Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8356208 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8356208 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 2
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
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
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
Valkyrie bottom turret locks and makes player invisible
Salvaging – Some ship wreckages erroneously give “No Material” text and do not let you salvage
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
Vehicles/IFCS – When flying near another ship, ship seems to hit an invisible box that kicks it in random directions
Cargo – Performance – High capacity cargo vessels, when loaded, can cause a severe performance drop on both client and server
After an ungraceful disconnection upon loading back in the player spawn may not complete resulting in a failed load and 30018 error
Actor Feature / Law – Respawn – Players are not spawning in to Grim Hex when dying with a Crime Stat outside of monitored space
Actor Feature / Law – Respawn – If a player is placed into Klescher after being rescued with a crime stat, the player is respawned in the facility still incapacitated
Breach & Steal – Design/Missions/Locations – The target Reclaimer “October Rising” will disappear when you get very close to it, makin the mission impossible.
Ship / Commodity Trading / Cargo Inventory – Selling some of the cargo while the vehicle is stored cause the cargo to show at max inventory capacity
Selling – Commodity Kiosk / Cargo – Large amounts of cargo sold at once will cause the transaction to fail the cargo will be taken and no money will be granted
Law & Criminality – Commodities / Cargo – Stolen Cargo does not behave as such and can be sold as legal cargo if the ship with the cargo is stored
Aegis Reclaimer – Stanton – Ships – Components – Weapons – Distortion – Distortion damage taken to the unshielded top of the Reclaimer causes massive drop of client and server FPS on-demand
Ships – Cockpit – Actor animations – Occasionally unable to exit ship seat
Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Locations / Loading – Infinite black screen on loading into Klescher
ASOP – Ships duplicated when left somewhere and shard change happens and file claim on ASOP
Locations – Transit – Elevators – Players can fall through Elevators
LifeTime Management – Sustenance – Items are not destroyed / cleaned up to the persistence limit when in a vehicle after streaming the area out for 60 minutes
Rest Stops (R&R) / Rundown Station (R&R) – Design / Transit / Location – The player is unable to call elevator from hangar interiors
Vehicles / Docking – A retrieved ship delivered to a docking port will be missing collision
Multiple Locations – ASOP Terminal / Ships – When storing a ship, the ASOP terminal will set the ship status to “Claim” instead of “Retrieve.”

Feature Updates

Gameplay

New osoian hide stack contraband added to SPK

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Crusader Hercules Starlifter C2 – Stanton – Vehicles / UI – Hercules Door Cockpit door panel button text is split and cut off
Fixed – FPS Missions – 890J Hijack – Pirates never spawn aboard hijacked 890J, preventing any mission progression
Fixed – EXPLOIT – If a Player uses Alt + F4 as they die they will keep the equipment they died in
Fixed – Salvage / Hull Scraping – Kruger P-52 Merlin – Wingtips show as valid but do not allow salvage
Fixed – Trading – Cargo / Commodity Kiosk – Cargo invisible in multiple ships after being purchased
Fixed – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning ships causes the requested ship to spawn outside of the hangars
Fixed – Multivehicle – Greycat Industrial Roc / Roc-DS – Ships / Vehicles – The Greycat Rocs/Roc-DS Mining Arms are not aligned with the Aim Reticule
Fixed – MULTIVEHICLE – Ships – Ship Features – Ship Components – Landing Gear – Vehicles / Controls – After swapping components via VMA, if the player claims the ship via ASOP, the landing gear will stop functioning
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Mission Content – ClearCrimeStat – Bounty on escapee will persist even after they have cleared their crimestat
Fixed – Infiltrate and Defend – Mission Content / AI – An AI has a chance to spawn inside a wall that is inaccessible to the player
Fixed – ATC – ATC can fail to assign a hangar on retrieval or landing despite all hangars being empty
Fixed – Mission Content / AI – UGF Raid – Bunker / UGF mission NPC kills are not always recorded
Fixed – Aegis Gladius – All Variants – Stanton – Paints – foundation festival Paints causes ship invulnerability
Fixed – Orison – Transit – Shuttles will cease to function / get stuck
Fixed – Volatile Cargo – Mining / Game Code / Ships / Vehicles / Inventory / Refinery – Ships will retain the Volatile Cargo Alarm and Damage on Countdown from Volatile Cargo Removed by the Refinery