Star Citizen Alpha 3.18.0g EPTU.8305317 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.18.0g has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.18.0-PTU.8305317.

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 FilesRoberts Space IndustriesStarCitizenEPTU.

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.

Testing Focus

This new build has additional work to stow player entities cross shard if it is unable to unstow the player from the previous one. If you could please wait 4-5 minutes if it stays loading for a long time this should be enough time for it to detect and unstow from the other shard.

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

Character Customizer – Stuck on “Saving Character” on the Front End menu after the first time joining PU
PES – Core Tech – Characters not properly stowed after logout ; able to be observed while not logged in by other accounts
Multivehicle – VMA – Vehicles / Ship Components / UI – Unable to customize any ship within the Vehicle Loadout Manager
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
Derelict – Missing Salvage Wrecks
UI / Vehicle HUD – It is possible for the Vehicle HUD to vanish for the player during flight and combat
Stanton – Interactions – Terminals are not responsive and some are not resetting
Performance – 3rd person Camera – Massive stutter when using external view / F4 view for first time
The Corsair does not respond to either Expand Configuration or Retract Configuration bindings
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

Time Trials
Improve Time Trial checkpoint tracking for low server framerates. UEC Reward rework for T0.

Prison Activities Polish

Updated the shop values for contraband kiosk to be set too ‘buy’, changed prisoner loot values, updated the reward for 02 repair kiosk mission and updated contraband kiosk setup.

Ships and Vehicles

Increased shield down delay from 5 to 10 seconds

Core Tech

Additional Gen12 3.18.0 VFX Optimizations

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue causing many quickbuy transactions to fail
Fixed – Missions – Bounty Hunter – PvP Bounty does not complete if the target suicides after being downed
Fixed – Multivehicle – Gameplay – Shield Bypass/Misalignment/Hull damage through the shield by energy weapons
Fixed – SM/AC – Loadout / Ship Customization – Loadout save not functional in Arena Commander
Fixed – Design / Locations – Loot boxes are missing from the interior of Kareah
Fixed – Inventory / Shopping – Items looted from corpses cannot be sold to kiosks
Fixed – Items / Art / UI – mobiGlas – Icon names persist after player moves cursor off them
Fixed – Performance – Client will stall for the player for a moment after interacting with kiosks
Fixed – Locations / Collision – Player can get stuck in their bed when loading back into game after a crash
Fixed – Orison TDD commodity kiosks are still on the old UI
Fixed – Drake Vulture – Hull Scraping – Vehicles / UI – Cargo and Vehicle Hull bars remain empty when salvaging
Fixed – Vehicle / MFD – Anvil Centurion shows as having 5 missiles in weapon MFD
Fixed – KLWE scope optic has no crosshair
Fixed – Corsair only shows 2 shield faces
Fixed – Ships / Vehicles – Storing ships at a non-home location will result in a locked state, “Transferring to Storage”
Fixed – Mission Content / Locations – Hacking – Comm Array missions fail to find locker to pick up hacking chip
Fixed – Infiltrate on Orison – getting CrimeStat when Greycat destroyed on Inspiration Park platforms
Fixed – Aegis Eclipse – Vehicles / UI – Flight HUD is not present on the Aegis Eclipse
Fixed – Vehicles / Locations – Small ships prioritize spawning inside of larger size hangars at Lorville Spaceport
Fixed – The ‘Grab’ Inner Thought Prompt / Interaction prompt, is no longer be present upon dropping Interactables from the Inventory a 2nd time
Fixed – Caterpillar Derelicts – AI/Design/Locations – AI spawn requests keep firing up, sending new AI wave through the spawn closets every few seconds
Fixed – Klescher Rehabilitation Facility – AI – AI located in the prison mines have strange pathing
Fixed – When respawning or starting a new match from a previous one in Arena Commander, character can spawn in a “black out” state without any input
Fixed – Crusader – CRU-L2 – Design / Locations – CRU-L2 is missing from the Stanton system
Fixed – Sand Cave – Graphics / Lighting / Locations – The Cubemaps within the entrance of the Sand Caves appear to not be picking up the sun static shadows
Fixed – Lorville Gateways – Art / Graphics / Locations – ReplaceMe textures seen on the ground near the first corner of the Lorville racetrack

Technical

Server Performance Improvements
Fixed 8 Client Crashes
Fixed 7 Server Crashes
Fixed Multiple GPU crashes
Arena Command crash on load fixes

Repair tool is replacing the old reset option on the site.

Once the repair is complete, the following will happen:
Your playing avatar will be re-created.
Your spawn point will be reset.
You will need to re-customize your character.
Inventories, items, currencies, mission progress will persist.