Star Citizen Alpha Patch 3.24.3 Alpha Patch 3.24.3 has been released to the PTU, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.24.3-PTU.9410828. 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: All Waves Server Info: PTU Channel Long Term Persistence: Enabled Starting aUEC: 15,000,000 Shard Player Count: 100 Testing/Feedback Focus Stability & Bugfixes IAE Halls New Global Event: Save Stanton Phases 1-5 running Saturday/Sunday New Vehicle: Starlancer Max New Vehicle: Polaris - The Captain's Quarters will be locked on initial 3.24.3 release as it’s still undergoing iteration (more details will be provided in the upcoming Polaris Q&A). The rest of the ship, however, is ready for testing. Known Issues PU - Social - AR markers - Party markers are not visible to other party members The Argo ATLS currently cannot be destroyed (Not intended end goal and player inside is still vulnerable) Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Components - Unable to pull components out from their sockets PU - Stanton - Transit - Trams from Lorville Metro Centre to Teasa Spaceport will rapidly rotate when leaving the station, which can push the player out of bounds or kill them Corsair co-pilot loses manual gimbal after remote turret (STARC-130625) PU - Stanton - ArcCorp - Area18 - Locations / Art - Multiple areas across A18 have visarea/portal issues PU - Stanton - UI / Locations / Vehicles / Kiosks - Vehicle Rentals / Purchase Kiosks preview image will overlap transaction UI once purchased PU - Harvestables - Game Code / Planet Tech / Mining - Planets and Moons have no Harvestables/Mineables (Asteroid Fields not affected) PU - Stanton - Multivehicle - MFD - MFDs can be interacted with while in mobiGlas PU - Commodity Kiosks - Multiple Locations - "Failed" error appears when buying RMC from Commodity Kiosks PU - Stanton - UI / Shipping & Delivery Kiosk - Shipping & Delivery Kiosk(Covalex)'s screen will be stuck on "Please Standby" after pressing "Pickup" PU - Stanton - Landing Zone (LZ) - New Babbage - Personal Hangar - Locations / Art / Graphics - A large opaque plane will be visible when viewed from the ASOP/Storage Access area if hangar doors are open PU - Locations / Physics - UGF - The interior of UGFs inherit the planet or moon's gravity AC - Spawning not possible after rejoining lobby Features & Gameplay Gameplay Starmap Objectives Panel Polish Added buttons to view accepted/tracked contracts in contract manager. You can now track and untrack accepted contracts from starmap, and clicking on tracked objective in the list focuses on the marker. Further Point Defense Polish to Increase Effectiveness against Missiles by reducing spread, increasing PDC projectile speed, and reducing missile health Ships and Vehicles Added New Ship: RSI Polaris Added New Ship: MISC Starlancer Max Vehicle MFDs: Improved layout on target status screen to reduce overlaps Reduced Brightness of Starfarer Annunicator Panel Origin Rays Bug Fixes Fixed - PU - Multi-System - Turrets - Station Defenses Don't Respond to Aggression in Armistice STARC-122638 Fixed - PU - ASOP Terminal / UI - When accessing an ASOP Terminal, there is a chance the user will be instantly kicked out of the interface Fixed - Nomad - PU - Vehicles / Art - There is a Portal / VisArea issue at the entrance of the Nomad STARC-136953 Fixed - Esperia Prowler - PU - Vehicles / GFX - VisArea / Lighting - Several parts of the exterior ship are unlit by the environment Fixed - Drake Corsair - PU - Vehicles / UI - Side turret HUD is incorrect Technical This build has further stability improvements to help reduce server stalls. Fixed 3 Client Crashes Fixed 5 Server Crashes Fixed 3 Server Deadlocks