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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.

Public Beta 7 for Update 3.0 is now available

The next version of our public beta for the 3.0 update of X4: Foundations is now available for you to check out. We still intend to release X4: Split Vendetta and the huge 3.0 update for X4: Foundations in March 2020. More details will follow in the coming weeks on our usual channels. Thanks for your continued support!

Among the changes to Beta 7 are: Added mission offers to some NPCs on stations.
Added currently-active weapon groups to Info menu including option to change them.
Added option to set up default loadout levels for station modules per station.
Changed default response for player-owned ships to finding lockboxes to Collect.
Improved handling of capital ships with no cargo drones trying to Get Supplies.
Improved pirate balancing by reducing number of Scale Plate pirates.
Improved crystal collection balancing by limiting number of valuable crystals on asteroids.
Improved stations firing on targets in low attention.
Improved map visualisation indicating whether filter layers are active or not.
Improved order UI to better show and manage override orders (e.g. a response to a pirate attack or telling a ship to flee)
Improved visibility of Oxygen indicator in the HUD (new feature in 3.00).

Check out the full change log of this and previous beta updates and how to participate at http://bit.ly/x4foundationsbeta. Thanks for your continued support!

Live stream with Writing Bull on March 3rd

Egosoft gets a visitor! On March 3rd, the popular German-language streamer "Writing Bull" will visit us in Würselen and together with Egosoft CEO and Lead Designer Bernd Lehahn will give you an insight into the upcoming huge 3.0 update for X4: Foundations as well as the upcoming expansion X4: Split Vendetta. The livestream will start at 8pm CET (7pm GMT / 2pm EST / 11am PST).

Please note that this will be a German-language stream. Once it's done we will create English subtitles and upload a recording of the stream onto our YouTube channel as a special episode of our XLOG video series.

Be sure to check in and ask your questions in the Twitch Chat. The stream will be broadcasted live on the Twitch channels of Writing Bull and Egosoft.

We are looking forward to your participation!

PS: X4: Split Vendetta, the first expansion to X4: Foundations, is now available for pre-order on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1133000/X4_Split_Vendetta/

Public Beta 6 for Update 3.0 is now available

New features, tons of added and improved elements as well as a bunch of fixed issues - Public Beta 6 for our upcoming big 3.0 update of X4: Foundations is now available.

Check out the full change log and how to participate at http://bit.ly/x4foundationsbeta. Thanks for your continued support!

X-Soundtracks now available on Steam

Attention music fans! As you may have seen, Steam has recently redesigned and improved its system for selling and listening to game soundtracks. Soundtracks can now be viewed, downloaded and played directly in the Steam Library.

In the context of these changes we were also active: From now on many soundtracks for different X games of the past years are available individually on Steam.

To celebrate the new features, Steam is also currently hosting a big soundtrack sale, in which we are also participating. Take advantage of the strong discounts and immerse yourself in the soundworlds of Alexei Zakharov, which have been delighting X players for years.

All soundtracks include the lossless FLAC format in addition to the conventional MP3 files. In the Steam client's music settings, look for the option "Download high-quality audio files".

If you own the Collector's Editions of X Rebirth and X4: Foundations, you can now view the included soundtracks directly in the Steam library. However, due to the new product structure on Steam, you have to download them again.

The following X soundtracks are now available on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258990/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258991/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1238200/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239170/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239210/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239390/