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Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0k EPTU.8312268 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0k has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8312268.

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\EPTU.

Server Region: Us Only
Database Reset: Yes
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Pledge Copy: Enabled
Starting aUEC: Yes

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.

Bed Logout v1 for PES is now active. Current Design setup: The ‘Log out’ interaction is currently only available if you are the only actor in the ship. When you log out the ship and player are instantly stowed.
New Character Repair tool is now active on the PTU website for testing. https://ptu.cloudimperiumgames.com/account/reset

Testing Focus

  • Physicalized Cargo Refactor
  • Salvage – Hull Scraping
  • Platform Assault on Orison
  • Security Post Kareah Reactivation
  • Courier Delivery Missions Update
  • Sandbox Prison Activities
  • Sand Caves
  • Daymar Crash Site
  • Stanton Racetrack Locations
  • Greycat PTV Race Track
  • New Rivers

Known Issues

  • Please avoid Arena Commander in this build as it will cause crashes!
  • Character Customizer – Stuck on “Saving Character” on the Front End menu after the first time joining PU
  • Multivehicle – VMA – Vehicles / Ship Components / UI – Unable to customize any ship within the Vehicle Loadout Manager
  • External Inventory – Loot Boxes will Eventually Load Indefinitely
  • Load / Location – More than one player can load into a habitat bed at the same time
  • Transit – Elevators and Trams are “Jittery” during transit of Player Character
  • UI / Vehicle HUD – It is possible for the Vehicle HUD to vanish for the player during flight and combat
  • Orison – Mission Content / Locations – A hostile AI is stuck inside a wall at HMR-A and one hostile appears missing at BWD-G for Bounty Assignment: Neal Garrison mission
  • Inventory / Loot Boxes – Loot Boxes will Disappear on Approach or after Opening

Feature Updates

Gameplay

  • Commdoity Shop – Adjusted Styling for Amount Slider

Core Tech

  • Network and Server Performance Optimizations

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed – Soft Death – Vehicles – Vehicles in Soft Death are not affected by restricted areas
  • Fixed – DRAKE Cutlass Series – Ship Features – Interactables – The Interior ramp switch for the Red and Blue have no interaction
  • Fixed – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Ships / UI – Multiple Drake Interplanetary Ships have no HUD
  • Fixed – Drake Herald – Ship – The Drake Herald ladder does not work during the door open / close or entering and exiting the ship animation.
  • Fixed – Hull Scraping – FPSHullScraping / UI – No progress bar for RMC container being filled up or Salvageable Hull going down
  • Fixed – Actor Feature / PES Ship Bed Logout – Actor state server / client mismatch after logging back into a ship bed
  • Fixed – Multivehicle – Soft Kill / Soft Death – Destroying or Ejecting from a Soft Killed ship covers the ship in a large blur
  • Fixed – Stanton / AC – Vehicles – The Argo Raft’s elevator controls cannot be interacted with from either deck
  • Fixed – microTech – Planets – Moons – Euterpe has missing ground assets across the entire surface
  • Fixed – Law / Props – Controlled substance in cargo doesn’t trigger a misdemeanor infraction when security scans the player
  • Fixed – Trade Terminal splash screen contains classname

Technical

  • Fixed 3 Client Crashes
  • Fixed 5 Server Crashes

Patch News

Patch Watch

Guide

New ship & vehicle

Patch List

EVOCATI

WAVE 1

WAVE 2

OPEN PTU

LIVE

3.18.1 OPEN PTU

3.18.1 LIVE

3.18.2 OPEN PTU

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