Star Citizen Alpha 3.21.0 PTU.8734135 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.21.0

Alpha Patch 3.21.0 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.21.0-PTU.8734135.

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 Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\PTU. The Shader folders can be found here C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Star Citizen.

Audience: All Backers
Database Reset: Yes
Server Regions: US/EU
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing Focus

Ground Vehicle Handling Polish
New Legal/Illegal Mission: Retrieve Consignment
New Illegal Mission: Kareah – Steal Evidence
Repel Raid on Orison
New Crusader Platforms
Driver Remote Turret QoL Improvements

Known Issues

Please note: Crash handler is currently not functioning but please keep submitting as this will get a fix shortly!
UI / Menus – Controls – Keybindings – The Default Preset Images for the keyboard and gamepad control schemes do not match what is bound by default
PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
MISC Hull C – PU – Vehicles – Can’t undock the Hull-C
PU – Crusader / Orison – Locations / Transit – It’s possible for turn gates to not open preventing players from entering shuttles
PU – Art – Items / Character / Textures – Multiple clothes / armor / undersuit variants lost color / using the default base color
PU – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Ships / Ship Components / Weapons – Laser Repeater occasionally stops firing but still consumes ammo
Hull C – Spawn / Cargo / LEO – Hull C with cargo can spawn extended in a large Hangar instead of Docking Port
Stanton – Multivehicle – RSI Constellation Series – Ship Feature – Snub Ship clips through Constellation variants in vertical position when retrieved from ASOP
PU – Stanton – Area18/GrimHex – Locations / Inventory / Respawn – Player loses loadout after dying in the armistice zone
Stanton – Actor – Personal Inventory – Right click item interaction menu cannot be closed once opened
PU – Stanton – AI / Locations – Combat AI will teleport / pop in combat
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Actor Feature – Medical / Respawn – Cannot respawn on a ship that has streamed out
Room System / Actor / Locations – Room System does not protect player actor from extreme weather conditions in Lorville Interiors
Vehicles – Players and items can fall through the bottom deck of the Redeemer
Reclaimer – Vehicles – Stanton – Reclaimer bridge elevator interaction missing
Vehicles / GFX – Client FPS will drop as long as players are inside of the cockpit of the Drake Cutlass series
The Carrack’s main elevator will get locked in place and begin to spin indefinitely after spamming the floors for a few minutes
Landing Pads – Multivehicle / Shopping – Refuel, repair, and rearm services unavailable when landed
Stanton – AI – Mission Giver – Wallace Klim is not visible at his location in Grim Hex

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Ground Vehicle Physics Updates

We’ve done a full polish pass on ground vehicles handling.

Remote Turret Updates

Added Stages to Turret Zoom: None, Current Zoom, 2x Current Zoom.

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Vehicles / Shopping – ARGO RAFT is unable to collect refinery orders
Fixed – PU – Vehicles / UI – Flight HUD / Vehicle Components – Counter Measures – The Caterpillar is missing flare and chaff countermeasures
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Locations – Missing interiors in landing zones
Fixed – EVA Movement – When colliding in Zero G, your character’s view gets stuck wiggling, causing mouse movement to become disabled
Fixed – PU – Cargo / ATC – Excessive ATC Cargo communication while loading or unloading Hull-C
Fixed – AI – Social AI – Animation – NPCs that lean are facing the wrong direction when performing the animation
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Entities – Monitored Zones – Entering a monitored zone jammer and then exiting it, you will not be monitored
Fixed – Stanton – AI – Mission Giver – Wallace Klim is not visible at his location in Grim Hex
AC – Fixed an issue where players would get stuck “Searching for Match” while match cycling
Fixed – AC – Lobby – Accepting an invite multiple times puts the lobby into a bad state
Fixed – AC – Control – UI – Security Post Kareah UI objective markers consistently shaking