Star Citizen's Gets Alpha Patch 3.20.0a

Star Citizen has received a new Alpha update titled 3.20.0a. The game, known for its meticulous attention to detail and continuously expanding universe, has yet again marked a significant update with Patch 3.20.0a. With this, players can anticipate a rectification of known glitches and a slew of enhancements designed to make their interstellar journey smoother.

Players will be greeted with a fresh start, as there’s been a short-term database reset. Though this might lead to the loss of items not stored in Long Term Persistence (LTP), it’s a necessary measure to keep the game running smoothly. The activation of LTP is a welcome addition, ensuring that items will be preserved over the long term. As a cushion to this reset, players will embark on their new journey with a nest egg of 20,000 aUEC to get things off on the right foot.

For the full patch notes, check below:

Star Citizen Alpha 3.20.0a LIVE.8717119 Patch Notes

Alpha Patch 3.20.0 has been released and is now available on the LIVE environment! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.20.0-LIVE.8717119.

It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER and Shader folders for the Public client after patching, particularly if you start encountering any odd character graphical issues or crash on loading. The USER folder can be found (in default installations) at C:\Program Files\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\LIVE. The Shader folders can be found here %localappdata%\Star Citizen.

Known Issues
Note: QR Code option is enabled by default in this build. This can be disabled in the Graphics Options menu by changing ‘Session Information QR Code’ to ‘No’.

UI / Menus – Controls – Keybindings – The Default Preset Images for the keyboard and gamepad control schemes do not match what is bound by default
PU – Audio – Audio starts cutting out for extended periods after some time playing
PU – Locations / Vehicles – When spawning a ship at a Docking Port, the ship will spawn clipped into the docking port geometry
MISC Hull C – PU – Vehicles – Can’t undock the Hull-C

Workarounds: First, If the Hull-C has cargo as part of the end of the flow, try and request detach via the Cargo center rather than regular ATC. Second, if the Hull-C doesn’t have cargo, make sure the spindles are collapsed then store, retrieve again, and request via regular ATC on mG comms.

PU – Cargo / Commodities / Vehicles / Cargo ATC – ATC fails to detect vehicles within the loading zone or fails to initiate cargo transfers
PU – Crusader / Orison – Locations / Transit – It’s possible for turn gates to not open preventing players from entering shuttles
PU – Art – Items / Character / Textures – Multiple clothes / armor / undersuit variants lost color / using the default base color
PU – Multivehicle – Vehicles / Ships / Ship Components / Weapons – Laser Repeater occasionally stops firing but still consumes ammo
Hull C – Spawn / Cargo / LEO – Hull C with cargo can spawn extended in a large Hangar instead of Docking Port
Stanton – Multivehicle – RSI Constellation Series – Ship Feature – Snub Ship clips through Constellation variants in vertical position when retrieved from ASOP
PU – Stanton – Area18/GrimHex – Locations / Inventory / Respawn – Player loses loadout after dying in the armistice zone
Stanton – Actor – Personal Inventory – Right click item interaction menu cannot be closed once opened
PU – Stanton – AI / Locations – Combat AI will teleport / pop in combat
Drake Caterpillar – ALL VARIANTS – PU – Salvage – All of Caterpillar Hull give invalid material message for Salvager
Multivehicle – PU – Vehicles / Actor Feature – Medical / Respawn – Cannot respawn on a ship that has streamed out
Room System / Actor / Locations – Room System does not protect player actor from extreme weather conditions in Lorville Interiors
ASOP – Ships – Vehicles – Clicked to “Store” ship at ASOP but it was “Destroyed”
Vehicles – Players and items can fall through the bottom deck of the Redeemer
Reclaimer – Vehicles – Stanton – Reclaimer bridge elevator interaction missing
Vehicles / GFX – Client FPS will drop as long as players are inside of the cockpit of the Drake Cutlass series
The Carrack’s main elevator will get locked in place and begin to spin indefinitely after spamming the floors for a few minutes
Vehicle Maintenance Services – Ship repair doesn’t happen but still charges you
Landing Pads – Multivehicle / Shopping – Refuel, repair, and rearm services unavailable when landed
Inventory / Personal Inventory – Inventory can enter a state of becoming unresponsive, preventing the player from being able to eat or drink
Stanton – AI – Mission Giver – Wallace Klim is not visible at his location in Grim Hex

Bug Fixes

We have put in multiple LTP fixes to help resolve certain circumstances where ships purchased in game with aUEC would not be saved properly in LTP between releases.

Fixed multiple issues causing inventories to become corrupted and not load in the PU
Mirai Fury LX Paints and Decals should now display correctly
Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes be relocated while standing in a hangar
Fixed a Client Crash when Scrolling Armor in the player inventory
Fixed an issue causing Sabre Variants to show Debug mode arrows near thrusters when reverse strafing
Fixed an issue where players could only sell 1 SCU of each type of loose cargo during Jumptown
Disabled non-owner bed logout in the Hull C to fix the ship disappearing when someone other than the owner uses bed logout
Fixed the attached Constellation snub fighters being spawned in a vertical position
Fixed an issue causing stowed ships purchased with aUEC to not get correctly stored in LTP

Technical

We’ve implemented multiple database and backend service fixes that should resolve many of the new issues that arised after the 3.20 LIVE launch. We will continue to monitor for any related issues that may arise.