Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.0e PTU.7203937 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Patch 3.13.0e

Alpha Patch 3.13.0e has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.13.0-PTU.7203937.

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 Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\PTU.

Database Reset: NO
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

The current build is under NDA

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

Cave Entrances
FPS Cave Missions
Ship to Ship Docking
Reputation UI
New Quantum Sensitive and Timed Delivery Missions
Pushables T0
Mounted Guns
Ship Naming
Force Reactions – Staggers
Cyclone MT

The current build has respawn location selection turned on when joining a server for testing due to location issues.

Known Issues

Player begins suffocating on respawn with no oxygen which persists through death
Customized loadouts are reset to default when the ship’s name is changed
Contacts disappear from list after relaunching client and further sent/received requests from those contacts are not seen.
Viewing reputation while in a ship will cause UI to mess up
Multiple functions are broken on the Front End
Many UI Displays/functionality stops after launching the client a 2nd time
On landing pads, trolleys are unable to be pushed / pulled up the entryway / cargo ramp, or elevator ramps.
Leaving a trolley in a door way will clip through the floor erratically and can kill players
Docking with a moving ship lags behind, causing a large snap into the docked position
Docked merlin enter interactions don’t show when constellation is moving
Mounting weapon while holding a grenade will cause the player to enter a broken state upon exiting via interaction mode during low FPS

Feature Updates

Locations

New Asteroids
Replacements for the asteroids currently used in the Stanton system using the new organic asset workflow. These new astroids can currently be found scattered around lagrange points

New Features

Gameplay

Final balance pass on passive mining modules 
Performance and Polish pass for SDF shields 
Updated Bounty missions to be more equally spread about available mission locations 
Updated multiple missions to include more specific location information 
Updated law system to prevent griefing where players position themselves over a ship taking off/landing to be willingly run over and give the pilot a crime stat

Ship and Vehicles

Added Mercury Star Runner to in game shops 
Added Talon and Shrike into in game shops 
Added Nomad into in game shops 
Increased in-game price of Esperia Prowler to be more in line with ships of similar role/size

Weapons and Items

Added Drake Buccaneer Spinal Mount Turret to in game shops and AC rentals

Major Bug Fixes

Players should no longer get stuck on a black screen when respawning in the PU
Attempting to dock with the Constellation ships should now trigger correctly
Fixed an issue that was causing very fast areas of flashing lights after a ship is destroyed
Fixed an issue causing Players to be unable to spawn ships at Multiple Locations ASOP Terminals
Character reset should now correctly reset items as intended
Players should now be able to interact and sit on the seats in the New Babbage train
Fixed an issue causing AI ships to get stuck circling the player without firing
Fixed an issue causing Close and Long Range FoIP animations to not visible to other players
Fixed an issue causing Players hands to not raise when staggered into a wall
Players should now correctly receive a force reaction when having a trolley pushed into them
Fixed an issue causing multiple trolleys to have incorrect grips when walking with the trolley
Fixed the player flopping into the prone animation when exiting from EVA after being knocked back into zero-g
Fixed an issue causing thrown objects to not follow their trajectory line
Elevator Location display should no longer show an incorrect current floor location
Hurston and Crusader bounty hunter intro missions should now progress correctly to further bounty missions
Mined rock deposits should no longer shatter violently, causing them to be flung far away, during a controlled shatter
Fixed an issue causing ships to not be able to lower landing gear when they have a target selected
Fixed an issue causing the the player’s exit animation to shift forward when exiting the Cyclone vehicles
Players should now be able to exit the Gladius in Zero-G
MISC Freelancer MIS rear ramp interaction should no longer be missing
Fixed an issue causing the rear landing gear do not properly deploy on the Argo Mole
Fixed an issue causing the rear landing gear to not properly deploy on the Aegis Eclipse
P72 Archimedes should no longer be missing its nose landing gear
Players should no longer be able to clip into the Cutlass bunk bed and become stuck
Players are now able to perform takedowns on other players using the mounted turrets
Fixed an issue that could cause players to get stuck to Stationary turrets after using Interaction Mode to exit
Fixed an issue that allowed players to interact with / fire mounted guns from the front
Attempting to open the MobiGlas during the animation of gripping the mounted guns will no longer result in the gun becoming unusable and the player will be unable to move away
Fixed an issue that allowed an escaped player to be able to put minerals mined on the exterior in their inventory and then log out and back in to spawn in prison with the minerals still in their inventory
Fixed an issue on the Behring FS-9 Ballistic LMG iron sights having a very distracting and high glow amount