Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.3.1
Alpha Patch 4.3.1 has been released to Wave 1 testers! Patch should now show: VERSION 4.3.1-PTU.10228504.
- Audience: Wave 1 (We will assess all wave viability after a couple hours)
- Server Info: PTU Channel - US Only
- Long Term Persistence: Enabled
- Mesh Configuration: 7:3:600
- Starting aUEC: 15,000,000
Note: This patch does not contain all of the intended features, which will be added iteratively to the notes as they become available. Additionally, some features may be implemented in a partial state and as such are not ready for testing and subject to removal. When those features reach a playable state they will be detailed on the notes and added to the "Testing Focus". Please issue council all issues related to those in testing focus and in general gameplay.
Testing Focus
- Stability & Bugfixes
- Onyx Facilities Part 3 (Only partially in with further sections of Part 3 coming in a later 4.3.1 PTU build)
- MedGel - Medical Respawn Resource
- Dropships & Watch Towers
- VOLT LMG "Fresnel"
- Ship Armor and Ballistic Damage changes
Known Issues
The issues below are meant to help give a better indication on things that may happen during gameplay and do not always occur 100% of the time.
- PU - Stanton - ASD - Location / Respawn Screen - Player will be rescued and respawn back at the facility after being incapacitated
- PU - Stanton - ASD - Contract Manager / mobiGlas - Phase 3 Missions are not available (Partial Chance)
- PU - Stanton - ASD - Onyx Facility - Design / Locations - Players are unable to heal on one of the medical beds in the transit lobby medical clinic
- PU - Actor / Interactions - Inserting MedGel cannister into Medical Kiosk Receptacle removes player ability to interact
- PU - Stanton - Mission Content / Game Code - Multiple missions don't progress after reaching the mission location
- Multi-Location - PU - Pyro - AI / Locations - Turrets at Farro Data Centers are not firing
- Multi-System - PU - Multi-Location - Ladders V2 - Traversal / Actor / Mantling / Locations - Player is unable to mantle ladder from the top to climb down
- Multi-location - PU - Stanton / Pyro - ASOP / Locations - ASOP Terminal inside hangar remains in spinning loading screen after destroying ship on pad
- ARGO ATLS - PU - Mounts / Cargo / Tractorbeam - The ATLS is unable to pull cargo off a ship's cargo grid after it is moved from place of origin to new location
- PU - Stanton / Pyro - Armor / Loot Box / Inventory / Actor - Equipment and armor dropped on the ground will be suspended in mid-air making them unable to be interacted with
Features & Gameplay
Gameplay
Onyx Facilities
Onyx Facility Polish and Further Mission Inclusions for Science Wing that delves further into the story.
Onyx Facility Polish and Further Mission Inclusions for Science Wing that delves further into the story.
Ships and Vehicles
Armor and Ballistic Damage changes
In order to enhance the overall ship ballistic weapons in game the team delivered these changes for the upcoming 4.3.1 patch
Base armor ballistic reduction damage has now been set to 40% across all ships (previously 50%) with some few exception that the team think required a specific unique tuning.
This means that ballistic guns will be more effective across the board against all targets.
Shield ballistic absorption reduction damage has now been set to 20% for all shields (previously 30%).
This means that ballistic guns will be more effective across the board against all targets even when they have their shields up and running.
Some Ground vehicles were missing the proper ballistic armor damage modifiers.
This should be fixed now and every vehicle in game should respect the above new standards mentioned.
Gladius Flight changes
After an initial metrics and feedback analysis post 4.3.0 the team decided to adjust Gladius performances further
In order to enhance the overall ship ballistic weapons in game the team delivered these changes for the upcoming 4.3.1 patch
Base armor ballistic reduction damage has now been set to 40% across all ships (previously 50%) with some few exception that the team think required a specific unique tuning.
This means that ballistic guns will be more effective across the board against all targets.
Shield ballistic absorption reduction damage has now been set to 20% for all shields (previously 30%).
This means that ballistic guns will be more effective across the board against all targets even when they have their shields up and running.
Some Ground vehicles were missing the proper ballistic armor damage modifiers.
This should be fixed now and every vehicle in game should respect the above new standards mentioned.
Gladius Flight changes
After an initial metrics and feedback analysis post 4.3.0 the team decided to adjust Gladius performances further
- Gladius Forward accelerations are now increased (from 13 Gs to 13.6 Gs)
- Gladius angular accelerations are now improved and should provide enhanced reactiveness to flight controls.
Missiles damage radius adjustments
The team adjusted and increased the missile explosion radiuses to help with the overall missile effectiveness.
These changes involve all missile from S1 to S7.
Missile Size | Min. Explosion Range (meters) | Max. Explosion Range (meters)
- S01 - 1 - 2m
- S02 - 1.5 - 2.5m
- S03 - 2.5 - 3.5m
- S04 - 2.5 - 5m
- S05 - 3.5 - 5m
- S07 - 4.5 - 7m
Additionally, the proximity explosion fuse has been set to 0.5m for Missile and Torpedoes of all sizes.
Weapons and Items
VOLT LMG "Fresnel"
The engineers at VOLT crafted the Fresnel LMG to bring a powerful energy weapon to the frontlines. Initiate the fight with a rapid spray of deadly blasts, but as the weapon heats up, the shots become slower and more powerful - naturally providing a controlled finish to the combat encounter. But a weapon of this magnitude demands a strong foundation; operators are encouraged to fire from a crouching position to allow for better recoil management.
The VOLT Lmg is the first LMG that has been released in a while and has been given some extra love in terms of future proofing the design intent of LMGs.
The engineers at VOLT crafted the Fresnel LMG to bring a powerful energy weapon to the frontlines. Initiate the fight with a rapid spray of deadly blasts, but as the weapon heats up, the shots become slower and more powerful - naturally providing a controlled finish to the combat encounter. But a weapon of this magnitude demands a strong foundation; operators are encouraged to fire from a crouching position to allow for better recoil management.
The VOLT Lmg is the first LMG that has been released in a while and has been given some extra love in terms of future proofing the design intent of LMGs.
- Is able to use S3 optics
- Crouch and prone each have their own recoil reduction modifiers making braced operators have far less recoil
- Features it's own 'super heavy' sway profile which means the weapon has a delay to resetting it's sight on targets upon horizontal / vertical aiming movement (TBD if this doesn't occur when crouched / Prone)
VOLT LMG Stats:
- Volt LMG mags and weapon are very heavy (150% heavier then FS9)
- Damage: 6.85 -> 54.8
- Projectile Velocity: 110
- Aim down Sight Time: 0.43
- RPM: 550 -> 82.5
- Mag size: 165
- Recoil: Stance Sensitive
Other FPS updates
- Added FPS Weapons Shop to Lorville Security Tower
- Updated medium (Rifles) aiming sway feel to make weapons feel heavier (let us know what you think before we do a pass on light / heavy type weapons)
- Reduced parallax on NVTAC branded scopes making them bounce less when firing
Bug Fixes
- Potential Fix: PU - Freight Elevator - Server Error while a player is using a Freight Elevator kiosk causes that kiosk to kick the player out, preventing them using it, until it is streamed out and back in
- Potential Fix: Idris series - PU - Tier 3 medical beds are missing from medical room
- Potential Fix: Vehicle- Multivariant / Mirai Guardian Series - Bedlog - Getting out of Guardian beds from bedlog causes actor to animate to the wrong side of the bed and clip out of the ship
- Potential Fix: Idris Series - PU - Idris Tier 1 medical bed has refill station for medical goop behind the medical bed not correctly positioned (STARC-178944)
Technical
- Fixed 1 Client Crash
- Fixed 1 Server Crash
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