Update:Star Citizen Alpha 4.0.2

Star Citizen Alpha 4.0.1

2025-01-29

Update:Star Citizen Alpha 4.0.1

Released

2025-02-28 - 22 days ago

Star Citizen Release 1.0

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Update:Star Citizen Release 1.0

Alpha Patch 4.0.2 has been released onto the PTU environment from the 7th of february 2025 (for evocati only). and from the 11st of february 2025 (for all backers) .

The patch has been released onto Live environment on the 28th of february 2025.

Launcher should now show: VERSION 4.0.2-LIVE.9589006

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.

- Long Term Persistence: Enabled - Server Meshing: 5:5:600 Player Shards - Starting aUEC: 20,000

• Stability, Performance, and Bugfix Testing
• Elevator Behavior (We have been rolling in many updates since the start of 4.0.2 PTU. Please let us know how the overall experience compared to 4.0.1 is!)
• Courier Missions in Pyro
• Supply or Die Event

Features & Gameplay

Locations

Planet Nighttime Brightness Updates - Location Performance Improvements

• Planetary Night Brightness Polish Pass
• Biome Streaming Performance Optimizations
• Optimization Pass on Pyro Outposts

Gameplay

Distortion Falloff Time Adjustments - Tractor Tool Player Look Adjustments

• Greatly Increased Distortion Falloff Times for S4 Power Plants on the Polaris, Reclaimer, and 890j
• Max player look rotation scale for the dedicated tractor tool has been reduced to add a bit more of a weighty feel to heavier items
• Added new distance values to the spawning of salvage ships around rest stops to avoid clean up
• Enabled Courier Missions in Pyro System

Ships and Vehicles

Zeus and Starlancer MAX added to PU Shops - Flight Marker Sorting and HUD Updates

New Ships Added to PU Ship Shops

• Added: Zeus CL and ES (NewDeal Lorville)
• Added: Misc Starlancer MAX (NewDeal Lorville and AstroArmada Area18)

Additional Ship Updates and Balance Changes

• MISC Fortune: LOD and Art Polish Pass
• Mirai Guardian: LOD Transition Polish
• Tumbril Storm: Removed extra personal storage. Set correct storage amount. Change loc name for all personal storages.
• Mirai Guardian QI: Insurance Claim Timer and Cost adjustments (12 minutes base - 6180 aUEC 3 minutes expedited)
• MISC Starfarer: Moved the MFDs down to avoid intersecting with Advanced HUD
• Flight Markers: Better sorting of essential markers and prioritizing ones closer to center screen
• Added new ship compass with performance improvements
• Retuned the camera shake and vibration effects for spaceships flight while in first person
• Restricted Heartseeker Weapon and Gimbal to only work on the Heartseeker mount

Core Tech

Building Blocks Warning/Info Messages

• Updated Warning/Info popups in menus to building blocks and adjusted styling, coded colors, and error code wording for more accurate and clear information.

Additional Core Tech Updates

• Further Networking Changes to help Load Times
• AI Planet Navigation Performance Polish
• Instance Hangar Performance Optimizations
• Further Lighting and Rogue Entity Performance Polish Pass for Stanton Landing Zones
• Added new distance values to the spawning of salvage ships around rest stops to avoid clean up
• Updated Loading Screen Images

System & Balance

• Crew & AI Scoring

• All crew members will now receive an assist and score for kills by other crew members.
• Pilots will now be awarded the kill for AI controlled weapons.

Miscellaneous

• A critical issue with maps Bloodshot Ridge & Makers Point has been resolved, both maps have been reactivated in all game modes they were previously available.
• A timer which would pre-maturely end the game (such as a lack of players, or the DNF countdown at the end of a classic race) now has visible UI associated with it.
• Several improvements to matchmaking were implemented, this will be most noticeable at times of high population where previously free instances not as readily available, and it would service players in an inconsistent order.
• Polaris has been removed from Squadron Battle
• Resolved an issue that caused race checkpoint markers to disappear.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing transit in some Landing Zones to have no collision, causing players to fall through the transit floor (STARC-154346)
• Fixed an issue causing elevator carriages to be visually present but missing collision, causing players to fall through the floor (STARC-155007)
• Fixed an issue causing players to get stuck at position 1 in queue when joining the PU (STARC-154900)
• Fixed an issue causing servers to not give error information or recover when crashing (STARC-154601)
• Players no longer have a chance to enter a 'Nonowner' Personal Hangar occasionally and end up out of Boundary without Player Control (STARC-147052)
• Fixed an issue causing Poor performance on Monox leading to input lag and delays of game updates of high BWin (STARC-149624)
• Fixed an issue causing ship weapons to sometimes not fire (STARC-153988)
• Quantum travel should no longer stop after travelling a short distance before reaching the target location (STARC-150072)
• Fixed an issue causing ships to not begin Quantum Travel when the spooling is ready (STARC-146880)
• Multiple Mission Locations should no longer load without Interiors (STARC-152295)
• Player's Advanced HUD should no longer randomly go away (STARC-145359)
• Fixed an issue causing ship destruction after disconnecting while vehicle is storing (STARC-129999)
• Disconnecting during NPE then signing back in after the Pisces Rental has expired should no longer cause the Player to only see blank and black ASOP screens (STARC-146295)
• Fixed an issue causing Hauling Missions to not reward players with payment after completion (STARC-145989)
• Quantum Travel Nav Markers should no longer become invisible (STARC-154029)
• Crusader Hercules Starlifter should no longer spawn/land off balance on hangar floors (STARC-130372)
• Freelancer Variants and Prospector should now correctly have F-Interaction on the side doors while inside (STARC-130350)
• Fixed an issue causing event contracts to not spawn enough enemy AI (STARC-152286)
• Fixed an issue causing Salvage mission target ships to suddenly disappear during the salvaging process (STARC-148287)
• The ship's pitch ladder/altimeter should no longer significantly reduce client performance (STARC-153193)
• Fixed AI not spawning when arriving at an "Attack on CFP Outpost' Mission (STARC-148377)
• Power allocation and Power pips should no longer get set to 0 on and off randomly (STARC-152982)
• Fixed an issue causing ship engine and weapon audio to go missing after spawning in a hangar and flying out (STARC-153799)
• FSR Upscaler should now correctly be present while using DX11 API (STARC-154319)
• Cargo should no longer disappear and lock the cargo grid of a ship upon a ship auto storing through leaving game or leaving hangar (STARC-151964)
• Fixed an issue causing players not to be able to equip components looted from contested zones (STARC-145524)
• Mineables should no longer take up to an hour to transition from render node to entity to be mined (STARC-145657)
• Quantum Traveling from a planet to a LEO should no longer sometimes jump past the destination (STARC-151947)
• Bounty mission markers should now be able to be properly routed from the Starmap (STARC-152981)
• Freight elevator kiosks should no longer be missing from RAB locations (STARC-137488)
• Fuel amount should now update properly in a ship's fuel tank when crossing DGSmesh (Server authority) (STARC-137758)
• Ground vehicles should now have correct power to engines by default (STARC-155744)
• Taking power away from coolers and lift support should no longer revert back to coolers and life support after crossing an authority (DGS) zone (STARC-154547)
• Ground terrain should now properly render on atmospheric Arena Commander maps (STARC-156151)
• Storing items from the actor to the Storage Access interface will no longer drop the items and make them lose interactions (STARC-154219)
• Retrieving a Ship after an Initial Refinery Order will no longer allow for duplicated Refinery Orders (STARC-148921)
• Fixed an issue causing the C1 Spirit to not have a UI button on the console to access the remote turret (STARC-127623)
• Fixed an issue causing laser repeaters to not shoot or stop shooting altogether (STARC-146441)
• Fixed an issue causing the New Player Experience mission to stop progressing after landing in the hangar (STARC-154052)
• Fixed an issue with the Reclaim Pyro Phase 2 missions giving random mission objective locations instead of the correct ones (STARC-152399)
• Clinic Check-In Kiosks should no longer get stuck displaying a "Room 0" message after a server recovery (STARC-129791)
• Fixed obstructive struts in the Cutlass Red blocking pilots view above the new MFDs (STARC-131724)
• Fixed animation proxies blocking off a majority of the front cargo module with an invisible barrier on the Caterpillar (STARC-154435)
• FPS weapons should no longer disappear when placed in the Crusader Mercury Star Runner weapon racks (STARC-154465)
• Fixed Origin 135c geometry blocking SCU crates from the cargo bay (STARC-152855)
• Fixed obstructively bright white lights in the MISC Fortune dashboard (STARC-154485)
• Fixed AR markers missing from next checkpoints in Arena Commander Race Modes (STARC-153876)
• Fixed many locations where players can get stuck in between two walls of collision on the side of the Lookout/Watch tower at the Derelict Outposts (STARC-150165)

Technical Updates

• Fixed 9 Client Crashes
• Fixed 15 Server Crashes
• Fixed 2 Hybrid Crashes
• Fixed a Client Deadlock