Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0r PTU.8321451 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0r has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8321451.

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
Servers: US Only for now
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled

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

Pay Fine button can be pressed an indefinite amount of times and will subtract UEC each activate (Press it once than leave the terminal to avoid unneeded charges)
Items appear not to be removed from the player’s inventory when they sell them or hand them in to a contraband kiosk
Location – Daymar / Whistler Crypt / Physic – Walking on hills near Whistler’s Crypt can potentially kill or wound the player
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Multilocation – Elevators – Elevator doors open mid-transit
Merlin will not undock from Constellation
Mercury Star Runner only loads 6 SCU of cargo
Stanton – Ships / Vehicles – Ship Features – Reclaimer has no rear Elevator interaction
Multivehicle – Stanton – Vehicle Feature – Hit box desync – Vehicles do not take damage when attacked at certain parts of its hull
External Inventory – Loot Boxes will Eventually Load Indefinitely
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
VARIANTS ONLY – Weapon / Weapon Feature – Multitool Variants display “HEALING” info regardless of attachments
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

Ships and Vehicles

Balance pass on Drake Corsair and Cutter Fuel tank holds and fuel intakes

Core Tech

Made Further Client, Server, and Network performance Improvements
Shard ID will now continue to display when using r_displaysessioninfo 1

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Vehicles / UI – mobiGlas – VMA – Some ships in VMA show empty Systems components even if they exist
Fixed – Multivehicle – Stanton – Vehicles / UI – Various vehicles are displaying missing or empty weapons from their loadouts despite actually having them when spawned
Fixed – Bed Logout – Disconnection Error 30009 – “Remote Disconnect – Failed to spawn vehicle” on normal logout (fallback spawn in their last hab in case it still happens)
Fixed – Physics – Grimhex – Flying towards hex can result in hitting an invisible wall that will force a ship to yaw to different degrees
Fixed – Physics – Changing direction 180 and burning causes jerk of ship
Fixed – Ships / Vehicles – Vehicle Voice Audio – “Self destruct cancelled” Plays when entering and exiting armistice zones
Fixed – Ability to repair surfaces does not persist after logout and shows Repairs Not Needed
Fixed – Inventory – “Equip All” will not equip all available slots and fails the equip request
Fixed – Bounty Hunter – Mission Content / Law System – Players that accept Lawful Bounty Hunter Contracts with a Crimestat 1 will instantly fail the contract and gain negative reputation with the contract provider
Fixed – R&R Rest Stops – Multiple Locations – Locations / Shopping – The Refinery shops at several R&R stations are missing many items for sale
Fixed – ArcCorp – Locations / Collision / Physics – Outside of the POI locations all surface buildings are missing collision around ArcCorp
Fixed – AEGIS Reclaimer – Ships / Vehicles – The Reclaimer VTOL engines / landing gear detach when taking damage rather than passing damage to the body
Fixed – Weapons – Greycat Multitool / RMC Canister / Tractor Beam Attachment – Unable to use the Tractor Beam Attachment when an RMC canister is attached to the Multitool
Fixed – DRAKE Corsair – Ships – Ship Features – Art / Graphics / Misplaced Geometry – There is geometry clipping through the ceiling in the component room of the Corsair when viewed at certain angles
Fixed – DRAKE Cutlass Blue – Vehicles – Soft Death – When vehicle enters soft death gravity remains inside the ship
Fixed – DRAKE Buccaneer – Ship Features – Graphics / Art – The engines of the Drake Buccaneer are displaying blank textures, appearing white
Fixed – Actor Feature – Player Status – Administering Roxaphen raises the players BDL to the point they overdose
Fixed – mobiGlas – UI / Missions – The Delphi tab is almost completely transparent making its information unperceivable
Fixed – Art – Xanthule Suit and its variants have textures that appear matte and bright
Fixed – Art – Overlord Core armor sets show as red in the Inventory HUD but are different colors on the player
Fixed – Touchstone optic and others have no crosshair