NEWS: X Rebirth VR Edition, Updates and X4

dholmstr · Post by **dholmstr** » Thu, 6. Apr 17, 09:23

Could we get an official ETA on XR 4.1? I have been checking the Beta forums and it seems quite stable (many bugs reported and fixed etc) and it is now in RC3 ? version allready. This mainly becouse I'm one of those "I play a game way to loooong"-type and starting to have vast ammounts stations and fleets. AND I noticed in the Beta post about "several small memory leaks" "few crashes with alot of ship and resources". I think am starting to have these issues.

darklead · Post by **darklead** » Mon, 10. Apr 17, 12:33

Hello, Egosoft team! First, let me thank you for the excellent series of games, and your work for all these years. Learning about the announcement of x4, makes me very happy, because it means the continuation of the best simulator of life in space, and the continuation of the best plot in a series of games. However, I will return to X4. I would like to share my opinion on some aspects of the game. Maybe someone will agree with me.
Further on the points:
1. Piloting different ships - yes !!!!!, but please return the control of large ships, M1 and M2 and so on. In fact, it would be great to be able to fly ALL ships in the game, mining, combat, transport (you can exclude mining drones). If this does not contradict the plot of course. This was my favorite part of the game. Here I'm flying on a small exporter, here i'm I dock it to the carrier, it was a unique feeling for the games. Let some players say that it's slow and boring - for me they are not right. If they do not like it - let them fly on small ships and control large ships remotely.
2. Many things in x rebirth I really liked. Modular ship systems, battles, large and beautiful stations. It was cool.
3. For me, localization is very important, please make a Russian voice acting, such as it was in the x3 reunion and on. This greatly helped to feel the spirit of the universe.
Sorry for my English, and thank you very much for your time.

KiddWicked · Post by **KiddWicked** » Sun, 16. Apr 17, 07:26

Snafu_X3 wrote:
Hellblazer wrote:One thing I hope we'll see back that was implemented in x2 was the ability to have multi-screen support where 1 computer screen could be opened and hold the maps and other windows while leaving the main computer screen for flight/combat
Absolutely!! Even if the 'monitors' are simply panes within the main game window this would be extremely useful

Yeah, I agree with E: D's galaxy and system maps. I always wondered "If they can feed this into my cortex or visor as a hud, can't the figure out what the alpha channel is for?!"

Separate screens would be great, but I think it would be amazing if they put out a companion app on droid/apple that spoke to you and had the maps on them (think tablet on a sheet music stand beside your chair) like Crew Chief from Project Cars. I would so buy that!

nataq · Post by **nataq** » Wed, 19. Apr 17, 13:04

While making X4 please learn from your mistakes with x rebirth. Your consumer demographics arent xbox 13yo peasants that want everything to be dumbed down and that want to be handheld. Your consumer demographics are die hard PC users that enjoy complexity.

Dont water it down, make it big and complex and aim for PC.

Saquavin · Post by **Saquavin** » Sat, 22. Apr 17, 17:30

nataq wrote:Your consumer demographics are die hard PC users that enjoy complexity.

Exactly this.

We want to spend hours on choosing what weapon we prefer, what shield we want, what engine... Not just a buy 0/max turrets and upgrade engine from 1 to 5...

Where is the complexity of x3 when I spent sooo many hours on a sheet with all weapons listed + their damages + their power consumption ?

Nataq for president !

DavidGW · Post by **DavidGW** » Sun, 23. Apr 17, 04:00

I think one of the other big changes that would improve X4 over XR is a re-analysis of the power upgrade curve.

What I mean, is that often in X3, you would start the game in an M4 or M5, with a couple of useless weapons, and maybe a couple of dozen MJ of shielding.

Working through the game, you would upgrade to new ships with a much greater number of far more powerful weapons, and a GJ or more of shielding, like an M6.

Basically, your power goes up by a factor of hundreds, if not thousands.

XR never had this. The ship with all the best equipment was only a few times more powerful than it was at the beginning of the game.

We want our RPG back.

schedarx · Post by **schedarx** » Sun, 23. Apr 17, 14:53

Dear forum moderators I think it's time to create separate section on forum for X4 .

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Sat, 20. May 17, 00:04

Any news on x4? Been awhile since announcement. Would be nice to have devs talking more about it during development I mean kick starter game devs can do it I dunno why you are so tight lipped all the time tbh. Doubt the publisher would care tbh and if they do so what just state the usual "subject to change from final version" should be good enough.

Please more transparency during development please.

thesus1 · Post by **thesus1** » Sat, 20. May 17, 18:22

Skeeter wrote:Please more transparency during development please.

This is exactly what they did for XRebirth, talking too soon about features who was not in the final game, and it's doesn't end well.

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Sat, 20. May 17, 23:02

Not really. I don't think they did that much, sharing only near the end.

thesus1 · Post by **thesus1** » Tue, 23. May 17, 00:43

Skeeter wrote:Not really. I don't think they did that much, sharing only near the end.

2 years before the release is not "near to the end". They begin the public communication near to the end. But here, they talk about the game very soon.

Post by **linolafett** » Tue, 23. May 17, 10:23

There are some questions answered in the "10 questions for the devs" thread.

Sam L.R. Griffiths · Post by **Sam L.R. Griffiths** » Fri, 2. Jun 17, 09:37

linolafett wrote:There are some questions answered in the "10 questions for the devs" thread.

Thanks for that

We are now in the last calendar month of Q2 of 2017? Can anyone at Egosoft tell us if they currently believe they are on track for the "Early-Access" release (presumably via Steam) of the VR version of X-Rebirth?

In addition, is VR support on the cards for X4?

Finally, is XR:VRE going to be a cross-VR solution OR restricted to a specific VR headset/API?

maggaen · Post by **maggaen** » Tue, 13. Jun 17, 17:00

Is X:R VR still on track?

Skeeter · Post by **Skeeter** » Wed, 14. Jun 17, 10:51

Bernd/egosoft posted on Facebook that vr beta is happening soon with photo of green screen for some reason. No idea why they didn't post about it here first tho.

seePyou · Post by **seePyou** » Fri, 16. Jun 17, 17:29

Any chance of getting this X4 forum page? I just saw a mention on Reddit from a translation made by a French person of a German post, that in X4 we will only fly the two smaller size categories and I think we need to discuss this. It's time to open this to everyone, not just German speakers.

Post by **CBJ** » Fri, 16. Jun 17, 17:36

What's stopping you discussing X4 on this forum, in English, as everyone else has been for some time? There are plenty of threads speculating about it already, including several on the subject of flyable ships.

koyuka · Post by **koyuka** » Wed, 21. Jun 17, 11:39

CBJ wrote:What's stopping you discussing X4 on this forum, in English, as everyone else has been for some time? There are plenty of threads speculating about it already, including several on the subject of flyable ships.

CBJ are you able to tell us when we will get further information on X4? I check the forum most days but literally no news for months other than the 10 questions that were answered in a forum post. I don't mind waiting as I think its best to take your time with it, but are you able to tell me when the next release of information regarding X4 will be, getting tired of checking forums daily with nothing new.

Thanks

Peter

Post by **CBJ** » Wed, 21. Jun 17, 12:35

No, I'm afraid I can't. There's a little more than just that one forum post, but we're not ready to make any big announcements. When we are ready, though, you can be sure that we'll make it as widely available as possible. Make sure you're signed up for X-News, for example, as we normally follow up a big announcement with an issue of X-News.

koyuka · Post by **koyuka** » Wed, 21. Jun 17, 17:08

I shall just wait eagerly for the return of the good old days of X3 like gaming!

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NEWS: X Rebirth VR Edition, Updates and X4