9.00 Public Beta 10 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 10 Changelog:
(see the full 9.00 Public Beta Changelog in our forum)
- Added Interact menu option to repeat last order.
- Improved ships getting stuck while approaching dock on Raptor.
- Improved combat subordinates armed with missiles going for supplies when they cannot attack due to being out of ammunition.
- Improved ship thruster effects to match engine color.
- Fixed Frontier equipment missing in creative custom game start (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed Diplomatic Outpost in Teladi space mission returning to buying plot objective in Queen's Herald missions of Boron story.
- Fixed player-owned ships failing to choose different supply source when resupply ships or carriers have no supplies (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed fighters with both torpedoes and other weapons firing torpedoes at other fighters (problem introduced in 9.00).
- Fixed ships repeating deployment of deployable after being interrupted.
- Fixed Fly and Wait default behaviour not requiring destination.
- Fixed fighters not attacking from stern when attacking capital ship engines.
- Fixed new NPC factories sometimes overlapping with other objects.
- Fixed subordinate assignments in Map menu not updating under certain circumstances.
- Fixed missing shield disruption information in Encyclopedia under certain circumstances.
- Fixed missing capital ship turret groups in Equipment Modification menu under certain circumstances.
- Fixed Select a Builder menu allowing enemy Builders while using cover.
- Fixed inconsistent visuals on immediate dialog options.
- Fixed pink boxes on certain wreck objects when viewed from far away.
- Fixed missing collisions for weapon hardpoint in Elite and Elite Sport.
- Fixed missing collisions near docks on Incarcatura.
- Fixed floating turrets on Chthonios E (Mineral).
- Fixed turret rotation on Chthonios E (Mineral).
- Fixed missing thrusters on Discoverer.
- Fixed missing engine exhaust on Cargo Drone.
- Fixed upper left turret hatch of Astrid closing instantly.
- Fixed floating lights on Barbarossa.
- Fixed headlights of Discoverer not working correctly.
- Fixed player logos not being visible on interiors of Odachi, Xperimental Shuttle and Cutlass.
- Fixed sun shining through floor of bridges on L sized Teladi capital ships.
- Fixed missing ceiling details in Embassy office.
- Fixed several causes of crashes.
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