Alpha Patch 3.17.1 has been released to the LIVE, and is now available to test! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.17.1-LIVE.8073467.

Known Issues

• The Platinum Bay shops at the reststops will temporarily have the generic depot attract screen on them until the proper Platinum Bay attract screen is created
• Orison – The AR Marker for the Players designated landing area only appears when the Player gets within a close proximity to the Spaceport
• Ships can explode after players exit them
• While docked to a Starfarer the Valkyrie will continuously tilt instead of remaining stationary
• Damage to player health can become delayed and can trigger after the player has fully healed themselves
• The Argo Raft’s elevator controls cannot be interacted with from either inside deck
• A ship’s targeting pip may be missing or disappear for some players; they cannot be targeted when this happens
• Character’s head, mobiGlas, and other equipment can sometimes go missing after being released from Klescher
• Medical beacon will not complete mission/payment when player is brought back from incapacitation
• Character animations are not playing when looking at them at a distance through scopes
• Spawn closet doors do not open or remain open for friendly AI
• 890 Jump – AI do not spawn appropriate number
• Bunker turrets will shoot at a player with a lawful mission to be at the bunker
• Remove Claimjumpers – Mission does not progress after player has reached mission location
• ReplaceMe balls around Outposts on Daymar
• Area 18 – Centermass elevator duplicated; cannot enter the second, static, elevator door
• Trying to buy from Pharmacy kiosk causes a Failed Invalid Location message

New Features

Locations

• Window Interior Mapping Shader

Added a new graphics shader to buildings around the PU that will display 3D interior rooms that change perspective when looking through windows.

Ships and Vehicles

• Added New Ship: RSI Scorpius

Feature Updates

Locations

• Lighting Polish Pass for Hurston Volumetric Clouds

Gameplay

• Ship Paints Update

Paints can now be stored in personal and ship inventories to allow players to move them around the PU. Added paints filter to inventory tabs.

• Updated Intro Bounty Mission ship AI to be a more balanced experience for new players
• Increased Shield Health of Size 2 Shields
• Added Ability for Players to Purchase Shop Items Directly into Ships That Have Enough Storage Volume

Ships and Vehicles

• Added and New Refueling Console to the Rear Catwalk Platform on the Starfarer
• Updated Min/Max Wait Times and Insurance Expedite Fees of the Drake Cutlass Steel, Consolidated Outland HoverQuad, and MISC Hull A

Core Tech

• Made Further Performance Improvements to Streaming Bubble
• Performance Polish Pass on Large Planetary Storms
• Updated Gameglass Bindings for 3.17.1

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing ships and components to duplicate after a character reset
• Fixed an issue causing bunkers to not clear corpses between mission instances
• Elevators should no longer collide with players while moving to their destination
• Selling an item should no longer reset search filters back to default
• Fixed an issue causing passive detection range to be drastically reduced for all ships and vehicles
• Reloading weapons should no longer fail when emptying and reloading consecutive magazines
• Fixed an issue where players could equip any mag to the Behring BR-2 Shotgun
• Missiles should no longer be able to hit and damage the entity they were launched from
• Fixed an issue causing torpedoes to prematurely detonate before reaching max lock-on range
• The Lock Ping Controls to Scanning Mode setting should now correctly apply to Mining Mode
• AR Markers for ships, turrets, and other objects should no longer visually block the mobiGlas interface
• The oxygen (O2) timer in the mobiGlas should now correctly take into account the player’s suit oxygen supply
• Traveller Rental Kiosks should no longer have a blank UI / appears black when accessed
• Fixed an issue causing characters and objects to not display animations and appear to teleport while moving when looking at them from a distance through higher magnification weapon scopes
• Fixed an issue that was causing the fuel purchase price to slowly increase after players have committed to purchasing fuel from a Starfarer
• Players should no longer be able to request docking to a Starfarer if the refueling boom arm is not extended
• Starfarer’s upper turret should now have atmosphere
• Fixed an issue causing 300 Series ships to consume hydrogen fuel at a higher than intended rate
• “De-select/select” attachments on FPS weapons in shop’s confirmation window should now correctly function
• Carrack should no longer be missing geo for holo compass on the bridge technical deck
• Fixed an issue causing some of the Carrack’s component bays and suit lockers to not be able to be closed after opening
• Oxygen should now be present in the Carrack’s repair room
• Players should now be able to sit in the chair in the Carrack’s Captain’s Quarters
• Starfarer Co-Pilot’s Inner thought UI to turn ship off should no longer block MFD access
• Starlifter Series landing gear should no longer compress, causing the ramp and elevators to collide with the ground
• MISC Prospector Paint options should no longer be missing from the VMA
• Cave interiors on planets with breathable atmospheres should now correctly inherit the atmosphere of the planet
• There should no longer be invisible trees that players can collide with around the microTech river
• Loot Crates in UGFs should no longer duplicate and overlap inside of each other
• Added additional robustness to loot transfer to help Items transfer quickly from loot crates to personal inventory
• Using attachment interface to remove attachments should no longer cause some attachments to become stuck on the weapon and be unremovable
• Hornet Pirate should now correctly give Combat Assistance Mission credit when destroyed
• The Price of Freedom Laptop should no longer be missing its UI prompt, preventing a critical aspect of the mission
• Supply and demand for buying and selling commodities should no longer instantly refill
• Fixed an issue causing Comm Arrays to be missing their missile defenses and S10 turrets
• Fixed an issue causing Comm Arrays to incorrectly have trespass zones which will give the player a felony
• Fixed an issue causing some players to not receive their badge for completing Pirate Swarm in a group
• Artimex Armor cape should no longer appear to be blown by wind when there isn’t any
• Projectiles fired from UGF turrets should no longer be invisible and have chance of being silent
• Fixed an issue where ships docked to Starfarer / Starfarer Gemini could fall in atmosphere
• Fixed VisArea issues with multiple doors on the upper deck of the 400i
• The “Destroy Illegal Drugs” mission should now complete correctly after destroying all the drugs

Technical

• Fixed 12 Client Crashes
• Fixed 9 Server Crashes
• Fixed Multiple Backend Service Crashes