X4 - Now with more flyable ships

Ginger_Yellow · January 31, 2019, 6:46pm

So how’s this coming along? Did the 1.6 patch make a good point to jump in or should I hold out for 2.0 or later?

Rod_Humble · January 31, 2019, 7:06pm

Honestly I think the game is very much ready to jump in right now. But the way the devs are going its gonna be better next quarter then better the quarter after that so no real rush. Its never going to be an easy game to get into, just know that upfront, it has too much depth and they are adding more.

Great game though I really dig it.

Mysterial · January 31, 2019, 7:38pm

My recommendation is that if you have waited this long, wait for 2.0. Expected end of February.

Right now, you need a mod for the wars to really work. And there are some economic issues. But when it works… there are scenarios that just aren’t in other space games. Not often I get to fly through a 50+ ship space battle (and loot all the corpses, of course)

mrcjhicks · January 31, 2019, 8:06pm

I’ve only had the opportunity to put in a couple hours over the last few weeks, but I did finally stumble on my first abandoned ship. A big enough freighter that it had a docking pad for my normal ship, lucky me! Need to get one of my trader level pilots into it, hire some extra crew members to man the turrets, and see if it rolls in the cash more than my current fleet.

I still haven’t bought an upgraded fighter to continue the story mission, yet, or built out my base, which is also missing a manager. I’m still fairly pleased by the game, when I get to play. Lots of dorky stuff to do.

midnight.mangler · January 31, 2019, 8:10pm

can someone give a sense of the patch progression? Has there been quite a lot of post release patching? I am keen to pick this up at some point once the dust has settled.

KevinC · January 31, 2019, 8:25pm

Other than a break over the holidays, they’ve been patching at a brisk pace. I’m kind of waiting to play more so I can’t comment on how things have gone from patch to patch, but development is very active. As mentioned by Mysterial, 2.0 is expected by end of February. I might check it out again then.

midnight.mangler · January 31, 2019, 9:03pm

Excellent, thanks!

Kelan · February 7, 2019, 1:05pm

Was just checking this now and it appears they just released Patch 2.00 Beta 1? (not sure if this is the first release of this or not as I haven’t been following it closely):

Patch 2.00 Beta 1 (331507)

Information on how to opt into Public Beta can be found here

https://steamcommunity.com/app/392160/discussions/0/1778262124936772230/

Patch notes summary from post in Steam forums:

Summary

New Feature: Player-owned stations with Shipyard, Wharf and Equipment Dock facilities.
Added options to set custom name for savegames and to delete savegames.
Added ware exchange between ships docked at the same station.
Added possibility to start/stop travel mode and SETA while map is open.
Added warnings about non-working venture modules due to station layout.
Added fighter wings directly subordinate to carriers.
Added display of partial skill stars to one third of a star accuracy.
Added preview of ship storage capacity after all planned trades to info menu.
Added trade menu warning that ware is not available after all planned trades.
Added separate Remove all Orders and Wait option, replacing parameter to Remove all Orders.
Added failure sound when invalid hotkey is used while map is displayed.
Added confirmation before closing station build menu if there are unsaved changes.
Added tooltip for greyed-out claim option to show reason.
Added full Japanese localisation (text only).
Improved Xenon threat.
Improved turret aiming and target movement prediction.
Improved combat movement of frigates.
Improved combat movement of capital ships with good captains and crews that do not have forward-mounted weapons against other capital ships or stations.
Improved capital ship combat movement against small and medium targets.
Improved balancing of capital ship defensive and offensive capabilities.
Improved balancing of capital ship use of boost during combat.
Improved balancing of capital ship crews bailing when ship is attacked.
Improved balancing of missiles.
Improved balancing of ware prices and production profitability to emphasize smart business decisions.
Improved target acquisition for ships, particularly when attacking stations or capital ships.
Improved command information shown by attacking ships when attacking a subcomponent of a bigger target.
Improved range over which ships that run out of ammo can look for a known equipment dock from which to re-stock.
Improved kinds of stations requested from station building missions.
Improved encyclopedia information for production and factions.
Improved Logical Station Overview to show station’s recommended budget instead of the currently needed money in account settings.
Improved quickload hotkey (F9 by default) so it loads the latest saved game, not necessarily a quicksave.
Improved playback logic for music tracks from previous games.
Improved performance when working with very large stations.
Improved menu performance.
Fixed issues with target elements in the HUD in certain cases (e.g. when using “external view” through the map while standing on a ship/station).
Fixed keyboard and gamepad selection not working in scrolling dropdown elements.
Fixed previous/next target hotkeys and enemy targets sometimes not working when flying captured venture ships.
Fixed previous/next surface element hotkey sometimes not working after loading a savegame.
Fixed behaviour of autopilot shortcut in the map (now correctly toggles autopilot on guidance target).
Fixed production modules sometimes not updating their animation when production starts/stops.
Fixed research wares being listed in economy statistics of the HQ.
Fixed storage types in encyclopedia not being localised.
Fixed turret modifications breaking ship info menu.
Fixed broken Logical Station Overview menu for stations missing a storage type and having no planned modules.
Fixed broken menu when firing crew and then hiring new people in the ship buy/upgrade menu.
Fixed missing title text in ship construction context menu in map.
Fixed ship assignment not being queued correctly (possibly upsetting existing trade deals).
Fixed deliver inventory mission not correctly placing the character in some situations.
Fixed Bring Item mission offers not being removed properly if destination station or NPC was killed.
Fixed several issues with Fleet Delivery mission.
Fixed Scan mission not checking for destruction of target station module.
Fixed Scan mission to require only normal scan rather than deep scan for station modules.
Fixed missing guidance to station module in Scan mission.
Fixed Passenger Transport missions to filter out incorrect stations.
Fixed Find Lockbox mission to ensure containers remain in mission area.
Fixed station ownership not being transferred in Build Station mission
Fixed trade and pirate guild mission offers not changing over time.
Fixed incorrect faction and other text for several dialog options and briefings in war missions.
Fixed introductory mission of war subscriptions getting stuck.
Fixed Holy Order outliers sometimes prematurely precipitating conflict with the Godrealm of the Paranid.
Fixed attacking ships repeatedly approaching and retreating from target before getting close to it.
Fixed ships moving out of pursuit distance to attack targets in their initial approach.
Fixed ships attacking stations flying at and firing upon station target box instead of station modules.
Fixed patrolling ships attacking build storage.
Fixed ships showing excessive DPS when weapons are in more than one active weapon group.
Fixed builder ships wandering into hostile territory.
Fixed capital ship subordinates of carriers sometimes attempting to dock at their commander’s ship.
Fixed station-based trading ships setting their current sector as their home sector rather than their station’s sector.
Fixed ship/station operations being hampered by docked ships working for that ship/station not undocking while player is present.
Fixed boarding ships that are missing ammo trying to disable boarding target anyway.
Fixed formation skill checks not respecting the player being the pilot.
Fixed another case of patrolling player-owned ships chasing hostiles beyond their engagement range.
Fixed squadron subordinates apparently trying to attack ships from their own faction.
Fixed player-owned ships sometimes inadvertently firing missiles depending on their weapon group setup.
Fixed turrets set to Attack my Current Enemy not firing when they should.
Fixed turrets set to Attack my Current Enemy firing when they shouldn’t.
Fixed ships attacking stations stopping their attack after destroying a station module or surface element.
Fixed turrets on the player ship that are set to mining mode not firing on asteroids.
Fixed boarding ships not launching boarding pods in certain situations.
Fixed fleeing ships acquiring a target and attacking in certain situations.
Fixed ships attempting to disable a target deliberately destroying it instead.
Fixed ships with a Follow order not responding to certain situations.
Fixed player-owned ships attacking friendly ships while patrolling player-owned space.
Fixed non-police ships (including player-owned ships) sometimes responding to calls for police assistance.
Fixed non-Xenon races not constructing defence stations.
Fixed build storage of destroyed stations not being cleaned up.
Fixed NPCs rubber-banding for a long time after loading a savegame in certain situations.
Fixed NPCs getting stuck in elevator if player uses it while NPC is walking in it.
Fixed NPC marshalling animations during player docking/undocking.
Fixed multiple NPCs standing in the same position on some Argon bridges.
Fixed cases of duplicate interior rooms on stations.
Fixed frozen movement in bridges of docked capital ships.
Fixed cargo trades with Black Marketeer sometimes failing.
Fixed module hacking requirements not being respected.
Fixed area damage not being correctly applied in certain situations.
Fixed ships flying huge curves when going long distances.
Fixed multiple shipyards attempting to fulfil the same NPC ship build requests.
Fixed NPC ships sometimes requesting more subordinates to be built than they desired.
Fixed stations not claiming sector ownership if claiming module is built later.
Fixed turrets and shields not being added to station module when not part of a new module.
Fixed station module stats and achievements not triggering with the first module of a station.
Fixed station module recycling sometimes interrupting an ongoing build.
Fixed recycle times of station modules.
Fixed exploit where wares could be gained when recycling modules.
Fixed inability to remove last remaining module when planning a station.
Fixed not being able to cancel ship orders in some cases.
Fixed total build time being off by up to one minute for some objects.
Fixed onboard units not being factored into object value.
Fixed inconsistencies with station hull values.
Fixed stations not remembering their Drone/Unit supply settings.
Fixed small ships failing to exchange wares with ships they can dock at.
Fixed ships needlessly undocking to trade.
Fixed faction discounts and commissions not being removed when relations worsen.
Fixed transfer of crew from one role to another not being possible at shipyard/wharf/equipment dock if no other changes are made.
Fixed EMP-induced signal leaks on unowned small and medium ships claiming them for the player when scanned.
Fixed lasertowers spawning in wrong location when deployed from Elite.
Fixed lasertowers potentially ending up in the exact same position in space.
Fixed objects attracted with the container magnet sometimes getting an unreasonable speed.
Fixed ships sometimes oscillating around target positions if SETA is active.
Fixed ships docked at other ships sometimes appearing twice in the elevator menu.
Fixed issue resulting in data leaks sometimes appearing inside station modules.
Fixed roll input in highways steering in the wrong direction.
Fixed inability to remap camera input control.
Fixed not being able to load certain user-provided files (e.g. custom logos) with non-ASCII file names.
Fixed floating geometry on the M-sized Beam Emitter Mk2.
Fixed rare freeze related to player ship control.
Fixed several causes of crashes.

Rod_Humble · February 26, 2019, 3:00am

2.0 now live on main branch

tomchick · February 26, 2019, 3:52am

Hmmm. Time to jump back in?

By which I mean, someone else jump back in and report back.

-Tom

NI1 · February 26, 2019, 7:32am

I recently started playing X4 and it reminded me of this:

tomchick · February 26, 2019, 9:07am

I’m pretty impressed with myself for recognizing a Pirates of the Burning Sea acronym.

-Tom

scharmers · February 26, 2019, 6:29pm

Well, shit. I had plans for my game monies next paycheck (either Metro or FC5:ND), but I believe X4 may have distracted boyfriended me.

jpinard · February 27, 2019, 4:14pm

Do you all enjoy this more with gamepad, joystick or mouse/keyboard?

BrianRubin · February 27, 2019, 4:20pm

Mouse all the way.

jpinard · February 27, 2019, 4:21pm

OK peeps - give me your mod list!

Mysterial · February 27, 2019, 7:14pm

Oh! Oh! Is it time for shameless self promotion?

https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=413122

I’m going to put the modules up on the Workshop today if you prefer that.

jpinard · February 27, 2019, 7:22pm

Yes definitely workshop!

Mysterial · February 27, 2019, 8:24pm

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1668457361
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1668473070
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1668472321

GuildBoss · February 27, 2019, 10:34pm

I’ve only played with keyboard and mouse and it works very well. The UI begs to be played with K&M what with practically every function you carry out having its very own shortcut key and/or combo.