Star Citizen Alpha 4.5.0 LIVE - Hotfix Central [Updated 12.19.25] - Star Citizen Spectrum
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Hi Everyone! Time again for another Hotfix Central thread to keep you all up to date on things going on outside of the normal patch cycle in SC Alpha 4.5.0 LIVE! This will be a living document of...

A hotfix has been released to resolve some server crashes and some client crashes.

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Current 4.5.0 LIVE Status | 12.19.2025

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  • Status: Hotfix Channel Currently OPEN
  • Latest LIVE Client CL: 10967244 (10982982 Currently on the HOTFIX Channel)
  • Latest LIVE DGS CL: 10967244 (10982982 Canaried on some shards

► 12.19.2025: HOTFIX CL 10982982 is currently starting to rollout on to DGS with the client side available to test on the HOTFIX channel

  • DGS: 2 Server Crash Fixes
  • DGS: Fix for issue with Apex Valakkar spawning module not starting
  • DGS: Fix for Search and Destroy mission pinging not updating marker
  • Client: 4 Client crashes (including OpenXR runtime and Salvo Pisol CTD)

► 12.18.2025: We have started to rollout the 2 updates below onto 4.5 LIVE Hybrids and Services

  • A hybrid Service Crash encountered on LIVE will have a hybrid hotfix later today no client or DGS updates required but will help with the most hit stability issue
  • We have a service hotfix in the works to help with ships showing as unknown on the ASOP. This is a service change that will not require a client or DGS update. (STARC-189667)

We are currently investigating multiple other issues on LIVE including Nvidia Smooth Motion causing black screens while running Vulkan renderer. Disabling Vulkan for directx or disabling smooth motion is a workaround for now while we investigate the issue.

    • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      4·
      27 days ago

      Yeah, for now using Experimental Wine Wayland has fixed this for me.

      I also had to make sure to add the --in-process-GPU argument to fix my launcher from being all white.

      And then there was the user.cfg override by going with 2 pixels less on the height to fix the occasional black screen issue with any full screen effects.

      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
        2·
        27 days ago

        None of the workarounds work for me so all I can do is wait and hope it’ll make it into the next patch, unfortunately.

        Edit: Never mind, I can’t play properly at all. For some reason game won’t let me move my camera normally and limits the mouse movement to a little more than if I were using freelook. This doesn’t bode well.

      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
        3·
        27 days ago

        Meh, I have other things to play in the meantime. Can’t be bothered to switch renderer only to have to clear and recompile shaders just in case something else breaks once this is fixed. 4.5 won’t go anywhere.

        Edit: So… I changed my mind and decided to test DirectX and it’s about what I expected. Performance is about 30% higher than on Vulkan, colours are fixed and the 3D view on engineering screens is working properly (all I could do on Vulkan was point at rooms). Yeah, I’m not looking forward to them switching to Vulkan full time just yet.