9.00 Public Beta 6 is now available! Please find the full changelog below. Thank you for your continued support and feedback during this testing phase.
How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 9.00 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.
X4 9.00 Public Beta 6 Changelog:
(see the full 9.00 Public Beta Changelog in our forum)
- Added Resource Probe coverage setting in Map menu.
- Added scrap-related icons to Map legend.
- Improved missile usage by avoiding firing more missiles than necessary to kill target.
- Improved combat behaviour of missile-armed ships to reduce collisions with targets.
- Improved guided missile accuracy.
- Improved Mining Ware filter in Map menu (new feature in 9.00).
- Improved hit-box for menu scroll bars to make them easier to click on (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Improved gate effect view distance and intensity (new feature in 9.00).
- Improved Display Mode handling on Linux.
- Fixed reduced damage from capital ship forward weapons under certain circumstances when player not present.
- Fixed another cause of NPC factions inadvertently attacking one another over long periods of time (improves fix in 9.00).
- Fixed miners attempting to mine when cargo hold is full and no buyers can be found for current cargo.
- Fixed miners subordinate to stations trying to deal with shortages that cannot be mined (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed construction material buy offers not updating when planned station build changes.
- Fixed Shuffle Modules action in Station Editor placing station modules outside build plot boundary.
- Fixed initial menu selection state (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed multi-select state in Property Owned list getting lost.
- Fixed engine equipment slots not highlighted in Ship Build menu under certain circumstances.
- Fixed ship repair selection showing price at player-owned shipyards.
- Fixed Get Supplies command in ship interaction menu not doing anything.
- Fixed incomplete logbook messages (note: cannot retroactively add information to existing entries) (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed crosshair lines on map not disappearing when Selection Lines disabled (new feature in 9.00).
- Fixed turning on FSR having no effect under certain circumstances (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed stuck spacesuit equipment information in Inventory menu under certain circumstances.
- Fixed L beam impact effect degrading performance.
- Fixed missing texture detail on Dragon (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed misaligned engine effects on Raleigh.
- Fixed mission sound being played multiple times when purchasing items at station trader.
- Fixed several causes of crashes.
In case you missed it
>> X4 Foundations 9.00 "Empire Update" Public Beta is Now Live!
>> Egosoft Public Beta Feedback Forum (please make sure to read the rules thread before posting)
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