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Public Beta 8 for Update 3.0 is now available

New week, new beta update. We're drawing closer and closer to the full release of the massive 3.0 Update for X4: Foundations. Soon we will we able to share more details on that - but for now, here are some of the changes introcuded in today's Beta 8:
  • Added display of craftable amount of equipment mods in the mod overview.
  • Added more information about crew availability when purchasing or upgrading ships.
  • Added hint information showing reason when docking request is not possible.
  • Added options to Flee or Attack to conversation when acknowledging ship coming under attack.
  • Added Attack Instead option to Flee override orders (new feature in 3.00).
  • Added French voice recordings (currently incomplete, work in progress).

  • Improved display of active and total drone amounts in Object Info menu.
  • Improved categorisation of missions and mission offers in map.
  • Improved decision-making on responding to distress calls.

  • Fixed Nodan not reliably being able to pick up creates or be hit by enemies.
  • Fixed Atlas dock being in a wrong position in ship buy/upgrade menu.
  • Fixed some S-sized fighters not having any weapons.
  • Fixed ships with turrets being able to shoot docked ships in low attention.
  • Fixed player-owned ships claiming credit for finding lockboxes that the player had directed other player-owned ships to collect.
  • Fixed stations sometimes reporting friendly ships attacking hostile ships.
  • Fixed ships fleeing from pirate or police ships sometimes fleeing towards their attacker.
  • Fixed visitor ships sometimes already having enemies when they only just arrived.
  • Fixed broken docking UI when flying a capital ship that has dock connection on side.
  • Fixed map search strings not being removed in certain resolutions and UI scale settings.
  • Fixed signal leak hints sometimes missing and the first hint only being displayed for 2 seconds.
  • Fixed broken Ship Interactions menu in rare circumstances.
  • Fixed missing option to confirm trades if using Ctrl-RMB to initiate a trade.
  • Fixed camera problems when talking to an NPC while the framerate is very low.
  • Fixed several causes of crashes.

Thank you for your continued support. If you want to check out the current beta version of X4: Foundations 3.0, please visit our forums to find the full instructions and details, as well as the full change log.