Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.8 LIVE Alpha Patch 4.8 has now been released onto the LIVE Environment! Launcher should now show: VERSION 4.8.0-LIVE.1825000. Important Build Info // The release of 4.8 to the LIVE environment comes with a full wipe of LTP with only earned blueprints being preserved. Long Term Persistence: Not Preserved Starting aUEC: 20,000 This Spectrum post is an abridged version of the notes. For the full in-depth details, please visit the main notes at the link below! Star Citizen Alpha 4.8 LIVE Release Notes Features and Gameplay Gameplay ► Tactical Strike Group (TSG) ► G-Force Tolerances & Flight Suits ► Refueling Missions & Improvements Ships & Vehicles ► Item Recovery - Vehicle Loadouts ► New Ship: Drake Ironclad & Ironclad Assault ► New Ship: Drake Command Module ► Aegis Hammerhead - Gold Standard ► Ship Hangar Service ► Weapon, Ammo, Munitions, and Component Adjustments ► Ship Armor & Shield Balance Characters & AI ► 7 New player hairstyles Weapons & Items ► New FPS Weapon: UltiFlex Crossbow ► New FPS Weapon: Kastak Arms - Plasma Grenade ► New Flight Suits Core Tech & Audio ► Virtual Reality Updates (Experimental) ► Haptic Feedback Support - D-BOX (Experimental) Bug Fixes and Technical Updates Star Citizen Alpha 4.8 contains over 166 bug and crash fixes since 4.7 went live. 73 of which originated from the issue council. Client Crash Fixes: 17 fixes Server Crash Fixes: 4 fixes Fixed multiple Main-Thread Deadlocks