3.0 Update and X4: Split Vendetta expansion to be released on March 31st, 2020

Unread post by Gregory » Tue, 17. Mar 20, 08:00
We will significantly enlarge our current title X4: Foundations at the end of the month. Both the free 3.0 Update to X4: Foundations and its first expansion, X4: Split Vendetta, will be released on March 31st, 2020, giving space game enthusiasts the perfect opportunity to newly discover or revisit the biggest space sandbox this side of the galaxy!

3.0 Update introducing diplomatic missions: "A lever to move the world"
With the biggest update since the release of X4: Foundations, EGOSOFT extends its current title with the new storyline "A lever to move the world", introducing diplomatic missions. In addition to a new unlockable game start and three new, stand-alone tutorial scenarios to welcome new pilots to the X universe, X4: Foundations players will also benefit from numerous new gameplay elements with the 3.0 Update. X4: Foundations will also receive French voice recordings for the first time. The complete change log for the 3.0 Update includes more than 400 individual entries covering new features, weapons, sectors, improved gameplay elements, an upgraded user interface experience and many fixes. The full list is available in our forums.

Main Features:

New storyline, introducing diplomatic missions: "A lever to move the worlds"
New systems to discover, experience and conquer
Added French voice recordings
3 new stand-alone tutorial scenarios including a flight school
New ships: Paranid Ares heavy fighter, Xenon T scout, Teladi Cormorant transporter
New unlockable game start
Virtual seminars and quicker skill progression for crew training
Individual and group crew transfer
Configurable alert system
Ability to dock using a spacesuit
Policing options for player-owned space
Several new weapons
Improved graphics engine
Improved sound effects
Improvements to menus including Map, Encyclopedia, Logical Station overview and Logbook
More control over drones and turrets
Alternative steering methods including head tracking systems and X3 retro mode
Oxygen display when player is in spacesuit
Search facility for Logbook

X4: Split Vendetta
X4: Split Vendetta is the next chapter in the X4: Foundations story. This is the first big expansion for X4: Foundations, which was released in November 2018 on PC. The expansion greatly increases the size of the universe and introduces two new Split family clans along with their economy, new ships, weapons and station modules. Along with Update 3.0 to X4: Foundations, the X4: Split Vendetta expansion brings exciting new missions and adventures to the game. New game-starts allow an even more varied experience in the biggest sandbox this side of the galaxy! TRADE with the Split families or FIGHT against them; BUILD your own station designs based on the new modules, and THINK carefully on your path through the new diplomatic missions. X4: Split Vendetta will be released on March 31st, 2020 ($14.99 / £12.49 / €14.99) and is the first of two expansions that will be automatically available to owners of the X4: Foundations Collector's Edition.

Main Features:

New story missions and adventures with two new Split family clans
Massive expansion of the universe
Exciting new Split weapon technology
Many new ships
Lots of new station modules

Thanks for your continuous support!

Several suggestions

Unread post by churinga » Sat, 14. Mar 20, 18:41
* Add a difficulty setting, so that it affects how aggressive Xenon/enemies are, and how much cheaper their production can become. It could also affect how difficult to improve faction rating and how easy to lose it. So on and so forth. This way, new players can tune it down for a friendlier experience while experienced players can elect more challenges to themselves.
* Add more unpredictable events. Currently, no big change would happen overnight, even with SETA enabled. Kinda boring. However, if Xenon is able to randomly (but rarely) warp in some big fleet that has the potential of wiping out an entire sector, it would players to constantly check and adapt to the universe's situation.
* Make use of more cores. The performance bottleneck is obviously on CPU. With various Graphics settings, even with a mediocre GPU, one can still tune it down to improve fps. However, even when game is lagging, processing all sorts of events in the universe, only 1-2 cores are busy. Consider spreading universe simulation into multiple cores, and even better, make this configurable. Currently, at least to me, the biggest mood killer is the crawling fps (even when sitting idle with map screen) while CPU is still underused.

És a reakció egy fejlesztőtől:

1. We've explained a number of times why a difficulty setting for Xenon aggression is not really an option.
2. There are already many unpredictable events; more than some players would like.
3. There is not some magic switch that can be pressed to "make use of more cores", and as has previously been explained, the universe simulation is too interconnected for this to be something that can be distributed. We already spread the CPU load as much as we can, and we are always on the lookout for new ways to spread if further. Telling us to do more of this is not going to change that.

And finally, since this forum is for Beta feedback, not for suggestions, I've locked this thread.

Új ficsőr nincs.

[Beta 8] Added display of craftable amount of equipment mods in the mod overview
[Beta 8] Added more information about crew availability when purchasing or upgrading ships.
[Beta 8] Added hint information showing reason when docking request is not possible.
[Beta 8] Added options to Flee or Attack to conversation when acknowledging ship coming under attack.
[Beta 8] Added Attack Instead option to Flee override orders (new feature in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Added French voice recordings (currently incomplete, work in progress).
[Beta 8] Removed target lines and ship info boxes on map for multi-selections to reduce visual clutter (new feature in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Removed possibility to equip Xenon and Kha'ak equipment in Ship Comparison menu (new feature in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Removed Flee Instead from override orders that are not Attack orders (new feature in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Improved categorisation of missions and mission offers in map.
[Beta 8] Improved decision-making on responding to distress calls.
[Beta 8] Fixed Nodan not reliably being able to pick up creates or be hit by enemies.
[Beta 8] Fixed Atlas dock being in a wrong position in ship buy/upgrade menu.
[Beta 8] Fixed some S-sized fighters not having any weapons.
[Beta 8] Fixed ships with turrets being able to shoot docked ships in low attention.
[Beta 8] Fixed player-owned ships claiming credit for finding lockboxes that the player had directed other player-owned ships to collect.
[Beta 8] Fixed stations sometimes reporting friendly ships attacking hostile ships.
[Beta 8] Fixed ships fleeing from pirate or police ships sometimes fleeing towards their attacker.
[Beta 8] Fixed visitor ships sometimes already having enemies when they only just arrived.
[Beta 8] Fixed factions not setting a new HQ with representative if their HQ was destroyed (problem introduced in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Fixed non-subordinate ships not reacting to attacks (problem introduced in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Fixed mission guidance to docked ships on docking bays (problem introduced in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Fixed broken docking UI when flying a capital ship that has dock connection on side.
[Beta 8] Fixed map search strings not being removed in certain resolutions and UI scale settings.
[Beta 8] Fixed quicksave and autosave affecting default save names (new feature in 3.00).
[Beta 8] Fixed signal leak hints sometimes missing and the first hint only being displayed for 2 seconds.
[Beta 8] Fixed broken Ship Interactions menu in rare circumstances.
[Beta 8] Fixed missing option to confirm trades if using Ctrl-RMB to initiate a trade.
[Beta 8] Fixed camera problems when talking to an NPC while the framerate is very low.

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