Star Citizen Patch 3.16.1
Alpha Patch 3.16.1 has been released and is now available! Patch should now show: VERSION 3.16.1-LIVE.7939065.

It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER folder 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.

Database Reset: YES
Long Term Persistence: Enabled
Starting aUEC: 20,000


Known Issues

It is possible that some servers may stop updating their mission offerings. If the issue persists, try leaving the server, waiting a few minutes and rejoining the PU, or change region.

Attempting to log back into a ship bed may result in a long loading screen before being sent back to the Main Menu w/ Error 30009

Players will experience positional desync with one another after they have died and respawned

Switching capacitor charge can cause desync in capacitor rate and capacity

Many mineable asteroids can’t be scanned

Spawn closets do not recognize unconscious AI and close the door on them possibly leaving mission critical AI unreachable

Ships sometimes wont appear in the VMA app unless the player spawns the ship first then spawns a different ship after, only then the ship will appear in VMA

Logging out from the Reliant ship’s bed and back in will cause the Reliant to be in flight mode and the player is stuck inside the ship sleeping area

Cannot Repair, Refuel, Restock at LEOs

Ship may despawn after player death instead of staying at it’s last location

Hammerhead doors to turrets may not open for players if they leave the seat during QT, trapping them inside


Feature Updates

Gameplay

Derelict Spaceships V1 – Planetside Points of Interest

Updates to the Derelict Spaceship missions to include more points of interest that will be scattered on planets. These derelict spaceships can now include newly added activities such as puzzles, tripmines, traversal problems, and hostile AI encounters and may reward players handsomely when for resolving the activity. These new derelicts will include the 1st implementation of laser trip mines into the game which players will encounter. This trip mines are explosives that use a beam of light that will detonate the explosive when someone or something comes into contact with the beam.

Ship Shield Delay Changes

Shield face regen delay timer will now also trigger if the ship hull is hit and shield face is already down. Shield regen delay timers will now trigger for all faces when the power state of any shield generator is changed.

Quantum Travel Polish

Made additional stability fixes that should help Quantum travel engage more consistently.

Increased scaling ratio payout per crimestat of target for player bounties


Major Bug Fixes

Character’s head, mobiGlas, and other equipment should no longer go missing after being released from Klescher

Fixed an issue that was causing elevators at GrimHEX and Underground Facilities to duplicate and overlap

Fixed an issue causing Inner Thought to override the MFD interaction of many ships

Fixed an issue that was causing player Hydration & Nutrition to not deplete

Fixed issues with multiple ships having shield holes and allowing laser repeaters through when the landing gear was retracted

Medical Gurney’s in the Area18 hangar should now have correct mouse input steering functionality

Fixed an issue that was not allowing players to interact with party members on the front end menu

Fixed an issue causing players to see extremely bright, flashing lights around gas clouds near space stations

Fixed an issue causing players to become stuck in the queue to respawn at an ICU indefinitely

Fixed an issue causing weapons to not holster after entering EVA from Prone

Item interactions should no longer overlap other items which made it difficult / near impossible to interact with certain items properly

“Get up” Inner thought options should no longer be missing from the Cutlass bunkbeds

“Close Exterior” prompts should now correctly close ramps or doors on various ships

Fixed an issue causing multiple ships to spawn upside down on landing pads

Turrets should now properly attempt to shoot down torpedoes and bombs

Drake Caterpillar elevator should now retract correctly and not block players from entering the ship

Fixed an issue causing the synced assassination missions to not complete

Arlington Bounty Idris should now show it’s marker for the player to follow

Rocket pods should no longer be able to be equipped on other ships that are not intended

Fixed an issue that allowed players to swap and move bespoke ship items across many ships

Pressing and holding F to “Freelook” should now work when piloting the Nox and prevents start up of vehicle

Freelancer Variant loadouts should now be able to be modified

Fixed multiple shield holes in the Aegis Sabre

Destroying the tail of the Redeemer should no longer break apart the entire exterior without killing the ship

Technical

Fixed 4 Client crashes

Fixed 6 Server crashes

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