Star Citizen 4.5 Patch Notes

Major Features

Engineering v1 (The Headline Feature):
- In-Flight Repair: You can now monitor, repair, and replace ship components while in flight.
- Component Physicalization: Components (Power Plants, Coolers, Shield Gens) now exist physically inside ship maintenance hatches.
- Critical Failures: Power plants reaching 0% health can now trigger a self-destruct countdown. You must repair it immediately or eject.
- Repair Material: New RMC Canisters (Cambio SRT) are required for the Multi-Tool to repair internal components.
Experimental VR Support:
- Native support for VR headsets is now available (Enable in Graphics Settings).
- Includes auto-centering for FPS aiming and decoupled aiming for gimbals.
Physicalized Helmets:
- Helmets are now fully physical objects in the world. You can place them on shelves or tables; they no longer appear as generic boxes when dropped.

Racing Variants:
- Racing ships have received a tuning pass to differentiate them from combat models:
  - +25% Boost Capacity (for longer burns).
  - +20% EM Emissions (harder to stealth).
  - +5s Master Mode Spool-up (slower to escape).
Snub Fighters & Interceptors:
- All snub class ships now take +10% damage from all sources to reduce their dominance in the current meta.
Weapon Nerfs:
- Pulverizer: Damage reduced (31 → 27), aim time increased.
- Custodian SMG: Reworked spread pattern (nerfed at range).

External Freight Elevators: Now available at all space stations, not just major landing zones.
Graphics Overhaul: The settings menu has been redesigned with a new VRAM Usage Bar to help you optimize performance.
Loot Refresh: Loot tables across the PU have been updated; empty salvage canisters have been removed from the pool.

Retaliator Fires: Fire propagation on the Retaliator can sometimes spread to unreachable areas, making it impossible to extinguish.
Hangar Spawning: Large ships may occasionally spawn in hangars that are too small for them (causing collision damage on spawn).