Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0 PTU.8387153 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8387153 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test!

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
Server Region: US/EU/AUS/ASIA
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
Platform Assault on Orison
Security Post Kareah Reactivation
Courier Delivery Missions Update
Sandbox Prison Activities
Drake Vulture
Sand Caves
Daymar Crash Site
Stanton Racetrack Locations
Greycat PTV Race Track
New Rivers (40 New Rivers on Hurston and microTech)
Additional Derelict Outposts
Restricted Areas v3
Arena Commander Quality of Life Updates

Known Issues

Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
DNA Character Customizer – Blend Head selection – Default Character starts with dark complexion which reverts once altered and persists if not altered
UI – Quantum Travel – Markers Will Randomly Disappear After Quantum Travel With No Route Set
Aegis Reclaimer – All Variants – Reclaimer main on-elevator control panels do not respond to input
RSI Constellation Multivariant – Vehicles / Ships / Docking – The snub fighter lacks interaction prompts to enter it, making it unusable
Actor – Inventory – Equipped Ammo Clips Fall Off the Player
Multivehicle – Audio – Missing Audio/SFX with QT travel
Scanning not showing advanced statistics and details
Salvaging – Some ship wreckages erroneously give “No Material” text and do not let you salvage
Vehicles/IFCS – When flying near another ship, ship seems to hit an invisible box that kicks it in random directions
Actor Feature / Law – Respawn – If a player is placed into Klescher after being rescued with a crime stat, the player is respawned in the facility still incapacitated
Ship / Commodity Trading / Cargo Inventory – Selling some of the cargo while the vehicle is stored cause the cargo to show at max inventory capacity
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
Law & Criminality – Commodities / Cargo – Stolen Cargo does not behave as such and can be sold as legal cargo if the ship with the cargo is stored
Ships – Cockpit – Actor animations – Occasionally unable to exit ship seat
Locations – Transit – Elevators – Players can fall through Elevators
Multiple Locations – ASOP Terminal / Ships – When storing a ship, the ASOP terminal will set the ship status to “Claim” instead of “Retrieve.”

Feature Update

Gameplay

Reduced large/rare salvage derelict spawn probabilities

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Locations – Landing area is offset from the Hangar floor preventing item clean up when streamed out
Fixed – Entitlements – Klesher Inmate Worksuite in inventory after patch
Fixed – Network – Desychronization / Stall – Streaming locations during quantum travel can cause server-wide lag spikes for all clients
Fixed – Locations – Core Tech / Transit Systems – The Trams are out of sync with the station timers, causing trams to overlap or not appear on time
Fixed – Self-destructing multiple ships full of cargo in the same area can severely drop server and client performance