NEWS: X Rebirth VR Edition, Updates and X4

Tycow · Post by **Tycow** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 19:40

Woo! X4 info

Merry Christmas, all!

Ezarkal · Post by **Ezarkal** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 19:40

Thanks for the good news!

Happy holiday to everyone at Egosoft!

bambikaka · Post by **bambikaka** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:02

SeaBee-T wrote:Oh boy....OH BOY!!!

X4, huh. GET HYPE!

You mentioned all three key items that I've been looking for ever since after the release of X:R. Thanks Bernd!

my hypetrain has collided with a silly spacecraft called some skunk or whatever and its now broken. "fly many different" is not enough

why are there restrictions already? fly everything i can encounter or nothing. sry, this is a selling point for me. i know im just one so i dont expect anything.

UniTrader wrote:
Nikola515 wrote:I hope they change their mind while there is still time
i dont because im not the helmsman. some better command options based on where you look at (like i did with my bridge/platform commands) would be better suited.

and why dont just have a pilot seat, take it if you wanna fly it or stay out if you wanna command it? more options are always better than no options. I think many of us still want to fly those ships manually

SpaceProbe · Post by **SpaceProbe** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:19

fantastic!! Merry Christmas everyone

Azzkicka · Post by **Azzkicka** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:19

OMG X3 Reunion VR!!??

I never bothered with X3R because it was basically a stripped down over simplified version of X3 that wasn't worth the time but this VR version excites me so much. Please don't screw this up!!

Artean · Post by **Artean** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:20

Finally, X4 is confirmed!

XR VR?? So you're teasing me to by a pair? They ain't cheap, you know...

New patch to XR is always welcome. Hopefully those 'small performance tweaks' will bring a noticeable improvement.

All in all, well done Egosoft!

Post by **Terre** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:21

The move to a Vulkan based game engine is what catches my attention.

The loss of any creativity in XR and the non Dijkstra highway system, caused the game to fade in interest.
I hope X4 can rekindle the "lets build this, for art sake" and remove the inefficient travel system.

mcaule · Post by **mcaule** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:26

X4. Hell yeah. I'm bloody hyped up.

Darrosquall · Post by **Darrosquall** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:33

Will you release X4 in early access? It would be great in my opinion, so you'll avoid bad reviews for bugs and performance.

I know that you're a small team, but you should try to deliver some key features nowadays, like piloting capital ship from a bridge commander, or landing on planets...

And confirm some revolutionary features from X:Rebirth, it is great to see the commerce in real time using drones, there isn't a game in the market that delivered what you did from the 1.0. Or modular station, you're still the number 1 in the market for all of those things.

HowDoYouPurr · Post by **HowDoYouPurr** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:40

Ya sounds great you did something but have listed the patch notes no where so what is the changes ?????

Rail_Balco · Post by **Rail_Balco** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:41

That announcement made my nipples to stand in attention! Oh my, should place ice cream there...

Really excited, building stations from individual modules in X4 is something I was missing in all X3 games.

DEVS:
Will be possible to change actual weapons loadout on our ships, as it was in X3? That is another important feature that didnt make it into XR...
Also, are you thinking of incorporating some massively used mods (like CWIR or capital ship bridge mod) into next version of XR or into X4?

Post by **Nanook** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:44

UniTrader wrote:
Nikola515 wrote:Nice....

Are we going to be able to pilot capital ships in X4 ? Becuse i dont think it would be true X4 if that is not the case....
i am pretty sure ego already said no to that.

You have insider info on X4? Because the only thing Ego's said 'no' to was flying capitals in Rebirth. I don't see where they've said the same thing about X4.

UniTrader wrote:
Nikola515 wrote:I hope they change their mind while there is still time
i dont because im not the helmsman. some better command options based on where you look at (like i did with my bridge/platform commands) would be better suited.

I don't understand why you'd want to deny someone else the fun of playing the game the way they want just because you don't want to do it that way. Nothing precludes having both options in the game. After all, choice is what the X games have traditionally been about.

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:47

@ HowDoYouPurr : " .. the patch notes no where so what is the changes ?????" Already asked and answered on page 1 of this thread.

YorrickVander · Post by **YorrickVander** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:52

X4! -does a happy dance around the desk- Nice one ES!

*EDIT : If X4 will keep the lua interface of XR, could we have a WYSWIG editor please? Doing it by handsd and hoping it looks good is annoying for modding -hugs-

Post by **Nanook** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 20:58

As an aside, I haven't seen this many members logged into the forum in a long time. Welcome back, all you lurkers.

mcaule · Post by **mcaule** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 21:00

Nanook wrote:As an aside, I haven't seen this many members logged into the forum in a long time. Welcome back, all you lurkers.

Because the hype is high on these news

Darrosquall · Post by **Darrosquall** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 21:00

Nanook wrote:As an aside, I haven't seen this many members logged into the forum in a long time. Welcome back, all you lurkers.

There is still audience and great attention for Egosoft after all

Axeface · Post by **Axeface** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 21:06

Great news!

Is there perhaps an official thread where we can put our ideas for x4/thoughts on rebirth, what we liked and what we didnt?

Post by **linolafett** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 21:11

Rail_Balco wrote: DEVS:
Will be possible to change actual weapons loadout on our ships, as it was in X3?

There are ships with more than one weapon slot. You can equip compatible weapons and assign them in weapon groups.
Example with a ship with two weaponslots.
E.g. slot1 laser installed, slot2 has a shotgun equipped.
Weapongroup 1: fire slot 1
Weapongroup 2: fire slot 2
Weapongroup 3: fire slot 1 and slot 2.

Either two shotguns or two lasers can be installed of course, too.

assemblerbot · Post by **assemblerbot** » Thu, 15. Dec 16, 21:12

Thank you Egosoft for wonderful news! Merry Christmas!

PS: I know it's too early but please just consider open beta or some teaser version before releasing X4 to avoid unnecessary disasters in reviews

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