Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.0.2

Alpha Patch 4.0.2 has been released onto the PTU environment! Launcher should now show: VERSION 4.0.2-PTU.9573936.

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.

Server Info: PTU Channel - US Servers Only
Audience: All Backers
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Mesh Configuration: 5:5:600
Hangar Spawning: Disabled
Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing/Feedback Focus

4.0.2 Release Goals
The 4.0.2 release is highly focused on 3 key points to improve and fix as many top key gameplay issues as possible, improve connectivity/stability, and begin the latest Supply or Die Pyro Event.

Stability, Performance, and Bugfix Testing
Supply or Die Event (Added a Stanton Variant for Yard Rush Mining Missions)

Tonight's build has further updates to strengthen Transit Carriage reliability
NPE Mission has been disabled in Area18 in the current build

Known Issues

Blocker: PU - Transit/Elevators - Elevators are present but panel buttons stop functioning (PTU builds in 4.0.2 have lots of extra logging to find cases of transit issues occurring)
Critical: Mission Refactor - Comm Array Repair - Contract in mobiGlas becomes hidden when another player enters mission location
Critical: Mission Refactor - PVP Missions dont work
Critical: PU - Star Map - Party Members do not appear on the star map or area map
High: PU - Pyro - Jump Points - Locations / Spacescaping - Asteroids that surround the Stanton Gateway can be seen inside the Jump Tunnel and occasionally can cause fatal collisions when exiting the Jump Tunnel

Features & Gameplay

Core Tech

- Updated Warning/Info popups in menus to building blocks and adjusted styling, coded colors, and error code wording

Bug Fixes

Potential Fix: PU - MultiSystem - Starmap / Quantum Travel - Traveling to a marker will cause the ship to make a U-Turn (STARC-105462)
Potential Fix: PU - Mission Refactor - Missions / ASOP - NPE - Disconnecting during NPE then signing back in after the Pisces Rental has expired will cause the Player to only see blank and black ASOP screens (STARC-146295)
Potential Fix: PU - Stanton - Area 18 - Astro Armada - Locations / Vehicles - Anvil Hawk missing from display (STARC-157384)
Potential Fix: PU - Mining - Overcharge Mineable Rocks (even the slightest amount) destroys all mining modules and potentially damaging the ship (STARC-157450)
Potential Fix: PU - Mission Refactor - NPE - Multiple Locations - Missions / UI / mobiGlas - Mission stops progressing after landing in hangar (STARC-154052)
Potential Fix: PU - UI - Frontend / Main Menu - Kicked from Party Notification is cut short on the Front-End Notifications list text box (STARC-118873)
Potential Fix: Crusader C1 Spirit - PU - Vehicles / UI / PIT - There is no UI button on the console to access the remote turret and the buttons on the interaction wheel do not function (STARC-127623)
Potential Fix: PU - Weapons / Shopping / Shopping Kiosk - The Ripper SMG Battery is not available at any shops
Potential Fix: PU - Firesale / Yard Rush - Missions - Event mission payout amounts displayed to not match expected values
Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Frontier Outposts - Locations / Design / UI - Shopping Kiosks do not accurately display the true cost of items on display (changed currency to show full value with comma separators)
Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Firesale / Yard Rush - Locations / Collision - Players can exit the interior PhysGrid and fall through the planets surface by mantling through the wall
Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Rundown station (R&R) - Orbituary - Locations / AI - No AI is spawned in the Cargo desk and Ship Dealer