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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
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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux
Humble Store
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux
Steam
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
Linux

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Collector's Edition Content Upgrades the standard copy of the game to the Collector's Edition.
Windows
Linux
Split Vendetta Included with Collector's Edition.
Windows
Linux

Version differences

The Collector's Edition 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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %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.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %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.

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

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 [2]
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[3]
-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
AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780/970
AMD equivalent
Other Vulkan compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References