3.0 Public Beta is now available

[vrod]

Nevermind...

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[dreamer2008]

Do you plan to release 3.0 this year? Or at the same time with the Split DLC?

[Nanook]

Reference the OP (first post) and note the release estimate of first quarter 2020.

[tomchk]

Do you plan to release 3.0 this year? Or at the same time with the Split DLC?

Bernd said during the Twitch stream that they'll release something with the DLC, but it could be 3.0 or 3.5, should 3.0 release earlier. 3.0 had been moved to next year, but we will see!

I personally hope they can give us a final 3.0 this year with some story, to get in on the big holiday sales season, then release 3.5 and DLC whenever ready.

[dreamer2008]

Reference the OP (first post) and note the release estimate of first quarter 2020.

Ah, yes, didn't see that in the OP, my bad, thank you .

Do you plan to release 3.0 this year? Or at the same time with the Split DLC?

Bernd said during the Twitch stream that they'll release something with the DLC, but it could be 3.0 or 3.5, should 3.0 release earlier. 3.0 had been moved to next year, but we will see!

I personally hope they can give us a final 3.0 this year with some story, to get in on the big holiday sales season, then release 3.5 and DLC whenever ready.

Yea, stable 3.0 sounds great, it would have been nice to get it this year. I keep postponing getting into X4 until its "ready" in my eyes, and 3.0 certainly looks appealing, but I don't like bugs and betas, so I would rather wait.

[tomchk]

Yeah then you wouldn't like 3.0 Beta 1. The later Betas will probably be less buggy, but you may be happiest waiting for public release. It'll be *awesome* by then, I can tell already.

[m1bear]

Hello,

My first impression on 3.0 beta

Nice like some of the interface changes menus are easier to navigate etc...
now the criticism/issues found.
(disclaimer I got tired of reading all the posts so sorry if something is already mentioned by someone else)

1) I now have a bunch of fluorescent purple heads milling around my crews (Split heads). ((although it is funny seeing a mohawk floating over a purple blob))
2) the better shield refresh is great but I feel it is overdone.
3) on Linux at least my setup takes multiple starts to get the game running.

enough said, great going and all minor issues. Will continue playing even with fluorescent purple heads

M1Bear

[mr.WHO]

New weapon sounds and FX are fine and dandy, but I find lack on new FX and sound for main destroyer weapons...very disturbing <weak, impotent "pew pew pew" destroyer sounds in the background>

[tomchk]

I think they said they're still working on these. I should hope the destroyer effects are still in the queue!

[linolafett]

Correct, the destroyer main guns currently use the same visual bullet as the l turrets (as far as i can recall).
I will try to improve as many effects as i can, first on the list are the s/m weaponry as they are seen most of the time.

[Artean]

Correct, the destroyer main guns currently use the same visual bullet as the l turrets (as far as i can recall).
I will try to improve as many effects as i can, first on the list are the s/m weaponry as they are seen most of the time.

Nice! Sounds and effects have such a great impact on how the combat feels.

[tomchk]

Correct, the destroyer main guns currently use the same visual bullet as the l turrets (as far as i can recall).
I will try to improve as many effects as i can, first on the list are the s/m weaponry as they are seen most of the time.

Sounds good--those are going really well! I think the sound effects for the destroyer guns are more important than their visual effects, from what I've read and tried myself. I'm not sure if you also handle those. Thanks for all your great work, especially in 3.0!

[mr.WHO]

What about ability to relocate Player HQ?

It was noted as planned 3.0 feature in roadmap.

[Tony Nake]

I had problem with Nvidia Geforce driver version 441.20, game always crash at start so I changed driver to version 436.15 and game is working OK now.

[EmperorDragon]

What about ability to relocate Player HQ?

It was noted as planned 3.0 feature in roadmap.

I would also like to know.

[colmortimer]

Great job with 3.0 beta 2, it seems you fixed every issue I had, and even surprised me by making my radar work again. I figured since it was new ships that had no radar that those ships would never work, but when fixed new ships would work right, but it seems you fixed both.

[Rompiche]

I had problem with Nvidia Geforce driver version 441.20, game always crash at start so I changed driver to version 436.15 and game is working OK now.

Just in case, you have a hotfix version 441.34, it's ok for me with bêta 2

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... ion-441.34

[Tony Nake]

I had problem with Nvidia Geforce driver version 441.20, game always crash at start so I changed driver to version 436.15 and game is working OK now.

Just in case, you have a hotfix version 441.34, it's ok for me with bêta 2

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers ... ion-441.34

I just found that problem didn't relate to Nvidia driver version.
I can by pass crash to start before intro show up with the following method ...

Usually X4 showed icon on task bar for few second before switch full screen mode.
I fast clicked on X4 icon on task bar before crash happen then X4 will switch to full black screen for few seconds and continue to show Egosoft logo normally.

[MHDriver]

Are there patch notes for this latest update? Maybe I am just not looking in the right place but I did notice that AI are using the highways again but other than that not sure what has been changed or fixed..

[tomchk]

Are there patch notes for this latest update? Maybe I am just not looking in the right place but I did notice that AI are using the highways again but other than that not sure what has been changed or fixed..

Yeah, they are just the ones labeled Beta 2. You can often find a list of only the latest changes on reddit.