Frequently Asked Questions

What is Star Citizen?
Star Citizen is an MMO space trading and combat simulator set in the late 30th century. Star Citizen will feature both detailed space flight aspect as well as a first-person element which will allow players to explore and fight in first-person on planets as well as in space and on space stations.

Star Citizen is set to feature a wide variety of activities such as exploration, trading, mining, as well as smuggling and piracy facilitated by many different ships that can be upgraded and outfitted to suit different playstyles.

More information can be found here.

What is Squadron 42?
Squadron 42 is an offline singleplayer campaign set in the Star Citizen universe. SQ42 will feature a 70 mission campaign and will tie into Star Citizen should the player wish to do so.

Who is Cloud Imperium Games? Roberts Space Industries?
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) is an American video game company with offices in Los Angeles, California, England, Germany, and other locations. It was founded by Chris Roberts and Ortwin Freyermuth to develop Star Citizen and Squadron 42.

Roberts Space Industries is a fictional space technology company within the Star Citizen universe, RSI manufacture several different ships, as well as a line of spacesuits. However RSI also exists as a real-life subsidiary of CIG created for marketing and branding purposes.

When will Star Citizen be finished?
Squadron 42, the single player campaign, is expected to be content-complete by the end of 2016, with an unknown amount of time to follow for polish. The MMO portion of Star Citizen is expected (by some) to have a commercial launch sometime in 2017. However, these are estimates and release dates often change.

What are the latest features currently in the game?
You can find the latest features in the live Alpha here:

What should I play first?
Arena Commander, a game mode in the Star Citizen Alpha, offers the smoothest gameplay, with single player, co-op or player vs. player combat using a variety of ships. The Universe, located in the Crusader star system, has the most features and is closest to the "final" Star Citizen, but has the most bugs, stability issues, and frame rate problems.

Will my PC run Star Citizen? Why am I getting low frame rates?
There are no current official requirements for running Star Citizen. A community guide can be found Here to figure out if your PC/laptop can run the game.

How does buying ships work? Do I have to spend lots of money?
No, you do not have to spend a lot of money. You certainly can, if you want to.

Currently, the game can be purchased via packages. A package will contain one or more ships, as well as some in-game currency and insurance for your ships. The most important thing to note is that the cheapest packages ($45 USD) will ONLY include either the multiplayer Star Citizen or the singleplayer Squadron 42. In order to get both, you can choose a package and purchase Squadron 42 for an additional $15. You may also purchase a Star Citizen package at a later date after purchasing Squadron 42. Ships can also be purchased individually and added to your account where they will be available to use in-game when they are completed and flight-ready. Funds from purchases go directly toward creating Star Citizen and paying for the development of the game.

How can I help bug test the game?
Submit bugs and other issues to the Issue Council. Here, you can submit bugs and support other bugs with evidence and computer specifications. These are curated and community-voted to show CIG what the community wants to prioritize.

I'm having connection issues
What was that? I didn't catch what you said.

If you are having connection issues during download of Star Citizen in the launcher, you may want to turn off "P2P" in your settings, and/or maybe set a download limit. (P2P can overload some routers.)

What is the Public Test Universe?
The Public Test Universe (PTU) is an environment which is nearly identical to the current "live" version of the game. It exists to allow public testing of new and unstable patches, bug fixes, and content additions that are not yet ready to be released.
 * More information can be found in the PTU FAQ on the RSI website

How can I help?
Read Help:Contents; Project:Tasks

Are staff hired by CIG?
You mean we could be paid for this?

Why are there multiple wikis?
There is only this one. What are you talking about?

Before I start editing, what should I do?
Read Help:Contents

Where can I find code syntax?
Read Help:Contents; Help:Editing

Where do I discuss a page's contents?
Talk page; Accessed through word balloons icon on upper right (or on Discord).

Someone made a bad edit. What should I do?
''Run about, scream and shout!

Or, if one insists on approaching this in a constructive fashion:

Discuss the edit. (Talk page; Accessed through word balloons icon on upper right or on Discord.)

or...

Fix the edit. Which would require registration, and validation off the Discord (if you don't already have those). Help:Contents can be useful for showing you how.