#sc-patch-notes

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:jack_o_lantern: (Mánadagr) We are currently putting together a new 4.4.0 build for an Evocati publish later today. We are also testing a new Tech-Preview build for a potential Evocati engineering test tomorrow

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(Evocati PTU NDA) Star Citizen Alpha 4.4 PTU 10607776 Patch Notes

Audience: Evocati Only (Standard ETF NDA)

Server Info: PTU Channel - US Only

Build: 4.4.0-PTU.10607776

Mesh Configuration: 6:2:2:600

Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Long Term Persistence: Enabled

Testing/Feedback Focus

  • Stability & Bugfixes
  • Nyx / Levski / Delamar
  • Cross System Hauling

Known Issues

  • PU - Nyx - Jump Point Stations - Locations / Art / Design / Hangar - Instanced hangars are staying closed when requested
  • PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / ASOP Terminal / Fleet Manager - Vehicles are in claim state upon retrieving
  • PU - Nyx - Delamar - Levski - Locations - UI / Quantum Travel - Vehicles - mobiGlas / Starmap - Levski Quantum Travel marker is not present and can’t be travelled to
  • PU - Multi-System - Locations / Starmap / Quantum Travel - Quantum Markers for Pyro-Nyx Jump Point and nearby Rest Stop Station are not visible
  • Stall / Freeze - Client - PU - Multisystem - Locations - Commodity Kiosk / TDD - Client will freeze / stall when accessing Commodity Kiosks
  • Multi-Location - PU - Stanton - Locations / Actor Respawning - Players may not respawn at their primary residence after self-destruct or force-respawn
  • PU - Nyx - Levski - AI / Location - Social AI are killing each other in Levski
  • MISC Hull C - PU - Cargo / Vehicles / Missions - Hull C not loading cargo
  • PU - UI / Inventory - Freight Elevator - Kiosk - The Search function of Freight Elevator terminals ignores localized item names

Features & Gameplay

  • Ships and Vehicles
    • Additional Ship Updates
      • Vanguard Hoplite: Reduced Nose HP. Increased Body HP.
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Bug Fixes

  • Star Citizen Alpha 4.4.0 currently contains nearly 150 bugfixes for issues occurring in 4.3.2, 37 of which originated from the Issue Council.
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Transit - Levski Hangar Elevator interior panel becomes unresponsive to player input (STARC-184462)
  • Potential Fix: MISC Hull C - PU - Cargo / Vehicles / Missions - Hull C not loading cargo (STARC-177335)
  • Potential Fix: Nyx - Levski - Network / Locations / Server Error - Player in an elevator was repositioned stuck inside the elevator shaft after server error recovery
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Jump Point Stations - Nyx-Pyro Jump Point - Locations / ATC / Design - Instanced hangars are de-spawning after being requested
  • Potential Fix: Multivehicle - Destruction / Damage Behavior - Vehicle body does not break apart on vehicle death
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Jump Point Stations - Locations / Narrative / Starmap - Nyx-Pyro Jump Point station incorrectly called Stanton Gateway in Starmap
  • Potential Fix: PU - Locations - Klescher Rehabilitation Facility - Elevators are backwards preventing players from leaving after serving sentence
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Art / Collision - Invisible boulder blocking entrance to Conscientious Objects shop
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Visarea / Elevator / Locations - Visarea inside elevator of Teach’s
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Delamar - Levski - Locations - Transit System / Elevators - Misplaced elevators on Customs level causing players to fall
  • Potential Fix: Multi-System - PU - Locations / Freight Elevator - Nyx Jump Points - Unable to lower Freight Elevator from Freight Manager
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Art - Exterior landing pads LOD culled too close
  • Potential Fix: PU - AI / Dialogue / Facial - Social AI - Vendor audio / face animation desync
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Elevators / Visarea - Elevator doors to Grand Barter and Refinery have visareas
  • Potential Fix: Front End - Main Menu - UI - Primary Residence Selection Button for Nyx labeled as “@UI_PREGAME_NYX_NAME” (STARC-184312)
  • Potential Fix: PU/AC - Ships/Vehicle - Weapons - C-788 Combine Cannon does not deal any damage (STARC-106593)
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - ReplaceMe Balls / Art / Locations - ReplaceMe Balls seen in multiple Levski locations
  • Potential Fix: RSI Polaris - PU - Vehicles - Polaris main elevator panel is blank
  • Potential Fix: PU - Stanton - New Babbage - Spaceport - Regal Luxury Rentals - Clerks AI missing from shop

Technical

  • Fixed 1 Server Crash
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:fallen_leaf:(Tysdagr) We are currently putting together a new 4.4 build for a potential Evocati PTU release later today

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Star Citizen Alpha 4.4.0 PTU - 10619900

  • Audience: Evocati Only (Standard ETF NDA)
  • Mesh Configuration: 6:2:2:600

Features & Gameplay

  • Locations
    • Delamar / Levski: Further Art, lighting, LOD, and performance polish

Bug Fixes

  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - AI / Location - Social AI are killing each other in Levski
  • Potential Fix: PU - Cargo Hauling / Vehicles - MISC HULL-C ) - Automated cargo loading does not begin, “vehicle must be stationary” message displays regardless of vehicle’s state
  • Potential Fix: PU - MISC Hull C - PU - Cargo / Vehicles / Missions - Hull C not loading cargo
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Social AI / Locations - Civilian can be seen walking through the door attempting to escape Cafe Musain backroom
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Art / Locations - Misaligned geometry at some External Freight transit elevators allows player to fall out of bounds
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Art / Locations - ReplaceMe ball at the entrance of External Freight elevators
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Visual - Teach’s Ship Shop terminal has a misaligned interaction prompt (STARC-184317)
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Transit / Art / Locations - Mercy and Habs elevator carriages offset on arrival
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Jump Point Stations - Locations / Art / Design / Hangar - Instanced hangars are staying closed when requested
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Landing Zone (LZ) - Levski - Locations / Art - Cargo store exterior misaligned causing interior view obstruction and visible exterior gaps
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Transit System / Art - The Levski Transit Arrival Timers of Level 00, 01, and 02 remains at 00:00 (STARC-184354)

Technical

  • Fixed 1 Client Crash
  • Fixed 1 Server Crash
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:fallen_leaf:(Waka’s Day) We are currently putting together a new 4.4.0 build for a potential Evocati PTU release later today. Current Evocati Engineering Tech-Preview goal is to have a build ready by Thursday with the possibility of a test on Thursday or Friday.

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[Evocati PTU NDA] Star Citizen Alpha 4.4 PTU 10629355 Patch Notes

Audience: Evocati Only (Standard ETF NDA)

Mesh Configuration: 6:2:2:600

Features & Gameplay

  • Locations
    • Levski: Interior and Exterior LOD, Lighting, Art, and Performance Polish
    • Glaciem Ring: Asteroid LOD and Performance Polish

Bug Fixes

  • Star Citizen Alpha 4.4.0 currently contains nearly 140 bugfixes for issues occurring in 4.3.2, 33 of which originated from the issue council.
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Delamar - Levski - Locations - UI / Quantum Travel - Vehicles - mobiGlas / Starmap - Levski Quantum Travel marker is not present and cant be travelled to
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations - Shopping - Nyx Cordy’s shop does not sell backpacks
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Art / Locations - Misaligned geometry at some External Freight transit elevators allows player to fall out of bounds
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Actor / Asphyxiation / Locations - Actor Asphyxiation occurs in multiple areas
  • Potential Fix: Multi-Location - PU - AI / Locations / Vendor (Bar) - Bartender sometimes took 10-15 seconds idle animation before serving the drink to the players and sometimes does not serve (STARC-181978)
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Art / Locations - Hangar Transit elevators are slightly too low down in the hangar

Technical

  • Fixed 1 Server Crash
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:fallen_leaf:(Thor’s Day) We are currently putting together a new 4.4 PTU build for a possible Evocati publish later today with the potential of Wave 1 a couple hours after if stable

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[Evocati PTU NDA] Star Citizen Alpha 4.4 PTU 10633661 Patch Notes

Audience: Evocati Only (Standard ETF NDA) Potential for Wave 1 within a couple hours of release to PTU

Mesh Configuration: 6:2:2:600

Features & Gameplay

  • Locations
    • Levski & Delamar Polish
    • Audio and Music, Lighting, Art, LOD, and Performance Polish. New Levski NPC voice lines. Added windows to hospital viewdeck and fixed view distance into view rooms from outside. Hangar set dressing cleanup.
  • Ships and Vehicles
    • MaxOx Neutron Cannon Art Refactors
    • Updated several MaxOx Neutron Cannons’ art style and geometry: Size 1, 2, and 3.
  • Weapons and Items
    • New FPS Weapon: Ballistic Missile Launcher “Boomtube”
    • Three rockets tapped together in a tube releasing this single deadly payload. This weapon has high spread and an arming distance leaning into its chaotic unpredictable nature of finding the sweet spot distance.
    • The Design intent with this weapon is a high power explosive with a singular magazine, finding the sweet spot between being close enough to deal with the weapons inaccuracies but not close enough to trigger a dud (arming distance). Two key notes is that this weapons projectile is slow (135) and performance is heavily dependent on the gravity of the envrioment as lower gravity allows for less projectile drop
    • Boomtube Stats
      • Weight: Light
      • Damage: Around 2.5x more powerful than a charged railgun
      • Projectile Velocity: 135
      • Aim down Sight Time: 0.4
      • Mag size: 1
      • Spread: High

Bug Fixes

  • Star Citizen Alpha 4.4.0 currently contains nearly 140 bugfixes for issues occurring in 4.3.2, 33 of which originated from the issue council.
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - ASOP Fleet Manager / Locations - Levski ASOPs unable to retrieve ships “We are unable to deal with your request at this time” error
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Locations / Transit - Levski Hangar Elevator interior panel becomes unresponsive to player input
  • Potential Fix: PU - Freight Elevator / Cargo - Small entities can clip into the gate and get stuck which can stop the FE flow
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Actor / Asphyxiation / Locations - Actor Asphyxiation occurs in hab areas and barter junction
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Art / Locations - Central Lift UI arrows are facing the opposite direction to direction of travel
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Landing Zone (LZ) - Levski - Locations / Design - Landing Services are not available for docked vehicles
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Levski - Social AI / Locations - Civilian in VIP area of Cafe Musain can be found standing on table
  • Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Landing Zone (LZ) - Levski - Locations / UI - The Quantum Travel marker is offset from the actual position of the location (Levski arrival radius set to 60km)
  • Potential Fix: PU - Stanton - ASD Facility - Missions / mobiGlas / UI - Hauling - Contract Destination in the “Description” and “Primary Objectives” changes after Accepting (STARC-176196)
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:ocean: We are opening Wave 1 4.4 PTU in a few minutes. Don’t set your spawn point to a JP station or you will have a bad time.

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** :ocean: Wave 1 is now open!**