4.2.1

Star Citizen Alpha 4.2.1

LIVEHotfixAugust 3, 2025

New Features(1)

  • Introducing new features while updating and refining existing functionality.

Known Issues(32)

  • Star Citizen Alpha 4.2.1 has been released onto the LIVE environment!
  • Your launcher should now display: VERSION 4.2.1-LIVE.9958723
  • Here are a few of the latest known issues. For a more comprehensive list of Known issues and Workarounds, please check out our Knowledge Base here!
  • https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/sections/360002667153-Known-Issues
  • PU - Advocacy Badge ( Replica ) - Actor Feature / Interactables - Advocacy Badge does not successfully Carry, Inspect or Store
  • Workaround
  • The Advocacy badge can still be submitted to the collector if the item is moved from :
  • Lootbox > Personal Inventory ( Backpack or Armor ) > Item Bank ( at any Wikelo Station ) > Freight Elevator
  • PU - Stanton - Resource Gathering - Recover Cargo - Mission Content / Game Code - Mission doesn't progress after reaching the mission location
  • PU - Missions / mobiGlas - Multiple Missions - A majority of the missions are missing in the PU
  • PU - Stanton - Resource Gathering - Support Attack Ship - Mission Content / Game Code - Mission did not progress after reaching the mission location
  • PU - Missions - A Call To Arms / Mercenary - Total Criminal Neutralized counter do not add after killing actor with a Crime Stat
  • Mission Content / Locations - Derelict Outposts - Derelict outposts are spawning emergent AI as well as mission AI
  • PU - Freight Elevators - Accessing the Freight Manager during item transfer can cause items to not register in the location inventory and can prevent mission completion
  • PU - Ship Battles V1 - Mission Content - Players can fail the mission upon arriving out of QT at the mission location
  • PU - Mission content - UI - Ships that have a % bar for health uses hull integrity but can fail before it reaches 0%
  • PU - Mission Content / Cargo - Escort ship can spawn with no cargo on-board
  • PU - Patrol - Missions / AI - Ace Pilot will de-spawn upon next objective update
  • Multivehicle - AC - Vehicles/RN - AC Capacitors do no share same values as PU
  • PU - Stanton - Resource Gathering / Freight Elevator - Mission Content / UI - Ore pods are not consistently recognized as being stored in the warehouse or is delayed
  • PU - Freight Elevators - UI / Locations - Cannot fill freight elevator to full capacity with commodity crates
  • PU - Mining / Harvestables - Some mining nodes on planet surfaces cannot be scanned or mined and are lacking collision
  • PU - Mercenary - Mission Content / AI / Locations - AI can remain in the Elevator Spawn closet even though the door is open
  • ARGO ATLS - PU - Mounts / Cargo / Tractorbeam - The ATLS is unable to pull cargo off a ship's cargo grid after it is moved from place of origin to new location
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