Star Citizen Alpha 3.24 is Broken
Star Citizen Alpha 3.24 is broken at time of recording and literally not available (tho it should be up later today) I want to talk about that, the latest updates to 3.24 and a quick PSA on th Ship Showdown as we have a ship sale and freefly on now!
[Closed Until Friday] Star Citizen Alpha 3.24.0 PTU.9283212 Patch Notes
I was really enjoying the previous build that CIG put out for 3.24
They released this new build and it broke the game…
They’ve actually taken down the PTU temporarily (at least at time of recording).
There should be a new fixed build up later Friday… more specifically CIG said:
This Build has been taken down due to instability, investigations ongoing but likely no new build until Friday.
So what was in the build?
- Tractor Beam Use Adjustments
Tractor Beam use on the multi-tool has had its cargo mass balanced to restrict use to cargo sizes under 32 SCU (multi-tool can no-longer move 32 SCU crates) and to reduce usable distance. Both handheld tractor beams have had their movement speeds reduced.
- Item Bank UI Changes
Based on feedback we determined the Storage Access flow was not providing the results we wanted. We’ve thus changed it to open a filtered view of the Warehouse inventory to only show FPS gear, like the Storage Access kiosk did. Search is missing in that view and will be added in a future patch. Fortunately, the Storage Access screen shares a lot of functionality with the Freight Elevator Kiosk, so it wasn’t throw-away work.
- Cargo Hauling Mission Changes
Greatly Increased Cargo Hauling Mission Rewards. Allowed players to retrieve cargo for shared missions where they aren’t the original mission owner. Set Hauling Intro missions to not be shareable.
Ships and Vehicles
- Removed SDFs and Shields from Spindles and Attached Cargo of the Hull-C
Core Tech
- Made Further Ship Debris Collision Physics Performance Improvements
- Entity Count Performance Polish for Hurston
It fixed a load of issues to with:
- Completing Mission Objectives
- Hull C Cargo Transfer
- Hangar Transition / Physics Breaking
- Ship Spawning And Retrieve / ASOP Terminal Issues
- Selling Ore / Gems at Kleshere
- Mission Cargo Detection After A Server Recovery
- Some Other Minor Mission Issues
- Medical Rescue Beacons
It also fixed 11 Server Crashes
It’s likely one of these fixes caused unforeseen issues/the instability.
The FreeFly is for everyone until the 22nd.
If you want to get access to those 16 SSDSs you do have to click FLY FOR FREE on the FreeFly Page… again I’ll link that below
All of the 16 ships are on sale with a couple of caviants
For the F8 II can confirm if you have a golden ticket and have yet to buy an F8 it does appear to be available.
The 890 is available in waves every 8 hours until 8am UTC on 18th
Keep in mind that the final four competitors will receive a special in-game paint and poster, and the winner will be honored with an in-game championship pennant commemorating their 2954 win.
The ships fighting it out change each day at 4pm UTC