4.20 Beta now available

Earlier this week we released two beta versions of the X4: Foundations 4.20 update. The focus of this update is on improvements and fixes, so we're not introducing any new features with this release. Please visit our forums for details of how to access the beta and report your findings.

Thanks very much for participating, and for helping us with the ongoing development of X4: Foundations!

Version: 4.20 Beta 2 (464483) - 2021-11-16

• Improved combat simulation when player not present.
  
• Improved coordination between multiple free-flying police operating in same sector.
  
• Improved memory usage, savegame size, and times to start new game, save and load.
  
• Fixed being unable to set Yaki story as complete for custom gamestarts if not successful in mission.
  
• Fixed Flight School getting stuck if certain non-critical inputs are not mapped.
  
• Fixed A Small Errand mission getting stuck if all lockboxes are opened in quick succession.
  
• Fixed The Meeting mission not triggering mission guidance properly after fleeing patrol.
  
• Fixed fleet delivered in The Mediators mission absorbing Realm of the Trinity job ships.
  
• Fixed Split Story mission Zyarth's Coffin getting stuck when attempting to find station for Undercover Trade Ship.
  
• Fixed Terran plot being blocked by Delilah's disappearance upon Sweet Jack's destruction.
  
• Fixed Defenders of Sol mission not being offered if player begins game with max relations with Terran Protectorate.
  
• Fixed A Matter of Respect mission getting stuck if informant's ship is captured before player approaches mission area.
  
• Fixed A Heart for Pirates mission not playing dialog on completion.
  
• Fixed incorrect collision detection during space suit section of Flight School tutorial.
  
• Fixed stations recycling wrecked modules too quickly and making station destruction difficult.
  
• Fixed capital ships with main weapons (e.g. Asgard) being excessively effective when player not present.
  
• Fixed mining drones on player ship sometimes collecting empty or incorrect asteroids.
  
• Fixed mining drones sometimes undocking or self-destructing shortly after having returned to launching ship.
  
• Fixed NPC-owned subordinates sometimes staying docked indefinitely.
  
• Fixed Protect Position default behaviour sometimes ending even if designated position is accessible.
  
• Fixed marines on boarding operation sometimes being lost after saving and loading.
  
• Fixed boarding attacker strength sometimes being less than it should.
  
• Fixed default orders using wrong parameters after editing.
  
• Fixed rare case where sell override settings for station ware could reset to 0.
  
• Fixed loss of flight control by preventing activation of autopilot during undocking procedure.
  
• Fixed disabled flight assist when retaking control after getting up during post-travel mode coasting.
  
• Fixed station-based traders sometimes selling more than what their customers wanted.
  
• Fixed station trade subordinates never selling product due to resource storage override.
  
• Fixed subordinates mimicking auto-trader not logging their trades.
  
• Fixed turrets set to Attack my current target continuing to fire after target changes ownership to non-hostile.
  
• Fixed large turrets missing small targets by aiming at wrong position.
  
• Fixed turrets often failing to fire at large moving targets.
  
• Fixed discrepancies with licence requirements for Teladi turrets.
  
• Fixed station module repair sometimes not quite reaching 100%.
  
• Fixed calculated value of ships not taking all installed software into account.
  
• Fixed incorrect yield display for resource probes in target monitor.
  
• Fixed incorrect display of shield damage impact effects.
  
• Fixed free ship repair exploit.
  
• Fixed exporting custom gamestarts with no player money.
  
• Fixed flight assist control message wrongly shown after loading saves under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed Phoenix main battery effective rate of fire.
  
• Fixed Magpie cockpit hatch pushing player into ship wall when opening.
  
• Fixed potential issue with screen being stuck black on integrated AMD GPUs.
  
• Fixed joystick POV hat input on Linux.
  
• Fixed incorrect DPS calculation resulting in various AI and UI issues (problem introduced in 4.20).
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.