9.00 Public Beta 4 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 4 Changelog:
(see the full 9.00 Public Beta Changelog in our forum)
- Added option to select type of scrap to collect in Salvage at Position order (new feature in 9.00).
- Removed production details for Xenon ships, station modules and military/equipment pages in Encyclopedia.
- Improved payout calculation of Fleet Delivery missions to more accurately reflect fleet's current value.
- Improved capital ships with front-mounted weapons strafing during combat (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Improved module placement when grabbing with mouse in Station Editor.
- Improved travel drive exhaust visuals.
- Improved engine glow intensity.
- Fixed Envoy ships sometimes being constructed without engines.
- Fixed capital ships without front-mounted weapons standing still during combat (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed capital ships not switching broadsides to higher damage potential during combat (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed salvage subordinates collecting wrong ware under certain circumstances (new feature in 9.00).
- Fixed stalled scrap processing on stations with both Scrap Processors and Allographyne Scrap Processors (new feature in 9.00).
- Fixed ships with Protect Position orders sometimes evaluating then immediately discarding distress calls.
- Fixed permanently missing options after asking NPC ship to rescue you (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed ware transfer for deployables and countermeasures (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed Drop Items button in pilot inventory not working (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed Scrap Processor not being able to properly receive scrap cubes.
- Fixed small snapping range at maximum zoom in Station Editor.
- Fixed laser pointer light on Terran Main Battery not appearing transparent.
- Fixed Jian showing additional hull pieces when viewing from further away (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed faceted surfaces in Split XL bridge.
- Fixed pink surface near door of Split management office.
- Fixed missing hologram and sound in transporter rooms on docks (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed controllers not providing input on some Linux setups.
- 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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