New week, new beta! X4: Foundations 5.00 Beta 3 is now available to download, bringing further additions and fixes to the game. The complete changelog for 5.00 Beta 3 can be found at the end of this news.

This week, we'd especially like to draw your attention to the new player office, which was introduced in the first 5.00 beta. We've received a lot of feedback on this over the past few weeks and, based on that feedback, we've taken it up a notch by allowing you to use SETA while sitting in your office or standing at a terminal. We look forward to seeing how you like this new opportunity!

[h3]How do I take part in the Public Beta?[/h3]Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 5.00 beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the risks and rules involved, we ask all interested players to visit our forum, where they will find the rules and disclaimers, as well as practical instructions for participating in the beta. Follow this link to our forum (no registration required) to find the relevant information.

Thank you for your participation in the beta!

[h3]5.00 Beta 3 Changelog[/h3]
[Beta 3] Added cooldown time to station storage hacking.
[Beta 3] Added notification if player-owned capital ship is ordered to go mining but has no mining drones.
[Beta 3] Added markers for failed orders in Map menu.
[Beta 3] Added ability to enable SETA while sitting in chair or standing at terminal.
[Beta 3] Improved welfare module research mission (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Improved coordination between multiple free-flying police ships operating in same sector.
[Beta 3] Improved saving time.
[Beta 3] Fixed The Unworthy Entrepreneur gamestart intro narration cutting off.
[Beta 3] Fixed several cases of custom gamestart faction relations being overwritten during story missions.
[Beta 3] Fixed helpful hint in deliver ship missions never appearing again.
[Beta 3] Fixed sub-missions in Mission Briefing context menu being wrongly marked as completed under certain circumstances.
[Beta 3] Fixed War of Intervention mission guidance getting stuck if fleet commander is assigned to different patrol fleet.
[Beta 3] Fixed player getting offered A Heart for Pirates mission despite leaving Yaki territory on bad terms.
[Beta 3] Fixed Save Them From Themselves mission remaining active after NPC has defected during Mutually Assured Destruction mission.
[Beta 3] Fixed A Matter of Respect mission getting stuck if player runs away before fight or if informant's ship is scrapped before player approaches mission area.
[Beta 3] Fixed max range for Advanced AutoMine and Advanced AutoTrade being capped at piloting skill minus one..
[Beta 3] Fixed AutoSalvage range being capped at pilot's or manager's skill minus one (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed tugs on AutoSalvage collecting wrecks that cannot be recycled (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed resource cost of Helios E (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed menu selection in Behaviour menu jumping to first row.
[Beta 3] Fixed missing options in Interact menu under certain circumstances.
[Beta 3] Fixed not being able to select or target objects on Map under certain circumstances.
[Beta 3] Fixed trade and mission offer interactions being available while selecting order parameters.
[Beta 3] Fixed UI not working when sitting in chair or standing at terminal after using external view (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed custom gamestarts starting in spacesuit showing as invalid (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed extra funds returned to player when downgrading multiple ships (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed repair of multiple ships not working under certain circumstances (new feature in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed consumables not being available when building ships (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed issues with mission guidance on map and radar especially after leaving highway (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed selected object section in Map missing ship count if multiple ships are selected under certain circumstances (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed manual storage allocation in Logical Station Overview menu (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed mission groups in Mission menu sometimes requiring 2 clicks to open (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed switching ship class at Mod Workbench (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed Ship Overview menu (problem introduced in 5.00).
[Beta 3] Fixed menu crash in Behaviour menu under certain circumstances.
[Beta 3] Fixed several causes of crashes.