X4 6.0 - New Player Guide - Part 1 - Where to Start

[@Fallub]

Another guide? Amazing. Although I have hundreds of hours in the game, I still love your guides. Thank you.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Thanks for the comment!

[@fronell]

Thanks for making these guides, using them for a 7.0 first playthrough

[@orionsnake8834]

Great beginner intro/guide! I want to add that when looking for mission/commission signals on stations, the signal bars will appear below the ship's speed when you near one. I use that to find the signal.

[@scintilion]

Just bought the GoG Community Collector package, diving in and overwhelmed, my kind of game. 🙂

[@holymegadave]

With this game i dont need internet hahaha i brought it yesterday... i was playing till 5 in the morning... just amazing.

[@BearBoiBlake]

Useful video, I just started playing yesterday and there’s a lot to learn. Minor correction - traders corner isn’t where you buy ships, it’s where you buy/sell personal items like spacesuit equipment, seminars, crafting items etc.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

It is, apologies If I said that, I meant the personal items.

[@TKNJez]

Even for a "seasoned" player like me (200h "only" so far tho) this kind of guide is always super useful. So many ways of doing the same thing, so many things that can be missed, it's always super nice to have this to remember all the basics and how to start well ! Thks a lot @TheRuggedGamer !!!

[@holymegadave]

I really love games with emergent gameplay and that actually feels like you are a part of something bigger. The perfect game to play isolated from internet hahaha you have tons of things to do.. places to explore...mechanics to discover... the game opens up to you as you delve deep into it. Best buy of this year.

[@watsinhorde]

Thanks for this guide! Very helpful!

[@EvilRais]

Thank you very much for this guide. I'm brand new and exactly what you said is true. The tutorial left me more confused than when I started it and then did the same sandbox start you did here and did nothing but fly around and get lost in space for about three hours. The only thing I found was the H menu about 2.5 hours in and finally found something to actually do. That is a very very bad experience for new players... I would have thought that a game that is nearly 6 years old would have a better new player experience.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

That would put me out of a job :p ;)

[@nathanielharrison7021]

About to spend my day tomorrow starting out on this game. Thanks for the intro!

[@dronin87]

And many more days

[@Motobro699]

our telling me I can have a combat fleet and a capital ship im sold I will be the best pirate I can be lo. Saw this was on sale on steam and figured id check it out first this guide is pretty good and gave a good idea what I can and cant do thanks and keep up the good work.

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

very wholesome I love go-getter gamers. I just bought the game too, I'm tired of EvE. I wish we could be frens and build a mining guild together

[@The_Andrah]

Your English was perfect. Excellent video, really enjoyed it. Epic to say the least, well done!

[@morganthefool]

Coming form ED, and when this game goes on sale i will be buying it and using your guides, or going in blind

[@Miraak1868]

Thanks for this excellent introduction ! It certainly simplifies things.

[@dazzzmanschannel]

Already got about 200 hrs decided to start over to see alt starts love this game

[@KerboOnYT]

Thanks for the guide. It was clear and helpful

[@nqgames2954]

Are you planning on streaming some X4 soon?

[@KerboOnYT]

@@nqgames2954 I'm going to pick it up the next time it's on sale (I'm cheap)

[@TheRuggedGamer]

We'll be streaming and doing all new series within the next couple of weeks. Anything you're looking forward to seeing?

[@nqgames2954]

@@TheRuggedGamer Nothing in particular, just looking for more x4 content, not enough people making it!

[@First_Chapter]

After a decade backing Star Citizen have become disenchanted with the vision for its direction set out this month (October 2024); time to give X4 some attention, so thanks for the guide!

[@sakinu5843]

Just want to leave a comment and say thanks!

[@Eriodas]

If you have a controller (joystick or watever) i do recomend starting in the tutorials to adjust your keys and buttons the way you wanted. This game uses a lot of keys if you want to do things fast or you will have to be quick with your mouse (there is also the Pause key and you can give orders while paused).

[@LumiaRoseus]

New new player guide! Oooooo

[@TomTheTruckdriver]

Your x4 material is top notch and very helpful. Thanks!

[@evilways961]

Thanks for video...

[@nexe7271]

This game would look great in VR!

[@magitsu]

X Rebirth VR Edition's Vulkan utilizing engine was used for X4. Unfortunately that XR VR was only interesting to make instead of being profitable, so there won't be another VR release.

[@derekdrake8706]

I bought this game years ago but never got into it because it didn't have complete controller support. I take another look at it a few days ago and find out it does support controllers now, so I decide to give it a try. I go through the tutorials, which are still bugged btw, and when I finally get into the game proper... I have absolutely no idea what to do lol.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Here's hoping the guide can be some help. Stop by the discord and let us know if you need anything.

[@Motobro699]

Do plan on making videos on how fleets work what equipment to use or what ships or good at doing what ect. as a new player I found there are a lot of ships

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Sure thing! Once they finalize the 7.0 release, we'll do an episode on different roles for ships.

[@Crimsonraziel]

the trailer for X4 7.0 brought me here. kinda ironic

[@LeeAndrewVideos]

Awesome, bought the game 2 weeks ago and had a terrible experience. Wish I had seen these videos before!

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Glad I could help!

[@jamesgooper5474]

The tutorials are the reason I'm hear lol

[@RolandDobbins]

Is it possible to bind the relevant controls to a gamepad?

[@TheRuggedGamer]

I believe so, but don't quote me

[@timothyporr]

Great guide, but I'm a little unclear which to start with. I bought the Community of Planets edition so I have all the DLC. So, should I start with the Terran Cadet then, rather than the Young Cadet???

[@TheRuggedGamer]

@@timothyporr yes, however apparently the wayward scion is also a good new player start

[@timothyporr]

@@TheRuggedGamer Ok, thanks! 🙏So it's flip a coin then, ai guess between it or Scion....

[@GozerTheGozerian]

To bypass the long intro, skip to 4:00, and if you speak English, click the "CC" button to give you subtitles that will translate the channel owner's Not English into understandable English.

[@Mad_Catter_]

enable 1.5 to 2x speed too this guy sits in the settings menu for 90% of the talk.

[@KaitouKaiju]

His speech is perfectly understandable

[@R0d_1984]

I've played X3TC over the past 15 year, love the game; X4 seemed to be similar/familiar, going to miss out on the sale...sigh. The ''Elite'' doesn't look anything like the Elite in X3TC which looks alot better; Fav M4 class is the Buster, the speed of the Jaguar Raider is so fun though.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

The game is often on sale, but its definitely worth it, I would definitely recommend the dlc packs for it tho, the extra ships are awesome

[@patrykoszast8881]

Is there a way to disable the double tap W to run..........there are 3, move forward, run forward and run. only move forward works. the other two dont do anything, Ive tried to input my own keys into them but they dont function in the game. only move forward works and constantly on this awful double tap to run. Any noticed this?

[@TheRuggedGamer]

I hadnt noticed but also havent tried to change it, ill have a look into jt

[@JSW731]

Bind W to "run forward" so it unbinds the "forward" command and you're set

[@captainfach]

So idk why but I'm stuck before even playing. My main menu is a lot different than yours and I don't have all the options for different starts. In fact there's actually no new game option I have to play the basic tutorials and then it will ask me if I want to start a new game but then still it doesn't give me any of those options there's just one choice of yes. Is this in some sort of update, or is it some sort of DLC that I don't have I think the only ones I don't have are timelines and the one with the scrapping

[@TheRuggedGamer]

7.00 updated the UI of the main menu. Everything is now under "Open Universe"

[@captainfach]

@@TheRuggedGamer ah yes my bad I thought open was it's own thing seperate from the storylines

[@TheRuggedGamer]

@@captainfach the whole game is a sandbox bar timelines

[@holymegadave]

Love that i got the first mission of the terran cadet aborted by my superior cos when i received the stress signal from another ship i found the terran ship remains and proceeded to scan it. That was forbidden and they told me to return to base hahaha... i want to see what happens... intrigues me if the plot can be altered by your decisions or mistakes.

[@odb9671]

I wish I wouldn’t have paused it before he said “I wouldn’t recommend doing that before getting used to space flight” now I’m stuck in space looking at my ship and my guys miles away. I have no idea what I’m doing

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Try Shift+D

[@AndrewJens]

Sorry to be painful, but how well does all of this work with SteamDeck?

[@TheRuggedGamer]

I dont use a steamdeck, so I couldnt give you an honest answer to that. I may have to get one in the future to get them answers lol

[@Nathdood]

wtf man this was just a control video. the tutorials took us through all this. im trying to figure out what to DO IN THE GAME jfc

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Then the rest of the guide will help you :)

[@TheKetsa]

They have to fire their whole UI/UX design team.

[@majorfalcon07]

It's 1 person. They are a less than 20 man indie studio. Yea it ain't great but functional for the depth you get in the gameplay

[@brianshrimp5824]

This was not helpful, all the controls can be found in the tutorials didnt need to see them again. and i still dont know what to do actually start to play like be a minner or pirate or anything.

[@TheRuggedGamer]

@@brianshrimp5824 what you start as is totally upto you, and the following episodes help you. And the tutorials are improved since this video released.

[@melcrose]

"Haytch" (america cringes)

[@TheRuggedGamer]

Our editor is American. He's called HT, and loves it. 😉

[@rixxy9204]

The problem is the X4 is boring. I love Star Citizen way more... I know it has issues but I've had so much more fun in that game than almost any other.

[@BigB0ss00]

Star Citizen is a scam and charges people $10k real money for ships

[@Gellidus]

All the time in the world? Xemon invaders; are you sure about that?

[@TheRuggedGamer]

It takes a very long time for them to take much over, and often the war balances out throughout, until you as the player affects the balance

[@killuminati2911]

This tutorial has the most long and boring introduction ever, no chapters to check.. hope you get the criticism rught. Sorry but can't be bothered to follow. Regards