Star Citizen Alpha 3.1 provides character customization, new ships, and extra

Alpha 3.1 went stay Saturday, and backers can now totally customise their in-game characters with head shapes, eye colours, hairstyles, and pores and skin tones. According to the patch notes, the character you create can be used throughout all Star Citizen sport modes, and you’ll replace your look within the “Universe” menu.

Another new function is Service Beacons, which gamers can use to ship out misery indicators once they’re in bother or stranded. You can set a required fame stage and reward for every beacon you set, and when you settle for one other participant’s beacon you’ll be capable to cancel at any time.

The new construct additionally provides 5 new ships and autos. There’s the Reclaimer, a heavy salvage ship; the Anvil Terrapin-class exploration vessel; the Razor long-distance racer; the Nox Kue open-canopy speedster; and the all-terrain floor car, the Tumbril Cyclone.

Cloud Imperium say 3.1 additionally brings a bunch of under-the-hood enhancements and tweaks to features introduced in 3.0, and that gamers ought to see enhancements to in-game instruments, weapons, injury physics, and optimization.

“These are important updates and our fans should see some significant improvements to Star Citizen’s overall experience,” mentioned Chris Roberts, Star Citizen’s inventive director and CEO of Roberts Space Industries.

The full patch notes can be found on the RSI forums.