FULL OVERVIEW of new Features! X4 Foundations Patch 7.00 Beta 1

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[@ArthurOseven]

If you want to get 2 more achievements on steam, complete all intermediate and advance tutorials in the beta

[@TheXeroziX]

Omfg 3rd person view, with a ui hud! Been waiting since day 1!!!!

[@CaptainCollins]

Yeah!!! 💪

[@neilgordge9360]

Thanks Cap, always my go to for x4 news and info

[@CaptainCollins]

Your welcome and appreciated!

[@RMMinc]

Believed in egosoft for 15 years already. And they always deliver!

[@CaptainCollins]

We're getting old 😅

[@dusk1947]

The new ships and redesigned ship look amazing. I think I'll personally appreciate the quality of life feature the most however. I very much look forward to the new external camera and radial menu. I'm also looking forward to a late-game crisis. Though, I really hope we get some setting to decide when "late game" is for our playthrough. But mostly, I'm happy to see them continuing to build on and refine X4.

[@keanooi3376]

Apparently the player will have to purposefully activate the crisis themselves, so it'll only start if and when you want it :D

[@qqq4200]

i hope they continue to add new ships and expand the rooms, it really does help make the galaxy feel more full. i always run with ship mods as it gets boring when its all the same ships, i remember x3 with mods had over 200 ships lol the QOL additions are massive too!. i honestly hope X4 keeps going because the sky/moon is the limit with this game, and its been going for years.

[@CaptainCollins]

We'll see how far they (can) go. Hopefully a little longer :)

[@Tanvaras]

7.0 beta looks awesome. Day off and this drops, perfect day!

[@CaptainCollins]

Hehe, big cheers dude 👍

[@Bullminator]

1:41 ... that is the ship from albion prelude. Well a mothership of people that got lost as its old xenon drone to fix planets.

[@leonthelion6529]

Yeah, the old terraformer ship next to Aldrin. # deca.

[@CaptainCollins]

Cool, didn't knew, never played X3 😅

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

To be more specific, it's a Terraformer CPU ship, of the same kind as # deca, # efaa, # deff and # cafe. These ships birthed the ancestors of the Xenon to terraform worlds, before Marteen Winters accidentally drove them mad in an attempt to save them through the Xenon Virus. Most were destroyed during the Terraformer War of 2146 and the Xenon Conflicts of 2385/215 NT-2425/255 NT and 2912/742 NT. Only 3 were known to still exist until now. Another important fact is that before the Xenon split off into branches across the galaxy, two of these CPU ships (# deff and # efaa) were their leaders. The Community of Planets tried to destroy them both and managed to kill # deff, but not before it blew up a star in Black Hole 2:19 Sun in an attempt to drive away its pursuers. Before # efaa could be destroyed, the Sohnen intervened and forced the Community forces to spare her. The star # deff destroyed is believed to have been the cause of the Kha'ak homeworld's destruction, as it unleashed a gamma ray burst that struck their planet.

[@smurfisevil]

This looks awesome i can't wait to play it

[@CaptainCollins]

Go download! 😅

[@asmosisyup2557]

Man i was just so happy they put a preview of satellite coverage prior to deploying, no more calculated guess work XD And ah yeah, the ships look good too i suppose

[@CaptainCollins]

You and me both!

[@Ashmodai]

Wait, what? I didn't even notice... Have a time stamp?

[@Ack19771]

The video I have been waiting on! Thank you Captain Collins

[@XenonSlayer]

Next time I stream I'm gonna turn on colour-blind mode, change all UI elements to random colours and constantly mess with the FOV slider! Radial menu 'Down' will be 'Yaw Left' and 'Up Right' will be 'Strafe Down'. Madness!

[@CaptainCollins]

Seems like a normal day at office 🤣

[@reljamrkic2663]

New third person view is difinitely my favorite feature. I also wanna see what Disco looks like in Xenon ships. Prolly the same.

[@DrtyDrgnProductions]

Thanks Cap! Hope your well!

[@CaptainCollins]

Absolutely! How bout you? :)

[@chief117s15]

Seems like a decent update. I hope the devs or somebody shows a before and after of the ships redesigned. There was a ship in their trailer at 1:11 and I am curious to know if it's a new ship or a redesigned one because it looks awesome.

[@ArthurOseven]

a Posted a few comparison pictures in Captains discord . You welcome to peek in.

[@anthonyklanke1397]

Very cool! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks Capt!

[@ruorick]

All these changes are awesome, hopefully one day we see improvements to npc faces and animations! Also does the new interiors mean we have race specific landing pads and elevators and terminals now?

[@CaptainCollins]

Terminals are unique on ships, not yet on stations. Elevators not yet.

[@notyno8898]

Wowser, this has got to be the best patch ever. She truly is becoming a queen of a game… thanks guys

[@CaptainCollins]

@egosoft, you hear that? :)

[@assassinaria]

I just might have to buy this game now. Neat!

[@Ashmodai]

This will take a looong time. I expect a couple months.

[@CaptainCollins]

Hopefully faster 🙏

[@crasheba1533]

I think I read on their website/forums that they will officially release 7.0 at the end of this year.

[@DG-jk2dw]

Love how quick you got this video out! Great work!

[@CaptainCollins]

"quick" 😅 if I wouldn't have gone to practice, the moment it dropped, the video would have been 3 hours earlier out

[@evilways961]

Thanks for the video... These guys are so awesome.

[@jchowe07]

Everything here is welcome. Thank you Egosoft, and thanks to Captain Collins for the video!

[@drizztdurden9045]

Merci Captain, always a pleasure to see and hear you. And X4..... always the best! lol Good Luck, see you....

[@CaptainCollins]

You rock!

[@Ignifaxus]

Just in time upgraded my gpu, now can enjoy X4 in all its glory!

[@NotThatBob]

1st) Thanks so much Captain Collins for your videos. I simply can't tell you how helpful these have been. 2nd) I haven't played for about 6 months. All I can say is (OMG) this is amazing. For me, the game runs so much smoother, looks amazing and I upped the graphics setting quite a bit. Can't wait for your following videos as you explore the new features. Cheers

[@CaptainCollins]

Oh yeah, this will be an ongoing process to experience all changes. Starting today on stream ;)

[@ArthurOseven]

2:25 Google zoom in keyboard key can be also "Y" as a default. Check your key binds.

[@DerCooky]

Tired of reading long changelogs? This video got you covered! Captain yeets thru the changelog with short clips! Reading the log yourself would take longer! Nice evolution Cap!

[@TheKoshadown]

Simply... Amazing! I didn't expect these features anymore... not on X4!! Let's see how many more hours of play it will give me ;)

[@Syfmuna]

this sounds amazing, thanks for the heads up

[@CaptainCollins]

You're welcome 🤗

[@bozzb.1451]

Amazing stuff in this update, Great video ! it's the best part when you get to watch your videos about all the new stuff ! thanks

[@CaptainCollins]

haha, it's quite nice to make them too :D

[@yuenin5318]

Hi. This looks awesome! I started playing a few days ago and your videso have helped me out. Thanks!

[@CaptainCollins]

You're so welcome!

[@Lucpol1986]

An already outstanding title, becoming even better…:)

[@williamm.3612]

Finally, that third person is gonna be massive.

[@Peterdeskater100]

Why exactly is this such a big deal? I love the immersion of first person.

[@CaptainCollins]

Some just want to intake their ships coolness while flying ;)

[@davidareeves]

Trailer looked awesome, great stuff and feature showcase

[@dahkteromar749]

Fantastic improvements! Can't wait to get the release version!

[@texmanro]

I love that they work on it. This is a superb game!

[@draeath]

Also, a really important one when you're trying to kill stations: "Added option to mark Build Storages as hostile." This may mean you can keep their build storage empty after blasting all the defenses off a station, and prevent them from sneaking new turrets in! Previously, you had to shoot that stuff manually. That's how I would (slowly) prune the xenon out of a system before I was able to field more than a couple destroyers... I find the mention of a "Reduced Speed Mode" to be intriguing too. It apparently slows down some aspects of gameplay. Also... "Improved balancing of stellar output across all systems to match stars and locations." WHAAA no more need for a mod to make the older systems have variable solar effectiveness!? FINALLY!

[@DCM68W]

truly the best X4 youtuber, all the best to THE captain collins

[@CaptainCollins]

Thank you!!!

[@mintydog06]

Thanks muchly for the condensed version. I've not played this game for a long time as it sucks so much of my time, I also had a couple of bugs at the time which were ruining my playthrough. Hopefully all is well now.

[@excelion7109]

This got me so exited to play X4 again, but I really want to wait for the full release and experience the new content and updates in their full glory

[@dupree9881]

Seems quite nice so far!

[@Du_und_Ich]

I played yesterday for a short look and it is fantastic. Khaak Capitals are back, explosions looks good now. Good stuff nice update.

[@WatchMysh]

Thanks mate :)

[@CaptainCollins]

You're welcome 🤗

[@k3LLerInstInkt]

Hopefully the optimal utilization of the hardware will also be optimized so that you no longer have a slide show when you build large stations or enter a fully packed system! Multithreading is such a sticking point with X4 that it is not so optimal! Because when I see how underutilized my PC system is and then I see ingame that I only have 20FPS or even only 6FPS, I lose interest in the game. I've really liked the X series since the first X (X: Beyond the Frontier) came out!

[@stormw777]

Wow that looks really good. I may start playing again.

[@GeneralLudwigSteiner]

Thx for the good infos!

[@CaptainCollins]

Thanks for watching

[@yevhen2755]

2:19 Is this the Wraith race from Star Gate Atlantis?)))

[@ArthurOseven]

The wraith ships looked always so alien and cool. I don't mind if Egosoft got inspired by them :D

[@loxagon2277]

Dein Bericht ist wirklich gut gewesen, ich freue mich auch schon riesig auf das Update. Da gehen bestimmt wieder eine Menge Spielstunden bei drauf . ;-)

[@williamrodriguez8957]

2:09 Jesus, I was just about to find a damn mod that would do exactly this. I'm so glad I can see my health in 3rd person now, that was such a huge pain to manage in large ship combat.

[@M.R.B.]

Insane gains! :O

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

I love the xenon design homage to the og xenon m1 in the very first game

[@CaptainCollins]

Yeah I agree

[@TacticalRNG]

Awesome update!

[@joeyharper4052]

I'm super excited for this update

[@ajuntapal]

Can’t wait till timelines comes out

[@krixpop]

ALL Egosoft X game are AWESOME !!! Yet, for me X4: Foundations was a bit frustrating ... Culprit? The game's UI ... The rest was as always amazing. And after YEARS of sadness X4:F7 beta hits with an improved UI ! So... guess who is BACK in business ?!

[@Worldedi]

The 3rd person camera made me pog.

[@liammorris1018]

Have to say I’m actually impressed, well done egosoft.

[@jacobantis7014]

I trust you, bro...

[@egosoft]

Thanks for the late shift to do this video /greg

[@draeath]

What was "mouse HUD mode" previously I hope that doesn't get rid of the steering mode where the mouse's offset from the center turned the ship. I use that all the time.

[@martinsch]

I'm excited to get back to X4. Best to wait for Timelines though, right?

[@viborabr]

Love this game! Awesome list of changes.

[@CaptainCollins]

And massive! 😅

[@humbleweirdo2860]

Will have to give it another go I think. Some tantilizing things indeed!

[@jahazbrooga309]

Oh No! I had things to do. Thanks to this new patch, they will have to wait. 😅

[@CaptainCollins]

You have 7.00 things to do now 😅

[@wandraak58]

Im so hyped about this ^_^ I Need to take a vacation when its released :D

[@TheWizdry]

I’m a long time space game fan, enthusiast, can’t get enough player. I purchased Freelancer off the self in a box when I was a teen and my brain exploded with the choices and freedom of what I could do, to have control of my ship while in SPACE! And i have devoured every space game sense. The X series of games was another brain exploding space series of wonder. Amazing! X4 released and I was so excited! Fired up the game. I liked what I saw, went through some of the tutorials that really didn’t help much. Managed to fly around a bit. They brought back that voice from the earlier X3 games. That felt like home. And I managed to dock in a huge station to walk around a bit. Also got lost. And I realized,”I haven’t a clue what I’m doing, or should do next.” No real clear direction. So I shelved X4 until now. All these improvements are what was needed to help get going in what ever direction I choose. Just felt a bit lost…maybe over whelmed. Time is a factor as well, limited to really get into X4. I mean I’ve played some complicated games. I even liked most of X Rebirth, except being stuck in the Albion skunk the entire game. So, Bravo for making X4 I bit friendlier to get into.

[@CaptainCollins]

That's a great story! Glad you found your way into the game 👍

[@TheWizdry]

@@CaptainCollins Thank you

[@cnewtonc]

X4 is totally the very best space sim ever! I love it.

[@CaptNemo_]

Hello Captain, was wondering will my auxiliary ships also fix other factions ship in the sector?

[@MrAnastassios2]

wtf! The game looks amazing now!!!

[@virkfulsarchive]

3:17 finally, a dev that listens, let the colorblinders choose their color, you're not gonna fix that 9 types of colorblinds * 3 different levels = 27 types of people to settle. Protan approbs. but then the big wait "AI fix", the economy AI and combat AI, it's something that was being requested since launch, but never addressed, just releasing the variables for modding might fix the problem.

[@CaptainCollins]

The customization options for accessibility were much needed, right?

[@virkfulsarchive]

@@CaptainCollins yes, and an extreme rare case that you get to pick what color to show 👍, this was something asked for for like over 30 years and most devs decided to choose "fixed" color changes trying to help the 27 different cases of colorblinds.

[@SpartanGIS2]

With so many sectors available to us now. I do wish Jump drives would make a comeback. I miss my BSG Galactica fleet jump outs and jump ins.

[@CaptainCollins]

Yeah, will only happen with mods

[@inukrieger5206]

i cant whait till X4 7.0 goes live, i realy like finaly to fly in 3rd person with Hud and many more. This update is so great and i realy like the dive in when its finaly out of Beta

[@digins5533]

Damn, just started playing KSP2 and now I see this…need way more time for such good games.

[@Lagnad1]

damn, the controls setup is looking soooooo good.

[@CaptainCollins]

aight!

[@bigbangerz5856]

Thats quite a list, could be the most feature rich patch for X4 to date nice…

[@CaptainCollins]

There was just one other patch, that exceeded the Steam character limit for one post :D

[@sithlord3352]

i discovered and bought this game about 2ish months ago i saw a few videos like the star wars mod and 100 hours in x4 and I'm actually in love with this game. i have 558.3 hours I'm using just a few mods and i currently have 8 factories. this game needs to be known more.

[@CaptainCollins]

Agreed!

[@Killzad]

My hope is they add combat filter for player when in cockpit (first person or third person view) so we don't have to cycle thr hundred objects till we get the enemy ship we look at as a target. Or smart targeting something like if priorities target that is in my FoV than targets that is 30km far away behind me. Or Combat filter that set priority by size so if we want to set target first M size ships but skip S and so on. This will help with immersion since it removes the need to use mouse when in combat inside a cockpit on a large engagement like when there are 40+ or 100+ targets on a playfield.

[@Killzad]

Also combat filter should have remove or add option for friendly ships (alliance ships), stations and loot boxes from targeting objects, this all are cluttering our target list when we fly in first person. Will make dog fights much more enjoyable.

[@psvialli]

Can i ask what do most people play with just got the game and not sure if it is worth setting up my x52 stick as it looks more mouse / Key ? any suggestions ?

[@CaptainCollins]

Started with gamepad, then T.16000 Hotas, then Hosas, then VKB Gladiator Hosas, now Virpil Hosas :) But always M/K for map and everything

[@Yorunatto]

When the Patch comes out do i need to start a new Game or can I use my old Saves? :(

[@koctukycshvps8462]

Спасибо за обзор!

[@GidLuu]

It is not a comparison to miss the work of Egosoft, it is quite the opposite. They brought SC interaction features that are more user-friendly and that work great and I like that! I'll give myself an envication right now hahahaha

[@Youngie761]

Been hittin' Elite Dangerous pretty hard the last several months. Sounds like I gotta get back into X4. It can be overwhelming to get back into after a long break. I have so much going on it's like drinking from a fire hose.

[@CaptainCollins]

Open the flood gates! 🤣

[@icenote1591]

Finally a 2rd person mode! I can finally see my ship in battle! Finally argon capital ships! I hated using terran mats

[@TheSmokeGoblin]

Huge update!

[@lisa-azrabroad4137]

Will we get remodelled ships from all the previous games, x, x2, x3, x rebirth (although there is a good mod for those already)

[@Bigtooly]

if i were egosoft, in parallel, i would focus on a isometric top down, that focused on depth and features over a clanky engine, akin to factorio or starsector/distant worlds universe/

[@chiefchurpa5739]

Do u know if we need to start a fresh game or can we still use an old save...i started a game off about 8 months ago and dont reslly want to start fresh..cheers

[@CaptainCollins]

All save game friendly! 😊👍

[@vertauris]

Do you need to create a new game for the end game crysis, new argon/teladi ships and all those changes to happen or old save file is ok ?

[@CaptainCollins]

Should be savegame friendly, but I highly suggest making a backup save.

[@arcburn6340]

Finally. They are fixing the gripes

[@HupfderFloh]

1:22 expected autopilot crashing into asteroid in the background, am disappoint

[@Taldirok]

"Improved AI, can't show you that, you need to trust me bro" I fucking died lol, i wish we had more info on what Improved AI actually means.

[@dlcforces8165]

How do I turn off the hud glow it’s blinding and making the game difficult to play. I can’t find it in settings.

[@CaptainCollins]

In graphic settings, something about glow :) you can turn it off there

[@DewtehDew]

Never played an X game before, with this new player experience, think it’s time.

[@CaptainCollins]

Make yourself ready for a long ride :)

[@jackson_wheezer]

What's the name of the terraforming ship?

[@Barbapoux59]

Hello Captain How to participate to beta versus Go to propriaties; but what code can we write for participate to this beta please ?

[@CaptainCollins]

Check the link to the changelog, there are instructions

[@mrnexus8seven949]

I've never played this game but am very interested, especially with these new things coming. I wonder when they will be here and whether I need to buy the X$ Foundations game already out or whether this will be a stand alone version. When does it drop do u know?

[@jh5kl]

this is the beta of the free update and people can join in now already. the full release of the free update will still take a while and it will probably be around the same time of the next dlc called timelines that will have new ships, and other stuff

[@bappo2693]

I’m really curious about AI improvements

[@chrisrae00]

Maybe I can start playing now since launch 😂

[@scintilion]

How many QoL mods will be incorporated into the new version? Any improvements to the station supply chain management?

[@CaptainCollins]

No idea about how many, but it's clear that some good modders joined the team.