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 celebr…
We are rolling out a hotfix for X Rebirth to solve crashes caused by the Windows 10 Fall Update. This affects Windows versions of X Rebirth up to 4.10 and 4.21 beta. Note that X Rebirth VR Edition is not affected.
This update brings you a number of improvements that didn't quite make it into 4.00, and a few fixes for things that did. In particular we've improved capital ship movement and general AI flight behaviour in specific situations, and made some UI tweaks including adding ammunition information to the detail menus for ships and stations. As usual, we've also improved performance here and there and…
In addition to our big announcement today of the new X Rebirth VR Edition, we are also releasing new public beta updates for several of our existing games. · X Rebirth 4.10 · X3: Albion Prelude 3.2 · X3: Terran Conflict 3.3 All three of these updates improve the games, and include a number of fixes and performance improvements that have come to our attention over the past months. These updates…
We are pleased to announce yet another free update to X Rebirth, along with a new DLC called Home of Light which is available to buy now. Key new features of 4.0 include: • Bulletin board system to keep track of offered missions. • Major overhaul of external view (enabled menus, target elements, external view in highways, and more). • Orders for multiple selected ships in the Property Owned men…
Since the latest Steam client update, the mouse cursor could get "stuck" in certain situations. We have issued a hotfix to solve this problem in X Rebirth while the Steam developers investigate the underlying cause.
X Rebirth 3.61 is now available, with a few more fixes and small improvements. • Added ability to toggle HUD display (default mapping Shift-H). • Improved "flight assist off" mode by allowing stop key to operate. • Improved AI pathing and mission guidance to and from Empty Space zones. • Improved DPS calculations for launchers including one very wrong case of overpowered missile turrets. • Fixe…
Our newest update for X Rebirth, 3.60, is now available to everyone! It includes several handy improvements and the usual array of fixes, as well as an experimental new flight mode that we'd like everyone's feedback on. Take a look at the video we've made to accompany this update to find out more, and to get a few hints on our future plans. New features and improvements: • New Feature: Target c…
• Improved extension handling so that loading order of mods now follows defined dependencies. • Fixed several of the most common remaining causes of crashes. • Fixed capital shield being unable to boost if they have no shields (fix in 3.51 did not work in all cases). • Fixed broken buttons on player ship entry in encyclopedia. • Fixed rounding error relating to upgrade counts. • Fixed missing t…
X Rebirth 3.52 is now available. • Fixed default NPCs being able to board the playership and getting stuck. • Fixed being able to get more than five skill stars through employee training before skills are revealed. • Fixed ship animation issues when leaving the area and returning later. • Fixed some Russian localisation issues. • Fixed a problem loading plot savegames made in versions created p…
X Rebirth 3.51 is now available, with a few more fixes and small improvements for your gaming pleasure: • Collision shield damage now only applies to player ship, or drone when under player remote control. • Improved balancing and accuracy of combat calculations when player is not present. • Fixed missing drone docks on Sucellus and Balor. • Fixed missing shield protection for drone bays on lar…
Our latest update for X: Rebirth is now available. New features include: • New generic missions and new upkeep missions for easier station management. • New ships: The new Onil mining ships available in the Canteran shipyard in DeVries. • New "Container Magnet" which helps to attract nearby collectables to the player ship. • Easier navigation through text search field in map. • New FXAA graphic…
We are pleased to announce the release of more fixes and improvements in our new 3.20 update. New features and improvements: • Added fuel info and planned trips to property owned menu. • Added build progress info to architect order. • Added credits due from trades to player status menu. • Added boarding attack strength to player ship info menu. • Added crafting progress info to event monitor wh…
In our final release for 2014, the 3.10 update fixes a few issues that have been reported in 3.00. Happy holidays! • Fixed problem with mission chains where no reward being given would result in the entire chain being failed. • Fixed hacking mission with fewer than 6 target points being impossible to complete. • Fixed player-owned ships in Teladi game start having no actions running. • Fixed ex…
Egosoft is delighted to announce the release of the X Rebirth 3.0 update along with a new DLC, The Teladi Outpost . The DLC is available free to players who download it before 15th December. Highlights of the 3.0 release include: · Interactive holomap. · Ability to build stations in Empty Space. · Dangerous regions that can damage your ship. · Crafting of special items. · New non-plot mission c…
X Rebirth 2.51 is now available. It will be automatically applied by your Steam client. Bug fixes: · Fixed failure to deselect current target under certain circumstances. · Fixed crash when loading certain savegames. · Fixed several other causes of crashes. Note that as of this patch, 32-bit systems are no longer supported. Our system requirements have stated since the beginning that 64-bit is…
X Rebirth 2.50 is now available! New features and improvements: • New Feature: New side-bar based main menu. • New Feature: External camera view. • New Feature: Free look in cockpit. • New Feature: New shipyards for small and medium sized ships. • Added Drone Hunt generic mission. • Added Protection Detail generic mission. • Added Diplomatic Aid mission chain. • Added respawning of specialists…
Together with the general availability of Update 2.50 for X Rebirth, which will be released soon, bringing a new menu system, external camera, new small shipyards and many other improvements, we are happy to announce today the DLC - X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost - coming in December 2014: Until the release of The Teladi Outpost in December, as a thank-you gift, all owners of X Rebirth can preor…
We are pleased to announce the latest update to X Rebirth which takes the game to 64-bit, allowing the game to make better use of your PC's available memory. • NEW : The 64-bit EXE is now the default. See below for more information. • Fixed Secret Service missions constantly reminding player to talk to mission actor. • Fixed campaign progressing unexpectedly when docking at station. • Fixed pla…
• Improved dock info menu by marking enemy NPCs in red. • Fixed incorrectly sorted NPCs in the dock info menu. • Fixed CVs being unexpectedly relocated when rammed by boosting capital ships. • Fixed item trader telling you about an "excellent choice" when you didn't buy anything. • Fixed long range scanner effects not showing for distant objects. • Fixed resource menu not opening for ship trade…
The following new guide contains official documentation on new features in X Rebirth 2.0: Forum moderator Ketraar converted the manual we released in PDF form together with the 2.0 patch to a proper Steam guide and incorporated a few corrections.
Egosoft is extremely pleased to finally announce the release of X Rebirth 2.0 - Secret Service Missions . After considerable effort and with an eye to all the great feedback we've received, X Rebirth 2.0 represents a major update for a wide variety of gameplay mechanics. • New Feature : Three new gamestarts, each with a new cockpit configuration. • New Feature : Rebalanced combat with three dif…
This is just a small update to fix some problems reported by some players. • Fixed further problems with ship and station build, upgrade and repair processes. • Fixed crash when starting game with more than 4 joystick devices installed. • Fixed several other causes of occasional crashes. • Improved handling of pre-1.30 savegame compatibility problems caused by mods leaving files in the root ext…
We are happy to announce the availability of update 1.30 for X Rebirth, with many new features and fixes: • New Feature : Steam Workshop support . • Improved support for joysticks and multiple input devices. • Improved mining behaviour for all sizes of ships. • Improved trade ship behaviour to favour profitable, non-empty runs. • Improved station scan mode which no longer highlights objects tha…
Just a small update for you today. We've applied a small hotfix to version 1.25 with the following: • Improved stability of cutscene playback while on a platform. • Fixed stuck drone production on URV Forge. • Added French localisation for texts that were new in 1.25. • Improved font for Russian localisation.
This week we have several new things for you. Our 1.25 update introduces a couple of important new features. We also have a video explaining some of the things we've added recently to X Rebirth and a news update telling you more about our plans for the next few months. Patch 1.25 Release Notes • New Feature : Player-owned ships and stations can now be renamed. • New Feature : Smalltalk reward a…
• Increased amount of Fuel Cells produced per cycle by Cell Recharge Factories and decreased price. • Improved logic for ship AI to refuel earlier.
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