All Waves PTU] Star Citizen Alpha 4.2.1 PTU 9922165 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.2.1

Alpha Patch 4.2.1 has been released to all backers! Patch should now show: VERSION 4.2.1-PTU.9922165.

  • Audience: All Waves
  • 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
  • Second Life Resource Drive (Currently set to Full Requirements. Catch-up mechanic not enabled for this build)
  • New Mission Type: Ship Escort
  • Wikelo Recipe Updates
  • Executive Ship Component Updates
  • Stanton Space Station Security Forces
  • VOLT Pistol

Known Issues

  • PU - Lorville / Maria Pure of Heart - Locations / Art / Collision - The floor at the lobby of the hospital has no collision
  • Multilocation - PU - Stanton / Pyro - ASOP / Locations - ASOP Terminal inside hangar remains in spinning loading screen after destroying ship on pad
  • PU – Stanton – New Babbage / Lorville / Orison / Area18 – Locations / Transit – Trains are popping in when they arrive
  • PU - Stanton / Pyro - Personal Inventory / Local Inventory / Inventory - While attempting to drop, transfer and/or equip items, there's a chance for it to return to the inventory where it’s from
  • Multivehicle - PU / AC - Vehicles / Weapons / UI / VMA - Vehicle Weapons are not Interactable or Useable (Affects a handful of ships: Mirai Fury Series, Pulse, P-52, Spartan, and Cyclone Series)
  • PU - Vehicle - Naming ships, melting ships, or updating ship packages will delete any non-stock items that are fitted to the ship including paints
  • ARGO ATLS ALL Variants - PU - Mount / Cargo Grid - Argo ATLS can be placed anywhere on the cargo grid without following the SCU grid pattern
  • PU - Pyro / Pyro I - Storm Breaker - Locations / Mission Feature / Physics - Bullets will not pass through the Shuttle Station's entrance curtain when firing outside
  • AEGS Idris-P - PU - Vehicles - Idris shields do not stop any laser weapons except panthers
  • PU - Freight Elevator / Contested Zones (CZ) - CZ Freight Elevator displays Internal Error when attempting to move items to the warehouse
  • Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Target lock - target lock is unlocked at random radar for targets is dropped
  • PU - Pyro - Courier - Mission Feature / Interactables - There is a chance that delivery packages cannot be placed on delivery shelves
  • PU - Law - Interdiction - when quantum starts and on a path to get interdicted the player is alerted of an infraction against them in way too early

Features & Gameplay

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Gameplay

  • Re-enabled PVP Quantum Interdictions
  • Further Improvements to help stop Ace Pilot corpses despawning during missions
  • Further Escort Mission Narration Polish
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AI

  • Various adjustments to Apex Valakkar awareness, aggressiveness, and combat potential with more range and damage
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Weapons and Items

  • VOLT Pistol Audio Polish
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Core Tech

  • Updated Loading Screens

Bug Fixes

  • Potential Fix: 4.2.1 PU - Locations - Executive Hangar - Actor / Damage - Comp Boards - The Executive Hangar's death zone remains active after all comp boards are inserted
  • Potential Fix: PU - Hathor / Lazarus - Locations / Tractor Beam / Mission - The battery in the Battery Storage buildings cannot be removed by using a tractor beam (STARC-173419)
  • Potential Fix: PU - Weapons / VFX - Weapon Attachments - All colored Tracer Laser Pointers leave a trail of effects instead of a laser
  • Potential Fix: VOLT Weapons - PU - UI - Inventory / Weapons - Narrative - In-Game name of the VOLT Parallax and VOLT Quartz are changed to GCD Army Rifle/SMG
  • Potential Fix: PU - Armor / UI / Personal Inventory - Items equipped and/or attached on the actor can't be dragged to be held by the actor's hands as its port will be missing
  • Potential Fix: PU - Resource Gathering - Weapons / Mission Content - ArcCorp rewards incorrect liveries and weapon/armor variants

Technical

  • Fixed 1 Server Crash