X4: Foundations Update 2.20 Released
Update 2.20 and 2.21 introduce new steering modes, TrackIR support, significant AI behavior improvements for ships and NPCs, and numerous stability and UI fixes.
▲Buffs11
- Ship AI
- Protect Position:Added a radius parameter to Protect Position, allowing better control over patrol areas.→Added m
- Added a new order to attack targets within a specific range.→Added
- Carrier Launch:Improved how carriers launch fighters against targets and fixed cases where they wouldn't launch at all.
- Fixed ships attacking wrecks, build storage, or getting distracted by targets in highways.
- Encyclopedia
- Added upgrade slot and dock information to ship encyclopedia entries.→Added
- Added resource amounts required for construction to ship and equipment entries.→Added
- Added trade offer amount graphs to sector encyclopedia entries.→Added
- Stations & ShipyardsAdded a tutorial for player-owned shipyards to help new players.→Added
- General Stability
- Improved automatic GPU selection for better performance.→Improved
- Fixed menus slowing down over time, particularly when the map is kept open.→Improved
- Fixed several causes of crashes and rare freezes.→Reduced
✚Bug fixes2
- Stations & Shipyards
- Fixed Shipyards and Wharfs offering maximum price for resources they don't desperately need.
- Fixed newly-built stations sometimes ignoring nearby station plots.
◆Other changes4
- Controls
- Added beta support for TrackIR head tracking.→Added
- Added Direct Mouse Steering (Classic/Boresight) mode for more precise ship control.→Direct
- New HUD mode option allows controls remapped to the right mouse button to function.→Left Mouse Button Mode
- Ship AIFormation:Formation skill requirements are now strictly enforced.→Enforced
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Patch history
- →9.00 Public Beta 5 Hotfix 1 now availableApr 10, 2026 · 3mo
A small hotfix for the 9.00 Public Beta 5 addressing a ship repair economy bug.
- →8.00 Hotfix 4 releasedJan 7, 2026 · 6mo
Hotfix 4 for version 8.00 focuses on resolving a reported memory leak.
- 8.00 HF2 Public BetaOct 8, 2025 · 9mo
Hotfix 8.00 HF2 focuses on combat AI improvements, production fixes for the Envoy and Cypher, and general stability.
+8−1→ - 8.00 Hotfix 1 releasedSep 24, 2025 · 10mo
Hotfix 1 for version 8.00 focuses on stability and bug fixes following the Diplomacy Update, primarily addressing AI behavior, mission scripting, and UI issues.
+7→ - 8.00 HF1 Public BetaSep 17, 2025 · 10mo
Hotfix 8.00 HF1 addresses various bugs and stability issues introduced by the Diplomacy Update, focusing on AI behavior, mission scripting, and the Diplomacy Agent system.
+7→ - →8.00 Public Beta 1 Hotfix 2Jul 14, 2025 · 12mo
Hotfix 2 for the 8.00 Public Beta 1 focuses on fixing NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation functionality.
- →7.50 RC4 now availableFeb 18, 2025 · 17mo
7.50 RC4 is a stability update focusing on fixing various game crashes.
- →7.50 RC3 now availableFeb 17, 2025 · 17mo
7.50 RC3 focuses on fixing a specific bug regarding fleet replacement requests when the commander is following another ship.
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