[Wave 1 Playtest] Engineering Tech-Preview

Star Citizen Alpha TECH-PREVIEW

A Wave 1 playtest is now available on the TECH-PREVIEW channel! Build CL: 10685865

Hello Wave 1 testers!
This playtest will focus mostly on Engineering in the persistent universe and currently functions on about 70 Ships.

• Audience: Wave 1 Testers
• TECH-PREVIEW Channel
• We plan to leave this build up through Friday

Known Issues

• UI – Item icons on MFD & Engineering Screen are missing
• PU - PYRO - Vehicle Purchase Kiosk / Locations - After interacting in Vehicle Purchase Kiosk an UI "Your Transaction Has Failed" will appear
• PU - Pyro - Stanton Gateway - Locations/Medical Screens/UI - Players cannot imprint at Stanton Gateway
• PU - Fire Extinguisher - Interactions / FPS / UI / Actor - The Fire Extinguisher can become unusable / unable to be equipped by the player

Engineering Updates

Feature Updates

• Pips should not auto assign other pips from other ship items (only powerplant if available)
• Add modifier to reduce/restrict damage penetration – Expand existing damage modifier on Vehicle Component
• Implemented New Fuse / Relay Gameplay
• Allow MFDs to work with no power available
• Doors on Ships need to support a 'Low Power Mode' for when Ships & items are disabled
• Ship Explosion Malfunction - Review audio/lights during timer - Room Power & Emergency states
• Venting Rooms button updates
• Fixes for Door Overrides are done
• Balancing update for weapons and penetration
• Ammunition count increased by x3
• Fix for random ship damage
• Fixes for random fire misfires and high damage

UI Updates

• Adjusted Filters position (bottom left of 3d view)
• Removed Exclusive mode button
• Fixed frame visual to match new layout (had been stomped)
• Added Hull health bar
• Bindings Support - Health bar for the health of ship
• Diagnostic Screen MFD - Repair All button with hotkey support
• Added icon, warning indicator and updated header style of Contextual Boxout
• Updated layout of Contextual Boxout statuses, stats, diagnostic mode, disconnected mode and action buttons.
• Added color code on statuses (reused stats color coding)
• Adjusted relays Contextual Boxout to better explain fuses. Icon, Label, Color code when at 0.
• Added an opened/closed door icon for doors Contextual Boxout.
• Fixed Contextual Boxout visible over config and presets

Bug Fixes

• Engineering Station - Count of notifications does not match amount of notifications
• Vehicles / Engineering / Resource Network - Power assignment is inconsistent on multiple vehicles
• Engineering Screen - UI - Icons for Components on MFD are Blank and Arrows on the Engineering Screen
• Multivehicle - PU - All ships are missing Diagnostics MFDs
• Multivehicle - PU - Vehicles / Engineering / Resource Network - Coolers on multiple vehicles are not adequately cooling the vehicle
• Right click drops extinguisher
• Fixed graphics settings changing to unexpected values when adjusting other graphics options
• Fixed various client stability issues and crashes
• PU - Stanton - Engineering Screen - UI - Icons for Components on MFD are Blank and Arrows on the Engineering Screen

Here's a longer list of ships that are fully or partially implemented for Engineering in this playtest

Carrack, Mercury Star Runner, Gladius, Sabre, Scorpius, Ares Inferno/ion, Corsair, Cutter, Fortune, fury/mx/lx, Golem, Guardian QI/MX, Hull-A, Mantis, Meteor , Intrepid, Polaris, Prowler, Pulse/LX, Retaliator, San'tok.yai, Spirit C1/A1, Starlancer MAX/TAC, Syulen, Talon/Shrike, Terrapin, Asgard, Storm/AA, Vanguard Warden/Harbinger/Sentinel, Vulture, Nomad, Nova, Zeus, STV, X1, Ursa Medivac, Apollo Triage/Medivac, Paladin.