Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.8

Alpha Patch 4.8 has been released and is now available to test on the PTU environment! Patch should now show: VERSION 4.8.0-PTU.11812390.

Audience: All Backers
Server Info: PTU Channel - US Only
Long Term Persistence: Tonight's PTU will have a complete LTP wipe but should persist blueprints

Testing/Feedback Focus

Stability, Bugfixes
New Mission: Tactical Strike Groups & QV Extraction Stations
New Event: Return of Xenothreat
Item Recovery: Vehicle Loadouts (prices greatly reduced today, most likely more balance coming)
Command Module
Flight Suits & G-Force Resistance
New Mission: Defend Location - Ship Battles V3
Kastak Arms Plasma Grenade
Uniflex Crossbow (Blueprint should be fully working as a drop now from TSG)
Refueling Missions & Improvements
Ship Hangar Service T0
Hammerhead Gold Standard
Ship Armor and Shield Balance

Known Issues

Drake Caterpillar - PU - Vehicles / mobiGlas - Unable to utilize Vehicle Maintenance Services App when using Drake Caterpillar
Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Landing Services / Repair - Ships that provide landing services are unable to repair ships despite having RMC on the cargo grid
Multivehicle - Docking - Keybinds - conflicting keybinds not allowing ship docking to stations
PU - Stanton - Pyro Gateway - ATC / Locations / Hangars - Unable to contact ATC via keybinding shortcut
PU - Armor / Clothing / Inventory Rework - "Right Click > Equip" does not function if a paper doll slot is occupied, prevents further inventory interactions
PU - UI - Party connection Playing on repeat after quantum travel after a party member crashes and reconnects
PU - Multisystem - UI / Locations / Vehicles / Kiosks - Vehicle Rentals / Purchase Kiosks preview image will overlap transaction UI once purchased
PU - Stanton - UI - Party marker does not show party members' names and distance
PU - Multi-System - Stall / Freeze - Client - Locations - Commodity Kiosk / TDD - Performance / Game Code / GFX - Client will freeze / stall when accessing and using Commodities Kiosks

>Ships & Vehicles

Updated pricing and claim timers for ship to be closer to intended. Will most likely have more balance on this soon.

Fixed 2 Client Crashes
Fixed 3 Server Crashes

Potential Fix: PU - Multi-Locations - Shopping Services - Vehicles - Ship Shop Buy Transaction Service Error blocks from purchasing vehicles - STARC-204037
Potential Fix: PU - Transport / UI - Elevator party buttons update only after re-entry - STARC-203064
Potential Fix: PU - Missions - Kill Ship - Intersec kill ship Zeus target registers as friendly
Potential Fix: Multi-System - PU - Fleet Manager / Item Recovery / Locations - ASOP Terminal screen color becomes darker in hue when players are at claimed/destroyed tab
Potential Fix: PU - Stanton - Landing Zone (LZ) - Grim HEX - Locations / Transport - Hospital Elevators can become offset from the elevator doors
Potential Fix: Added missing item types to insurance
Potential Fix: ASOP displaying "moving to storage"