Now available: X4: Foundations 4.00 update and X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion (*Update* 4.00 Hotfix 3)

[Miniding]

How can I say it... ?

It's an amazing job done for both 4.0 upd and Extension CoH !!!
I'm part of those that doesn't restart a new game but I will give a try to terran start later I think...

Graphics are way more immersive (clouds are making my old Intel i5 4th Gen struggle a bit though ), tones of troubles fixed and awesome new features !!!!

Very good job to you all! Can't wait for the next step in X universe !!

Thank you Egosogft!

[Gregory]

4.00 Hotfix 1 released

The X4: Foundations 4.00 update and our new expansion X4: Cradle of Humanity have now been out for almost 3 days, and we can't thank you enough for the massive support you've been showing us. Concurrent player numbers are at their highest level since the release of the base game in November 2018, and we've been receiving fantastic feedback on a wide variety of game features. Thank you!

Having said that... it turns out that a few screws were still a little loose, especially in some of the plot missions, and we've been tightening them as quickly as we can for a new hotfix. Check out the changelog while you download the update:

• Fixed sometimes not entering superhighways during travel mode.
• Fixed not being able to claim abandoned Rapier.
• Fixed Solborn Militia Outpost not respawning when destroyed.
• Fixed ship Silverback in Defenders of Sol mission getting stuck.
• Fixed Wartime Economics mission getting stuck in dialog cutscene when entering Savage Spur II with map open.
• Fixed ship delivery objective in Towards Distant Shores mission failing unintentionally.
• Fixed rescue ship in Terran gamestart Displaced mission sometimes being very far away.
• Fixed missing Argon dock blueprint for player during Displaced mission in Terran gamestarts.
• Fixed ship to escort in Escape Plan mission sometimes not moving to station.
• Fixed missions sometimes not continuing when saved and loaded during dialogue.
• Fixed Wartime Economics mission getting stuck if last Xenon flees instead of being destroyed.
• Fixed missing Preferred Build Method option for resupply ships.
• Fixed order icons in Object List and Property Owned menus not showing correct order when using Repeat Orders
• Fixed wrong station construction state in Station Build menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Encyclopedia errors if no engines are known.
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

To NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30xx Series GPU users
If you are using a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30xx Series GPU, please make sure that you read this news article about possible "lost device" crashes. The NVIDIA driver hotfix is not availabe just yet, unfortunately, but progress is being made and we'll update you in a seperate news article as soon as the driver hotfix is available.

Once again, thank you for making this an amazing week! We hope you enjoy X4: Cradle of Humanity and the new features in the 4.00 update.

PS: If you haven't already, please make sure to check out our current Steam Midweek Madness sale with heavy discounts on most X Universe products. The sale will end later today.

[lordpazuzu]

Thanks for the hotfix. Just one question, I'm now in the mission when I need to find the argon dock blueprint, with this fix "Fixed missing Argon dock blueprint for player during Displaced mission in Terran gamestarts" should I start again?

Thanks,

Alejandro

[Alm888]

Thanks for the hotfix. Just one question, I'm now in the mission when I need to find the argon dock blueprint, with this fix "Fixed missing Argon dock blueprint for player during Displaced mission in Terran gamestarts" should I start again?

Thanks,

Alejandro

This probably means they added a commonwealth docking bay blueprint after the HQ teleports to Grand Exchange. As you probably know, the very next task is to build a docking bay, which is… kinda problematic, considering the only docking bay Terran player characters know of is the Terran one, and it is hard to come by its needed resources in the commonwealth space.
Personally I just bought a blueprint from ARG (it costs just ~390k Cr).

[YechTiWawa]

Hi everyone! I have one question about 4.00.
The previous version pissed me of that any fraction’s war or Xenon were destroying whole sectors without any actions from me. And I was forced to running on whole universe for prevent this. The universe just couldn’t build itself, destroyed sectors stayed empty. For this reason I gave up the game.
Is the situation the same now?

[chew-ie]

Well, the complaining helped. Factions barely conquer sectors, X4 degraded into cat-and-mouse in that matter. So max 1 sector changes the flag, then it is re-conquered and there are no surprises anymore.

Quite boring now, although you can do some skeet-shooting with your fleets at the various border conflicts.

[Rei Ayanami]

Well, the complaining helped. Factions barely conquer sectors, X4 degraded into cat-and-mouse in that matter. So max 1 sector changes the flag, then it is re-conquered and there are no surprises anymore.

In my opinion this can rapidly and suddenly change from one moment to another.
During my last game I had a similar situation, where barely anything happened. The only sector changing ownership was Second Contact II : Flashpoint.
Then, after dozens of hours of gametime, HOP started a grand offensive to attack the Xenon and invade ANT space, while ANT didn't do anything to push back.
HOP quickly conquered the entire ANT area, except for Antigone Memorial.
For several hours nothing happened.
Then suddenly, ANT did a HUGE push back, invading both the southern Xenon sectors and HOP space, threatening to wipe HOP out instead.

So in my opinion, factions can often be very passive, but they have the potential to become very aggressive very quickly and suddenly.

[Gregory]

NVIDIA GeForce has just released GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 462.07 Please download this driver update, especially if you've been experiencing the "lost devices" crash in #X4Foundations while using a GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... /a_id/5174

Please use NVIDIA's Display Driver Feedback Form in case you still experience issues after updating to the new hotfix driver: https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA

[YechTiWawa]

Thx for answer. And a few more questions.
In X4: Cradle of Humanity can I use my old save(The Accomplished Scientist)? Will all content be available to me? What about Yaki, I read something about theirs missions, now my reputation -25. Is it possible, or I need a new start?

[HBK]

Thx for answer. And a few more questions.
In X4: Cradle of Humanity can I use my old save(The Accomplished Scientist)? Will all content be available to me? What about Yaki, I read something about theirs missions, now my reputation -25. Is it possible, or I need a new start?

You can use your old saves. Yakis are part of a plot and their reputation will evolve during that plot.

All plots are available to any gamestart. It’s simply the "starting" part of those gamestarts that are exclusive to said gamestarts. They’re nice but relatively short and you can do them by playing these gamestarts for a few hours before returning to your main "save" (if you wish).

[YechTiWawa]

Thx for answer. And a few more questions.
In X4: Cradle of Humanity can I use my old save(The Accomplished Scientist)? Will all content be available to me? What about Yaki, I read something about theirs missions, now my reputation -25. Is it possible, or I need a new start?

You can use your old saves. Yakis are part of a plot and their reputation will evolve during that plot.

All plots are available to any gamestart. It’s simply the "starting" part of those gamestarts that are exclusive to said gamestarts. They’re nice but relatively short and you can do them by playing these gamestarts for a few hours before returning to your main "save" (if you wish).

Thanks

[Gregory]

4.00 Hotfix 2 released

Just ten days after the release of our big update and the new expansion, we're pushing out another hotfix for X4: Foundations 4.00 to deal with a few leftover issues, especially in stories and missions. Here's the full changelog for X4: Foundations 4.00 Hotfix 2:

• Fixed certain ship models not being claimable in person.
• Fixed population information from terraforming getting lost when loading savegame.
• Fixed missing description for Sealed Vacuum Tubes.
• Fixed Terran Fleet Delivery Missions requesting impossible ship setup.
• Fixed Defenders of Sol mission getting stuck on Approach: Erratic Miner objective under specific circumstances.
• Fixed Final Debrief mission issues with mission relevant characters potentially dying too soon.
• Fixed War of Intervention mission guidance breaking under specific circumstances.
• Fixed End of Terrorism objective pointing to station instead of signal leaks.
• Fixed various issues in Covert Operations mission.
• Fixed War of Intervention mission not containing reward.
• Fixed A Pirate's Trail mission getting stuck if enemy ships are defeated before player arrives.
• Fixed data leaks sometimes spawning in centre of station during Pioneer gamestart mission.
• Fixed target ship in Mutually Assured Destruction mission staying invincible after getting attacked by player.
• Fixed Astronauts, Champions, Truth Seekers mission getting stuck if hidden ship is captured before objective is set.
• Fixed objective guidance sometimes not appearing for The Meeting mission.
• Fixed player getting stuck inside Silverback during Defenders of Sol mission.
• Fixed Operation Hyena not progressing when player already owns station in specified Argon space.
• Fixed Wartime Economics mission getting stuck in Savage Spur II under specific circumstances.
• Fixed cases of Second Assistant mission getting stuck when placing Nav Beacons in hazardous region.
• Fixed story getting stuck when escaping out of conversations with Rick Feynman during Double Assistant mission.
• Fixed What is Best in Life achievement not being unlocked for players who completed Make War not Peace mission during beta.
• Fixed sector trade offer graph in Encyclopedia showing Sell instead of Buy for buy offers in mouse-over texts.
• Fixed broken shopping list in Ship Configuration menu after returning from Encyclopedia.
• Fixed broken mouse picking on Map after setting trade ware filter.
• Fixed Energy Cell production module efficiency claiming sunlight effect as workforce.
• Fixed ships of wrong size offered when requesting ships at ship consoles.
• Fixed covered ships not showing up in Undock menu.
• Fixed Crew Transfer menu for player-owned shipyards.
• Fixed dropdown selections appearing to reset to initial value after scrolling.
• Fixed main weapon on Asgard being destroyed.
• Fixed Terran medium turrets vanishing when destroyed.
• Fixed freeze when using Go To Ship on ship belonging to another faction that is docked at object also belonging to another faction.
• Fixed freeze when doing Long Range Scan near extremely complex station.
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

Note to GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU users
We'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you again about the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 462.07 that was released by NVIDIA earlier this week. If can be found downloaded here, and addresses the "lost device" crashes some GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU users may have experienced.

Please use NVIDIA's Display Driver Feedback Form if you still experience issues after updating to the new hotfix driver.

[chew-ie]

@GOG users: Did anybody already spotted the HF 2 on GOG?

[Roeleveld]

@GOG users: Did anybody already spotted the HF 2 on GOG?

It's there for Windows, the Linux version is obviously still lagging behind.

Gog really needs to improve their business

[chew-ie]

@GOG users: Did anybody already spotted the HF 2 on GOG?

It's there for Windows, the Linux version is obviously still lagging behind.

Gog really needs to improve their business

Jip, Windows release confirmed - went online a couple of minutes ago while I was afk.

[solarie99]

Egosoft:

The entire 4.0 is broken and you have basicly drownd all the players in endless grind, and ruind the entire game yes entire game.The game is simply not fun any more as you nerf and brake all means of income and gameplay. you need to fix this and fix it fast or you might rather get to a point where you lose so many dedicated players that you end up harming the longlivety of the game.
Best reguards player that have been around from the first game.

[Roeleveld]

Egosoft:

The entire 4.0 is broken and you have basicly drownd all the players in endless grind, and ruind the entire game yes entire game.The game is simply not fun any more as you nerf and brake all means of income and gameplay. you need to fix this and fix it fast or you might rather get to a point where you lose so many dedicated players that you end up harming the longlivety of the game.
Best reguards player that have been around from the first game.

If you could explain what is broken, in your opinion, this might be more useful.

Personally, I actually prefer the current version over 3.3 and wish the solar-intensity would differ for other areas as well.
With 4.0, it's the first time I still feel enjoyment with the game with more then 24 hours of ingame time. With 3.3, I would be thinking of restarting already as it all got too easy.

[solarie99]

Egosoft:

The entire 4.0 is broken and you have basicly drownd all the players in endless grind, and ruind the entire game yes entire game.The game is simply not fun any more as you nerf and brake all means of income and gameplay. you need to fix this and fix it fast or you might rather get to a point where you lose so many dedicated players that you end up harming the longlivety of the game.
Best reguards player that have been around from the first game.

If you could explain what is broken, in your opinion, this might be more useful.

Personally, I actually prefer the current version over 3.3 and wish the solar-intensity would differ for other areas as well.
With 4.0, it's the first time I still feel enjoyment with the game with more then 24 hours of ingame time. With 3.3, I would be thinking of restarting already as it all got too easy.

I dont need to if you look in the forums for 2 seconds, you find mayority of posts that is about this all. Ppl upsett and angry over the broken things and systems not working mining not working stations not makin gprofits and no on and on. the list is long and ppl are not happy.

[Roeleveld]

Egosoft:

The entire 4.0 is broken and you have basicly drownd all the players in endless grind, and ruind the entire game yes entire game.The game is simply not fun any more as you nerf and brake all means of income and gameplay. you need to fix this and fix it fast or you might rather get to a point where you lose so many dedicated players that you end up harming the longlivety of the game.
Best reguards player that have been around from the first game.

If you could explain what is broken, in your opinion, this might be more useful.

Personally, I actually prefer the current version over 3.3 and wish the solar-intensity would differ for other areas as well.
With 4.0, it's the first time I still feel enjoyment with the game with more then 24 hours of ingame time. With 3.3, I would be thinking of restarting already as it all got too easy.

I dont need to if you look in the forums for 2 seconds, you find mayority of posts that is about this all. Ppl upsett and angry over the broken things and systems not working mining not working stations not makin gprofits and no on and on. the list is long and ppl are not happy.

And this I don't understand.
I'm not the most experienced when it comes to stations, but mine (1 of each terran production module, apart from medical and food) is doing fine.
I got probes all over the universe, but my mining ships (assigned to stations) collect what is needed from the sector next door, none of them goes across to the other side of the universe.

Only tweaks I did was set the raw materials to my faction only and the prices at the lowest value.
It's slow, because I can't afford many mining ships, but money does come in.

Same for my solar power plant in mercury, NPC-factions go there to buy energy from me. Am probably going to set up a trade station at a more convenient location to improve sale eventually, but for now, it's doing what I want it to do.

[surferx]

Egosoft:

The entire 4.0 is broken and you have basicly drownd all the players in endless grind, and ruind the entire game yes entire game.The game is simply not fun any more as you nerf and brake all means of income and gameplay. you need to fix this and fix it fast or you might rather get to a point where you lose so many dedicated players that you end up harming the longlivety of the game.
Best reguards player that have been around from the first game.

Nerf and brake [sic] all means of income and gameplay? A little hyperbole here perhaps?
I am seeing income and plenty of gameplay. Just because you aren't making a billion credits after a few hours of play where you don't even have to put any effort into strategy does not mean the gameplay is broken. This sounds like complaining about a jigsaw puzzle because all the pieces aren't square.
If you have been around since the first game you would know XBTF wasn't easy, X2 and X3 weren't intended to play a few days and beat. They all have challenges and are intended to make the player THINK as well as providing weeks and months of entertainment.