Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.24.0 Alpha Patch 3.24.0 has been released to PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.24.0-PTU.9293935. Characters in this new environment will be built from LTP data. In this current state, items such as cargo commodities, medpens, ammo, rentals, and refinery jobs are not saved to LTP and will be lost. Audience: All Backers Server Info: PTU Channel - US/EU Long Term Persistence: Enabled Replication Layer: Enabled Server Recovery: Enabled Starting aUEC: 15,000,000 Starting REC: 10,000,000 Testing/Feedback Focus Persistent Personal & Instanced Hangars Freight Elevators Storage Access Hangar Decorations Cargo Hauling Missions Blockade Runner Global Event will run throughout the weekend on PTU Known Issues There are several known Vulkan Renderer related GPU crashes currently in the build. If you experience frequent crashes while playing and are on Vulkan, test swapping back to DirectX to see if these still occur. PU - Inventory - Multiple Locations - UI / Camera - Storage Access - Location Inventory interface opens behind the storage kiosk when using the new interaction flow - 100% repro PU - Stanton - Actor / Health - Audio / SFX - Medical / Respawn - Permanent Incapacitated Audio loop after respawning - 75% repro PU - Stanton - ASOP / Fleet Manager / UI - Players are unable to Retrieve Ships from ASOP PU - Multiple Locations - Storage Access Kiosk / UI / Locations - Opening the Storage Access Kiosk will cover the player's POV PU - Stanton - Multiple Locations - Inventory / Storage Access / Item Bank - There is a chance when accessing Storage Access that the inventory wont appear and or disappear when accessed/opened PU - Stanton - Multiple Locations - Server Recovery / Locations / Transit - Shuttles and Trams for all Major Landing Zones will disappear after server recovery causing the player to fall to their death at certain positions along their route PU - Stanton - Cargo Hauling - Mission Content / Game Code - After abandoning mission, returned cargo on freight elevator causes "Elevator Obstructed" error PU - Mission / Cargo Hauling - Hull C cargo loads one box and stops loading the rest of cargo mission boxes and remains at 00:00 time PU - Stanton - Locations / Performance - Client framerate drops to single digits at ArcCorp Mining Area 157 on Yela PU - Stanton - Cargo Hauling - Mission Content / Reputation - Players are still able to reaccept the Intro mission despite being "not eligible" PU - Stanton - Locations / Graphics / Personal Hangars - There is a noticeable streaming issues on the exterior geometry of the freight elevator depending on the players location in Self Land Hangars PU - Locations - Transit - Elevator won't show up at Spaceport with high traffic PU - Locations - Personal Hangars / Medical Hangars / Art - Medical elevator panels inside hangars are missing geometry PU - Orison - Locations / Inventory - Storage Access kiosks at The Vision Center at Orison do not display any inventory PU - Kiosks - UI - Item Bank / Freight Manager - Moving items will fail when the dragged item transitions between the two inventories unless you move the item quickly PU - Stanton - Landing Zone (LZ) - Lorville / Area18 / Orison - Freight Elevators - Locations / Art / Graphics - There is a noticeable delay in loading the player's persistent hangar when they arrive via the elevator. Crusader Hercules Starlifter ALL Variants - PU - Vehicles / Animation / Art - Personnel elevator is detached from vehicle and elevator doors do not open PU - Stanton - Location / Mission - Klescher Rehabilitation Facility - Player is sent back to Klescher after completing "Need An Out" prison escape mission PU - Tractor Beam / Physics - Multiple Active Tractor or Tow beams on the same object can make it float without an active tractor beam on it PU - Lorville - Locations - Transit - HAB Elevators - There is a chance that the HAB elevators do not arrive when called Bug Fixes Fixed - Tractor Beam - UI not updating whether the targeted box can be lifted or not until firing beam Fixed - PU - Cargo / Missions - Cargo Hauling - Hauling Containers placed next to Hangar pad will disappear when a ship is retrieved (STARC-122318) Fixed - PU - Cargo Hauling - Mission reputation hits UINT_MAX overflow causing reputation to be negative (STARC-121699) (This fix will require you to recopy if you have not done so before this build) Fixed - PU - Stanton - ASOP / Fleet Manager / UI / Personal Hangars - When another player is on the pad in a hangar instanced on top of yours, you can't deliver or retrieve a ship and it reverts you back to the ASOP list Fixed - PU - Actor - Inventory- Items drops to floor when trying to combine them in inventory (STARC-118542) Fixed - PU - Freight Elevators - Large ships can obstruct nearby freight elevators when landed on pads at outposts (STARC-119181) Fixed - PU - Stanton - UI - Commodity Kiosk - Total SCU count does not update on commodity kiosk (STARC-119542) Fixed - PU - Stanton - Locations / Cargo - Elevator shows blocked error when attempting to store stolen mission cargo Fixed - PU - Stanton - Cargo Hauling - Mission Content / Game Code - Returning the cargo after abandoning the mission does not finish the mission Technical Fixed 1 Client Crash Fixed a Hybrid Service Crash