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X4: Foundations

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X4: Foundations
X4: Foundations cover
Developers
Egosoft
Release dates
Windows November 30, 2018
Linux May 28, 2019[1]
Reception
Metacritic 59
OpenCritic 68
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Vehicle simulator, Business
Vehicles Space flight
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series X
X4: Foundations on HowLongToBeat
X4: Foundations on IGDB
X4: Foundations on MobyGames
X4: Foundations on Wikipedia
X
X: Beyond the Frontier 1999
X-Tension 2000
X2: The Threat 2003
X3: Reunion 2005
X3: Terran Conflict 2008
X Rebirth 2013
X Rebirth VR Edition 2017
X4: Foundations 2018

General information

Official Forums
Official Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Collector's Edition Content Upgrades the standard copy of the game to the Collector's Edition. No longer available.
Windows
Linux
Split Vendetta
Windows
Linux
Cradle of Humanity
Windows
Linux
Tides of Avarice
Windows
Linux
Kingdom End
Windows
Linux
Community of Planets Collector's Edition Content Not available separately.
Windows
Linux

Version differences

The Collector's Edition (no longer available) includes the following additional content:
  • The X Universe Digital Artbook 2018.
  • The eBook X Novel: Nopileos in English and German.
  • The official digital soundtrack, which includes exclusive versions of the trailer and teaser music.
  • Access to the first two expansions for the game (Split Vendetta and Cradle of Humanity).
The Community of Planets Edition includes the base game and all DLC.
The Community of Planets Collector's Edition includes, the base game, all DLC, and the following extras:
  • Yasur ship (requires Egosoft account)
  • Exclusive Paintmod "Pearl Prospect" (requires Egosoft account)
  • X4 2023 Artbook: including never before published concept art from X4's expansions
  • X Novel "Farnham's Legend", in a new English translation from 2023, as well as its German original (.epub and .pdf)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4\config.xml
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4\<user-id>\config.xml
Linux $HOME/.config/EgoSoft/X4/<user-id>/config.xml
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Which settings files to remove for troubleshooting? [2]

Save game data location

System Location
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4\save\
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4\<user-id>\save\
Linux $HOME/.config/EgoSoft/X4/<user-id>/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Game settings.
Game settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Supports FidelityFX Super Resolution.

Input

Audio

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Total, Music, Voice, Ambient, UI, Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Text and audio language can be set separately; see Command line arguments.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Russian

VR support

Devices State Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking
Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Vulkan 1.1 [3]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Command line arguments

Key Description
-skipintro Launches the game directly into main menu, skipping the EgoSoft intro[4]
-showfps Enables in-game FPS counter
-language n Sets the game's language (both voice and text/subtitles) to n, where n is a country telephone code: 7 for Russian, 33 for French, 44 for English etc.
-voicelanguage n Sets the game's spoken language to n, where n is a country telephone code: 7 for Russian, 33 for French, 44 for English etc. This key overrides implicit setting of the "-language" key (if present)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Other Vulkan compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) SteamOS, Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Other Vulkan compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References