X4: Foundations

[Nerraw]

https://roguey.co.uk/x4/universe/

Oh hey, Roguey's back in X!

[Yunru]

X4: Foundations 1.31 Update Released
10 DECEMBER - EGOSOFT
• Fixed HQ mission stalling if the escorted ship is unable to dock at its destination.
• Fixed HQ mission stalling if player flew through the anomaly too fast.
• Fixed duplicate and missing weapon entries in the HUD if multiple groups have been setup.
• Fixed ship upgrade builds not starting in certain situations.
• Fixed another cause of rare crashes.


Yezz, they are realy working hard.

[Puupi]

This is how you communicate with your playerbase. Bethesda and Blizzard, take note.

[Yunru]

Its nice they included Stephen.

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Oh so its posible after all:

[Yunru]

New patch is out and this:

[Yunru]

New patch update (beta), so it may hit live server.

Version 1.51 Beta 1 (327919)
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• Added music tracks from previous games.

• Added map filter option to disable allied order queue visualisation.

• Improved overall game performance.

• Improved AI attacking of stations.

• Improved reward calculation for Rescue Ship mission.

• Improved reward calculation and area range for Repair mission.

• Improved reward calculation and fleet variation in Fleet Delivery mission.

• Improved location check for claiming plot in Station Building mission.

• Removed ability to map right mouse button to avoid conflicts with context menu function.

• Fixed player-owned stations not transferring money to the player after having earned a surplus.

• Fixed player-owned ships mis-identifying some ships as being abandoned.

• Fixed ships sometimes undocking and docking again when given an order that doesn't require a ship to change docks.

• Fixed NPC-owned capital class mining ships not being able to mine due to lack of collector drones.

• Fixed mining ships sometimes not going to their designated positions before starting to mine.

• Fixed delay after player issuing AutoMiner order.

• Fixed capital ships with forward-mounted weapons sometimes orienting broadside to big targets.

• Fixed capital ships not acquiring some station modules when attacking them.

• Fixed fighters manoeuvering against and firing upon the center of stations rather than acquiring station modules.

• Fixed player-owned squadron subordinates pursuing targets to the ends of the universe.

• Fixed combat ships assigned to a station not staying in the vicinity of the station.

• Fixed captured visitor ships sometimes not accepting orders.

• Fixed UI allowing player to order player-owned ships to "Dock to Trade" at player-owned stations that have no trade offers.

• Fixed ships wanting to undock from a venture platform worrying that they might leave the player stranded at the station.

• Fixed player-owned free traders preferring build-related trades.

• Fixed free traders tending to prefer trades involving buying low amounts or high prices.

• Fixed player-owned station-based traders ignoring sell offers at the station below a certain threshold.

• Fixed rare case that would prevent AutoMine and AutoTrade orders from functioning.

• Fixed lasertower orders being assignable to things that weren't lasertowers.

• Fixed lasertowers erroneously attempting to move while in highways.

• Fixed computer pilots of drones and lasertowers sometimes bailing.

• Fixed player-owned ships formerly owned by pirates retaining their cover ownership.

• Fixed docked ships on claimed ships retaining old ownership and crew on board.

• Fixed theoretical ability to improve relations with Xenon and Kha'ak.

• Fixed not being able to select items to deliver to Black Marketeer when playing multiple delivery missions simultaneously.

• Fixed receiving pilot comm chatter while not in a cockpit.

• Fixed Security Office not being available on all stations.

• Fixed Boarding mission where ship was already captured earlier.

• Fixed mission character disappearing during Delivery mission.

• Fixed duplicate greeting of Black Marketeer during Delivery mission.

• Fixed cases of missing dialog choices for Black Marketeers.

• Fixed Tutorial and Help menu in ultra-wide resolutions.

• Fixed large number of queued orders breaking the order queue menu.

• Fixed map shortcuts not working after using minimize.

• Fixed wrong production resources shown in LSO and encyclopedia.

• Fixed hidden information (shown as "???") on player stations in certain cases.

• Fixed loadout statistics showing changes in engine performance when applying a paint mod.

• Fixed venture reward menu sometimes not displaying reward information.

• Fixed custom player logo not being displayed on target monitor.

• Fixed comms monitor not showing up on incoming reports from pilots.

• Fixed excessive L and XL travel engine prices.

• Fixed certain M-sized turret slots on some L-sized ships not allowing mining turrets to be fitted.

• Fixed mirrored logos on some ships.

• Fixed NPC position in bar.

• Fixed various NPC animation issues.

• Fixed some memory leaks.

• Fixed causes of several freezes and performance issues in specific circumstances.

• Fixed several other causes of crashes.

[Yunru]

Bumping this as the patch 3.0 will be shown on gamescom.

https://twitter.com/egosoft/status/1158377114216718342

https://www.gamescom.global/

X4: Split Vendetta is the next chapter in the X4: Foundations story. This is the first big expansion for X4, greatly increasing the size of the universe and introducing two new Split family clans along with their economy, new ships, weapons and station modules.

Along with the Update 3.0 to X4: Foundations, the X4: Split Vendetta expansion brings exciting new missions and adventures to the game. New gamestarts allow an even more varied experience in the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy.

TRADE with the Split families or FIGHT against them. BUILD your own station designs based on the new modules and THINK carefully on your path through the new diplomatic missions.

[Yunru]

More updates:
https://www.egosoft.com/x/xnews/img/...s_split_01.png
https://www.egosoft.com/x/xnews/img/...s_split_02.png
https://www.egosoft.com/x/xnews/img/...s_split_03.png
https://www.egosoft.com/x/xnews/img/...s_split_04.png


Both "X4: Split Vendetta" and the free 3.0 update to "X4: Foundations" will be released in the fourth quarter of 2019. "X4: Split Vendetta" is the first of two expansions that will be available to owners of the "X4: Foundations Collector's Edition".

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Now the video:

[Ghostpanther]

I see there is a thread dedicated to this great game. I have been playing this game exclusively the last month or so and I am really enjoying it. My only complaint is navigating the menus. Not very user friendly.

I played the first two in the X-series, X- Beyond the Frontier and X-2 The Threat. Spent many hours in both of those and while they both were really good, X-4 is a huge improvement over those. Did not care that much for Rebirth however.

I do have a question for those who may know, can capital ships, namely destroyers, dock and get resupplied, repaired by using the Auxiliary ships? I read a year old post, capital ships could not. Has that been fixed or is it still true?

Update: No, capital ships can not dock and get repaired by using the Auxiliary ships. Would be a cool feature however. Right now, a hassle having to fly several sectors away to a shipyard or such which can repair them. The capital ship repair drones do help a lot however. But in some cases, will not do a full repair. The crew's morale rating can affect that.

[Nerraw]

There was a 3½ hours livestream yesterday. They casually confirmed the second expansion will be Terran. Might be time for me to finally pick up the game soon.

[Yunru]

There was a 3½ hours livestream yesterday. They casually confirmed the second expansion will be Terran. Might be time for me to finally pick up the game soon.

It will take a while before they will put terrans in tho.

They will probaly re-design them a bit tho:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.n...37178BA54B4CD/

Recent argon ships look very like terran ones. But if valhalla comes back:
https://i.imgur.com/kY55v.jpg

[Nerraw]

It will take a while before they will put terrans in tho.

The expansion is set for the end of the year. And I assume there's plenty in the game for me to see and do until then, in case I pick it up.

[Ghostpanther]

There was a 3½ hours livestream yesterday. They casually confirmed the second expansion will be Terran. Might be time for me to finally pick up the game soon.

Ohh. I have not seen that. Need to find the source for it.

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The expansion is set for the end of the year. And I assume there's plenty in the game for me to see and do until then, in case I pick it up.

There is tons to do. And what is so great about it is, you are not pigeoned toed into playing it a certain way. A lot of freedom to explore, fight, trade and such. Or a mixture of them all. I am not into trading so much,only have 3 stations. But the fighting on a large scale, with a large fleet, invading a Xenon held sector, is a lot of fun.

But it is not a game for everyone for sure. There are issues with it, such as the menu navigation for the best example. And the game does not help you much in finding out what to do. I learned the game by watching a lot of YouTube instructional videos and from experience. One of the best on YouTube for the game in my opinion, is Werit Gaming. And he is still active in producing good videos.

Also, some even with strong spec'ed computers, have issues with running it. While myself, I am running it fine, smooth play, with a 6 year old system.

[Yunru]

Ohh. I have not seen that. Need to find the source for it.

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There is tons to do. And what is so great about it is, you are not pigeoned toed into playing it a certain way. A lot of freedom to explore, fight, trade and such. Or a mixture of them all. I am not into trading so much,only have 3 stations. But the fighting on a large scale, with a large fleet, invading a Xenon held sector, is a lot of fun.

But it is not a game for everyone for sure. There are issues with it, such as the menu navigation for the best example. And the game does not help you much in finding out what to do. I learned the game by watching a lot of YouTube instructional videos and from experience. One of the best on YouTube for the game in my opinion, is weritgaming. And he is still active in producing good videos.

Also, some even with strong spec'ed computers, have issues with running it. While myself, I am running it fine, smooth play, with a 6 year old system.

Well same here, but i gota avoid stations (walking on them) as they crash the game lol. To much asset loading or something since the game lacks any loading screen. And it drains to much pc power.

https://i.ibb.co/nrZ5hc0/20200423212256-1.jpg

3.50 Ghz is just not enogh and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is on its last legs. But kinda waiting for prices to do down on pcs.

[Ghostpanther]

Well same here, but i gota avoid stations (walking on them) as they crash the game lol. To much asset loading or something since the game lacks any loading screen. And it drains to much pc power.

https://i.ibb.co/nrZ5hc0/20200423212256-1.jpg

3.50 Ghz is just not enogh and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 is on its last legs. But kinda waiting for prices to do down on pcs.

Not had any issues with crashes. I think maybe the game crashed once, since I started playing it back in the first week in March. Even in big battles like your screen shot. I have a I7 4770 which only runs at 3.4 Ghz. I am very pleased however with my latest gpu upgrade which I installed last Dec. The GTX 1650 Super.

I walk around the stations a lot and not noticed any slow downs or stuttering. I am playing on high settings, with FXAA on high. I do not have screen reflections on. Which I have read, can be a resource hog. Not even sure how important that setting is for visuals. The game looks amazing for myself. The npc's detail is not up with par with many other modern games, but good enough. The details in the ships are done very well.

The ship battles and explosions are great in my opinion and for those who do not have the 18 year old's reflexes, there are plenty of options in the keyboard assignments and the ship equipment modules to make it much easier to survive space battles in your ships for us oldies . lol!

I found the last live stream Egosoft did which they mention the next expansion and the major update coming with patch 4.0. Maybe the earliest will be toward the end of this year, but more than likely, early next year. Looking forward to it.

Here is the link on YouTube for those interested. It mainly deals with a lot of stuff about the game in it's current state, but can be very informative for those new to the game. Mainly in seeing a lot of what the game offers. But the best instructional videos for game play, are found on YouTube by players, or visiting Steam's X-4 Discussions section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4yTLTg2t0

[Nerraw]

There is tons to do. And what is so great about it is, you are not pigeoned toed into playing it a certain way. A lot of freedom to explore, fight, trade and such. Or a mixture of them all. I am not into trading so much,only have 3 stations. But the fighting on a large scale, with a large fleet, invading a Xenon held sector, is a lot of fun.

But it is not a game for everyone for sure. There are issues with it, such as the menu navigation for the best example. And the game does not help you much in finding out what to do. I learned the game by watching a lot of YouTube instructional videos and from experience. One of the best on YouTube for the game in my opinion, is Werit Gaming. And he is still active in producing good videos.

Also, some even with strong spec'ed computers, have issues with running it. While myself, I am running it fine, smooth play, with a 6 year old system.

I've played the X series since Reunion, I know what I'm in for if I do get it.

To be honest, the only reason I haven't made the jump yet is that I got burned on Rebirth and wanted to hold off until X4 was in a better spot (we all know how the X games launch). And now I'm playing other things!

[Ghostpanther]

I've played the X series since Reunion, I know what I'm in for if I do get it.

To be honest, the only reason I haven't made the jump yet is that I got burned on Rebirth and wanted to hold off until X4 was in a better spot (we all know how the X games launch). And now I'm playing other things!

I understand your hesitation. But after playing X-4 now almost exclusively to any other games, for the last 2 months, it is leaps and bounds superior to any of the previous series. 3.0 patch, was a really big one and added a lot of new features. I have enjoyed it a lot. Going from mostly negative reviews at launch, to now, mostly positive, is saying how much the game has improved.

[Nerraw]

I understand your hesitation. But after playing X-4 now almost exclusively to any other games, for the last 2 months, it is leaps and bounds superior to any of the previous series. 3.0 patch, was a really big one and added a lot of new features. I have enjoyed it a lot. Going from mostly negative reviews at launch, to now, mostly positive, is saying how much the game has improved.

Waiting for the summer sale to make my decision. Another month and a half!

[Yunru]

Waiting for the summer sale to make my decision. Another month and a half!

Well hope they fix xenon invasions untill then. Keeping those contained can be a bit of pain. They made their turrets a bit to powerfull, as races like Teladi need all help they can get. While paranid laugh at them due to their turret having almost 10 km range.

You gona hate the puzzle in one questline.

[Ghostpanther]

Waiting for the summer sale to make my decision. Another month and a half!

Smart move. The summer sales can be very nice with many games. Nothing wrong with waiting for a sale.