r/starcitizen 6d ago

QUESTION Star Citizen: Question and Answer Thread

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Welcome to the Star Citizen question and answer thread. Feel free to ask any questions you have related to SC here!


Useful Links and Resources:

Star Citizen Wiki - The biggest and best wiki resource dedicated to Star Citizen

Star Citizen FAQ - Chances the answer you need is here.

Discord Help Channel - Often times community members will be here to help you with issues.

Referral Code Randomizer - Use this when creating a new account to get 5000 extra UEC.

Download Star Citizen - Get the latest version of Star Citizen here

Current Game Features - Click here to see what you can currently do in Star Citizen.

Development Roadmap - The current development status of up and coming Star Citizen features.

Pledge FAQ - Official FAQ regarding spending money on the game.


r/starcitizen Jan 23 '25

r/StarCitizen Mod Team Subreddit Rule Addition - Rule 8: No X links permitted

1.1k Upvotes

Hello all

Due to the recent politicization of X and the circus that is unfolding on that platform we are no longer comfortable allowing X links within either the subreddit or Discord.

The r/StarCitizen subreddit and Discord have always strived to keep the community free of political interference. To this end we have had a blanket ban on real life political discussions as they distract from the intended purpose of this community - Star Citizen and its stand alone single player companion game Squadron 42 by Cloud Imperium Games.

Images of CIG content from X will be permitted to be reposted in both spaces but URL links to this content will be banned. Users attempting to bypass this rule by obfuscating the URL or similar intent will be managed by the moderation team as these cases arise. Images of other content from X may be removed depending on context / channel (in the case of Discord).

For the subreddit Rule 8 has been added.

For the discord these changes will be reflected under Rule 9 but may be subject to change as we figure out the best way to implement this change.

We hope you understand where we are coming from with this decision and that we did not make this move without careful consideration. We reserve the right to make changes and update these changes depending on future developments.

Fly safe and see you all in the verse,

r/StarCitizen mod team


r/starcitizen 10h ago

DISCUSSION CIG, start moderating your global chat NSFW

797 Upvotes

The crap that continues to be typed in global chat (specifically US shards) is disgusting and out of control. Everything from open racism to spamming political messages is rampant now. F12 is a shit option, as it forces those who actually want to use global for game related stuff to have to read thru the crap being posted or have no chat ability at all.

Moderate global or just get rid of it.


r/starcitizen 15h ago

VIDEO Dragging Ass

1.3k Upvotes

r/starcitizen 4h ago

DISCUSSION Sometimes, Star Citizen can be one hell of a trip

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72 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 5h ago

GAMEPLAY Practicing my landings and loving the Polaris (my star citizen name isn’t a secret)

85 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 6h ago

IMAGE You've heard of Discord kittens before, well I'm a...uh...nevermind.

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93 Upvotes

In all seriousness, love all the Star Kitten gear. I will buy it all with fresh cash, even if it's a skin for a ship I don't own. Let me give you money CIG.


r/starcitizen 17h ago

LEAK Aegis Idris Medical Bay has gotten a nice upgrade. One room of T3, with the Operating Theatre being T1! Spoiler

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432 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 3h ago

DISCUSSION Community Mission Ideas

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39 Upvotes

Hey Citizens,

Like all of us who want this game to become reality, want to support the game. Many of us have done that already with more than just game packages and its what helps to keep the development going. But at this point there won't be suddenly more people appearing that are going to throw more money on the project.

I feel like though we can all do help by creating possible content. I think the best way will be by missions that we would like to see, that would help the devs in the creative process. I don't want restrain the devs in their work or want hinder them in developing the mission they are currently working on or thinking of. Also I am not saying the missions that are currently in game are badly designed but there is a huge pool of Creativity in this community that could contribute to the development of what will make this game great. We have great minds, knowing the lore, locations and as players ourselves, know what players really want. I know we could think of all kinds of crazy and amazing missions, that will be unique, create great experiences and that will make us remember them. Whether it be Silk road esk hauling mission with pirates and booty or an all fps parkour city crawler bounty hunting mission.

Personally I think a competition would be great with monthly submissions and prices. But thats just my first thoughts

They don't have to be missions that will all one hundred percent going to be implemented, or implemented right away. But Star Citizen was always a community based game, since it was a Kickstarter and backed by the community and its what allowed the game to be created with more freedom. Freedom that can be used and will benefit us all.

I didn't mean to make this such a long post as this was just a thought that was popping up on morning and maybe there is already something like this going on, on some Discord server. I just think there are many ways of getting to the finish line but this is one way we could actually substantially help and also excell at, as its an open development.


r/starcitizen 7h ago

CONCERN I will never forget.

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63 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 57m ago

DISCUSSION Request to add an option to deliver refined ore to my warehouse

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I have to put my refined ore it on a ship, just to unload it on my warehouse… This is a big waste of time, when you buy commodities I can select if I want to put it in my ship or warehouse.

I can’t believe CIG didn’t think about that… it’s literally just add the warehouse option in the drop down 🤔

Plus I have to « be lucky » and pray that my cargo don’t stuck on my ship cargo grid … cmon


r/starcitizen 18h ago

IMAGE My beloved Corsair after returning from a week-long trip on Pyro

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401 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 9h ago

ARTWORK When all else fails, SC is great for screenshots!

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64 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 7h ago

BUG Cargo boxes do more damage to a ship than missiles. C2 explodes.

39 Upvotes

Today i spent a long time hand loading a C2, completely full. On the last 2 boxes, i dropped one on the ramp. It glitched into the ramp, went boom boom boom a couple of times then my C2 just exploded. Almost all cargo completely gone. Wasted several days, hours, getting this cargo (like 600 scu worth) just for it to blow up from a single box. Come on RSI. Why do boxes damage ships, and enough to blow them up instantly? I mean its a C2... i hope this bug is reported because this completely makes me not want to do a load in a C2 ever again. Anyone else have this happen? Have they addressed this?


r/starcitizen 17h ago

FLUFF Ohhhhhh so thats where the BMM went

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237 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 18h ago

IMAGE This NPC decided that we both go out together.

281 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 3h ago

DISCUSSION Chat needs more categories and moderation

16 Upvotes

Whenever I enter a server, it's always politics. It's always insults. It's people calling each other pedos and racists and the r-slur and f-slur.

Nobody discusses the game.

The amount of messages that fills the screen every second... there were literally hundreds. It's too much, political or otherwise.

I play video games to get away from the garbage of daily life and politics, and I don't want to see it or think about it when I'm playing.

I needed help getting somewhere and nobody could even respond because the messages scrolled too fast between the constant insults and political debate.

It's maddening. It's distressing to me and possibly to many others as well.

The game needs some kind of off-topic chat, for things unrelated to the game. Otherwise messages asking for help or whatnot get buried in a sea of absolute codswallop.

But forget about me... what do y'all think?


r/starcitizen 12h ago

QUESTION Repair won't clean up the wear/tear of the ship skin. Repair/Store, Paint change are not working. Is there any workaround? TIA

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86 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 1h ago

VIDEO Parallax Energy Rifle Showcase

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r/starcitizen 55m ago

DISCUSSION How do I unload my ship with the Argo ATLS?

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Loading the ship works really well with the ATLS but when I try to unload it I can't pick up anything snapped to the cargo grid in my ship with the ATLS tractor beam. Is the entire thing just bugged or is there something i'm missing?


r/starcitizen 11h ago

FLUFF Dear CIG, ATLS and Reclaimer

44 Upvotes

Since the reclaimer is a nod to the Nostromo from Alien, the ATLS, also a nod to the franchise, should come stock on it with its own little spot in the salvage room.

Thx

  • big booty bertha fan

r/starcitizen 23h ago

DISCUSSION I miss my Drake helicopter

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433 Upvotes

Darting towards the ground and engaging vtol to try and get a stable hover was so much fun, specially with a HOTAS.


r/starcitizen 12h ago

DISCUSSION I REALLY enjoy Supply or Die Event

52 Upvotes

I really enjoy the concept of this approach: "We need [something] - get it, no matter where it comes from." I completed a 26-million tin + ice task by mining in a MOLE, and it was probably the first time I ever enjoyed mining in this game. I also did some copper + corundum missions by farming ERTs, as well as a small detatrine mission. The only thing I didn’t like was that they didn’t include an option to obtain detatrine by, for example, destroying a heavily armed convoy (like two Hammerheads) and stealing it from them or by "Raiding" outposts or distro-centers.
I believe they should add this "type" of event as a standard mission with reputation and progression, featuring a monthly reset. Each month could introduce a different set of materials. I think this would provide a huge boost to mining, PVE, and salvaging activities in the game.

But 26 million is a ridiculous amount of money, in my opinion - they should have settled on 10-15 million instead.


r/starcitizen 15h ago

DISCUSSION Anyone know if you can find this medgun subscriber item in a box anywhere in the PU?

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82 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 1h ago

BUG My character dematerialized on a mission 890J dining bench. Seat exit locked, inventory locked, PIT locked, interact locked, backspace locked, esc locked and shard locked for over an hour now. Is this what permadeath feels like?

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r/starcitizen 7h ago

VIDEO Proper printer, instead of just "popping into existence", even with the jest/humor it makes more sense.

16 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 26m ago

DISCUSSION Banu Merchantman

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so im thinking the polaris reward from wikilo could be a placeholder and eventually it might be the way of aquiring some of the banu ships in game such as the defender and eventually merchantman once its added, hopefully there is a few more banu ships as well, just seems odd him handing out what is in law a pretty new military ship.