X Rebirth
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
This page is for the original release. For the VR Edition, see X Rebirth VR Edition.
Developers | |
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Egosoft | |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Tri Synergy | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 15, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | Early access[1] |
Linux | Early access[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | X |
X | |
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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 |
Key points
- Several known bugs; technical and gameplay issues.[3][4]
- Poor SLI/Crossfire support, recommended to disable to increase performance.[5]
- Incompatible with Windows' built-in color calibration feature. Calibrated screens will have ill in-game colors.[citation needed]
General information
- Official website
- Official forums
- Official Linux Alpha support thread
- Argonopedia - A wiki for the X series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Standard or Home of Light Complete Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Mac App Store | Home of Light Complete Edition. | |||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Teladi Outpost | ||
Home of Light |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -skipintro command line argument
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X Rebirth\<user-id>\config.xml |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X Rebirth\<user-id>\save\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/.config/EgoSoft/X Rebirth/<user-id>/save/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Despite having an option, it can not be modified. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Only applies in first-person. Does not affect ship movement.[6] | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Official UI/subtitles localization by «Buka Entertainment». Fan voice-over by users site «Elite-Games.ru» | |||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: X-Rebirth - 3D Vision Fix. |
Issues fixed
Crashing on launch
Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz[7] |
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See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.) |
Run in compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 4.2 | Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Bullet Physics Library | |
Audio | OpenAL | Linux only.[citation needed] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i-Series 2.0 GHz | Intel Core i5 (Quad) 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 400 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GT 500 ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB of VRAM |
- 64-bit only.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | SteamOS, Ubuntu 14.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i-Series 2.0 GHz | Intel Core i5 (Quad) 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 500 ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4.2 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GT 600 AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
- 64-bit only.
References
- ↑ OS X Alpha support thread :: X Rebirth General Discussions
- ↑ Linux Alpha support thread :: X Rebirth General Discussions
- ↑ If you have problems with X Rebirth 1.12 (or above) please read this - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ DEVS(replies from the CEO) - Bugs, features, optimization and simple fixes. - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ AMD CrossfireX Head up - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Invert Axis? - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Fix that stopped my crashing at 100% - Steam Community Discussions