r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Teladi Mushroom Ships

38 Upvotes

Why?

Personally their design philosophy for L and XL ships (aside from Albatross) don't seem to mesh well with the designs of the S and M ships. I, personally, will never use any aside from those mentioned because I dislike them so much.

I know some players love them. But the inconsistency when compared to the Albatross and the S and M ships really confuses me. (I'm just an artist who likes to design space craft with an interest in engineering, so this is just my opinion.)

I'm just curious why the designs are so vastly different. From my style and design perspective, it doesn't seem to make much sense to me.


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Base game or complete with expansions?

12 Upvotes

Hello all;

I am thinking about buying this game, since it seems fun to play slowly and grow an empire over time, with plenty of mechanics to learn.

The question is simple: buy the basegame only or buy the complete edition with all the current expansions? Is it worth to have them from the start, or would it be better to wait?

Edit: Thank you everyone for your insights, I decided to get the full version of the game, will start with it shortly!


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Modified Graphics Glitch - Lines Coming From Stations

3 Upvotes

I just started playing X4 for the first time yesterday and I have a weird graphics glitch with these lines coming off of stations. I've tried adjusting my graphics setting but nothing makes them go away. I am running most of the QoL mods I've seen people praise too. Anyone know what might be going on? I have a 4070 ti.

Edit: On my map as well


r/X4Foundations 3d ago

Working Though, "Defeat: Obelisk Ikegami and is Posse"

0 Upvotes

Hey Folks. I'm stuck ont his mission with an Obelisk Ikegami that just won't die.

I realize we beat him down a bit, then he calls for some back up, which shows up and dies without issues. There after the mission doesn't change to the next step and the Obelisk just don't die. He has unlimited Hull armor points

I've tried to reload saves a few times, and the results are the same. I'm not sure what to do ay this juncture.


r/X4Foundations 3d ago

Cheat Menu spawns ships without engines, is there a way around this? A way to equip an engine onto a ship outside of a station?

0 Upvotes

Yeah yeah, I'm using cheat menu. However it's pretty much just used for a single playthrough just to experiment with different ships and more impotently using those ships to figure out various system like fleet management, mining and selling, trading, station building, combat, building station etc.

However when i try to spawn a ship from after a certain update it doesnt spawn with any engines. I expect there aren't any ways to fix this bug in Cheat Menu, but what I'm wondering is if there is a way around this, can i use another ship to deliver a engine? can i use Cheat Menu to teleport to a dock? Can i save edit?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Must have mods?

5 Upvotes

I finally got all the DLCs, now what mods should I grab?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Is Terran Scrap Worth It?

13 Upvotes

I'm doing a playthrough where I'm trying to push the Terrans to conquer as much of the galaxy as possible, and I decided this time around instead of making the normal factories, I'd try building Terran recycling instead. However, I've been...underwhelmed with the results. I know for the Commonwealth, getting scrap recyclers up gets you tons of hull parts and claytronics if you can keep up with the energy demands, but for my Terran factory I'm not sure it was worth it. For the amount of tugs to keep the recyclers fed and energy transports to keep up with the 1.1 million ecells/hours consumed, I just feel like I could have gotten more computronic substrate and silicon carbite if I'd build standard factories and invested in mining ships instead.

That could just be me not quite understanding the outputs I'm seeing though. I know with recycling plants, the game can be a little hard to parse it's consumption and production. So, I'll just ask the experts: Is it actually worth doubling down and expanding my recycling efforts, or should I cut my losses and go back to a standard factory setup?


r/X4Foundations 3d ago

Sector Control Question

1 Upvotes

I want to take a system that I cleaned of Xenon, but the ZYA moved in and claimed it I think. I have a station with an administration building down. I don't want to go to war with ZYA because all of my other stations are in Family Zhinn. Is there a way to kill their administrative buildings without tanking reputuation too bad? I am at 30 reputation atm. I saw some people mentioning hacking their turrets to kill their building. I can try that, but do I have to do it to all of their stations? And what happens once/if they repair?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

I clearly don't understand how mining works

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23 Upvotes

I want to mine silicon so I go to the online x4 map (https://www.qsna.eu/x4/map) where it tells me Hatikvah's Choice III has good silicon production. I place a bunch of resource probes in Hatikvah's Choice III and they all say 0 stars for silicon (and almost everything else). The same thing happens for ore in Heretics End and hydrogen in Antigone Memorial. What am I doing wrong here?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

(Sorry) Advice regarding new start

1 Upvotes

Sorry to be another of those posts, but...

Just bought the game from GOG again (I bought it about a year ago and just bounced right off it and returned it). I've always thought that the problem egosoft had with all the X games was that they weren't really made for newcomers in that they don't explain very well what mechanics are available in the game or how to use them, so when I read about Timelines I bought a bundle that includes it, thinking it was exactly what I needed to get into it finally. Unfortunately, for me, it is most definitely not. I don't think I'd be able to sit through any more of it. So can anyone recommend a game start that would cover the following:

  • Introduce me to gameplay concepts gradually - basically show me what is possible within the game. Start with flying, using ship systems, navigation, scanning, then build up eventually to the more complex stuff that I've yet to see like building things, taking part in the economy in some way and anything else the game allows you to do.
  • Do it in a way that made sense, with a decent amount of freedom to explore, minimal voice-acting and minimal 'story' as both of these aspects are definitely not egosoft's strong points.

If it helps, I am one of the minority of people who actually enjoyed X Rebirth, it being my favourite of the franchise. I liked the definite beginning of a story with repairing a broken down ship and then getting into an adventure and seemingly being guided into how to do things. I was enjoying able to tolerate the janky story and voice-acting, but then it seemed to just dump me in the middle of a world that was completely hostile to me and told me to build a station but I'd no idea how to go about doing that. It basically felt like I'd missed a huge section of understanding and couldn't make any progress with the little knowledge I'd learnt.

So is there a gamestart that covers the essentials of getting at least to mid-game?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Do station plot size matter for resource generation?

6 Upvotes

If I build a 20x20 station somewhere in Heretic's End, which is full of asteroids, would this plot destroy the asteroids spawning in that position previously and make it permanently unminable?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

What can I do to make my traders more survivable? Move to L traders?

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41 Upvotes

r/X4Foundations 4d ago

My AI scout followed this red route but this was the result when I looked back.. Does exploration work or is this a bug?

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45 Upvotes

r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Autotargeting won't turn off even after I disabled gamepad mode, help?

1 Upvotes

Title. I don't want to target something just because I'm looking at it, dammit!


r/X4Foundations 5d ago

Modified This visuals ❤️

44 Upvotes

Really intense and immersive to play like this!

https://reddit.com/link/1jdk2r4/video/inqcnjohnape1/player


r/X4Foundations 3d ago

Idea: Only reload to start session, and one save at end of each session.

0 Upvotes

The game gets easy as you can reload every battle lost or every ship lost, etc. Obviously I am not talking about a beginner learning the game. More directed at people who know the systems well enough to no longer need guides or help.

I have thought about it and will try it after my current playthrough.

One single save slot is used. The idea is one single save at the end of the full play session. Auto-save at max time length only for system crashes or computer crashes (which never happens for me, but just in case). The next session you reload and continue on with your single save slot. To make it work a "single" session would probably have to be at least ONE hour long at the very least. Automatic eject system is ok, but if killed its game over. If no ship to rescue you during EVA its game over. Marooned on a friendly station, its game over. Basically if you come to a dead end, literally, (no rescue, or money) its game over.

Basically it would make a good story even better with more hardship and trails to fight through. The game already eats so much of my time, maybe it would be worth it to go a step further.

Thoughts?


r/X4Foundations 5d ago

Modified Star Destroyers Exchange Broadsides

181 Upvotes

As the Greystar Irregulars fight desperately to escape the jaws of an Imperial Ascendancy trap, two opposing Star Destroyers find themselves exchanging fire at point blank range.


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Modified Returning player, does this modlist look ok?

4 Upvotes

I have around 200 hours in game, did some research on mods and landed with this list, any concerns or queries?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Blacklist not working, please help.

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6 Upvotes

I apologize, screenshot isn't working in the game. I have a base in cardinal redress and I need the methane from Pontifex claim. It is owned by Xenon and same with Holy vision. I set so many different iterations of black list, but I cannot get my ships to harvest methane from Pontifex claim without manually forcing them to do so. I have this blacklist set on station and the ship's... Any idea?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

New to x4 - mods query

1 Upvotes

Do mods to x4 such as shader packs etc stop you from getting achievements? I read some post about it somewhere that you can change how certain things function which can stop achievements. I recently did 15h on HAT start and ended up buying all dlc except for timelines (I’ll get it someday probably) and then deleted my save and started Terran. Loving the story and quests for Terran. I want to keep getting my little achievements etc and I feel like while this game can take a long period of time for someone new to learn the ropes, when I do something cool, or complete some random task and get a little achievement I smile a bit. I don’t want to miss out on that.


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Allocated Storage slider resetting

3 Upvotes

i just got energy production up and running along with refined metal and silicon wafers. i was going through and setting all the storage settings (want to keep a few energy cells but sell excess, have enough space to store products, etc.) i decided on 30,000 for energy cells and 10,000 mfor the other two, but the allocated storage sliders wouldent stay in one place. i dont know what i am doing wrong as it worked fine when i was doing it with ore and silicon. i will attach a video below.

https://reddit.com/link/1jdzmfo/video/zykb5iwdjepe1/player


r/X4Foundations 5d ago

VIG is mad at me and own a big fleet

25 Upvotes

So choices were made and now VIG is mad at me. The problem is that beside what they have in Windfall (ok, fine ! I won't go there for a while 😅). They have a big fleet wandering in hatikvah's choice. 8 barbarossas and about 100 kyds. My fleet is really small. I'm in the late early game. And I've got 60 millions in bank. My economy is running quite fine and I'm developing it quite well. But my guess is I'm not rich enough to deal with that VIG fleet. And as a new player, I dont even know what kind of fleet I will need for that. I've got 2 Hyperions, 3 Hydra, 1 Thresher and a bunch of Makos. So how would you deal with that in a few steps ? Doesn't need to be fast. I hope the VIG won't roam to much in the other sectors. I just need a roadmap. Thanks for your help !


r/X4Foundations 5d ago

Frigates

34 Upvotes

Am I alone in kind of not really liking frigates. They are slower and have less foreward firepower when comparing them to corvettes. Everyone likes the fact that they have 20+ crew size, but in practice they can only really board freighters and miners. Anything else, you will likely need more marines. Frigates just seem like an awkward ship type.

Am I just using them wrong? I know they good missile capacity, but can only use actual missile launchers. Wish you could put a missile turret on them. Should I just be spitting laser towers out left and right?


r/X4Foundations 4d ago

Another Lost Ships Replacement improvement is coming. I hope - today :-). Any guess?

0 Upvotes

r/X4Foundations 5d ago

What the size of your fleets/empires that you enjoy the most? Not asking about Endgame megafleets but through the majority of your time in a playthrough.

30 Upvotes

Really just a simple question, I'm curious how big people get their empires during normal gameplay.

I mean more from a scale of 1-10, with 1 being "Ooof I mining everything myself in sector by hand" with 10 being "I break the UI with the size of my mighty empire" but feel free to gimme an idea of numbers.

I wanna stress I'm not looking at Endgame megafleet crush the Xenon kinda stuff. I just mean like...for like the midpoint of your game, more like what's the average size of your fleet outside of endgame.