X4: Foundations -Bofu Deez nuts you uncultured swine

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Less Fat Luke: May 23, 2003; Exciting Lemon

Less Fat Luke posted:

I got a Mercury Vanguard to bail and cannot for the life of me find the thing to scan to claim the fucker.

Ah the tutorial doesn't say there's a distinction between S and M+ ships for boarding - you can only claim the S ships in your spacesuit. Larger ones need a marine onboard your ship - then the Claim order sends the marine.

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So hey, I'm trying to do the PHQ plot, but I've escorted That loving Freighter and it just stops after a while with no objective update. Its pursuers got blown up and everything so idk what's going on. Any help you can give me fellow goons?

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Astroniomix: Apr 24, 2015

Speaking of PHQ missions, I may have accidentally rejected the first mission, will it show up again or do I need to start a new save?

E: I eventually found another signal that offered the mission to me again.

Astroniomix fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Dec 2, 2018

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Leal: Oct 2, 2009

Decided to take a chance and threw my Mercury to do a space fuel run and GOD drat. Making like 300k per trip, and whats great is where this space fuel distillery is at. Its RIGHT next to the highway, so it can get out of Argon space instantly and hop off onto a Paranid station where space fuel is legal.

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Womyn Capote: Jul 5, 2004

Im still confused about the lockbox thing. I dont know if anyone really answered it. Do you shoot it with a suit weapon or ship weapon? Is there another suit laser besides the repair beam?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 01:48

Section Z: Oct 1, 2008; Wait, this is the Moon.
How did I even get here?; Pillbug

Womyn Capote posted:

Im still confused about the lockbox thing. I dont know if anyone really answered it. Do you shoot it with a suit weapon or ship weapon? Is there another suit laser besides the repair beam?

Ship weapons. I've actually tried the space suit damage laser, but while it can damage the lootbox hull, it doesn't do jack poo poo to the locks :doh:

Also, watch out for any with like, 8 locks on em out in the wild. I popped one open and my reward was active mines :shepface:

# ? Dec 2, 2018 01:49

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Theoretically, you should be able to shoot the lock with anything that does damage. If you can't, that sounds like a bug. Ship mining beam works well because it's low-damage. Suit repair beam works to keep the box alive if you're not that good at aiming.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 01:50

DaveKap: Feb 5, 2006; Pickle: Inspected.

Near which kinds of stations would I find builder ships? I wanna do this base building mission but haven't seen any yet (or haven't put sats up near any yet.)

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Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Do you need a residential module to have workers on your station?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:02

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

DaveKap posted:

Near which kinds of stations would I find builder ships? I wanna do this base building mission but haven't seen any yet (or haven't put sats up near any yet.)

Busy core systems tend to have them but they move around a lot.

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big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

Womyn Capote posted:

Im still confused about the lockbox thing. I dont know if anyone really answered it. Do you shoot it with a suit weapon or ship weapon? Is there another suit laser besides the repair beam?

Make one of your primary weapon configurations just one weapon, then maneuver so the single pipper is on the lock and fire once.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:07

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

This took me a while to figure out so I'm gonna post it

You can clear keybinds by selecting the bind and pressing DELETE, which is a bit of a pain because the same key closes all the menus

The map was continuously panning when I opened it and started using the mouse, the cause is related somehow to the spaceship automatically swapping to mouse flight mode when it detects the mouse moving. My workaround was to clear all the "Menus - Analogue" keybinds under Settings > Controls > Menu navigation. I can still use the mouse in menus by wiggling it a bit, but it's not causing the map to be unusable

e: If anyone knows where the 'align ship to plane' bind is, please can you let me know?

bandaid.friend fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Dec 2, 2018

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:11

GODDAMN FOOL: Aug 23, 2005; DO NOT READ >>>

What do y'all find to be the best way to explore sectors? Auto-explore is too goddamn slow. Just set a piloted ship to crisscross a sector?

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Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Holy crap, the production menu is so good now.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:15

Doorknob Slobber: Sep 10, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

im at a shipyard but the buy ships menu is empty. is there something i need to do before I can buy a ship? im doing the mission where you need to buy a ship and fill it with 3 anti matter things

nevermind i figured it out but there are only large or extra large ships here

can anyone recommend a sector where i can buy a good suicide ship im in eighteen billion at the min teladi shipyard

Doorknob Slobber fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Dec 2, 2018

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:16

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

I'm still going through tutorials and have hardly left the starting Argon station but just watching the huge variety of ships (and sizes) fly in and out is really cool. The universe feels very alive.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:16

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Doorknob Slobber posted:

im at a shipyard but the buy ships menu is empty. is there something i need to do before I can buy a ship? im doing the mission where you need to buy a ship and fill it with 3 anti matter things

nevermind i figured it out but there are only large or extra large ships here

can anyone recommend a sector where i can buy a good suicide ship im in eighteen billion at the min teladi shipyard

You need a wharf to buy a small or medium ship.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:22

Leal: Oct 2, 2009

Doorknob Slobber posted:

can anyone recommend a sector where i can buy a good suicide ship im in eighteen billion at the min teladi shipyard

I believe the cheapest ship you can get away with is a pegasus vanguard, for about 160k.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:22

Slickdrac: Oct 5, 2007; Not allowed to have nice things

So is there no way to just quickly find stations that sell particular items from Encyclopedia or anything? Looking for some space__ items and only the pirate base is appearing as an option in the map when I turn wares on. Same deal with looking for specific ships, you have to just go to the shipyards until you find one that sells the one you're looking for?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:30

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Slickdrac posted:

So is there no way to just quickly find stations that sell particular items from Encyclopedia or anything? Looking for some space__ items and only the pirate base is appearing as an option in the map when I turn wares on. Same deal with looking for specific ships, you have to just go to the shipyards until you find one that sells the one you're looking for?

Yes you need to explore the universe to find places that sell things, it's kind of a key part of the exploration.

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Dandywalken: Feb 11, 2014

Any Kha'ak in this?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:36

Mad Wack: Mar 27, 2008; "The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

Dandywalken posted:

Any Kha'ak in this?

yeah

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:37

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Dandywalken posted:

Any Kha'ak in this?

Not natively, I think. The devs responded "we will see," so they may come in as DLC at some point?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:38

Mad Wack: Mar 27, 2008; "The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

funny little janky things - if you look at the chair your contact is sitting in at the war room/office it's literally the pilot's seat from your spaceship complete with buttons and ejector. would be funny to see them hit the ejector button to pancake themselves on the ceiling of their swanky office

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OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Cardiovorax posted:

Not natively, I think. The devs responded "we will see," so they may come in as DLC at some point?

No there are lots of khaak.

Specifically there is a large khaak station in one of the xenon sectors off ianamus zura

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:39

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Oh that's cool then. I think the dev answer list I'm reading isn't quite up to date anymore and I haven't into any myself yet. Sorry 'bout that.

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Dandywalken: Feb 11, 2014

Cool. My first encounter with em was in TC. Terran start and they invaded that Terran station adjacent to Argon space. I didn't even know they existed til then so it was a pretty gripping experience.

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Solarflare: Apr 21, 2008

Can anyone tell me how to find a manager for my PHQ? I've been looking but haven't found anyone that can do it yet.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:43

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

This is really off-topic, but I remember this game that was basically the X series, but it was 2D, and had multiple story lines you could, one of which was that you got to be a psychic super-soldier and made your ships from your mind? And the Khaak equivalent were sectors full of sentient nano-swarms. It was part of a series. Anyone remember that, even vaguely? I have been trying for ages to remember what it was called because it was janky but also really cool.

I figure if there's any place to ask where people might know, it's here. If you don't want this here, Owl Fancier, just say so, I'll edit it out.

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WebDO: Sep 25, 2009

OwlFancier posted:

No there are lots of khaak.

Specifically there is a large khaak station in one of the xenon sectors off ianamus zura

X4: there are lots of khaak

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Thom12255: Feb 23, 2013; WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY

I thought all the Kha'ak got killed in an X3 plotline?

Is there a shortcut for switching highway lanes to go back the way you came or do you just have to pull out of the lane and fly to the other?

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Gorelab: Dec 26, 2006

Cardiovorax posted:

This is really off-topic, but I remember this game that was basically the X series, but it was 2D, and had multiple story lines you could, one of which was that you got to be a psychic super-soldier and made your ships from your mind? And the Khaak equivalent were sectors full of sentient nano-swarms. It was part of a series. Anyone remember that, even vaguely? I have been trying for ages to remember what it was called because it was janky but also really cool.

I figure if there's any place to ask where people might know, it's here. If you don't want this here, Owl Fancier, just say so, I'll edit it out.

Escape Velocity Nova?

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:49

Cardiovorax: Jun 5, 2011; I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Gorelab posted:

Escape Velocity Nova?

Yeeeees! I even recognize the sector map. Thank you bunches! Wow, that was quick.

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OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Solarflare posted:

Can anyone tell me how to find a manager for my PHQ? I've been looking but haven't found anyone that can do it yet.

You can assign any crew member as a manager but it's a bit buggy I think. I haven't been able to find a proper one, annoyingly. Also I can't train anyone with the seminar things. I think the whole business is pretty half finished, as is the whole PHQ thing to be honest, definitely one of the weakest points of the game and smacks of being half finished.

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big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

No issues finding some khaak in the X Universe for me.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:56

Slickdrac: Oct 5, 2007; Not allowed to have nice things

OwlFancier posted:

Yes you need to explore the universe to find places that sell things, it's kind of a key part of the exploration.

Are they just super rare to find? I've got 170 stations found already. What even makes Claytronics, that seems even higher value for buying and selling.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:56

Baba Oh Really: May 21, 2005; Get 'ER done

bandaid.friend posted:

This took me a while to figure out so I'm gonna post it

You can clear keybinds by selecting the bind and pressing DELETE, which is a bit of a pain because the same key closes all the menus

The map was continuously panning when I opened it and started using the mouse, the cause is related somehow to the spaceship automatically swapping to mouse flight mode when it detects the mouse moving. My workaround was to clear all the "Menus - Analogue" keybinds under Settings > Controls > Menu navigation. I can still use the mouse in menus by wiggling it a bit, but it's not causing the map to be unusable

e: If anyone knows where the 'align ship to plane' bind is, please can you let me know?

This is what i needed for clearing a key. Turn the gamepad mode to off under the control settings to turn off the random panning.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:59

Mad Wack: Mar 27, 2008; "The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

Thought it might be helpful to post the tips/tricks section from the German Egosoft wiki (the english one has way less content)

Google Translated German Egosoft Wiki posted:

settings menu
To deactivate the glowing "halo effect" around objects go into the graphics menu and deactivate there "glow effect"
So that your ship does not turn automatically into the game settings and deactivates "Automatic Rolling"
In the same menu you will also find the setting "Keep speed in the menu". It controls whether your ship should stop when calling a menu or not.

Control:
With CTRL + D you can teleport to a station back to your spaceship.
Landepads are retractable whereby ships are stored internally. In order to use these, the landing pad must be empty and then the stored ship can be called eg via CTRL + D
Your long-range scanner uses the secondary fire button. Be careful not to start a war suddenly because you accidentally shoot at an NPC ship.
With the landing computer MK2 you only have to approach the corresponding dock and the ship lands automatically.
Use CTRL + Space to toggle flight control on and off (keep the direction of inertia)
With SHIFT + Space you can toggle between mouse and free mouse flight (you can control more precisely and without permanently holding down the left mouse button)
For me ENTF (in the keyboard layout settings) you can delete keyboard layouts directly.
To get up to speed faster, start the booster with TAB and then press SHIFT + 1 (note: tricky with the Steam Community Control "SHIFT + Tab")
For quick sector exploration on the map within the sector, right-click an empty point and select "Activate guidance system to position". Then start the autopilot with SHIFT + A and go to cruising speed with SHIFT + 1. The position can be changed during the fast trip by a new selection and the ship steers the new point (if autopilot is still active).
To do a quick intermediate scan during the cruising speed (SHIFT + 1), briefly switch to the range scan (SHIFT + 3), press R and change to cruising speed after the scan start (SHIFT + 1). This does not lose the full cruising speed.

struggle
If you are shot at, you can not use your travel drive but continue to boost.
Paranids have the strongest combat drives.
Teladi have the strongest shields.
Argons have the best travel propulsion.

Find and shoot safety container
Activate your long distance scanner and fire a pulse in the desired direction.
Security containers appear as colored "?" on your radar (bottom middle in HUD)
Now approach to the container at about 20m.
Security containers have locks you have to shoot now. You recognize the locks on a red glowing area on the container.
It's best to use a weapon group with just one laser so you do not accidentally destroy the container.
Now navigate your ship so that you look directly at the locks and make sure that your weapon has really targeted the locks (small white dot on the HUD)
Fire a shot at the lock.
Repeat this for each additional lock on the container.
When all locks are broken, the container opens and releases your reward.

Mining
You can mine crystals on asteroid. Crystals are displayed with a flashing on the surface and can be shot with each weapon. The drop is inventory and can be easily collected.

Land
Saves before a landing for safety's sake. It happens more often that the ship can no longer be controlled, that one can no longer deliver gas, that it can no longer turn in the desired direction and the like. Often it will work again sometime but not always.

Create your own logo

The normal faction logos are 256x256 pixels in size. Bigger goes, but be careful!
The aspect ratio must be 1 to 1 and the edge length should be a multiple of 2.

Transparency is supported, it is best to use .png files. Also supported are: .bmp, .gif (no animation), .jpg (no transparency), .tga

Formatting the name of the file:

playerlogo_01.png

and for an emissive map (making the logo shine)

playerlogo_01_glow.png

The logos must be saved here (if the folder does not exist, just create)

"C: \ Users \ l <your PC username> \ Documents \ Egosoft \ X4 \ logos"

and then after a restart of the game in the Player Info - Empire tab selectable ,

Collect the satellites / probes again

Have you ever had the problem that you have exposed probes or satellites wrong?

Just to collect> previously deactivate <and then simply fly on it as with captured cargo.

How does the landing computer work?

To land without computer 4 parameters must be correct:

1. Your nose must be in the right direction to show

2. Your ship must be horizontal .

3. Your ship must be located centrally over the landing area.

4. Your ship must be below a certain height .

Then your ship lands

With the landing computer MK1 only 2-3 (here I'm unsure what's right) parameters must be true.

With the landing computer MK2 only a single parameter has to be correct.

The rest is done by the software for you.

# ? Dec 2, 2018 02:59

Mad Wack: Mar 27, 2008; "The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

oh btw the tip above about shooting crystals in the minefield can net you 100K in about 3 mins

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Mad Wack: Mar 27, 2008; "The faster you use your cooldowns, the faster you can use them again"

there's also a really active unofficial discord at https://discord.gg/EB3MQC9

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