Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.21.0

Alpha Patch VERSION 3.21.0-LIVE.8779972 has been released and is now available on the LIVE environment!

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\LIVE. The Shader folders can be found here %localappdata%\Star Citizen.

Update Warning: 3.21 has a nearly 34gb patch diff from 3.20 LIVE
Short Term Database Reset: Yes (Loss of items not stored in LTP)
Long Term Persistence (LTP): Enabled
Starting aUEC: 20,000

Known Issues

• PU – Stanton – Derelict Colonial Outposts – AI / Locations / Design – FPS Nine Tails AI Fail to to exit AI reinforcement vehicles when they land on at a derelict outpost location
• UI / Menus – Controls – Keybindings – The Default Preset Images for the keyboard and gamepad control schemes do not match what is bound by default
• PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
• MISC Hull C – PU – Vehicles – Can’t undock the Hull-C
• PU – Crusader / Orison – Locations / Transit – It’s possible for turn gates to not open preventing players from entering shuttles
• PU – Art – Items / Character / Textures – Multiple clothes / armor / undersuit variants lost color / using the default base color
• PU – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Ships / Ship Components / Weapons – Laser Repeater occasionally stops firing but still consumes ammo
• Hull C – Spawn / Cargo / LEO – Hull C with cargo can spawn extended in a large Hangar instead of Docking Port
• Stanton – Multivehicle – RSI Constellation Series – Ship Feature – Snub Ship clips through Constellation variants in vertical position when retrieved from ASOP
• PU – Stanton – Area18/GrimHex – Locations / Inventory / Respawn – Player loses loadout after dying in the armistice zone
• Stanton – Actor – Personal Inventory – Right click item interaction menu cannot be closed once opened
• PU – Stanton – AI / Locations – Combat AI will teleport / pop in combat
• Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Actor Feature – Medical / Respawn – Cannot respawn on a ship that has streamed out
• Room System / Actor / Locations – Room System does not protect player actor from extreme weather conditions in Lorville Interiors
• Vehicles – Players and items can fall through the bottom deck of the Redeemer
• Reclaimer – Vehicles – Stanton – Reclaimer bridge elevator interaction missing
• Vehicles / GFX – Client FPS will drop as long as players are inside of the cockpit of the Drake Cutlass series
• The Carrack’s main elevator will get locked in place and begin to spin indefinitely after spamming the floors for a few minutes
• Landing Pads – Multivehicle / Shopping – Refuel, repair, and rearm services unavailable when landed
• Stanton – AI – Mission Giver – Wallace Klim is not visible at his location in Grim Hex

New Features

Locations

• New Jump Point Rest Stop Stations and Lagrange Points

Addition of 3 additional Rest Stops to Stanton that act as the final stop before entering Jump Points. Each location is set up similarly to all the other Lagrange Points and consists of a parent Gas Cloud, a smaller Child Gas Cloud, a Gateway Rest Stop and and structures leading to the Jump Point itself. It is important to note that Jump Points are currently non-functional in 3.21 as Stanton is the only available system at this time.

These 3 new Stations with Jump Points that leave the Stanton System are:
- Pyro Gateway – (Stanton>Pyro)
- Magnus Gateway – (Stanton>Magnus)
- Terra Gateway – (Stanton>Terra)

Gameplay

• New Legal/Illegal Mission: Retrieve Consignment

In this new mission type, player’s will be challenged to go to the Underground Facilities (UGFs) and kill / search for data pads that contain consignments depending on the mission variant. A consignment will have a code on the top for the dispenser which will cause the items listed on its manifest to come out of the dispenser one by one. These items can be taken and sold at commodity kiosk’s around the game for aUEC, this is however optional and players only need to retrieve these items from the dispenser to make way for the mission critical items if they so please. This mission will take part exclusively at the security UGFs, are shareable, and will require the drop-off of at least one box of classified files to complete the mission.

The Illegal version of this mission is offered by Ruto and the Legal version of this mission is offered by the various Security Organizations of Stanton.
- The Legal version of the mission the player will find corpses of dead security at the facility on arrival. On these corpses will be the data pads and the player will have to deal with Ninetails defending the location they have overrun.
- The Illegal version of the mission there will be no corpses, just security at the location which will drop the data pads as loot when killed.

This mission also introduces a new mission module called the AnteUpWaveSpawner, this module will cause AI to continuously spawn in waves at the location. These waves get progressively harder based on triggers, the triggers for this mission are Codes being successfully entered into the dispenser and every 5 minutes the player is at the location(on a looping timer). On this mission the waves will start to spawn once the first boss is killed.

• New Illegal Mission: Kareah – Steal Evidence

With this new Steal Evidence mission offered by Twitch, players are tasked with stealing the next Evidence item that spawns from the Kareah contraband dispenser. To obtain this mission, players must talk to Twitch in person after completing her intro mission and having climbing in reputation. Only one instance can be active on the server at any time.

The first objective simply states to retrieve the Evidence, which will place a marker on the evidence dispenser. The mission description in the MobiGlas has a brief explanation on how to get the access code for the dispenser. When a box of evidence is spawned, the marker moves from the dispenser to the evidence, objective stays the same. Once the box of evidence has been grabbed by a mission player, the delivery destination is marked. If the box of evidence is taken away by another non-mission player, the marker will stay on it to allow recovery of the box by mission players.

Ships and Vehicles

• Added New Flyable Ship: Crusader Industries A1 Spirit

Feature Updates

Gameplay

• Repel Raid on Orison with New Crusader Platforms

With 3.21 we are bringing back the Repel Raid on Orison missions (Originally called Platform Assault on Orison). These FPS combat missions around Orison will now utilize newly added platform clusters that have been placed around Crusader.

Re-introduction of Bounty, Assassinate, Clear All, and other missions. These FPS combat missions around Orison will now utilize newly added platform clusters that have been placed around Crusader to provide opportunities for more concurrent missions and more unique locations. These missions include eliminate all missions similar to the current UGF missions. For these islands the player will be tasked with killing everyone in a given building. These Mercenary missions available from Crusader Industries will have three difficulty curves, ranging from an easy clear of one building, to a hard clear of three buildings. Similar to eliminate all missions, Eliminate Specific Missions will task the player with killing single or multiple Bosses based on difficulty. For players to qualify and receive these missions they first need to complete Security Work Assessment for Crusader Security.

• Added Support for Players to Sell Things Owned by Members of Their Party Without it Being Considered Stolen

Ships and Vehicles

• Ground Vehicle Physics Updates

Made further Ground Vehicle Handling Improvements for the Nova Tanks and all Wheeled Vehicles. Made Throttle Control easier and made suspension tweaks.

• Driver Remote Turret QoL Improvements

Zoom has been added for all vehicles where a Drivers/Pilots that can use a remote turret. Added Stages to Turret Zoom: None, 2x Zoom, and 4x Zoom. Press or Hold Z to activate. Gyro mode is now enabled & togglable (G) for Driver Remote Turrets for all ground vehicles.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed and issue causing players to become unstowed and not have an option to enter the Star Citizen Universe
• High winds on planets should no longer blow ships away
• Cargo ATC should no longer fail to detect vehicles within the loading zone or fail to initiate cargo transfers
• Fixed an issue causing character’s view to get stuck wiggling when colliding in EVA
• Fixed an issue that could cause server performance to create rapid Spikes in Charge Level when Mining
• Fixed Medical Bay Bed and Screen Obstruction in Hangars
• Carrack’s bridge should no longer cause extreme performance drops
• Fixed an issue causing low client FPS around Hammerheads
• Fixed the ARGO RAFT being unable to collect refinery orders
• Fixed an issue causing an incorrect model to appear while using the DNA Character Customizer
• Fixed SDR Brightness/Contrast/Gamma settings causing degradation in HDR quality
• AI NPCs should no longer face the wrong directions when performing a leaning animation
• AI NPCs should no longer begin to float while standing within a useable
• Fixed an issue causing AI to not exit reinforcement vehicles at derelict outpost locations
• Fixed an issue causing unconscious AI preventing spawn closet doors from closing when inside them, which caused no more AI to spawn
• Players in the Anvil Pisces should no longer get pushed out the top of the ship or get stuck when using the bed
• Camera should no longer be forced into third person after the player stands up from any vehicle seat twice
• Toggling power on/off and Changing Weapon Groupings should no longer cause mouse clicks to not respond
• Fixed Ship weapons not being able to charge or show no ammo after being retrieved
• Bartenders should no longer be missing in multiple bars in major cities
• Green Imperial Medical Regeneration Kiosks should now correctly display their UI
• Fixed Excessive ATC Cargo communication while loading or unloading Hull-C
• Fixed auto-docking the Hull C causing it dock wrong into the port and damage the ship
• Fixed an issue causing players who accepted a shared salvage mission to not have permission to salvage the mission ship
• Camera should no longer be stuck on players feet while trying on backpacks in shops
• AI NPCs can begin to float while standing within a useable
• Fixed spawn closets sometimes placing enemy AI out of bounds of their intended spawn points
• Fixed an issue causing player legs and arms to become contorted in many ship cockpits
• The Caterpillar should no longer be missing flare and chaff countermeasures
• ATC should no longer repeat “you are clear for launch” and provide no other function after undocking from a location
• Players should now fully be able to equip looted items after restarting game session
• Salvaged weapons and components should no longer disappear from ship cargo bay after storing
• The Ballista should now be able to hit locked targets with missiles instead of hitting itself with the missiles

Technical

• Fixed 7 Client Crashes
• Fixed 5 Server Crashes
• Fixed a Server Deadlock
• Made Further Server Entity Optimizations

Arena Commander 3.21.0 Patch Notes

Arena Commander 3.21.0: Feature Updates

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