Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.2 RC1

• Audience: All backers
• Server Info: PTU Channel - US Only
• Long Term Persistence: Enabled
• Mesh Configuration: 5:5 - 600 Players
• Starting aUEC: 15,000,000

Testing/Feedback Focus

• Stability & Bugfixes
• Storm Breaker All Phases
• Lazarus Facility Freight Elevators
• Apex Valakkar
• Dynamic Rain
• Radiation
• VOLT Laser "Prism" Shotgun
• ARGO ATLS IKTI, IKTI GEO, IKTI Rad (Version Found at Storm Breaker)
• New Wikelo Ship Additions
• New Hairstyles
• Sterling Exploration Suit

Known Issues

• PU - Weapons / Reload - Audio / SFX - Permanent Ammo Repool Audio loop after spawning
• Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Quantum Travel - Ships streaming in or streaming out locations on a quantum travel jump has performance drops and frame freezing
• Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Target lock - target lock is unlocked at random radar for targets is dropped
• Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Target lock - target attacker stops working when a target lock is lost due to locking range or radar dropped
• PU - mobiGlas - Asset Manager / NikNax - mobiGlas / Inventory / UI - The Assets Manager / NikNax app gets stuck at infinite loading and never loads assets
• PU - Mining / Saddlebag / Cargo Grid - Argo and MISC Saddlebags do not snap to the Argo RAFT's Cargo Grid
• PU - New Babbage / Brentworth Care Center - UI / Medical Screens - Check-in medical kiosk is stuck on “Checking availability” loading screen

Features & Gameplay

Locations

Ships and Vehicles

Core Tech

• Further Server Frametime Performance Optimizations
• Terrain Physicalization Performance Optimizations
• Slightly Reduced Water Light Reflections to be less intense due to Intense Flashing

• Kopion Horn / Irradiated Horn
• Marok Gem
• Ranta Dung
• Amioshi Plague
• Irradiated Valakkar Fang (Adult/Juvenile/Apex)
• Valakkar Skin / Chitin

Bug Fixes

• Potential Fix: PU - Error - Network - 30000 - Reason="Remote Disconnect (STARC-167946)
• Potential Fix: PU - FPS - Heart monitor beeping never stops after being revived
• Potential Fix: PU - Stanton - Locations - Rest Stops - ASOP Kiosk / UI / ATC - ASOP terminals are stuck on the loading animation with trace error "NO LINK TO ATC - Verify and export OC" / "Stand by, accessing list of available vehicles" (STARC-171390)
• Multivehicle / Multilocation - PU - Vehicles / Location / Physics - Ships Experience Increased ICFS/Thruster Activities while inside a Hangar
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Storm Breaker - Creatures / Server Recovery -The Apex Valakkar corpse will despawn after a server recovery
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Locations / Collision - Players and AI are able to shoot through glass windows (STARC-160382)
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro IV - Farro Data Center IV - Locations - Farro airlock asphyxiates player (STARC-168893)
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Pyro I - Storm Breaker - Creatures - Irradiated Apex Valakkar does not spawn after activating the Pylon
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Missions - Ship Battles V1 - Ambush - Travel objective does not complete/update after arriving at the mission location
• Potential Fix: PU - Comms Notifications - Graphics / UI - 3D comms call has no shadows rendering
• Potential Fix: PU - Pyro - Pyro 1 - Storm Breaker - Lazarus Research Laboratory - Locations / Collisions - Power Bank outside the research lab has no collisions
• Potential Fix: PU - Orison - Collision - When entering or exiting a shuttle at Orison, you can fall through the glass door near where it connects to the platform causing players to get stuck and potentially killed (STARC-171061)

Technical

• Fixed a Hybrid-Service Crash