How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 8.00 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum - no registration required - to find the relevant information.
In case you missed it:
X4 Diplomacy Update (8.00) Public Beta Now Available (Steam News)
X4 8.00 Public Beta 4 Changelog:
- Added option to control Dynamic Frame Generation (new feature in 8.00).
- Added gift effects to diplomacy action gift selection (new feature in 8.00).
- Added mission-relevant info to monitor display during incoming calls from characters related to missions (work in progress).
- Improved Foundations of an Empire mission by adding option to buy Paranid Faction Capital blueprint from Paranid faction representatives (or diplomats, new feature in 8.00).
- Improved security around Mars and The Moon.
- Improved ship movement for ships trying to reach similar positions.
- Improved capital ships decoupling after repairs or ware exchange.
- Improved capital ship approach to park.
- Improved Travel Drive bubble effect to increase with speed (new feature in 8.00).
- Fixed Oberth story ship being boardable.
- Fixed Destroy Fleet guild missions aborting prematurely.
- Fixed Free Split and Court of Curb Diplomats not arriving at the Player HQ (new feature in 8.00).
- Fixed Steal Module Blueprint Agent Action not rewarding Ship Fabrication Bay Blueprints (new feature in 8.00).
- Fixed different Improve Relations diplomacy actions not respecting each other's cooldown or faction selection (new feature in 8.00).
- Fixed Agents sitting in Faction Representative chairs (new feature in 8.00).
- Fixed capital ships with no or disabled turrets refusing to attack fighters.
- Fixed secondary subordinates undocking and docking again when already docked and immediate commander's subordinate group set to Docked.
- Fixed ships sometimes taking minutes recalling subordinates.
- Fixed Terran M Dumbfire Turret not being able to track target.
- Fixed NPCs not being able to use elevator on Xenon PE.
- Fixed Erlking bridge turning invisible when docked at certain piers.
- Fixed several causes of crashes.
You can find the full 8.00 Changelog in our forums.