Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.8 Alpha Patch 4.8 has been released and is now available to test on the PTU environment! Patch should now show: VERSION 4.8.0-PTU.11733560. Audience: Wave 1 Server Info: PTU Channel - US Only Long Term Persistence: Enabled (Please let us know of any early LTP issues between ptu builds) Testing/Feedback Focus Vehicle Loadout Recovery will not be enabled in tonight's build. Stability, Bugfixes, LTP between PTU releases New Mission: Tactical Strike Groups & QV Extraction Stations (more performance and polish pass tonight) New Event: Return of Xenothreat (Idris fight performance pass) Command Module Known Issues PU - EVA - Unable to move using mouse control and head is locked in place during EVA giving very little control PU - Stanton - Missions / Location / UI - Missions accepted after a server error or hybrid restart does not progress after completing Go To objective PU - UI - Party connection Playing on repeat after quantum travel after a party member crashes and reconnects Multi-System - PU - Missions / UI - Missions have no QT Beacons present and mission objectives do not progress on the initial / only shard PU - Multisystem - UI / Locations / Vehicles / Kiosks - Vehicle Rentals / Purchase Kiosks preview image will overlap transaction UI once purchased PU - Stanton - UI - Party marker does not show party members' names and distance Bugfixes & Technical Made improvements to freight elevator retry code and handling if something does go wrong Fixed 6 Client Crashes Fixed 2 Server Crashes Fixed a Hybrid-Service Crash Potential Fix: Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Interaction - Command Module - F-interaction for Pilot and Co-pilot seat is missing (STARC-203856) Potential Fix: Crusader Spirit ( All variants ) - PU - Stanton - Vehicles / Design - Crusader Spirit ramp appears black from a distance (STARC-129846) Potential Fix: PU - UI / Looting / Crafting - Zero quality - From the loot screen and in the player inventory Gems show as having 0 Quality (STARC-199439) Potential Fix: PU - Nyx / Levski - Locations / Refinery Kiosk / UI - Levski's refinery kiosk refine UI are not moving when toggling the selected ore (STARC-199103) Potential Fix: PU - Tactical Strike Group - Phase 2 - Mission Content / Dialogue - At the end of Phase 2 an incorrect old comms notification plays for Martel Potential Fix: PU - Nyx - Tactical Strike Group - Locations / Hangar / Design / Art - Item banks can be found next to the elevators Potential Fix: PU - Tactical Strike Group - Design / AI - AI vehicles remain in close proximity to the surface of the central asteroid and fail to respond to player aggression and show no active hostility toward the player Potential Fix: PU - Missions - Escort Ship - Hostile Ship AI don't spawn while the escort ship is preparing to launch Potential Fix: PU - Missions - Hauling - The Freight Elevators at Hathor PAF sites immediately raises after it is lowered (STARC-179481) Potential Fix: AC - Pirate Swarm - Achievements - The "2953 Pirate Aggressor" badge and pledge is not awarded to players upon completion of Pirate Swarm (STARC-102055) Potential Fix: Main Menu - Character Customizer / Styling - Some hairstyles have predefined hair colors (STARC-198400) Potential Fix: ORC-mkX Core - PU - Art / Armor - Male ONLY - The Core chest armor item is missing/not rendering its art textures and is white/gray (STARC-180160) Potential Fix: Carrion Legs Payback - PU – Armor / Actor / Camera – The actor will experience an excessive camera bobbing when walking/running after unequipping the leg armor (STARC-182614)