplaceMe textures
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Mission Content / UI – Prison escape mission is lacking text on the waypoint for the Datachip collection
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Actor Feature / Characters – If player enters prison naked they will leave prison with prison loadout equipped
Fixed – Multilocation / Multivehicle / Terrain – Vehicle tires sink into planet surface and are no longer able to move
Fixed – EXPLOIT – Economy – Item Shop – Vehicles / Components – Players can sell unequipped stock vehicle components and claim the vehicle to repeat sale indefinitely
Fixed – 890 Jump – Ships – Ship Features – Art – Graphics – There are numerous panels and doors throughout the 890j that exhibit VisArea Issues
Fixed – Law and Criminality – UI / Terminals ( Law ) – If a player with CS3+ pays off their fines they are still able to surrender to the terminal
Fixed – UI – FPS UI / mobiGlas – Accepting a mission while in party removes party markers
Fixed – Mission – Boarding Action in Progress can become uncompletable
Fixed – Salvage / Hull Scraping – Crusader C2 Hercules – Some sections of the hull are exceedingly difficult/impossible to salvage
Fixed – Security Post Kareah – AI / Mission Content – The boss does not spawn in Kareah after a number of enemies have been eliminated
Fixed – Ship – Port Olisar / ASOP – Retrieving a ship can potentially spawn it on the wrong pad instead of where it should be
Fixed – Mercenary Missions – Security Work Asses./Protect Site – Remaining Hostile NPCs Not Spawning In
Fixed – Security Post Kareah – Evidence room datapad will not display the 0 in the door code if it is the first digit