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Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 detailed, now available to PTU, adds new locations and gameplay mechanics

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Now this passed under our radar. Last week, Cloud Imperium released Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 to the Public Test Universe. Alpha 3.8 adds new locations and gameplay mechanics, as well as new weapons. Naturally, it also brings a number of bug fixes.

Going into more details, Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 new locations such as MicroTech Planet (including the exterior of New Babbage Landing Zone), orbital stations above major planetary landing zones and new Rest Stop interior variants. It also adds wind texture rotation on all planets and moons, and dust/sand storm effects to appropriate planetary bodies.

Moreover, this new alpha update adds “impounding” function and a new fine functionality to the law system. It also adds a new “look ahead mode” functionality and implements server side object container streaming (SSOCS).

Furthermore, this new alpha version adds a new keybind to deselect a target and g-force induced head movement (the strength of which can be customized in the game settings). It also improves AI ship collision avoidance and updates third person camera/chase camera for ships for improved behavior and stability.

You can find the complete list of changes for Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 here.

138 thoughts on “Star Citizen Alpha 3.8 detailed, now available to PTU, adds new locations and gameplay mechanics”

    1. yeah . there are still ppl who belive this will be a game some day …
      but hey … some ppl still belive in god and sh,t ……

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          12. Man….
            I hope when we invent interstelar travel the human race will leav all this god and jesus sh.t on earth so it dosnt infect other planets….

          13. leav all this

            Of course, you wouldn’t want Laws protecting the rights of every person to Life and Liberty “infecting” your new home. (Yes, Christ’s teachings are the foundation of our modern notions of Liberty and equality under law.)

            Wherever you end up you’re going to wish you had them. (And if you and razz are there, you’re going to need them.)

            And mercy? Deliverance from sin, death, and the devil?

            You’ll get your wish, but it won’t be what you expected.

          16. oh look i am only using a part of a sentence to make fun of other ppl .
            how original
            no wonder you like jesus …..

          17. oh look

            Don’t whine; I wasn’t making fun of you. I dont speak was just so that I (and anyone else) can see which post I was responding to.

            You’re the one coming up with nescience like, “Can you speak in human language? I dont speak religion.”

            If you’re going to be upset, then be upset with yourself.

          28. Took you THREE days to come up with that?

            And now you have closed access to your account?

            Yeah, typical pedo worshiper move.

  2. Recently there was a free week. I’ve tried it and boy it’s a mess . How can someone back this . On gtx1070 I’ve got 10-40fps and no matter the settings it usually sits below 30 with MASSIVE stuttering. I’ve tried to change every setting and every resolution it made no difference. How can they push hundreds of dlcs when the game itself is in a terrible state. The performance vs dlcs shows everything where their focus is.

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    1. well some say the FPS is affected by how many ppl are you connected to or how many are on the Server you are on or something like that ….
      witch is awesome if you wanna build a massive MMO space sim …..
      image having 2K pc rig and have sub 30 FPS on 1080p in 2020 oooooweeeeee money well spend

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      1. A friend of mine has it. Indeed, the more people on the server the worse FPS you get.

        The idea of the game is cool and some of the features it has now looks neat. But damn, in development since 2012 and no where near a BETA ready version yet + the “sales” for in-game ships is insane. If they still need money this badly now, then it says a lot about the CEO and how he spends the money.

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      2. … “Which is awesome if you wanna build…”

        So surprising you missed (on purposes) the Alpha status of games and the roadmap precisely pinpointing further patch focusing (among others things) on network or overall performance…. 🙂

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        1. sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

          “”patch focusing (among others things) on network or overall performance…. :)””

          soo they are adding better textures more things to it without knowing if the engine will handle it ???,
          remember when they had to change the engine cuz they realized it cant handel all that sh.t ???

          they add a ton of thing to a game but they have no idea if the engine will handle it ???

          its almost like the game is a feature creep ………

          “”So surprising you missed (on purposes) the Alpha status of games””

          rly ? but why are talking about this tech demo like its better than a fully released game out there ????

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          1. +1.2 individual backers, more joining every single day but @BFG stick to its behavior… No more scam or ponzi?

            What remain is “tech demo” and “my grandchildren will… ” joke… Hard time for naysayer and their belove “collapse 90 days top for sure!”… back in 2015 🙂

          2. +1.2 individual backers, more joining every single da …………..
            wtf is +1,2 ?
            how do you know that ????

            well its worst thatn colapsing …. they rised so mutch money that they only option is to add stuff to the game so ppl se yes … they are working on it … look at this expensive actor you like it ? give us more money …

            and the CEO somehow got a 4,7 mill house …..

    2. Are you running the game on HDD? I have also GTX1070 and my minimum frames are around 30…average about 40-45…but I’m running it on Samsung 970pro SSD.

      SSD helps a lot with frame stutters and loading times in this game.

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      1. I’ve played from ssd . Maybe I was playing when there was a lot of people and because of the servers i had bad performance . Deleted after 10min .

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        1. … Since your first comment you are hard to copy/paste pure naysayer attitude and wording… and it show a lot @1Bigfoot1.

          So you installed a 50Gb Alpha, played 10 minutes and deleted it? That more than strange as ten thousands have joined at every free weekend (understand pledged not only created a free account). So all those new backers around do love to spend cash on a totally unplayable crap… or you are just trolling, especially after explaining you did used SSD…

          Either you are a pure naysayer or you take one single 10 minutes experience in an Alpha of game with new patch injected as the rule for everyone. In both case you are deeply wrong 🙂

          Let me tell you something: What you said to have experienced is not at all correlated by the mass of new backers joining every day (not only during free weeks).

          Trying a game in Alpha for 10 minutes can’t be a valid test. There are multiple reason why a session can goes wrong. Including one specific server instability.
          There are many videos around with guys and girls playing during several hours… regularly.

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          1. “”more than strange as ten thousands have joined at every free weeken””

            and you know this from where ????
            and why are you braging about this when the game sh.t it self if there are more than 100 ppl on the screen …

            soo on lunch day the game will crash for everyone ….WP

          3. So you dont have a proof…
            You just say thing like.
            10 000 players join the ALPHA CITIZEN AFTER EVERY FREE WEAKEND………
            And i am like oK.. Is there a proof? do you know….

          4. You are a resident naysayer since year and perfectly know there are metrics and spreadsheet with daily progress on account and pledges…

            The number of +37K early backer back in Nov. 2012 and current 1.2 million individual backers end of 2019 means something.

            So keep barking about facts if that make you life easier 🙂

    3. Were you using a SSD or HDD? Star Citizen’s performance is heavily reliant on SSDs due to the game constantly loading things in and out.

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        1. Star Citizen is designed as a seamless massive open galaxy if you wanna travel everywhere without constantly getting hit with loading screens then a SSD is needed to stream data in and out smoothly. This is a game where you can land on a planet from space in real time. A HDD is too slow to load the games massive worlds for example Digital Foundry showed an example of loading into a solar system where it took 3 minutes and 24 seconds to load in on a 7200RPM HDD Raid 0 while on an NVMe SSD it only took 19 seconds. Star Citizen is a game that aims to push all technical aspects not just graphics. At this point you can get a 1tb SSD under $100 and next gen consoles are using SSDs so games will start being developed with it mind so Star Citizen requiring you to use an SSD isn’t really a big deal.

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          1. Well elite dangerous can do the same without any problem….
            Yes its not as detailes as scam citizen but hey it works….

            BUT in short its just sh.t game design…

            So mu guess is they release the game when everyone will have super fast storage…. WP…. WP….

          2. LOL… “ED can do the same without any problem”

            I am an an early ED backer with free life update and I would recommend ED to any space lovers because it do provide a very unique gameplay and experience… but by no mean it is remotely close of what SC offer right now in Alpha… not counting next few patch adding more gameplay (Theater of War, prison, salvage, repair, medic…).

            Both in terms of gameplay (now in Alpha) implemented tech or overall solo or multiplayer features ED is already way behind SC.. and will be be farther away at every single patch.

            Anyone having a look at CIG roadmap till just Q2 2020 can see it… with 3.8 coming in couple of week.

            Star Citizen Roadmap

        2. AAAhh The good old @BFG naysayer who is going to try to demonstrate all over this comment section that SC have nothing to save…. 🙂

          By design this game is pushing hardware limit. No game in development or released have to throw on screen so much details, features and I/O’s than SC.
          That’s not bad design it is called ambition taking into account today hardware. SSD is not hardware for ultra rich player… so true that next gen Consoles are based on SSD and a 500Gb can be found for as low as 60£.. the price of One Triple-A.

          Try harder @BFG 🙂

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          1. “”By design this game is pushing hardware limit.””

            soooooo if there you have 50 ppl on the screen you have sub 30 FPS
            what means your GPU and CPU is working bellow 50% ooooweeee pushing hardware rly good ……

            what a awesome game desing …….

            but you are right when the game will be released no one will have old spining HDDs ……
            soooo 2029 or something like that ?

          2. Quote: “… no one will have old spining HDDs”

            Never scared of more BS right @BFG 🙂

            SSD is mandatory and cost less than a Triple-A for twice the storage size needed by SC… now in 2019 not 2029.

          3. So the game design is si bad you need a SSD to run it better??
            But what if you have 50 other ppl on your screen? Your FPS will still tank… Do i need to buy more SSD? Or what else this garbage of a techdemo needs to not sh.t it self????

          4. 1 its sh.t game desgin

            2 “But, here, you don’t know what the heck you’re talking about, BFG.”
            rly ?
            since when did game need to have a fast SSD to have good FPS ?
            isnt that shoud just lower loading times ? not FPS ??? but scam citizen have so bad geme desing that they somehow managed to F it up the base of the game ….
            image … you are on a ship with your friends … he is the pilot and have super good NVME ssd and have high FPS … so he fly the ship good and fast … now sit next to him and you eat a** cuz you only have money for a good GPU cuz most of the time a gpu is needed for good FPS /sometimes good CPU depends on the game …. so what do you see ? i wonder . Either you have potato textures cuz the game have terrible engine … or terrbile FPS cuz the game have terrible engine …..

            3 “We should lock games into 2012 technology forever.”
            oh rly ? i can instal RDR 2 on a 2013 HDD and it will have the same FPS than the guy with the SSD …. WHY ? cuz the engine isnt sh.t .. like in Scam citizen ………… hello ?

            4. image you are in a group … couple of ppl having fun . and suddenly 100 ships jumps you and your friend and start fighting ….
            and you cant do anyhing cuz you have single digit FPS or you cant see the enemy ships cuz are not loaded ……

            5. whit is this MMO with massive size textures use the slowest thing in a PC ? hmmmmmmmmmmm ?

            6. so now ppl shoud buy SSDs cuz of one game .. sorry . tech demo ….

            7 on release this game will be alredy outdated ….. cuz its coming out in 202x ? maybe ? by that time some one will make a engine / game MMO what will use the massive amount of cores what AMD will give us and use it not the storage witch will be always the slowest part of the PC ……

            8 its just sh.t game desgin

          5. I suggest you not to spend much time with @BFG, understand providing thorough explanation. He don’t care. It’s sole existence is about throwing all possible negativity to SC. The SSD example is a good one.

            SSD = bad designed game. Period 🙂

    4. That’s surprisingly low performance. And it’s not in line with their online GPU/CPU performance tracker.

      Could you provide more details? What resolution were you playing at? And what are the full specs of your machine?

      Btw what do you mean by DLC’s? These updates are to the base game.

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      1. They are making a lot of paid ships as dlcs.
        16gb ram , ssd Samsung evo, i5-6600k overclocked 4.5gz, gtx1070.
        Resolutions 1080p-4k tested. In game settings from lowest to highest tested. It looked like it doesn’t matter which settings or resolution i chose the game was stuttering massively with fps lower than 30. Basically it was unplayable.

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        1. Just FYI the paid ships are not made by the same developers as the engine and core tech team.

          You have an SSD, 1070 and 6600K and fps lower than 30 at 1080p? I find that very hard to believe because those specs score much higher on Star Citizen’s online perf tracking tool.

          Could you launch the game at 1080p Low settings and check the performance? And could you do the same thing at Ultra?

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        2. Totally and utterly false @1Bigfoot1.

          There is nothing to pledge for beside the 45$ starter package… Ships are available with in game credits and are totally equivalent to what you get with cash… if you decide the project further more than 45$. Fully and totally optional.

          Again your experience does not match the ones from ten thousands others new backers who joined during last free week… you said yourself you tested it during 10 minutes.

          Edit: Also you provide your configuration. Mine is the same than yours and I got between 45 to 70 FPS on fresh server with all settings at max on a 2440x1440P.
          The Telemetry page on CIG web site, gathering thousands of backers config playing SC, do demonstrate as well your number of 30 is false.

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    1. Yeah we know @BFG… every SC article is an opportunity to show your dedicated naysayer behavior 🙂
      Unfortunately for you, each new patch do prove not only collapsed back in 2015 did not happened as per naysayer swear at this time (so obvious right?) but that CIG is pushing features limits in an Alpha not a single publishers ever approached in one single released Triple-A.

      MicroTech ! Insane Montagne sunshine 3 8

      3.8 Microtech Love the snow biome Low flyby

      Star Citizen 3.8 PTU Twerk CORP microTech Mining Expedition

      And this is just focusing on one planet and gameplay… not counting 2020 is going to more than double gameplay and overall performance (AI’s and network).

      Try harder 🙂

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      1. oh look at this nice techdemo how i fly alone and dooing nothing …..
        in the fist second you se 20 players your FPS will tank more than your IQ ……

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        1. Try harder @BFG. There are plenty of video with Org battling each others in space + ground and caves… now in Alpha. That is just to show what 3.8 alone is going to add.

          Does it equal a fully fleshed and polished game with all gameplay? No and nobody pretend it is.

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          1. “”Does it equal a fully fleshed and polished game with all gameplay? No and nobody pretend it is.””

            how many times you said this techdemo is better than ED ??????

        1. Its is ok to deliver when ready… Everybody got it but you and your permanent trolling. .. and yopu don’t agree, wait for release…

          Yeah we know. In 2029 as a gift to your grandchildren Lol

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