What changed in X4: Foundations in 2020

The final release of the 4.00 update and the X4: Cradle of Humanity expansion has been postponed to the first quarter of 2021.

The second expansion for X4: Foundations, X4: Cradle of Humanity, will be released in the first quarter of 2021.

New game-starts will provide players with insights into the identity and political stance of the Terran factions.

A new heavily armed XL sized battleship will be deployed for the first time in X4: Cradle of Humanity.

The expansion will introduce two Terran factions along with their economy, ships, weapons, and stations.

New tactical order for fleet admirals to coordinate attacks and formations during battles.

New visual feature that enhances the game's atmosphere with soft fog layers interacting with light.

Allows AI to synchronize orders to ships with options for manual or automatic release.

Enhancements to fleet combat including improved steering behavior and new AI scripts.

Upcoming expansion that brings new sectors, factions, and gameplay elements, postponed to Q1 2021.

Login to the game and forums will now require an email address instead of a forum username.

The second expansion for X4: Foundations, X4: Cradle of Humanity, will be released in the first quarter of 2021.

A classic fighter from X3: Terran Conflict has been refreshed for its return in X4: Cradle of Humanity.

Addresses display corruption experienced by players with AMD Radeon™ RX 5600 XT graphics cards when the Glow option is enabled.

A new ship has been revealed that will be included in the upcoming expansion.

The release of the expansion X4: Cradle of Humanity is now aimed for Q1 2021.

New X4: Foundations merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, and caps has been added to the shop.

A new stability patch will fix display corruption issues for AMD Radeon™ RX 5600 XT users.

The second expansion for X4: Foundations, introducing new Terran factions, sectors, and gameplay elements.

A well-known pirate faction will be making a dramatic comeback in the expansion.

A major new gameplay feature that will be included in the free update 4.0.

New game-starts will introduce the identity and political stance of the Terran factions.

The expansion will significantly increase the size of the game's universe with new sectors.

Wide-ranging visual improvements including volumetric fog will be part of update 4.0.

New system allows easier transfer of crew between ships using transport capsules, regardless of location.

Enhancements made to alerts and notifications for better user experience.

Numerous smaller fixes and quality of life improvements implemented.

More information provided in the Logical Station Overview.

User interface for the crew transfer system added under the Empire Overview.

Improvements and fixes made to trade behaviour in the game.

Introduction of new filters and key bindings for the map.

Cargo space allocation for workforce resources has been improved.

More information added to the logical station overview.

Container magnet improved to attract deactivated player-owned deployables.

New Crew Transfer feature added to the game.

Trade rule settings improved to maintain current trade rules when disabling Use Global/Station setting.

Enhancements made to notifications for better user experience.

New way to transfer crew between ships without location restrictions using transport capsules.

More information available in the Logical Station Overview.

Includes numerous quality of life improvements.

Crew transfer can now be initiated from the Empire Overview.

Players can now share their station designs more easily.

Numerous quality-of-life adjustments made to the menus.

Lots of bugs have been squashed in this update.

Turret accuracy has been improved.

New feature allows finer control over buying and selling of wares at stations.

Fixed ships not able to catch and dock on moving Raptor.

Fixed station-based traders buying resources that their station isn't currently buying.

Improved balancing of Patrol Missions by increasing enemy presence.

Added missile storage capacity information to missile turrets in Encyclopedia.

Fixed pirate ships not attacking NPC-owned ships that refuse to drop their cargo or comply with inspection protocols.

Added behaviour icons to Map legend.

Added option to import and export individual construction plans to share with community.

Fixed NPC stations disabling some of their production modules indefinitely under rare circumstances.

Added Fly To option to Interact menu of deployables and drops.

New Feature: Trade Rules enable improved control over station trade offers, station supply offers and sale of ships.

Improved trade assignment speed if many subordinates try to trade same ware for their commander.

Added details about mission duration and involved ships to Venture Results menu.

Fixed NPC-owned ships paying for ammunition, deployables and drones that they already have when resupplying at player-owned equipment docks.

Fixed stations sometimes creating trade offers with zero amounts for wares that are required for production.

Fixed ships refusing explicitly given orders to trade with a station that is blacklisted.

Improved visibility of target speed indicator in speed-bar against bright background elements.

Fixed ships assigned to Trade for Build Storage using station manager account instead of construction account.

Improved names of Xenon weapons.

Added faction abbreviations to Factions and Relations menu.

Fixed some cases of ships not flying correctly around capital ships, specially when docking.

Fixed player-owned capital ships not doing damage to non-hostile targets designated explicitly by player.

Added icons to order options in Interact Menu.

Fixed construction plan Shuffle option using connection modules that are not available.

Added error message when attempting to trade with stations that do not have docking facilities for current ship.

Fixed crews of mining ships not gaining experience when player not nearby during mining operations.

Improved presentation of player-owned ships on ventures in Property Owned menu.

Fixed accidental friendly fire from turrets on player ship being treated as intentional.

Added match speed indicator to crosshair (default hotkey Shift+X).

Improved chance of AI pilots opening lockboxes when player not nearby.

Improved map performance in certain situations.

Fixed Recall Subordinates command not disarming drones.

Fixed ships not doing damage when player not nearby if they were originally built with neither weapons nor turrets.

Improved guidance during Paranid plot maze section.

Added Mark All as Read option to Encyclopedia.

Fixed ships sometimes repeatedly getting supplies at fleet auxiliary ships.

Added Start Guidance option to Interact menu of data vaults.

Improved target selection for pirates.

Adding tooltips for cut-off research resource text, fixing Split S shield generators being destructible.

The first big expansion for X4: Foundations, introducing new Split family clans, economy, ships, weapons, and station modules.

Added a new unlockable game start and three new stand-alone tutorial scenarios including a flight school.

Introduction of a new storyline titled 'A lever to move the world' featuring diplomatic missions.

Improvements made to menus including Map, Encyclopedia, Logical Station overview, and Logbook.

Including head tracking systems and X3 retro mode.

Introduced alternative steering methods including head tracking systems and X3 retro mode.

Introducing diplomatic missions.

The soundtrack features 18 new tracks by composer Alexei Zakharov, available in MP3 and FLAC formats.

Sound effects have been improved for a better audio experience.

Next chapter in the X4 story with new Split family clans, economy, ships, weapons, and station modules.

The first expansion to X4: Foundations is now available.

Introduced a search facility for the Logbook.

Players now have more control over drones and turrets.

Added new ships: Paranid Ares heavy fighter, Xenon T scout, Teladi Cormorant transporter.

Including Map, Encyclopedia, Logical Station overview and Logbook.

For the first time, French voice recordings have been added to the game.

Added an oxygen display when the player is in a spacesuit.

Owners of the X4: Foundations Collector's Edition receive the soundtrack as a gift.

The graphics engine has been improved for better visual performance.

Experience and conquer new systems.

Players can now transfer crew members individually or in groups.

Several new weapons have been added to the game.

Players can now dock using a spacesuit.

Including a flight school.

Added a configurable alert system for players.

Paranid Ares heavy fighter, Xenon T scout, Teladi Cormorant transporter.

New policing options have been added for player-owned space.

Introduced virtual seminars and quicker skill progression for crew training.

Fixed camera problems when talking to an NPC while the framerate is very low.

Fixed broken Ship Interactions menu in rare circumstances.

Fixed some S-sized fighters not having any weapons.

Fixed ships with turrets being able to shoot docked ships in low attention.

Added French voice recordings (currently incomplete, work in progress).

Added options to Flee or Attack to conversation when acknowledging ship coming under attack.

Fixed player-owned ships claiming credit for finding lockboxes that the player had directed other player-owned ships to collect.

Improved decision-making on responding to distress calls.

Improved display of active and total drone amounts in Object Info menu.

Fixed Nodan not reliably being able to pick up crates or be hit by enemies.

Added hint information showing reason when docking request is not possible.

Fixed visitor ships sometimes already having enemies when they only just arrived.

Fixed several causes of crashes.

Fixed missing option to confirm trades if using Ctrl-RMB to initiate a trade.

Fixed map search strings not being removed in certain resolutions and UI scale settings.

Fixed stations sometimes reporting friendly ships attacking hostile ships.

Added more information about crew availability when purchasing or upgrading ships.

Fixed broken docking UI when flying a capital ship that has dock connection on side.

Fixed Atlas dock being in a wrong position in ship buy/upgrade menu.

Added Attack Instead option to Flee override orders (new feature in 3.00).

Fixed ships fleeing from pirate or police ships sometimes fleeing towards their attacker.

Added display of craftable amount of equipment mods in the mod overview.

Fixed signal leak hints sometimes missing and the first hint only being displayed for 2 seconds.

Improved categorisation of missions and mission offers in map.

Limited number of valuable crystals on asteroids.

Per station.

Reduced number of Scale Plate pirates.

Now better at trying to Get Supplies.

Includes option to change them.

Indicates whether filter layers are active or not.

Now set to Collect.

New feature in 3.00.

Better shows responses to pirate attacks or fleeing orders.

All soundtracks include lossless FLAC format in addition to conventional MP3 files.

Many soundtracks for different X games are now available individually on Steam.

Owners of Collector's Editions of X Rebirth and X4: Foundations can view included soundtracks in Steam library.

Introducing the first big expansion for X4: Foundations, featuring new Split family clans, economy, ships, weapons, and station modules.

X4: Split Vendetta will introduce exciting new missions and gamestarts for varied gameplay experiences.

The expansion will include new Split ships and station modules for players to utilize.