Star Citizen Alpha 3.21.1 PTU.8876586 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.21.1

Alpha Patch 3.21.1 has been released to the EPTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.21.1-PTU.8876586.

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: Up To Wave 4 Testers
Database Reset: Yes
Server Regions: US/EU
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing Focus

Tonight on the PTU we will be running the Expo Halls as well as Jump Town tonight for around 10 hours starting around 6pm CST

System – Security – Ship Trespass
Mission – Defend – Data Heist
New Player Experience – New Babbage
Vehicle Headlight Refactor
Tractor Beam – T2 – Vehicle Tractor Beam
Crusader C1 Spirit
ARGO SRV
FPS AI Behavior Integration
Siege of Orison Global Event Re-Activation

Known Issues

TRACKING – AC – Vanduul Swarm – Broken Moon – No hostile AI spawn
PU – Lorville – Shopping – Kiosks – Shops do not have any items in their inventory (fixed in later build)
Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – Prison / Mining / Multitool – There is a chance you won’t be able to mine or scan the rock with your Multitool while mining to reduce prison sentence
PU – Orison – Stratus – Art / Graphics / Locations – Visarea causes the Stratus elevator’s interior/upper floor to not be visible
PU – Rental Kiosk / ASOP Kiosk – After Renting a ship and letting the rent timer expire. A couple of ships or rows will not be visible at the ASOP.
PU – Stanton – AI / Mission Content – UGF AI falling through the stairs / floor
PU – Stanton – Locations / Elevators – Grimhex elevators kill players when entering them from the Main Concourse level
Argo SRV – PU – Vehicles / Insurance Claim – Argo SRV insurance claim is abnormally short
PU – Stanton – Ships – ASOP Terminal – Spawning specific ships will cause them to spawn outside of Hangars
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles – When docking at a station the docking arm will not extend
PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
PU – Stanton – New Babbage – NPE – Locations/Design – The player will be stuck in their hab’s bed if they restart the tutorial by quitting to main menu whilst dead, blocking flow
Crusader Spirit A1 – PU – Vehicles / Weapons / Components – Missiles – When the Spirit A1 is travelling at high speed, a fired bomb can rip through the ramp and body of the ship and severely damage the ship
PU – Stanton – Hurston – Lorville – Locations / Design / AI – Security AI are missing from Teasa Spaceport Customs area
Anvil Lightning F8C ALL Variants – Vehicles / EVA – Using EVA to fly into the Cockpit during Zero G will cause the player to gain gravity and fall into the Cockpit
Stanton – Backend Services – Service Beacons – After service beacon is abandoned / canceled / declined, player will be unable to receive or accept other service beacons
PU – Stanton – Locations / UI – AR Marker showing your assigned hangar does not appear
PU – Mission Content – Retrieve Consignment – Datapad is blank / no code is displayed

Feature Updates

Gameplay

Rebalanced Defend missions along with adding new AI activities and traits and balancing the rewards
Turning on shields in a ship while being tractored will now break the ship free from the tractor beam
Slightly Increased Reputation Requirements for ‘Retrieval Ops’ mission

Ships and Vehicles

Increased the Speed and Torque of the Greycat STV

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that was causing players to desync while going into EVA and appear in multiple places at once or become invisible
Fixed an issue causing spacesuit EVA thrusters to sometimes remain on while while walking around outside of EVA
Fixed an issue causing many details and decals to be shown in low resolution textures
Fixed – Stanton – Lorville – Metro Center/Teasa Spaceport Train – Audio SFX – Lorville train missing sound effects
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Hurston – Lorville – Locations / Graphics – transit station platform doors are opaque
Fixed an issue causing Vehicle Tractor Beam VFX going through ship hulls
Fixed – ARGO SRV – PU – Vehicles – Refuelling – Unable to dock with Misc Starfarer for refuelling
Fixed – ARGO SRV – PU – Animation / Vehicles – Landing gear doors close before landing gear is fully retracted
Fixed – PU – MaxLift Tractor Beam – Interactables / Tractor Beam / UI – The 2-handed dedicated tractor beam tool cannot be interacted when dropped within armistice area
Fixed – PU – Tractor Beam / Physics – Multiple Active Tractor or Tow beams on the same object can make it float without an active tractor beam on it
Fixed quantum not failing correctly when towing beam is detached mid quantum
Fixed – Anvil Ballista – PU – Vehicles / VFX / Lighting – Headlight light entity is floating in front of the light fixture and emits light when disabled
Fixed – PU – Vehicles / UI – Ship Trespass – “PRIVATE PROPERTY” UI text remains after reloading from main menu after trespassing on another player’s ship
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Mission Content / mobiGlas / UI – NPE – “Welcome to the ‘Verse” Journal entry gets copied every time the player restarts NPE without leaving Hab
Fixed – PU – Stanton – Mission Content – NPE – Selecting the ‘Carry’ prompt to drink the water will not progress the mission