Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.24.2

Alpha Patch 3.24.2 has been released to Evocati, and is now available to test!   Patch should now show: VERSION 3.24.2-PTU.9351284.

Characters in this new environment have been built from Long Term Persistence(LTP) data.

Currently with LTP, certain player states such as personal hangar layout, custom characters, and in-game purchased consumables are not saved between releases which will cause some items to be lost in the next update.

Audience: Evocati Only

Server Info: PTU Channel – US Only

Long Term Persistence: Enabled

Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Shard Player Count: 100

The current build is under NDA (Talking about features and testing is allowed but no sharing of game video, screenshots, audio, files, or accounts outside of Evocati)

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 3.24.0 environment when creating IC reports while the builds are Evocati only

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/Feedback Focus

Stability & BugfixesVehicle HUD & MFD ReworkNew Character Creator DNA Faces, Beards, Tattoos, and HairNew Acidic and Rock Cave SystemsFlight Tuning and Archetype Balance (Ongoing during PTU)New Arena Commander Updates

Known Issues

Please set your spawn to Area18 for this test or you will have a bad time getting out of the city!

We have a temporary cvar set that will help with ships falling through hangar elevators when lifting them up. This will be a little weird and teleporty but should help until a full fix is in.

Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Locations / Physics – Ships fall through hangar elevator platform on retrieval resulting in being stuck under hangarPU – Stanton – ASOP / Fleet Manager / UI – ASOP terminal screen will be stuck on the getting vehicle list screen until terminal times outPU – Stanton – Locations / Transit / Hangars – Some elevators have greyed out panels and do not respond when calledMultivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Collision – All vehicles clip through planet terrain when player exits the pilot seatPU – Stanton – Online Services / mobiGlas / commLink – Players are unable to receive updates to their Friends ListPU – Multivehicle – Quantum Travel / mobiGlas / Star Map – Unable to plot a route to obstructed destinationPU – Stanton – Missions / UI – Mission Objectives are missing from multiple UI elementsMultivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Ship Refuel – MISC Starfarer is not refuelling other shipsPU – Harvestables – Game Code / Planet Tech / Mining – Planets and Moons have no Harvestables/MineablesMultivehicle – PU – Resource Network – Mining and Salvage heads throttles default to 0PU – Stanton – Multivehicle – Vehicles / MFDS / UI – Scanning MFD reverts to Ready to Scan after scanning ships with no cargo stored (STARC-130414)Gatac Syluen – PU – Vehicles / Elevator – Syulen is missing the internal elevator (STARC-130168)Carrack bottom right MFD has no display (STARC-130157)

Features & Gameplay

Ships and Vehicles

Salvage and Mining will now function while in NAV modeVehicle Experience Weapons Tuning: Reduced damage of all cannon ammo by 10%

Weapons and Items

Multi-tool UI Updates

To make the Tractor UI more legible and usable with the new, non-Aim Down Sight (ADS) system, we added new indicators to distinguish between Traversal (LMB) and Detachment (RMB) modes.

– Traversal (LMB): 4-arrows moving icon

– Detachment (RMB): Chain link icon

Bug Fixes

Fixed – Stanton – PU – Resource Network – Ships / Vehicles / UI / Weapons / Ship Components – There is no option to Power on EMP’sFixed – Anvil Carrack – PU – Vehicles/Elevator – Carrack is missing internal elevatorsFixed – PU – Stanton – microTech – New Babbage – Locations / UI – Elevator panels at the MT Metroloop leading to the NBIS Spaceport have missing text and buttonsFixed – PU – Stanton – Landing Zone (LZ) – New Babbage – Locations / Transit – Tram is misaligned with terminal causing gap that can trap and kill players entering/exiting carriageFixed – Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / UI – Vehicle altitude meter remains on the vehicle HUD after leaving atmosphereFixed – Multivehicle – PU – Stanton – Vehicles / UI / HUD – Target interaction on radar spheres does not update on target screenFixed – Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Ground Vehicles / UI / MFD – Resource Network – ground vehicles MFD power management screens are showing 0 power and missing all columnsFixed – PU – Character Customizer – UI – STYLING – TATTOOS – switching to Advanced mode will hide the last row of library headFixed – PU – Stanton – Multivehicle – Vehicles / UI / MFDS – The MFD communications list is blank when friend is shown online in mobiGlasFixed – PU – Character Customizer – Female – STYLING – PIERCINGS – many of the right eyebrows piercings clip into skinFixed – MultiVehicle – PU – Vehicle / UI – Guns (ALL) Group can have guns disabled, still shows as Guns (ALL) when cycled toFixed – PU – Stanton – Rock Caves / Acid Caves – Locations / Graphics – Cave entrances have very noticeable LoD transitionsFixed – PU – Stanton – Multivehicle – Vehicles / MFDS / UI – The Scanning MFD screen has missing categories for the scanned targetFixed – Vanguard – Lead PIP calculation is wrong and appears in wrong position when aiming for hits against Vanguards (STARC-130405)Fixed – PU – Stanton – Shopping – Art / UI / Locations – Item Cards for Shelf Items are not displaying correctly, doubled text/UI elements (STARC-130094)Fixed – PU – Stanton – Hurston – Acid Caves – Locations / Collision / Art – There is a section of large Acid Caves that is not accessibleFixed – PU – Stanton – Rest Stop (R&R) – Pyro Gateway – Locations / Cargo – Freight Elevator – Cargo Grid is offset making some spaces on the freight elevator unusable (STARC-130257)Fixed – Origin 400i ship cockpit is too bright for HUD/MFD visibilityFixed – Spawned Freelance Max and left engine missing (STARC-129840)Fixed – Starmap route button not showing the route for the selected marker after hovering a different markerFixed – Starmap route button not correctly updating when selecting a location from the search listFixed – Vehicles – Mantis interior doesn’t have atmosphere near the nose while sitting in the seatFixed – Vehicles – Mantis lift missing control panelsFixed – MaxLift Tractor Beam – PU – Weapon / UI – Text elements on the back-weapon screen of the MaxLift Tractor Beam are stretched out of proportion (STARC-130293)Fixed – SC – Facial Hair – Male/Female – Universal Stubble – Does not change color when no beard is attachedFixed – Stanton – PU – Resource Network – Ships / Vehicles / UI – Combined Power Management Pips only Toggle when Selecting the Top Pip

Technical

Fixed 9 Client CrashesFixed 11 Server CrashesFixed a Server Deadlock