Questions tagged [x4-foundations]
a 2018 sandbox space trading/combat game by Egosoft, and the 7th installment in the X series. The game universe is active even when the player is not present, simulating trade, combat, piracy, and other features.
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Can I operate a gas miner myself to mine gas or do I need a captain?
I have scoured through the tutorials, and read the entire command list twice and still am stumped: No command to operate the gas mining equipment is given anywhere. Is there really no way to operate a ...
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Can you build a station using closed loop production?
I changed the preferred production method on the build plan for a station to Closed Loop, added a pair of Argon pulse turrets and an Argon shield generator. When I confirmed the changes the parts ...
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How to set cargo drones back to Trading?
I've captured some Barbarossas. On newly captured ships the cargo drones are set to Trading:
But if I change them to Collect All they can't be changed back to Trading:
What do I need to do to set ...
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An Xenon I and two other destroyers are headed straight for Heretic's End. What can I do?
A Xenon I is in Wretched Skies on its way to the Heretic's End gate. There's two more destroyers behind it.
I'm 3 days into a game, have been doing various storylines, and am extremely poor. I have ...
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How do you set a trade rule on a station's subordinates?
In the station individual instructions screen (or on a ship's individual orders) when I try to select a trade rule, the only option is "Off"
How do I use one of my trade rules?
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How can you tell when the RIP tide in Avarice is over?
I'm at a station in Avarice I and got the "come to Tidebreak" tide warning while docked. It's been a while (I can't see how long because that warning doesn't get logged in alerts) and ...
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How can I drop off construction supplies to build storage?
How can I dock with build storage to transfer construction supplies?
Build storage doesn't show up on the map, so can't be targetted from there. Targetting buttons won't target it when it's directly ...
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How do I transfer wares for a mission?
How do I transfer wares to finish a mission?
I'm docked at the correct ship, but transfer wares is disabled in the menu.
I'm at the correct ship:
And I have the antimatter cells in my inventory:
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Numanckaret and Leda We abandoned me. Can I come back later and kill them?
Numanckaret and Leda We abandoned me at the Sanctuary of Darkness jump gate when a small number of Kha'ak fighters attacked, despite having two capital ships and numerous medium/small ships. My ship ...
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How do I "find: inactive jump gate" At the beginning of Kingdom's End in X4: Foundations?
How do I do this?
Its somewhere in the Great Reef system, if I leave the mission changes to travel to Great Reef. There's nothing on the map
The mission description provides no hints.
Nor does the ...
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Hiring a builder in X4
I have gotten to the part in the questline where
and I can't find a builder on any main station, wharf, or shipyard, I haven't spotted any mammoth ships. Where should I look to hire one and how can I ...
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Is it possible to capture a station?
Destroying a station to take control of a sector seems very wasteful and not the kind of thing that makes sense if what I want is to take control.
Instead of destroying the station and then building a ...
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Am I able to open all the doors on a data vault?
I've already picked up the timeline piece and a container, but 3 of the cargo areas remain closed. I combed the entire thing up and down and I can't seem to find another switch in order to open the ...
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Why am I seeing all ships' cargo status?
I've been playing version 2.60 for a while now and my rep with most factions is quite high. One thing that I'm used to seeing on the map in green (for my ships) is their planned course and an ...
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How can I level up my AI crew?
When you try to set default behaviors for AI-controlled craft in X4:Foundations, you'll see that the Default Behavior button brings up a list of tasks with a number of stars next to each. For example, ...
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Is there a default behavior that I can set to to tell my ships to cease fire when an enemy abandons their ship?
I was just battling a pirate that had attacked one of my freighters. Happily, the pirate decided that they'd had enough and abandoned their lovely fighter. While I was sidling up to capture their ship,...
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How do I launch marines in X4?
I understand how to personally capture ships in X4 (and X3, if it's relevant) but I'd really like to be able to send the marine that I've been carrying around to go get the newly abandoned Falcon out ...
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Is it possible to fly from one sector to another?
From looking at the galaxy map, it seems that you should be able to transit from one sector to another without using jump gates, accelerators or highways. When I try flying to the edge of a sector, ...
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What is the dangerous region in The Void and how should I deal with it?
I was exploring in The Void yesterday, using travel mode to transit through one of the asteroid belts. Suddenly, the computer voice tells me that there’s a dangerous area, hull critical and then boom!
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Which ad signs can be destroyed?
In the game there is an achievement to destroy 20 ad signs.
Adblock
Destroy 20 Ad Signs.
What exactly counts as such and how do I destroy it? I have tried the signs on stations and the high ...
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