X4 Foundations Unplayable! Friendly Fire and Allies

[Gundabeard]

"I’ve already shared my thoughts on this, and I’ve tried everything possible. It doesn’t help even when I set global commands to Defensive/Defense."

Friendly Fire and Allies
https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/d ... 240421407/

Egosoft, you need to release a patch. My allies keep attacking me just because my stations or ships defend themselves against Xenon ships. If allied ships are accidentally hit, they stay hostile. This makes X4 Foundations unplayable!"

"There must be a way to ensure that allies don’t take damage during a firefight without them immediately becoming my enemies. Suddenly, faction XYZ is my enemy because the accuracy is at 0%, as if they were Stormtroopers. I only find out when it’s already too late; you can save as many games as you want, but there comes a point where nothing can be saved, and calling for help isn’t an option either. And just like that, everything you’ve built is in the negative, and no mod can help you with that – not even the ones I’ve tried."

[Imperial Good]

Friendly fire is only an issue in high attention. You can fight such mixed friendly battles in low attention, or using your own ship with care taken to not friendly fire allies.

I do agree that there should be better ways to work around friendly fire. For example, being able to pay the NPCs compensation instead of them turning hostile.

[Alan Phipps]

Please supply a valid link to a vanilla save showing the issue. The link in the OP is broken as shown by the '...' in the link.

Duplicate posts trashed.

[xBAGGERZx]

March of 2026 and this is STILL a prevalent issue !!!! .......... LOOK......... It's real simple ....... You just write the code to NOT attack Allies ....... AS STATED at the top of this post the game is Unplayable ..... Except I will go into MUCH more detail ..... Example : Hatikvah's choise ... While trying to secure this sector by creating deffense platforms so that Trade in all sectors can flourish , I have lost 4 Alliance points taking me from a Friendly Ally of 28 down to a 24..... Every single time Argon sends XL ships to help with the fight, Friendly fire from Argon turns them into Enemies , causing my A.I. controlled ships to attack them, easily destroy them resulting in a loss of Friendly relations....... This is 100% an A.I. issue ...... They say sorry .... And I'm OK with friendly fire provided I don't loose assets but my A.I. that's programed to deffend only doesn't recognize that when they say sorry, I AM OK WITH IT ....... They attack all Argon, I destroy 2 of their respective Bohemoths resulting in massive losses of reputation with each respective Faction...... Just write some code that Friendly fire during battle is OK.... IDK make it so they would have to repetitively attack for 15 seconds sustained in order to warrent retaliation or just like when A.I. finds a Lockbox, Send a message to the Commander aka ME for what should be done from FRIENDLY FIRE ........ FFS, this should be an easy fix !!!! I'm not trying to be a jerk but if you can't fix it , offer me a F'ing refund because this INDEED makes the game 100% unplayable ...... I could have gotten the 4 dollar on sale game, but instead JUST after playing this for a few hours I knew this was a game worth investing in ... I bought the top line package ..... Because I thought FOR SURE the Dev's were invested in this game .......... LOOK ABOVE.... this original post is from 2024 !!!! You still haven't fixed the issue !!!!! I'm here 1/4 into 2026 having the SAME exact issue !!! Look I forgive my ally for firing on me .... They should forgive me too for the greater good of getting rid of the Xenon ...... This seems so freaking simple to me ...... Create a better forgiveness code ..... I now basically have 2 choices , reload (where I KNOW it's going to happen again) or stop playing in hopes someone choose innovatjion over ineptitude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't mean to sound harsh .... But I work Networking .... If I dropped an OHE, and OHM circuit or even an OC192 circuit , had two years to fix it and didn't ? I would be FIRED for GROSS INEPTITUDE !!!!

I'm angry right now, and this is venomous , ...... Look ..... Please fix this ..... This is a great game ...... I'm invested and Believe in you all .......

[CBJ]

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