Release Notes for X4: Foundations

Update 6.20 (August 25th 2023)

• Added option to enable Venture Extension in offline game to allow access to exclusive venture objects.
• Added option to start Boron Story by talking to Numanckaret on Wayfinder ship.
• Added possibility to get NPCs from DLC races as reward for terraforming competition projects.
• Added indicator line for steering direction in mouse steering mode.
• Added option to re-enable mouse steering automatically.
• Added remaining time element to interactive events.
• Added option to choose Start menu background scene.
• Added Start Game button to New Game menu.
• Added hotkey control mapping to trigger Teleport.
• Added tooltips for available Interact menu option hotkeys.
• Added functionality to Interact menu hotkey to also now close Interact menu again.
• Added shortcut option to assign player-owned Builder ship to construction site in Interact menu.
• Added Czech localisation.
• Changed name of Advanced Gameplay tutorial to Additional Gameplay.
• Changed interactive events on target monitor to not disappear while game paused.
• Changed ware filters in Map menu to only be active when trade filter enabled.
• Changed Boron Ray Ion Projector to prevent shots from charging up while still cooling down from previous one.
• Improved Queen's Herald gamestart description by adding warning that Boron story will be skipped.
• Improved Nav Beacon handling and mission objective description for Blazing the Trail mission of Boron story.
• Improved dialogue handling for Propositions and Negotiations mission of Boron story.
• Improved station construction tutorial in Additional Gameplay scenario.
• Improved balancing of generic Escort mission.
• Improved police response to hostile activity in sectors they are responsible for.
• Improved stations transferring excess earnings to player's account.
• Improved AutoTrade with ships that have Mirage hull mod.
• Improved reliability of NPC ships responding to distress calls.
• Improved combat behavior of fighters carrying mines.
• Improved mines by disabling explosion if hit by bullets before reaching safety distance from launching object.
• Improved capital ship combat targeting behavior against stations.
• Improved gate traversal while attacking.
• Improved capital ship movement when clearing gates on transition.
• Improved docking with moving ships.
• Improved police response to EMP attacks on stations.
• Improved reliability of capital ships parking at one another to trade.
• Improved conversation options when talking with pilots belonging to player faction.
• Improved lighting in Boron Start menu background scene.
• Improved asteroid explosions.
• Improved various sounds by adding muffling effect based on distance from the source.
• Fixed foreign ship stuck in player's fleet after The High Road mission.
• Fixed player's wingmate unintentionally disappearing from his ship in Solborn Militia and Yaki plots.
• Fixed case of ZYA fighters not attacking freighter during Report to Slave Trader 2 mission of Split Story.
• Fixed Yu t'Knk sometimes being missing during End of Oppression mission of Split story.
• Fixed wrong mission guidance during Rebellious Thralls mission of Split story.
• Fixed player ships not being created if player is below docking relations during Seem Valuable and Zyarth's Coffin missions of Split story.
• Fixed Sanctuary of Darkness highway activating when linear highways are disabled in Creative Custom Gamestart.
• Fixed Sanctuary of Darkness highway not activating automatically in Budgeted Custom Gamestart.
• Fixed Casino welfare module not being unlocked after selecting it for Custom Gamestart.
• Fixed Boron story Custom Gamestart unlock states not updating when loading save.
• Fixed The Fan story starting even if it was set to be complete in Custom Gamestart.
• Fixed Split story stalling in certain Custom Gamestarts.
• Fixed some Trinity jobs and missions wrongly assuming Trinity has been formed.
• Fixed Gate Charging animation continuing after Heretic's End Gate Opening cutscene was aborted.
• Fixed Diplomatic Outpost mission selecting wrong player station for transfer by allowing them to select station in Boron Story.
• Fixed Numanckaret not ending conversation after Queen's Audience in Boron story.
• Fixed Boron story mission offer call and email still happening in Queen's Herald Game Start.
• Fixed Nila Ti's unmanned ship remaining after Queen's Reception in Boron Story.
• Fixed Nila dropping unlimited Spacesuit Bombs in Astronomical Observations mission.
• Fixed case of Boron Story not progressing after Stellar Observation cutscene in Astronomical Observations mission.
• Fixed A Return to Normal Order mission spawning lasertowers that are hostile to nearby station.
• Fixed excessive voice spam when player scans wrong ship in High-Tech Hold-Up mission.
• Fixed Trade Obstruction mission sometimes losing briefing text and objectives if conversation is started.
• Fixed not being able to bring Axiom back to Arcadian Endeavour in M or L-sized ships in Blueprint Data Theft mission.
• Fixed Dal sometimes not starting Covert Operations plot when prompted.
• Fixed incorrect behaviour of item traders and station interiors during Heretic's End HQ introduction.
• Fixed some mission clients on docks having excessive skills and having hiring price.
• Fixed excessive player ship speed after loading savegame.
• Fixed charging weapons cooling down while they are holding shots to be released.
• Fixed ship repair not prioritizing wrecked engines.
• Fixed ships refusing to attack Mk1 lasertowers.
• Fixed capital ships stopping main battery fire while in combat.
• Fixed ships sometimes having trouble docking at extremely large player stations.
• Fixed ships sometimes getting stuck in loop of storing and retrieving.
• Fixed ships sometimes being moved to internal storage before finishing docking.
• Fixed dock assignment persisting when stopping control of ship.
• Fixed ships without docking computer not docking if below target height.
• Fixed wharves sometimes not freeing up docking bays for additional ship construction.
• Fixed capital ships sometimes repeatedly turning in combat and not getting chance to move.
• Fixed excessive rotation speed of capital ships after collisions.
• Fixed being able to lower elevator of certain ships before they finish docking.
• Fixed transporter room transition breaking when player jumps.
• Fixed physics mass being too low for certain objects such as asteroids.
• Fixed station account exploit when station given to another faction.
• Fixed not being able to upgrade player-controlled ship with Repeat orders default behaviour.
• Fixed mining ships refusing to mine in their commander's hazardous sector unless they have no choice.
• Fixed capital-class trade ships sometimes failing to trade with fleet auxiliary ships when they should be able to.
• Fixed transport drones of player-controlled capital ships collecting crates containing wares that ship cannot carry.
• Fixed rare issue that could result in HQ not requesting sufficient terraforming resources.
• Fixed resources that are also used for terraforming or research sometimes not being bought in sufficient amounts.
• Fixed stations that require 0 credits never transferring excess earnings to the player account.
• Fixed Boron Shipyards not paying appropriate price for Water.
• Fixed Vigor Syndicate raiding parties concentrating at Windfall.
• Fixed Tidebreak station not having any NPCs walking around.
• Fixed ships sometimes waiting for signal while already in Avarice in response to tide warning.
• Fixed Advanced Composite factory being hard to hit by NPC controlled ships.
• Fixed escape pods being treated as targets for attack under certain circumstances.
• Fixed escape pods appearing hostile when they shouldn't be.
• Fixed ships moving to attack, but not firing upon, targets that they are not authorised to attack.
• Fixed police sometimes mistaking compliance for refusal to comply.
• Fixed ships failing to dock at some stations with covered dock areas.
• Fixed ships having trouble docking at very large stations from some positions.
• Fixed player space suit weapon groups being reset after teleporting during space walk.
• Fixed hacking of turret control panels not affecting missile turrets.
• Fixed some cases of characters warping after using lift on Boron ships.
• Fixed M ships sometimes not being able to undock from stations with only one M docking bay.
• Fixed busy shipyards being indefinitely blocked by docked capital ships if their build is scheduled behind others.
• Fixed trade ware buy/sell offers being removed when disabling manual buy/sell amount.
• Fixed being able to reassign croupier NPCs via the station info menu.
• Fixed long delay before NPCs appear on some stations.
• Fixed wharves and shipyards potentially having multiple ship dealer shops with only one having anyone serving.
• Fixed trade station dock areas on player stations sometimes not having any shops.
• Fixed player-owned black market trader sometimes appearing on player HQ.
• Fixed getting stuck in floor when getting up under certain circumstances.
• Fixed ships that were on ventures when Multiverse Team Seasons beta testing ended sometimes not returning properly.
• Fixed Yasur spawned from online inventory not applying default paint mod.
• Fixed Venture inventory items sometimes not being available in new games.
• Fixed Queendom of Boron and Duke's Buccaneers not being enemies.
• Fixed player relations towards Provinces Adrift/Queendom of Boron not updating correctly under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Bob the Builder Achievement in saves where it had triggered beta testing.
• Fixed not being able to switch live stream view channels in some cases.
• Fixed inconsistency in mining behavior between viewing miner in live stream view and being in same sector.
• Fixed very long story messages not being displayed correctly.
• Fixed missions listed multiple times in Interact menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed missing resource options in Station Configuration menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed menu crash when upgrading multiple ships in Ship Configuration menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Processing Modules not showing products and resources in Station Configuration menu.
• Fixed trade wares being removed when removing buy and sell offer in Logical Station Overview menu.
• Fixed fleet sector in Map menu being shown incorrectly under certain circumstances.
• Fixed identical upgrades not being preserved under certain circumstances when upgrading multiple ships in Ship Upgrade menu.
• Fixed selected object not being shown in Object Information section of Map menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Object Information of Map menu sometimes not loading when querying some S or M ships.
• Fixed transaction information for Faction Representative trade menus being too small.
• Fixed menu sliders not correctly registering clicks under certain circumstances.
• Fixed jittering target elements in external view under certain circumstances.
• Fixed not being able to target super highway gates in Map menu.
• Fixed target element for stored-away ship appearing in middle of screen.
• Fixed Select all Sectors option in Custom Gamestart Editor selecting hidden and disabled options.
• Fixed order of subordinates in tooltips when assigning roles being inconsistent.
• Fixed missing control mode messages under certain circumstances.
• Fixed human characters looking distorted when leaning on table.
• Fixed not being able to select all objects from Peregrine cockpit.
• Fixed wrecks in debris fields fading out too early.
• Fixed visual issue with Boron S mining laser.
• Fixed strange text in some Boron sector backgrounds.
• Fixed seam in Menelaus Oasis background.
• Fixed silicon carbide production module visually jumping when getting closer.
• Fixed overly dark dockarea on Argon Colossus with reflection probes enabled.
• Fixed paint decals appearing dirty.
• Fixed player logo glow.
• Fixed graphical issues with some AMD driver versions.
• Fixed repeating row-change sounds in Map menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed beam sounds to originate from beam instead of weapon.
• Fixed certain sounds being too loud while the game is saving.
• Fixed controllers drifting in low framerate situations under Linux.
• Fixed game hanging in fullscreen cutscenes under certain circumstances.
• Fixed possible freeze when manually docking ship that has trade order loop.
• Fixed memory leak resulting in out of memory errors in very long play sessions.
• Fixed rare crash when buying ships with crew.