Star Citizen 4.10.3 PTU build 13145606 is a polish pass for IAE, and CIG wants 4.10.3 on Live this week

One more 4.10.3 build, and this one is all about getting ready for the show. Wakapedia-CIG posted the patch notes for Alpha 4.10.3 PTU build 13145606 on Spectrum Monday night (also on the Devtracker). The game should show VERSION 4.10.3-PTU.13145606. It’s still All Waves, the PTU channel is still US only, and long-term persistence is on.

CIG says this build focuses on “further performance and polish” for IAE and the Vanduul Incursion. The test focus list hasn’t changed: stability, LTP between PTU releases, Vanduul Incursion, the LBCO Skarnov rifle, and IAE running on its accelerated schedule. If you missed Friday’s bigger build with ground vehicle insurance and the Skarnov mag blueprint, our 13132336 write-up has it.

The notes only list three items, all potential fixes:

• The kill counter getting stuck at 0% after you clear every enemy aboard in the Battaglia “Blinding Hope” mission.
• Accepting a mission card at Wikelo’s also accepting random other missions.
• Hostile AI ships sometimes not shooting back during Bounty Hunter and Mercenary contracts.

The bigger news is the timing. In Monday’s This Week in Star Citizen, CIG says 4.10.3 is targeting a Live release this week, ahead of IAE 2956 opening in New Babbage on November 13. @RobertsSpaceInd led its weekly post with “Alpha 4.10.3 Goes Live.” The same Comm-Link says the team is working through Alpha 5.0 Wave 1 feedback and plans to widen 5.0 PTU access soon. No date on that one yet.

PPR take: A three-line patch note three days before IAE tells me CIG is in lockdown mode, and honestly that’s what I want to see. The fun stuff landed last week. Now it’s about making sure the show floor holds up when the free-fly crowd shows up. That AI fix matters more than it looks. Bounty targets that just sit there and take it make the whole loop feel broken, and with Free Fly bringing in a ton of new folks, those are exactly the contracts they’ll grab first. The Wikelo one is a small thing that drives you nuts if it hits you. If 4.10.3 really goes Live this week, I’ll be hopping in before the doors open on the 13th. And yeah…I’m keeping one eye on that wider 5.0 PTU too.