Star Citizen Alpha 3.19.0 EPTU.8447572 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.19.0 has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.19.0-PTU.8447572.

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 IndustriesStarCitizenPTU.

Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Disabled
Starting aUEC: 1,000,000

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.

Testing Focus

As with all major new releases, we are looking to see what the stability is once we get this out onto the PTU with you all. If we determine this build is far too unstable to remain we may take this build down after a short while until after we resolve the stability issues. Our goal is to be able to leave this build up over the weekend though!

General Stability
Lorville Skyline 2.0
Salvage Contract Missions
Mining Balance v01

Coming soon!

These features are in partial states and will not a testing focus. Please do not report bug or feedback until added as a full feature. Thank you!

Tractor Beam – T0.5 – Item Attaching and Detaching (Not Ready for Testing and Feedback)
Ghost Hollow Reclaimer PVP Mission (Not Ready for Testing and Feedback)
Mining Balancing v01(Not Ready for Testing and Feedback)

Known Issues

All shops missing sales inventory
Store kiosks won’t populate locations if certain ships are stored
Players are able to interact with Salvage objective ships
Orison Crusader Showroom elevator is missing roof option
AC – PTU/LIVE – WaitForPlayerSpawn Connection Timeout
Aegis Reclaimer – Stanton – Ships / Vehicles – Ship Features – Reclaimer has no rear Elevator interaction from ship exterior
Aegis Reclaimer – All Variants – Stanton – Reclaimer main on-elevator control panels do not respond to input
ARGO MOLE – Stanton – Vehicles / UI – The interaction prompts for ALL mining turrets are easy to miss/in unintuitive locations for players
Cargo – Cargo Boxes Cannot Be Moved After Being Placed On Cargo Grid
Refinery Kiosk – Minerals Cannot Be Refined. All Processes Result in “Something went wrong (Error code:20)
CNOU HoverQuad – Vehicles / Locations – The vehicle spawns slightly stuck in the ground
Global – UI – 21:9 resolution – Hints do not appear when loading into universe on an Ultra Wide setting
Multivehicle – Stanton – UI / Vehicles / Mining – Mining UI is appearing in Low Resolution
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Stanton – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Shard – Shards can fail to load after a crash / restart with a “RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED” error during QueryZoneHosts
Stanton – Actor Feature – Greycat Multitool / RMC Canister – Issues with RMC Canister reload behavior
Stanton – AI / FPS – Enemy combat AI is slow to respond or react
Stanton – Ghost hollow – Reclaimer PVP Mission / Game code / Mission Feature – Extraction terminals cannot be interacted with before and after the comms array has been de-activated
Stanton – Locations – Aberdeen – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Missions – Ursa rovers can sometimes spawn under the garages, preventing prisoner escape
Stanton – Locations – ArcCorp / Crusader – Area18 / Orison – Core Tech / Transit Systems – The Trams are out of sync with the station timers, causing trams to overlap or not appear on time
Stanton – Multilocation/Multivehicle – Shopping – Store kiosks won’t populate locations if certain ships are stored
Stanton – Multitool – FPS Hull Scraping – The Salvage attachment has the VFX of the tractor beam and does not function
Stanton – Security Post Kareah – Mission Content / Art – VisArea – Contraband screens have a visarea issue
Stanton – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning ships causes the requested ship to spawn outside of the hangars
Stanton – Shopping – Area 18 – Pharmacy Kiosk – Buying Pharmacy Items at Empire Health results in “Invalid Location” error
Stanton – Yela – Grim Hex – Mission Giver – AI / Missions – Wallace Klim becomes stuck under the floor near the hangars after being streamed out and streamed back in

New Features

Gameplay

Mission – Salvage Contracts – T0

Addition of Salvage Contracts to the PU. This new contract called the Salvage Resource Rush is a mission where a faction or mission giver requests the scrapping of a derelict or husk in their possession, either on the ground at a junkyard or in space in a debris field. Players accepting the mission are tasked to scrap the derelict to the best of their ability and sell the RCM to a shop. Once the player is finished with the scrapping of the derelict, they can complete the mission in their MobiGlass.
This mission will have three variations:
- Lawful: a lawful mission giver or organization requests the scrapping of a derelict. The location is secured by the organization with orbital sentries or Centurions.
- Lawless: a mission giver requests the scrapping of a derelict. The location is not secured in any way, risk of being raided by pirates is present.
- Unlawful: an unlawful mission giver or organization asks for the salvage of a recent battle, which is not accessible to civilians/cordoned off. The location is secured by hostile orbital sentries or Centurions.

Feature Updates

Locations

Lorville Skyline 2.0

The major reworking the Lorville skyline to better fit the scale of the city and its distinctive buildings. The goal is to create the visual identity for the high-end, low-end, and generic branding of the city skyline and add navigational signage around the landing zone.
Moved location of Area18 ASOP Terminals closer to the hangar elevators

Gameplay

Reduced/Rebalanced of the ship weapons, missiles, and ship components that are currently sold in Reststops and LEOs
Temporarily removed Claim Jumpers missions for 3.19

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Client – Crash – Crash Handler – If the client crashes, it does not prompt a crash handler for the player
Fixed – Multivehicle / All Planets – GFX – There are frequent pockets of extremely low client FPS performance in LZs and ships
Fixed – GrimHEX – Hangars – Player asphyxiates if not wearing a helmet in Hangar 13
Fixed – UI / Actor – EVA changes can cause distortion and artifacts in the UI
Fixed – 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
Fixed – UI – mobiGlas – Home Screen / moTrader – Economy – Commodity Kiosk – aUEC balances are not synchronized to players after making transactions in-game
Fixed – Salvage / Hull Scraping – Crusader C2 Hercules – Some sections of the hull are exceedingly difficult/impossible to salvage
Fixed – Anvil Carrack – Stanton – Ships – Art / GFX – The bottom turret glass on the Carrack is difficult to see out of
Fixed – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – Merlin will not undock from Constellation
Fixed – Mission Content – Delivery / Collection – The local multi pickup and multi drop off missions are not available to players
Fixed – FPS / Locations – Elevators stop bullets from doing damage when passing through open door
Fixed – Player / Actor – Personal Inventory – UI – Network – Unable to Equip/Unequip a helmet
Fixed – Actor Feature – Body dragging/dropping – Cannot drop a dead body while dragging it
Fixed – Ships – Art – Paint – Paints do not have their designated names or descriptions applied to them
Fixed – Drake Vulture – 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 – Ship parts can be “Duplicated” when repairing a ship with no parts.
Fixed – Insurance – Economy / VMA – Ships – Multiple Components – Player-purchased vehicle components overwritten in claimed vehicle loadout cannot be sold or equipped
Fixed – Multivehicle – Locations – Medical Bay Bed and Screen Obstruction in Hangars
Fixed – BEHR P6-LR Sniper Rifle and GMNI A03 missing from Star Marine Loadout Customizer
Fixed – Star Marine Multiplayer – Last Stand – visarea / portal Issue appears stopping the view of the level
Fixed – Ships – Art – Reversed text can be seen on the Pisces cockpit overhead light
Fixed – Mining Gadgets – the Optimax mining gadget does not modify resistance
Fixed – Vehicles / UI – Greycat STV speedometer is off-centre within its window
Fixed – Mission Content / Game Code – Delivery – More boxes spawn in than need to be delivered
Fixed – Mining – Game Code / Ships / Vehicles / Weapons – Deposits Shattered at Optimal Range cause Damage to the Players Ship
Fixed – Vehicles/Salvage – Filler Station Crafting – UI – EXPLOIT – Players are able to craft a free multitool from the Filler Station
Fixed – Design / Mission / Locations – Failed Negotiations – The Disable Gravity Prompt is Unresponsive
Fixed – Drake Cutter – Player will start to suffocate when exiting the ship bed after using “lie down”
Fixed – Global – AI – Social AI – AI walking in place