How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Added list of wares in ware container to Selected Object section in Map.
  
• Added Retrieve All and Deposit All options to Safe Deposit Storage menu.
  
• Added new input control to temporarily disable Flight Assist while holding down button.
  
• Added Display Settings menu.
  
  
• Improved joystick input for steering controls by using linear mapping instead of exponential curve (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Improved deceleration after manually exiting local highways (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved autopilot pathing when exiting local highways.
  
• Improved capital ship avoidance of other capital ships in combat.
  
• Improved combat movement of capital ships with forward weapons far offset from front of ship.
  
  
• Changed Flight Assist to preserve state on exiting highways.
  
  
• Fixed incorrect mission briefing display in Item Delivery missions.
  
• Fixed Shortcut to Success and Copy and Paste missions showing wrong objective.
  
• Fixed player-owned stations in Custom Gamestarts using descriptions as names.
  
• Fixed Argon Federation and Antigone Republic not fielding as many Elite Sentinels as intended.
  
• Fixed HQ potentially selling resources needed for research under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed capital ships in combat moving far above or below their targets when they shouldn't.
  
• Fixed engine thrust or ship mass/drag changing modifications resulting in poor braking performance of ships.
  
• Fixed another case of AI ships spinning for excessive amounts of time (further improvement to 7.50).
  
• Fixed ships overshooting destination especially when equipped with thrust, mass or drag modifications.
  
• Fixed case of secondary subordinates docking with their direct commander when commander is already undocking.
  
• Fixed case of secondary subordinates not docking with their direct commander when they should.
  
• Fixed incorrect drone types being available for capital ships (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed inconsistent ship statistics in Encyclopedia and Ship Configuration menu.
  
• Fixed loadout changes being lost when applying Paint Modification in Ship Upgrade menu.
  
• Fixed incorrect display of Boost Acceleration stat in Ship Upgrade Menu (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed external camera vertical movement being inverted during travel mode when flight assist is off.
  
• Fixed clicks on NPC icons having no effect.
  
• Fixed missing engine trails.
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Added possibility to interact with interactive notifications while menus are open.
  
  
• Improved balancing of Station Patrol missions by more tightly controlling number of enemy destroyers involved.
  
• Improved fighters attacking large targets (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved path curvature for mid- and long-range AI ship movement (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved flight stability of small and medium ships under AI control (further improvement to 7.50).
  
• Improved capital ship movement when attacking stations (further improvement to 7.50).
  
• Improved feedback when looped trade fails due to lack of trade offers matching price settings.
  
• Improved behavior and balancing of cargo drones picking up crates.
  
• Improved cargo drones catching up with launching ship having moved after launch.
  
  
• Updated Egosoft intro video.
  
  
• Fixed case of missing mission guidance to warp anomaly (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed NPCs offering missions on stations sometimes having unresponsive conversation option.
  
• Fixed case of secondary subordinates repeatedly undocking and redocking at commanding carrier.
  
• Fixed subordinates of subordinates that are supposed to stay docked with commander undocking when commander changes assignments.
  
• Fixed attack subordinates refusing to attack with commander if commander was given explicit order to attack target beyond radar range.
  
• Restored: Fixed attack subordinates sometimes getting duplicate attack orders.
  
• Fixed mines not being targetable.
  
• Fixed ships spinning for excessive amount of time after collisions (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed blacklist filtering in Behaviour Inspection Mode (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed Behaviour Inspection Mode staying active when selling ship (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed Behaviour Inspection Mode disabling when changing Map menu tabs (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed Velocity Indicator being visible in external view when player not currently piloting ship (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed Ship Configuration menu not working for ship names with certain characters (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed selling missiles in Ship Configuration menu sometimes not being reversible.
  
• Fixed missing bar widgets in Ship Comparison menu under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed Toggle Radar Mode not working in External View under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed Timelines content being marked as recommended if you do not own Timelines.
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Fixed another case of subordinates refusing to engage hostiles (problem introduced in 7.50).

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• New Feature: Behaviour Inspection Mode.
  
• New Feature: Velocity indicator.
  
  
• Added option to invert joystick axes for radial menu selection.
  
  
• Improved Unknown Structure and Displaced missions of HQ story.
  
• Improved capital ship movement when attacking stations.
  
• Improved launching and docking of cargo drones sent to pick up containers.
  
• Improved reactivity of throttle increase and decrease buttons.
  
• Improved visibility of ecliptic lines on Gravidar.
  
  
• Changed default cargo drone mode to "Collect selected".
  
  
• Fixed Nila Ti sometimes spawning too far away from player during Boron story.
  
• Fixed mission guidance sometimes breaking when pointing towards Astrid Brantlee Northriver's Competition mission of Avarice story.
  
• Fixed freighter in Going Offensive mission potentially arriving at un-sabotaged dock.
  
• Fixed Basic Chassis Mods research mission not starting under rare circumstances.
  
• Fixed Turning the Tide achievement not always unlocking.
  
• Fixed AI ships being able to quickly change directions during boost or travel mode (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed subordinates not following commander after sector transition if commander has order to dock.
  
• Fixed combat subordinates sometimes becoming unresponsive to attacks.
  
• Fixed attack subordinates sometimes getting duplicate attack orders.
  
• Fixed cargo drones from other ships launching to collect cargo when set to Collect selected.
  
• Fixed Yaki Kuraokami not using turrets to disable non-capital ships they intend to capture.
  
• Fixed sync points of Coordinate Attack orders getting lost when loading a save.
  
• Fixed mass traffic flight pathing issues in Boron XL Ship Fabrication Bay.
  
• Fixed option to Join Position Defence not appearing when it should (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed successfully built fleet replacement ships reporting construction issues (new feature in 7.50)
  
• Fixed Comm Interact menu option mistakenly showing "Too far away" (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed stuck game when reverting DLSS option change under certain circumstances (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed excessive UI glow on colour coded trade offer prices in map (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed emulated mouse cursor sometimes jumping to center of screen when using gamepad.
  
• Fixed ships retaining Travel Drive effects after surrendering.
  
• Fixed space suit dock hatch not closing on Mako.
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Fixed small and medium ships strafing around dock target and not being able to dock (problem introduced in 7.50).

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Added requirement for Wide Area Sensor Array to future Build Defence Station generic missions (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Added more new gravidar modes (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Added stardust intensity setting for accessibility.
  
• Added support for -nomods command line parameter.
  
  
• Improved behaviour of complex fleets moving between sectors.
  
• Improved travel mode usage of wingmen in player-led formations.
  
• Improved coasting after boost with Flight Assist off.
  
• Improved braking with Flight Assist off (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved several issues with small ships undocking from carriers with interior dock areas (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved several cases of small and medium ships colliding with attack targets (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved ship handling by reducing maximum acceleration impact of full cargo hold.
  
• Improved readability of Initialising message when starting or loading game.
  
• Improved rendering of checkbox, dropdown and flowchart UI elements.
  
  
• Fixed Quettanauts offering Criminal Mass Traffic missions that cannot be completed.
  
• Fixed Trading Lessons mission of Avarice story not completing.
  
• Fixed ALI Expedition Ship sometimes wandering away from gate in combat during Making Connections mission of Boron story.
  
• Fixed case of missing Dagobas Lahubasis Yorilos III in space suit during Trade Obstruction mission of Avarice story.
  
• Fixed case of missing Fau t'Nnt during End of Terrorism mission of Split story.
  
• Fixed case in which player-owned ship could be destroyed when docking after High-Tech Hold-Up mission of Pirate story.
  
• Fixed player being unable to assign NPCs to Yaki story ships with cover ability (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed inaccurate beam turrets and improved general weapon accuracy.
  
• Fixed incorrect dock position when docking at certain launch tube docks in reverse.
  
• Fixed various problems with ships undocking from launch tubes.
  
• Fixed fleet auxiliary ships servicing capital ships that are also their subordinates sometimes becoming unresponsive indefinitely.
  
• Fixed police belonging to player faction chasing troublemakers to other sectors.
  
• Fixed stations becoming hostile when collecting cargo dropped by docked player ships.
  
• Fixed Teuta ships sometimes not finding salvage in scrap fields.
  
• Fixed player-owned crew sometimes bailing into escape pods.
  
• Fixed subordinates of replacements not updating their default order (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed ships rotating indefinitely after losing all engines (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed station construction resetting blacklist and fight rule settings (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed game start description texts being cut-off under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed position of signal leak indicators when UI Scale is not 1.0.
  
• Fixed cases of a wrong save being loaded on quickload (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

• The 7.00 major update, which introduced numerous new features, improved upon lots of existing ones, and fixed various bugs.
  
• The X4: Timelines expansion, which offers a unique game mode, in which you can play different historic and skill-based scenarios, and even compete against the scores of your fellow players.

• Flight Model update: We're deploying a major update that will enhance the flight model of all ships, among other things. This is no small change, as it will affect every pilotable spacecraft. Their specifications and movement will vary significantly depending on which engines and thrusters you install. We kindly ask that, if you have the time and energy, you join the Public Beta and share your feedback.
  
  
• "Mini DLC 1": Well, what could this be? "Introducing a fan-favourite ship"? But there are so many to choose from! Eventually, we had to pick one, and we've gone with arguably the "bestest ever" option: The Hyperion, as the game's very first Expeditionary ship!

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• Added Terran production method to Wide Area Sensor Array module (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Added radar range information to Wide Area Sensor Array encyclopedia entry (new feature in 7.50).
  
  
• Improved Timelines scenario President's End to compensate for boost changes (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Improved Local Automine where designated system has multiple sectors and some of those sectors have hazardous regions.
  
• Improved behaviour of capital ships attacking other capital ships.
  
• Improved target acquisition reliability for attack subordinates.
  
• Improved visuals for Logical Station Overview, Research and Terraforming menus.
  
• Improved visuals for new gravidar display (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Improved alarm effect on stations under attack.
  
  
• Fixed Find Object Missions failing on acceptance (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed reverse throttle input snapping to maximum backward throttle (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed docked subordinates sometimes causing their commander to teleport due to excessive vibration (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed ships not being assignable to existing Position Defence groups for stations (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed a case of ships flying long-distance to other moving objects failing to move (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed expected construction budget increasing over time while build storage waiting for resources.
  
• Fixed gravidar detection inconsistency for stations with Wide Area Sensor Array (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed incorrect weapon aim indicator position for dumbfire missiles (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed incorrectly positioned station geometries on gravidar (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed mission offer icon positions on gravidar (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed flickering target brackets on gravidar (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed broken menu when viewing Object Info menu of inactive Jump Gate.
  
• Fixed HUD monitors not being visible after toggling HUD off and on under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed Interact menu overlapping the Radar under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed travel effects not working if ship started travel mode outside visible range.
  
• Fixed collectable container icon being too large in gravidar and map.
  
• Fixed detail of Paranid Mass Driver Mk2 not rotating with barrel.
  
• Fixed floating detail on Falx.
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.

How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 7.50 Public Beta version. To ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved[forum.egosoft.com], we ask all interested players to visit our forum[forum.egosoft.com] (no registration required), where they will find the rules, disclaimers, and practical instructions for participating in the beta.

• New Feature:: Lost ship replacement option.
  
• New Feature:: Radar station module.
  
• Added voice feedback when engines on player ship fail due to damage.
  
• Improved Supply Factory generic mission to filter out stations which don't have relevant wares to be stocked.
  
• Improved ships undocking from carriers at high speed.
  
• Improved autopilot behaviour when approaching highways after warping through gate.
  
• Improved camera and sound behaviour in Live Stream View.
  
• Improved viewing angle on gravidar to make far-away objects more visible (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Improved gravidar readability in bright environments.
  
• Fixed freeze when using autopilot on superhighway gate or mission contact when close to station (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed Explore targeting jump gate or superhighway entrance to undiscovered sector not working (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed anomalies acting more strongly than usual when player is in travel mode (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed fleet subordinates that are unable to attack becoming unresponsive to being attacked (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed unresponsive ships in very busy locations under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed trade ships stuck waiting for trade operation to complete.
  
• Fixed trade amounts sometimes being reported as negative or excessively large while ships are about to complete trade operation.
  
• Fixed turrets resuming fire on non-hostile targets if hostilities ceased while turrets were disarmed.
  
• Fixed Shady Guy characters sometimes not existing in base game sectors if DLC was installed.
  
• Fixed crew appearance on nearby ships sometimes being randomised between comms sessions.
  
• Fixed temporarily incorrect display of seller cargo status while goods are en route to buyer.
  
• Fixed being unable to control buy offers for Advanced Composites and Plasma Conductors in Plan Build menu (new feature in 7.50).
  
• Fixed station modules not being shown in Encyclopedia under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed keyboard and controller not working when returning to Start Menu (problem introduced in 7.50).
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.