News Liste X4: Foundations

7.10 Changelog

• Added Factions and Relations tutorial.
• Added dialog to Timelines mission selection menu when player returns from scenario.
• Added Terran production method to Frontier equipment.
• Added several new exploration voice lines to Timelines Facility.
• Added travel drive to Dart engines in Open Universe.
• Added dedicated weapon groups to Pre-Battle Skirmish Timelines scenario.
• Added Docking Computer to A Merchant Mind and Teladi Trading Try-Outs Timelines scenarios.
• Added further hint to end of Timelines story.
• Added credit sequence after final story resolution to more clearly denote when Timelines story has finished.
• Added Timelines racing trophy to player HQ.
• Added icon to newly unlocked Timelines scenarios.
• Added message to Open Universe listing unlocked Timelines rewards.
• Added Antigone XL Housing as available blueprint rewarded via rank and available in Station Design Simulator.
• Added information about installed surface elements to Station Build menu.
• Added ammo clip visualisation for missile launchers to HUD.
• Added Mk5 shield generator to Xperimental Shuttle.
• Added new anti-fighter missile for Sapporo.
• Added new ring explosion effect to XL explosions.
• Added Start Timelines button to Timelines menu.
• Added Skip Dialog Line option to Controls menu.
• Added mouse-over texts when navigating menus with keyboard input.
• Added input feedback when Travel Mode not available.
• Added input feedback when trying to change speed of ship with damaged engines.
• Added separate icon for collectable ammunition containers.
• Added French localisation for keyboard icons.
• Removed signal leak missions in Timelines trading scenarios.
• Removed Trade and Go to Ship options in Dock Interactions menu in Timelines Nexus.
• Removed Lock Range and Lock Time information from Encyclopedia missile entries where not relevant.
• Removed storage allocation warning in Logical Station Overview for trade wares.
• Improved Timelines intro cutscene for more immersive experience.
• Improved Timelines scenario result screen layout.
• Improved rating visualisation for Timelines scenarios.
• Improved clarity of Timelines mission descriptions.
• Improved sequence of early Timelines scenarios for better first time player experience.
• Improved transition between Timelines scenarios by not closing scenario selection menu when returning from scenario unless required by story.
• Improved timing of Mitsuno Hack video calls to be less obstructive of important Target Monitor information.
• Improved placement of The Recruitment Mission Timelines scenario in Mission Interface to be more immediately noticeable.
• Improved The Recruitment Mission Timelines scenario cutscene to show prison guard being affected by Impedence Bubble.
• Improved flow and difficulty level of Impeded Extraction Timelines scenario.
• Improved finale of Battle of Omicron Lyrae Timelines scenario with special music.
• Improved Xenon Shipyard plan to not include overlapping docking module (new stations only).
• Improved Xenon loadouts in Brennan's Trial Timelines scenario to use fewer laser towers.
• Improved composition of allied fleet and pilots in Brennan's Trial Trial Timelines scenario.
• Improved loadout consistency in Mine Your Own Business and Lord Prospector's Foray Timelines scenarios.
• Improved Rise and Mine Timelines scenario by disabling tutorial dialog after player has achieved rating of 1 star.
• Improved wording of Timelines unlock notifications.
• Improved new player guidance in Timelines by adding hints about tutorials and Open Universe.
• Improved enemy behaviour in Tangling with the Teladi mission.
• Improved combat movement of capital ships armed only with turrets and fighting very large, slow targets.
• Improved combat behavior of fighters when set to attack surface elements when player not present.
• Improved combat behavior of fighters armed with guided missiles or torpedos.
• Improved capital ship combat movement for ships that do not have forward-mounted weapons but do have turrets concentrated at front.
• Improved lasertower behavior against capital ships.
• Improved hit precision of ships attacking piers.
• Improved firing range accuracy of turrets.
• Improved accuracy for NPCs firing at Maja Dust production modules.
• Improved ships assigned to protect stations getting repairs in between fights.
• Improved speed of ships docking on carriers.
• Improved mining behavior when player present.
• Improved chances for ships currently docking or undocking to escape when dock explodes.
• Improved balancing and weapon loadout of Sapporo.
• Improved ship resupply.
• Improved resource distribution by Xenon transport ships.
• Improved prioritisation of resource buy offers for special projects like research or terraforming.
• Improved Crew Transfer menu if one or both ships do not have captain.
• Improved NPC pathing between docked ships where elevators and transporters are involved.
• Improved notification text when travel mode is disrupted by external factors.
• Improved station editor by showing station's build storage location.
• Improved guidance on Map if player is not near last controlled ship.
• Improved display of orders on map by always aligning icons towards camera.
• Improved display of order queues and paths on map.
• Improved unnecessarily cut-off texts in Modifications menu under certain circumstances.
• Improved visibility of station budget issues when looking at trade offers on map.
• Improved visibility of subtitles by making background more opaque.
• Improved visibility of ship holograph dock guidance.
• Improved readability of upkeep alert text in map.
• Improved readability of text while moving or rotating in station editor.
• Improved readability of slider UI elements.
• Improved signal leak indicator visibility by adding background.
• Improved colouring of drops on map and radar by making it consistent with HUD colors.
• Improved available UI scale range to ensure readability at lower resolutions.
• Improved UI scaling to include HUD monitor texts.
• Improved alignment of icons embedded in text.
• Improved Terran Meson Stream weapon by adding small gimbal.
• Improved engine glow on some missiles.
• Improved impact effect of Xenon Seismic Charge Turret.
• Improved performance of explosion effects.
• Improved trail resolution of Sapporo missiles.
• Improved window facade of the Casino welfare module.
• Improved collisions on Xenon Dock.
• Improved low quality shadow option.
• Fixed several missing hints in spacesuit tutorial.
• Fixed trade tutorial not progressing if trade map filter is already on.
• Fixed ship upgrade tutorial not progressing when selecting pilot prematurely.
• Fixed cases of wrong save being loaded on quickload or when finishing tutorial.
• Fixed Frontier equipment not being available in Creative Custom Gamestart.
• Fixed upgraded Erlking custom gamestart option not granting equipment blueprints.
• Fixed being able to phase through geometry in Timelines scenarios involving space suits.
• Fixed Atlas not granting points in Incursion of the False Pontifex Timelines scenario.
• Fixed ramming speed score in Battle of Omicron Lyrae Timelines scenario not being calculated correctly.
• Fixed various cases of Attack On Antigone Timelines scenario not progressing correctly.
• Fixed Mine Your Own Business and Lord Prospector's Foray Timelines scenarios miscounting wares lost on ship destruction.
• Fixed capital ships in Flight of the Dragonfyre Timelines scenario having no service crew.
• Fixed timer not stopping when reaching finish in Hazing the Newbie Timelines scenarios from shortcut.
• Fixed reputation recovery mechanism in Timelines trading scenarios to allow docking if player accidentally falls below threshold.
• Fixed Zeus drifting in second Timelines racing scenario.
• Fixed player ship crashing into obstacles in Timelines racing scenario outro cutscene.
• Fixed player being able to fly before race starts in Timelines racing scenario.
• Fixed non-localised text in Timelines racing scenarios.
• Fixed announcer in 17th Getsu Fune Asteroid Smasher Showdown Timelines scenario being unable to count to 50.
• Fixed being unable to complete President's End Timelines scenario if Jump Gate selection menu closed by player.
• Fixed score in Mine Your Own Business Timelines scenario not taking into account player's surviving ships.
• Fixed unreasonably high leader board scores in Teladi Trading Try-Outs Timelines scenario.
• Fixed enemy ships shooting at player when docked to trade in Frontline Dealings Timelines scenario.
• Fixed Kaori sometimes giving inappropriate reply in The Recruitment Mission Timelines scenario.
• Fixed case of missing guidance to remaining enemies in Rise Against the Machine Timelines scenario.
• Fixed missing results in Timelines debriefing menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Xperimental Shuttle equipment blueprints not being retroactively rewarded when Timelines epilogue completed.
• Fixed Escort Position being too far away from HQ if superhighway entry is present in Timelines epilogue story.
• Fixed Boso Ta not offering Dialogue Option to unlock research while Timelines epilogue mission running.
• Fixed Teladi capital ship in Timelines epilogue being invulnerable even after story has finished.
• Fixed Call and Response mission of Timelines epilogue not completing properly.
• Fixed Kaori's Xperimental Shuttle not being invulnerable in Timelines epilogue.
• Fixed Kaori's station remaining invincible after Timelines epilogue finishes.
• Fixed reward notifications disappearing too quickly after playing certain Timelines missions.
• Fixed credits not being subtracted from player account when buying Dart in Open Universe.
• Fixed clone of Axiom appearing under Personnel Management in prison gamestart.
• Fixed extreme reputation change during missions such as VIG storyline resulting in promotion ceremony needing to be performed again.
• Fixed war and storyline missions to use new Behemoth and Phoenix ships.
• Fixed Boron storyline blocked during BoFu delivery.
• Fixed lasertowers in A Return To Normal Order mission being hostile to nearby station.
• Fixed Nila sometimes not leading player to Leda We's ship in Propositions and Negotiations mission of Boron story.
• Fixed Geometric Owl not being sellable after completion of the Terraforming story.
• Fixed The Meeting mission of Covert Operations story not progressing if target station destroyed.
• Fixed Argon-Boron relations not being taken into account when making final decision in Covert Operations story.
• Fixed Dagobas Lahubasis Yorilos III running out of oxygen if not rescued in Trade Obstruction mission of Avarice story.
• Fixed player being able to complete Trading Lessons mission in Avarice story by selling to themselves.
• Fixed player wrongly receiving email to search for Boso Ta signal leak with Kingdom End active.
• Fixed Scan Ship missions sometimes asking player to scan lasertower.
• Fixed Find Resources missions offered by guilds not showing search radius.
• Fixed large supply missions being offered with factions that have no trade offers.
• Fixed station-based traders belonging to player loading up more product than they can immediately sell.
• Fixed subordinates mimicking station-based traders or miners not inheriting their manually restricted ware baskets.
• Fixed Deliver Crew missions showing Transfer Crewmember conversation option even though NPC isn't at mission destination.
• Fixed confusing mission guidance text for certain mission objectives.
• Fixed mission radius being displayed incorrectly when in sector Leap of Faith.
• Fixed mission guidance not working if target is highway exit gate.
• Fixed factory supply missions being offered for factions with no trade offers.
• Fixed being able to sell ships to Quettanauts faction.
• Fixed strange guidance movement for crates dropped during find object missions.
• Fixed Boso Ta constantly mentioning mysterious ship after crisis has ended.
• Fixed crisis targeting unsuitable story sectors.
• Fixed guided missiles being launched from way outside intended fire range.
• Fixed smart missiles with friend-foe detection sometimes not picking suitable target.
• Fixed Sapporo's missiles destroying each other on impact.
• Fixed player space suit colliding with launched bombs.
• Fixed more unscannable signal leaks.
• Fixed attack preferred target type weapon modes.
• Fixed fleet subordinates unnecessarily leaving formation when attacked by something they cannot attack.
• Fixed ships continuing to fire on non-hostile targets after having been ordered to attack surface elements.
• Fixed player-owned ships not automatically getting repairs at player-owned equipment docks.
• Fixed autopilot refusing to fly to unknown jump gates.
• Fixed ships sometimes being in Travel Drive mode immediately after undocking.
• Fixed ships getting stuck when undocking from certain internal docks.
• Fixed ships not being able to leave covered dock modules.
• Fixed ships spiraling indefinitely when docking at resupply ships.
• Fixed ships trying to resupply at fleet auxiliary ships that are not ready for them.
• Fixed capital ships in fleets with fleet auxiliary ships going in for repairs while in combat.
• Fixed ships indefinitely running into station modules.
• Fixed ships having travel mode enabled after undocking.
• Fixed ships sometimes automatically docking again immediately after undocking under certain circumstances.
• Fixed capital ships sometimes not firing at Attack order target.
• Fixed ships continuing to attack player-owned ships or stations after ceasing to be hostile.
• Fixed Xenon ships in Nopileos' Memorial not dropping wares when killed.
• Fixed player being catapulted away from Obliterator.
• Fixed player-owned Astrids teleporting out of Leap of Faith under certain circumstances.
• Fixed capital ships not being able to fly in formation with player.
• Fixed fighters not doing any damage to stations or capital ships when player not present.
• Fixed shields and turrets on station modules not being shielded initially.
• Fixed being unable to equip Odachi with Mk2 and Mk3 Frontier shield generators.
• Fixed invincible surface elements with 0 hull.
• Fixed ship hull being 99% instead of 100% after loading savegame under certain circumstances.
• Fixed incorrect collision response when colliding with rotating object while in relative movement.
• Fixed incorrect positioning of sticky bullets when hitting surface elements of objects.
• Fixed weapon recoil strength increasing with lower framerate.
• Fixed fast-moving deployables sometimes continuing to move indefinitely.
• Fixed cargo drops sometimes spawning inside stations.
• Fixed certain player-owned ships docked at a boarded target being destroyed.
• Fixed default response not working when some military-only responses are set.
• Fixed promoted subordinates which had Mimic assignment not inheriting old commander's default behavior on commander death.
• Fixed certain discounts potentially being applied to trade orders twice.
• Fixed wares with very high price range calculating negative price at extreme discounts.
• Fixed Xenon SE falsely appearing to be able to mine gas resources.
• Fixed being short by one worker for very high habitation capacities when setting Fill whole habitat.
• Fixed characters sometimes walking through closed doors in Timelines Facility.
• Fixed Sedatives not being used as filter for Black Marketeer placement.
• Fixed player ship continuing to move after pressing Full Stop while menu open.
• Fixed SETA being active while standing or walking under certain rare conditions.
• Fixed characters walking on bridge warping away after loading save.
• Fixed case of NPCs warping on various ships.
• Fixed NPCs turning in wrong direction when entering Cobra.
• Fixed NPCs sometimes taking exceptionally long time to appear on Boron dock areas.
• Fixed Odachi elevator not being usable by NPCs.
• Fixed elevators into ships not working after retrieval from internal storage.
• Fixed player and NPCs being unable to reach pilot seat in Plutus (Gas).
• Fixed transporter room devices sometimes being inaccessible.
• Fixed airlock transition to first person resulting in invalid position.
• Fixed loading screen hint text exceeding screen dimensions.
• Fixed loading screen proverb not being vertically centered.
• Fixed local highways sometimes disappearing on map.
• Fixed object status bars on map disappearing when zooming in.
• Fixed Unknown Station icon being shown outside of sector on map.
• Fixed display position of order icon on map if order leads through gate or highway.
• Fixed wares in Map menu grayed out despite Trade Filter being off.
• Fixed map not showing Explore order details when targeting gate or superhighway entrance and queued after another order.
• Fixed build storage sometimes not showing full trade offers on map when there are not enough funds.
• Fixed order paths of non-player ships on map sometimes skipping gates.
• Fixed Teleport shortcut not working on map under certain circumstances.
• Fixed station icons on map disappearing when zooming out even though text filter is active.
• Fixed mission target icons not visible if map opened with deactivated Other filter.
• Fixed ships not being sorted correctly under certain circumstances.
• Fixed rare case of Encyclopedia entries not being displayed.
• Fixed missing data from Encyclopedia sector graphs.
• Fixed Antigone station modules not being available in Station Design Simulator.
• Fixed build modules in Logical Station Overview being in random order.
• Fixed some background elements disappearing at certain angles in station editor.
• Fixed background lighting in station editor being dependent on view angle.
• Fixed planets in station editor not reflecting terraforming changes.
• Fixed different order of turret groups in Ship Configuration menus under certain circumstances.
• Fixed repair option in Ship Upgrade menu not being available under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Trade menu not displaying available cargo correctly under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Object Info menu not working after Boarding Pod is removed.
• Fixed Accept Estimate button in Research menu's Account node not removing Insufficient Funds warning.
• Fixed attached boarding pods still being listed in property list.
• Fixed HUD satellite icons not indicating active status.
• Fixed invisible UI when game is paused before loading finishes.
• Fixed missing guidance UI when enabling guidance towards superhighway entry gate or unknown jump gate.
• Fixed engine status light not showing when all engines are non-functional.
• Fixed external target view persisting when player leaves sector.
• Fixed positioning of docking UI in external view.
• Fixed incorrect external camera position if activated while paused.
• Fixed external view on some stations rotating around incorrect center.
• Fixed external view on surface elements such as turrets and engines.
• Fixed spacesuit jittering in external view.
• Fixed target problems when using External Target View on far away objects.
• Fixed signal leak indicator position with non-default FOV.
• Fixed inconsistent message ticker position while docked.
• Fixed ticker messages sometimes disappearing too quickly.
• Fixed stuck radial menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Interact menu revealing undiscovered information about NPCs.
• Fixed message about no captain being assigned to nil in Crew Transfer menu.
• Fixed left-over crew member entries in Crew Information menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed missing buttons in Crew Transfer menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed missing rank and licence information in Quettanaut promotion ceremony.
• Fixed incorrect Stop Travel Drive option in Ship Interactions menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed mining equipment warning not working when buying capital mining ships.
• Fixed loadout editor always showing Sapporo's main weapon slot as empty.
• Fixed hint overlapping important menu items when buying ships or buying/selling wares in tutorials.
• Fixed missing menu title in Input Profile menus.
• Fixed issues with sliders in trade context menu.
• Fixed not being able to hide cockpit when using non-pilot control position.
• Fixed invisible signal leak and long range scan indicators when cockpit hidden.
• Fixed aim-ahead indicator not taking own ship's lateral movement into account.
• Fixed cockpit still obstructing sunlight when cockpit hidden.
• Fixed menu selection in Logical Station Overview storage nodes resetting under certain circumstances.
• Fixed incorrect shift selection in Object List or Property Owned menus under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Accept Estimate button in Station Overview menu's Account node not removing Insufficient Funds warning.
• Fixed inconsistent Station Build menu layout under certain circumstances.
• Fixed incorrect radial menu size under certain circumstances.
• Fixed menu artefacts when starting Timelines scenario under certain circumstances.
• Fixed partially missing Timelines scenario menus under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Timelines scenario menu reopening when changing UI scale during animation after closing it.
• Fixed missing dock UI elements at lower UI scales.
• Fixed incorrect tooltip font size under certain circumstances
• Fixed top level menu playing UI sounds.
• Fixed target monitor sometimes still showing information about previous module after teleporting away.
• Fixed flickering target monitor when firing HEPT.
• Fixed unnecessary warning of restart being needed when restoring settings to default.
• Fixed not being able to use elevator in Porpoise (Mineral).
• Fixed not being able to reach pilot chair in Plutus (Mineral).
• Fixed incorrectly oriented turrets on Odachi.
• Fixed muzzle effects for beam weapons sometimes outlasting actual beam.
• Fixed muzzle effects for beam weapons sometimes remaining active on wrecks.
• Fixed damage effect triggering when repairing ship or module.
• Fixed engine boost flames being visually disconnected from ships with integrated engines.
• Fixed beams sometimes appearing to pass through targets.
• Fixed not being able to reliably hit shield generator on Xenon Base Module.
• Fixed ramp of Hydra and Hydra Regal flickering erratically when docked.
• Fixed turret hatches on certain ships closing before turrets have fully retracted.
• Fixed Cutlass and Odachi locker doors animating when entering cockpit.
• Fixed various flickering and incorrectly moving animated parts.
• Fixed various minor issues with incorrect or missing animations.
• Fixed landing gear animations in various small and medium ships.
• Fixed missing wreck geometry for various ships.
• Fixed lack of detail on wreck of S Plasma Cannon Mk2.
• Fixed swapped azimuth/elevation for Terran S/M weapons.
• Fixed floating drinks and disconnected lights in Astrid.
• Fixed animation of disgruntled roulette players.
• Fixed thin geometry blocking spacesuit dock in Cutlass.
• Fixed capital ships showing floating bridge in docking hologram.
• Fixed pilots being unable to walk to rear cabin of Odachi.
• Fixed being able to select turrets of Odachi.
• Fixed pink surfaces on Odachi if Kingdom End disabled.
• Fixed paint mods not affecting entire hull of Odachi.
• Fixed some parts of Xperimental Shuttle not being visible in menus.
• Fixed Erlking main battery disappearing from certain viewing angles.
• Fixed parts of Heron E fading away too quickly when viewed from afar.
• Fixed paint mod on Ravager and Obliterator affecting almost all surfaces.
• Fixed missing detail on Elite.
• Fixed floating geometry detail on Colossus E.
• Fixed floating turrets on Phoenix E.
• Fixed missing windows on Phoenix E.
• Fixed Thresher engines not lighting up when in use.
• Fixed missing geometry and incorrect light colour on bridge of Sapporo.
• Fixed incorrect colours on Xenon SE wreck.
• Fixed incorrect positioning of sticky bullets when hitting surface elements of objects.
• Fixed being unable to open hidden conduit in wrecks.
• Fixed invisible wall on Terran Dock Area near M docking bay.
• Fixed visually scrambled hallway wall on bridge of Shark, Orca and Walrus.
• Fixed missing collision in Argon L bridge.
• Fixed missing collision in crew common room.
• Fixed some small ships being unhittable.
• Fixed nearby objects sometimes not being visible or collidable.
• Fixed rare case of stations not having collisions.
• Fixed missing subtitles in some cutscenes.
• Fixed lip movement continuing after character speech is interrupted.
• Fixed repeated indicator sound when approaching capital ships.
• Fixed incorrect travel charge sound for Xenon H.
• Fixed rare freeze.
• Fixed menu crash in Station Build menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed rare case of not being able to move or save game any more after conversation with NPC.
• Fixed exitcode 239 error on launch with some AMD graphics cards and newer drivers.
• Fixed several causes of crashes.