Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0k EPTU.8312268 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0k has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8312268.

It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER folder 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 IndustriesStarCitizenEPTU.

Server Region: Us Only
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: Yes

The current build is under NDA
Please log out then back in on the issue council site to see the Evocati environment there. Please make sure to only select the Evocati 3.18 environment when creating IC reports while the builds are Evocati only

Please monitor etf-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.

Bed Logout v1 for PES is now active. Current Design setup: The ‘Log out’ interaction is currently only available if you are the only actor in the ship. When you log out the ship and player are instantly stowed.
New Character Repair tool is now active on the PTU website for testing. https://ptu.cloudimperiumgames.com/account/reset

Testing Focus

Physicalized Cargo Refactor
Salvage – Hull Scraping
Platform Assault on Orison
Security Post Kareah Reactivation
Courier Delivery Missions Update
Sandbox Prison Activities
Sand Caves
Daymar Crash Site
Stanton Racetrack Locations
Greycat PTV Race Track
New Rivers

Known Issues

Please avoid Arena Commander in this build as it will cause crashes!
Character Customizer – Stuck on “Saving Character” on the Front End menu after the first time joining PU
Multivehicle – VMA – Vehicles / Ship Components / UI – Unable to customize any ship within the Vehicle Loadout Manager
External Inventory – Loot Boxes will Eventually Load Indefinitely
Load / Location – More than one player can load into a habitat bed at the same time
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
UI / Vehicle HUD – It is possible for the Vehicle HUD to vanish for the player during flight and combat
Orison – Mission Content / Locations – A hostile AI is stuck inside a wall at HMR-A and one hostile appears missing at BWD-G for Bounty Assignment: Neal Garrison mission
Inventory / Loot Boxes – Loot Boxes will Disappear on Approach or after Opening

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Commdoity Shop – Adjusted Styling for Amount Slider

Core Tech

Network and Server Performance Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Soft Death – Vehicles – Vehicles in Soft Death are not affected by restricted areas
Fixed – DRAKE Cutlass Series – Ship Features – Interactables – The Interior ramp switch for the Red and Blue have no interaction
Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Ships / UI – Multiple Drake Interplanetary Ships have no HUD
Fixed – Drake Herald – Ship – The Drake Herald ladder does not work during the door open / close or entering and exiting the ship animation.
Fixed – Hull Scraping – FPSHullScraping / UI – No progress bar for RMC container being filled up or Salvageable Hull going down
Fixed – Actor Feature / PES Ship Bed Logout – Actor state server / client mismatch after logging back into a ship bed
Fixed – Multivehicle – Soft Kill / Soft Death – Destroying or Ejecting from a Soft Killed ship covers the ship in a large blur
Fixed – Stanton / AC – Vehicles – The Argo Raft’s elevator controls cannot be interacted with from either deck
Fixed – microTech – Planets – Moons – Euterpe has missing ground assets across the entire surface
Fixed – Law / Props – Controlled substance in cargo doesn’t trigger a misdemeanor infraction when security scans the player
Fixed – Trade Terminal splash screen contains classname