We're stepping up the pace now, and are pleased to announce the availability of X4 6.00 Beta 6 today, which brings with it the usual assortment of additions, improvements and fixes. As always, you can find the complete changelog at the end of this news. Please report any issues as usual in our Public Beta Feedback Forum. Thank you for your support during this beta test!

How do I take part in the Public Beta?
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 6.00 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.

Note: If Steam displays an older Beta version rather than "public_beta - 6.00 Beta 6" in the beta drop-down menu, this is just a display error in the Steam client. You can correct this by re-entering the beta password (see forum), but even with the incorrect version displayed in the list, you will still be playing the latest version of the beta if you have selected the public_beta branch.

• Added Civilian and Military channels to Live Stream view (new feature in 6.00).
  
• Added support for PageUp/PageDown in menu dropdowns.
  
• Added search functionality to Controls menu.
  
• Added Cockpit Glass Reflections setting (new feature in 6.00).
  
• Added news banner to Start Menu.
  
  
• Removed weapon group HUD indicators if ship has no weapon slots.
  
  
• Improved Argon Federation and Godrealm starting relations with player in The Untested Explorer and The Accomplished Scientist starts.
  
• Improved Terran Cadet transition into Defenders of Sol mission.
  
• Improved ships fleeing Tide when far from any neutral station.
  
• Improved readability of stars for NPC skills.
  
• Improved sound occlusion in interiors.
  
  
• Fixed missing relation settings for Xenon and Kha'ak in creative Custom Game Starts (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed Custom Gamestart satellite coverage option resulting in excessively distant satellites (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed Terran Cadet gamestart getting Defenders of Sol mission without having completed intro mission.
  
• Fixed signal leak scan activity in Terran Pests mission (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed case of Trade Obstruction mission not starting in Avarice story.
  
• Fixed case of Assemble Fleet mission getting stuck.
  
  
• Fixed player-controlled Builder Ships being shown as available for assignment to construction sites.
  
• Fixed ships with minimal storage capacity failing to pick up all containers when ordered to collect many full containers of wares.
  
• Fixed ships assigned to Mimic commander with default behavior set to Protect Position failing to do so (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed subordinates of subordinates who are docked at commander repeatedly trying to dock when they cannot do so.
  
• Fixed subordinate groups assigned to Position Defence not responding to group commands after loading savegame (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed incorrect station storage capacity predictions from ware reservations.
  
• Fixed ships sometimes getting stuck at 50m/s (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
  
• Fixed progress bars of repeatable terraforming projects not working after first time.
  
• Fixed Ship Information menu not being usable with keyboard or controller under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed ship cockpit reflection probes sometimes showing docking bay features after undocking (new feature in 6.00).
  
  
• Fixed several capital ships being unable to launch subordinates out of launch tubes (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed collision issues in Argon/Terran Wharf (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed Erlking not having collisions on main weapon (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
• Fixed Elephant bridge clipping into geometry (new feature in 6.00).
  
• Fixed several issues with surface elements of Albatross (new feature in 6.00).
  
• Fixed visual glitch in Albatross bridge (new feature in 6.00).
  
• Fixed Manorina (Gas) paint mod not being applied correctly.
  
• Fixed flickering in Turquoise Sea with open comms.
  
• Fixed Betty and other voice lines sounding muffled (problem introduced in 6.00).
  
  
• Fixed several causes of crashes.