- Official Post
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
