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6.20 Public Beta 8

How do I take part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 6.20 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum (no registration required) to find the relevant information.

[h2]6.20 Public Beta 8 Changelog:[/h2]
  • Fixed being able to reassign croupier NPCs via the station info menu.
  • Fixed controllers drifting in low framerate situations under Linux.
  • Fixed ships sometimes having trouble docking at extremely large player stations.
  • Fixed Teladi Trading Stations not having trader corners (problem introduced in 6.20).

6.20 Public Beta 7

How do I take part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 6.20 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum (no registration required) to find the relevant information.

[h2]6.20 Public Beta 7 Changelog:[/h2]
  • Fixed casino welfare module not being unlocked after selecting it for custom gamestart.
  • Fixed Boron story custom gamestart unlock states not updating when loading save.
  • Fixed The Fan story starting even if it was set to be complete in custom gamestart.
  • Fixed Split story stalling in certain custom gamestarts.
  • Fixed charging weapons cooling down while they are holding shots to be released.
  • Fixed wharves and shipyards potentially having multiple ship dealer shops with only one having anyone serving.
  • Fixed trade station dock areas on player stations sometimes not having any shops.
  • Fixed wharves sometimes not freeing up docking bays for additional ship construction.
  • Fixed ships sometimes being moved to internal storage before finishing docking.
  • Fixed police sometimes mistaking compliance for refusal to comply.

Special call to test the current Public Beta

Having recently made some fundamental technical changes to the X4 graphics engine in our public beta branch, we're reaching out to specifically invite you to test the latest public beta version (6.20 Public Beta 6) of X4: Foundations on Steam.

Your experiences and impressions, especially concerning graphical effects across various hardware configurations, are of great importance to us. We need as much feedback as possible to further optimize the X4 experience.

Please read the specific test request and report your feedback in the forum thread.

How do I take part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 6.20 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum (no registration required) to find the relevant information.

Thank you for your support!

6.20 Public Beta 6

How do I take part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 6.20 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum (no registration required) to find the relevant information.

[h2]6.20 Public Beta 6 Changelog:[/h2]
  • Fixed silicon carbide production module visually jumping when getting closer.
  • Fixed overly dark dockarea on Argon Colossus with reflection probes enabled.
  • Fixed certain sounds being too loud while the game is saving.
  • Fixed graphical issues with some AMD driver versions. (re-enables volumetric fog that was disabled in 6.20 Beta 4)

6.10 Hotfix 1 now available

  • Fixed graphical issues with some AMD driver versions (workaround disables volumetric fog when affected drivers used).