Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0w PTU.8335445 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0w has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8335445.

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
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 Drake Vulture/Reclaimer
Platform Assault on Orison
Security Post Kareah Reactivation
Courier Delivery Missions Update
Sandbox Prison Activities
Sand Caves
Daymar Crash Site
Stanton Racetrack Locations including the Greycat PTV Race Track
New Rivers (40 New Rivers on Hurston and microTech)
Additional Derelict Outposts
Restricted Areas v3

Known Issues

Equipped armor remains attached to undersuit after character repair
Armor on dead NPCs at Solanki Platform are missing texture
MULTIVEHICLE – Ships – Ship Features – Flight – Quantum Travel – When entering and exiting any seat during Quantum Travel, there is a high chance you will be ejected into space
Missions – Personal Transport Beacon – Transport beacon mission markers to a player ship will display the wrong location until nearby object containers are loaded
Server Crash Ship Recovery – After a server crash, ships left on landing pads will be in an “Unknown” state, requiring a claim
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Law & Criminality – Commodities / Cargo – Stolen Cargo does not always behave as such and can sometimes be sold as legal cargo
Hull Scraping – Weapons / Inventory / Game Code – Any full salvage RMC canister attachment will not attach to a multitool in salvage mode
Ships / Vehicles – Impounded Vehicles – ASOP – Impounded ships do not finish Transferring to Storage and are no longer Retrievable
Items appear not to be removed from the player’s inventory when they sell them or hand them in to a contraband kiosk
Inventory – Equipped gear can be lost when player dies in armistice zone
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Multivehicle – Physicalized Cargo – Multiple ships either partially or entirely fail to physicalize cargo purchased to their cargo grids
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
Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
VARIANTS ONLY – Weapon / Weapon Feature – Multitool Variants display “HEALING” info regardless of attachments

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Bed log out is now blocked in landing areas

Ships and Vehicles

Updated component damage for coolers and power plants

Core Tech

Physics Optimizations
Server Performance Improvements
Further Gen12 Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed – [Character Repair] Repairing a character should stow equipped items to home location
Fixed – Leaving server session and rejoining to a new shard can make player stuck in long load loading screen at 20539 entities
Fixed – Graphics / UI – Terminals / Kiosks – Various screens, terminals and kiosks fail to load their UI and only display a black screen
Fixed – VMA – Vehicles / UI – Ship Components – When attempting to make a large number of modifications in a single use of ‘Save Changes’ to a vehicle, the Save Changes button will disappear
Fixed – mobiGlas / Missions / Contract Manager – Personal Beacons – Players cannot select their ship as a Personal Transport Beacon destination within the Beacons tab within Contract Manager
Fixed – Location – Daymar / Whistler Crypt / Physic – Walking on hills near Whistler’s Crypt can potentially kill or wound the player
Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicles – Gameplay – Explosive ordinance kills pilot through shields and hull
Fixed – SDF Shields: Glow Impacts aren’t visible anymore
Fixed – Personal Inventory – Move All – Move All functionality is failing to move armor
Fixed – No Crusader Mercenary certification missions are available for selection
Fixed – Ship bounties at derelict outposts not spawning
Fixed – Multilocation – Elevators – Elevator doors open mid-transit
Fixed – UI – ASOP terminals display 0 cargo capacity for every ship
Fixed – Locations – ArcCorp – Area 18 – Hospital – Empire Health Services hospital rooms have low or no survivable atmosphere
Fixed – Hurston – Lorville – Design / Vehicles / Locations – restricted area impounds spawned ground vehicles
Fixed – Some Missing Persons Derelict Missions are missing from the PU
Fixed – AI – AI will inconsistently have their flashlight on
Fixed – Vehicles – GravLev Vehicles Will Not Work on Water
Fixed – Multilocation / Multivehicle / Terrain – Vehicle tires sink into planet surface and are no longer able to move
Fixed – Greycat STV – Vehicles – Greycat STV maximum speed is 10 m/s lower than advertised
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Vehicles – Standing near hull wall causes the character’s attributes (Oxygen, Temperature) to act as though they were in space
Fixed – Aegis Reclaimer – Vehicles – Reclaimer Dorsal Air Lock has no collision
Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Characters / Collision – Medical Beds – Male characters will climb into the ship wall when exiting the medical bed using < W >
Fixed – Medical Screens / Actor Feature – When the player uses the “Auto Medicate” feature to heal a wound that isn’t treatable they will be given 99.99% BDL
Fixed – Drake Vulture – Hull Scraping – Vehicles / UI – The salvage convergence circles are missing in the UI after interacting with the RMC dispenser
Fixed – Ships / Vehicles / Game Code – If the Player Exits the Pilot Seat or toggles Salvage Mode while in Gimbal Mode, when they Re-Enter the Pilot Seat the ship fails to resume Gimbal Mode
Fixed – Ships – Cockpit – Actor animations – Occasionally unable to exit ship seat
Fixed – ARGO MPUV Personnel/Transport – Vehicle / Personal Inventory – The ARGO MPUV Personnel doesn’t have an Internal Inventory
Fixed – Multivehicle – Aurora Series – Physicalized Cargo – Cargo bought to the Aurora series will not display properly in grid and will clip into the vehicle
Fixed – Multi-Vehicle – Game-Wide – Bespoke size 4 missile launchers can be equipped on other ships with size 4 mount
Fixed – ANVIL Centurion – Vehicles – The interior door panel for the Centurion does not function
Fixed – Origin Jumpworks 600i Executive Edition – Vehicles / Ships – Scanning Seats are missing from the center of the ship
Fixed – Inventory / Shopping – Selling single item out of a stack will zero remaining stack weight in personal inventory
Fixed – EXPLOIT – FPS – Spamming “2” while firing a primary weapon will minimize/reduce the amount of recoil experiencing when firing
Fixed – EXPLOIT – Editing and Setting Game Config Files to ‘Read Only’ Allows Players to Set Variables Outside of Allowed Tolerances
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Mission Content / UI – “Inmate Maintenance Opportunity” oxygen kiosk mission doesn’t show objective
Fixed – ArcCorp – Area18 – Art / Graphics / Characters / Locations – Male NPC character can be seen walking around with ReplaceMe trousers
Fixed – mobiGlas- UI – The Pressure UI readings are not displaying correctly
Fixed – AC – Squadron Battle – End game score is being multiplied by a large amount
Fixed – MISC Starfarer – UI / Kiosk / Ship to Ship Refueling – Kiosk displays 0 scu of fuel transferred upon successful refueling