Introducing Diplomacy - Influence the X Universe Like Never Before

Embassy Room - A Convenient Way to Interact

• Unlockable via research at the PHQ
• Accessible through a new UI tab, alongside Research and Terraforming
• Requires friendly relations to accept faction diplomats
• New “Factions and Relations” menus to give a better overview

Agents - Specialists in Diplomacy and Espionage

• Experience system with six ranks, from Recruit to Spymaster
• Specialised missions: improve relations, forge ceasefires, steal blueprints, initiate diplomatic interference, and more
• Resource-driven actions: missions require a mix of credits, influence, and special items such as hacking tools or bribes
• Cooldowns and risks: operations take time and may carry injury or failure risks depending on mission difficulty and agent skill

Diplomatic Interference - Shape Inter-Faction Politics

• Trade disputes
• Cyber attacks
• Suspicions of espionage
• Peace talks
• Territorial claims

• Influence the event using an agent to steer the result in your favour
• Enable Protocol Null to sow chaos and trigger periodic inter-faction events
• Do nothing and observe the outcome

X4: Envoy Pack

• The Envoy, a new stealth-ready frigate jointly developed by the Argon Federation and Teladi Ministry of Finance
• The mysterious Cypher, an unauthorised variant often found in pirate hands
• A new mission chain in your Open Universe that leads to the discovery and unlocking of the Envoy
• A new gamestart that immediately draws you into the Envoy's storyline
• A brand new sector, waiting to be explored in the Open Universe
• New musical additions that enhance the X4 soundtrack and deepen the atmosphere of your journey through space

Operate from the Shadows with the Envoy

• The most prestigious ship for Diplomacy in X4: Foundations, significantly reducing agent operation durations (as introduced in the 2025 X4 Diplomacy Update)
• A fully explorable interior - only the second of its kind among M-size ships
• A new Cloak stance, optimised for radar evasion and covert manoeuvres
• Faction camouflage protocols, allowing visual deception when piloting these ships
• Exclusive engines, shields and main forward-mounted weapons, unavailable to other ships

Disguise and Deceive

Enter the Cypher

New Ways to Command

8.00 Changelog

• New Feature: Diplomacy!
• New Feature: DLSS Frame Generation.
• New Feature: Brazilian Portuguese localised voice support.
• Added more characters to ship cleaning roster on dock areas.
• Added go-slow zones around ship dock areas to improve docking procedure.
• Added Closed Loop production method to S Burst Ray and S Blast Mortar.
• Added more Argon connection module variety for station construction.
• Added boost and travel drive speed to Object Info menu.
• Added equipment compatibility information to Blueprints trading menu and Encyclopedia.
• Added inventory item groups to Encyclopedia menu.
• Added information about station modules to Object Info section in Map menu.
• Added estimated resource costs for research.
• Added themed ware tabs to Crafting menu.
• Added input mapping for Map Pan/Rotation Switch to Controls menu.
• Added highlight for mission name line on message ticker.
• Added mission-relevant info to monitor display during incoming calls from characters related to missions.
• Added story headers in Mission menus.
• Added options to use faction colours instead of relations for objects on HUD and/or Gravidar.
• Added option to limit frame rate.
• Added warning lights on bridge when ship is in combat.
• Added parallax occlusion mapping to more surfaces.
• Added new travel-mode bubble effect.
• Added volumetric clouds.
• Changed position of Faction Cover button in Ship Interactions menu.
• Changed visibility of all crafting recipes at Crafting Benches.
• Changed location of Faction and Relations information to Diplomacy menu.
• Changed SETA from craftable item to research.
• Removed Make War not Peace mission after Paranid Civil War story unless already started.
• Removed excess SETA items and replaced them with respective component parts.
• Improved A Heart for Pirates mission by showing guidance to remaining Xenon earlier.
• Improved Operation Hyena mission of Covert Operations by adding additional objective step.
• Improved speed of L-ships docking on auxiliary ships.
• Improved docking speed of cargo drones.
• Improved railgun weapon accuracy against moving targets.
• Improved ships fleeing by leaving sector.
• Improved behavior of Argon, Terran and Teladi characters sitting at terminals.
• Improved feedback when unable to attack due to fire authorisation override.
• Improved feedback for ships unable to follow mimic assignment.
• Improved hull breaching for marines claiming abandoned ships.
• Improved map layout and presentation for better navigation and readability.
• Improved reflections in glass on outside of ships.
• Improved Laser Tower MK2 visuals.
• Improved collision shapes of Magnetar and Rattlesnake.
• Improved Foundations of an Empire mission by adding option to buy Paranid Faction Capital blueprint from Paranid faction representatives or diplomats.
• Improved fleet resupply by allowing subordinates to resupply from outside fleet if they have hull damage.
• Improved security around Mars and The Moon.
• Improved autopilot when destination not in known space.
• Improved combat behavior of missile-armed fighters attacking stations.
• Improved combat behavior of fighters armed with slow-firing weapons attacking large targets.
• Improved weapon accuracy against moving targets.
• Improved weapon precision by more accurately scaling aim based on target's visible size and distance.
• Improved weapon targeting logic to reduce accidental shots hitting obstacles or friendly ships.
• Improved behaviour of NPCs directly fighting player when player assumes cover.
• Improved capital ship combat movement by reducing unnecessary turns when approaching targets.
• Improved capital ship combat movement for maintaining optimal engagement range when targets are also approaching.
• Improved capital ship combat movement when pursuing fleeing targets.
• Improved capital ships decoupling after repairs or ware exchange.
• Improved capital ship approach to park.
• Improved capital ship jump gate transitions.
• Improved ship movement for ships trying to reach similar positions.
• Improved handling of some ships fleeing from attack.
• Improved tolerance of police to ships or stations with illegal wares if relations are good.
• Improved mining by allowing operations in sectors with hazardous regions for ships with blacklists that explicitly allow activities in such sectors.
• Improved container magnet attraction point on capital ships.
• Improved feedback when autopilot errors occur.
• Improved station alarm visualisation by reducing size and number of alarm drones.
• Improved shield impact effect by reducing intensity when viewed from up close.
• Fixed completing Timelines not unlocking corresponding story state in the budgeted custom game start.
• Fixed story state not being unlocked in budgeted custom game start when completing Timelines.
• Fixed missing Bilateral ships when The Queendom Returned story state set in custom game start.
• Fixed missing blueprints when Quettanauts relation is set past ceremony level in custom game start.
• Fixed Leap of Faith not being named when selecting Northriver story state in custom game start.
• Fixed player stranded in Boron space in Custom Game Start under certain circumstances.
• Fixed Teladi gender not being shown in player character selection.
• Fixed Behemoth in Weapons and Turrets tutorial not firing at player ship.
• Fixed Long Range Scanner help text in Terran Cadet starting mission staying on screen forever under specific circumstances.
• Fixed case of Boron story preventing other stories from starting.
• Fixed The High Road mission getting stuck on Drive away the remaining Kha'ak objective.
• Fixed Operation Draco activating again if delivery station was destroyed after mission was completed.
• Fixed Criminal story not progressing under certain circumstances if station is destroyed in Blueprint Data Theft mission.
• Fixed turrets of Woodworm Scrubs not opening fire on Mellerd's destroyer in The Past a Prison mission of Criminal story.
• Fixed Brantlee Northriver's Competition mission in Tides of Avarice story sometimes not progressing into race.
• Fixed lockboxes in Defenders of Sol mission sometimes not containing mission items.
• Fixed invulnerable station being selected as target in Vigor Syndicate story.
• Fixed black market items being available for purchase before finishing mission to unlock local Black Market.
• Fixed Call and Response mission of Timelines Epilogue sometimes activating even though Epilogue was completed.
• Fixed Empyrean Curs story not progressing if certain character lines skipped in Tangling with the Teladi mission conversation.
• Fixed faction representatives ending up on wrong stations after station ownership transfers during Split story.
• Fixed incorrect mission guidance during Tomb of Patriarchs mission in Split story.
• Fixed Dal's introductory cutscene and Kaori's HQ examination cutscene triggering at same time.
• Fixed faction HQ and representative remaining after certain events in Paranid story.
• Fixed first Hyperion denying docking if player is below docking relations with chosen faction during Return of the Hyperion mission.
• Fixed Oberth story ship being boardable.
• Fixed boarding operation missions remaining after aborting order to board ship.
• Fixed Patrol missions targeting inactive enemy factions.
• Fixed Destroy Fleet guild missions aborting prematurely.
• Fixed failed Trade guild missions sometimes still handing out rewards.
• Fixed Panel Hack guild missions aborting prematurely.
• Fixed incorrect payout display in Send Medical Supplies, Send Research Materials and Send Nividium terraforming projects.
• Fixed more cases of Lost Ship Replacement losing ship assignments in various cases.
• Fixed promoted subordinates potentially appearing in wrong group when Lost Ship Replacement is enabled.
• Fixed Lost Ship Replacement failing after saving with ships waiting for resources.
• Fixed Vigor Syndicate accumulating excessive number of ships over time.
• Fixed automatically replaced fleet ships not having crew and being unable to reassign full consignment.
• Fixed capital ships sometimes not doing damage to stations when player not present.
• Fixed capital ships set to disable target not moving close enough to engage with turrets.
• Fixed capital ship main guns failing to properly track and aim at other capital ships.
• Fixed capital ships with no or disabled turrets refusing to attack fighters.
• Fixed subordinates undocking for repairs and supplies when set to Docked.
• Fixed combat subordinates set to Docked sometimes launching to engage their commander's target.
• Fixed subordinates set to Docked but given manual orders automatically engaging hostiles while in transit back to commander.
• Fixed secondary subordinates undocking and docking again when already docked and immediate commander's subordinate group set to Docked.
• Fixed attack subordinates attacking things that were designated then later rejected as targets by their commander.
• Fixed subordinates whose assignments were changed from Defence to anything else not being as responsive as usual.
• Fixed ships sometimes taking minutes recalling subordinates.
• Fixed fighters in combat sometimes stopping too far from target for extended periods of time when player not present.
• Fixed Mimic failing if subordinate has more ware transport types than commander.
• Fixed Autopilot Disengaged line playing repeatedly when teleporting after getting up during autopilot.
• Fixed unreliable first person interactions on stations after leaving superhighway.
• Fixed cases of not being able to interact with calls from player-owned ships under attack.
• Fixed rare cases of small ships attempting to fly through capital ship engines.
• Fixed capital ship subordinates not moving towards fleet leader after loading savegame.
• Fixed automatic dock request for player ship on undocking after loading savegame.
• Fixed some ships not trying to dock when fleeing Tide in Avarice.
• Fixed ships remaining unresponsive to attacks while waiting for Tide in Avarice to finish.
• Fixed ships never switching out of red alert if turrets are set to attack.
• Fixed pirates almost never collecting loot dropped by ships.
• Fixed case of pirates sometimes attacking victim after loot was dropped.
• Fixed tug ships not noticing when disarming turrets results in salvage being left behind.
• Fixed spacesuits reporting finding lockboxes and abandoned ships.
• Fixed ships being unable to open lockboxes they were ordered to collect.
• Fixed stations sometimes missing NPCs.
• Fixed trader not appearing in Boron Ship Dealerships.
• Fixed NPCs not being able to use elevator on Xenon PE.
• Fixed XS docks on stations not opening up hatch.
• Fixed cargo containers being picked up by drones far away.
• Fixed cargo drones flying aimlessly around ship they launched from.
• Fixed movement of cargo drones to or from Hyperion.
• Fixed not being able to drop equipment mod parts acquired from ventures.
• Fixed weapons not shooting at surface target under certain circumstances.
• Fixed charging weapons not firing final shot if charging caused overheat.
• Fixed Terran beam weapon damage at short to medium range being too low.
• Fixed Terran M Dumbfire Turret not being able to track target.
• Fixed not being able to reliably hit XEN L Seismic Charge Turret Mk1 when using aim assist.
• Fixed Rattlesnake front lower L turrets sometimes not being able to fire.
• Fixed station-based traders not trading when working with wares in shortage that are not in their manual ware baskets.
• Fixed Automatic Resupply of Subordinates and station-wide module loadout settings not being independent.
• Fixed map fog of war being uncovered by any station player is on.
• Fixed Xperimental shuttle not being able to equip Boron shields.
• Fixed missing second shield slot on Xenon SE.
• Fixed spacesuit bombs not attaching to turrets and shield generators.
• Fixed getting stuck inside docking bays by teleporting player to safety.
• Fixed mission target area in undiscovered sector being shown on radar.
• Fixed inconsistency in mission guidance when next target is unknown gate.
• Fixed mission guidance not showing line to object outside of Gravidar range.
• Fixed misleading mission guidance radius on Gravidar.
• Fixed incorrect Gravidar when in external view on remote ship.
• Fixed Gravidar range being incorrect right after loading save under certain conditions.
• Fixed mass traffic icons sometimes briefly appearing on Gravidar and map.
• Fixed camera height on map changing when losing focus on object.
• Fixed losing object focus on map when clicking without moving cursor.
• Fixed broken mouse picking in Map menu after setting mission active.
• Fixed Map context menu starting map rotation when using emulated mouse cursor.
• Fixed Object Info menu not showing Weapon Output of inactive weapons.
• Fixed incorrect shield values for some Xenon ships in Encyclopedia.
• Fixed Boron provisions not being displayed in Encyclopedia.
• Fixed broken flowchart menu scrolling under certain circumstances.
• Fixed broken Object List and Property Owned tabs in Map menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed ships being replaced with Ship Replacement showing -1% progress under certain circumstances.
• Fixed missing or stuck station module mouse-over texts in Station Build menu under certain circumstances.
• Fixed construction plan of previously viewed stations leaking into other Station Build or Ship Build menus under certain circumstances.
• Fixed copied but cancelled station modules continuing to block location in station editor.
• Fixed missing dropdown in last row of Input Feedback Configuration menu.
• Fixed missing mouse-over texts for truncated dropdown options.
• Fixed thumbnails of some weapons and turrets being cut off.
• Fixed scrolling through construction plan in Station Build menu with Page Up/Down.
• Fixed Direct Mouse Steering controls being able to be mapped to controller inputs.
• Fixed cases of monitor caption on incoming calls not being truncated.
• Fixed positive SETA message appearing when mode not available.
• Fixed activating VE goggles zooming too far after starting or stopping control while zoomed in.
• Fixed VE goggles zoom sometimes resetting while walking.
• Fixed undock animation replaying for defence unit undocking.
• Fixed missing outlines of flowchart nodes under certain circumstances.
• Fixed stuck Target Monitor interaction overlay.
• Fixed certain mission objectives being incorrectly positioned on map.
• Fixed engines becoming louder when opening map while flying backwards.
• Fixed weapon in/out-of-range sounds while HUD is not visible.
• Fixed never-ending boost rumble after leaving spacesuit.
• Fixed ships visually disappearing when docked at Argon 1-Dock Short Pier.
• Fixed Erlking bridge turning invisible when docked at certain piers.
• Fixed Terran Main Battery firing animation not being synchronised with weapon rate of fire.
• Fixed Terran L Beam Turret Mk1 flickering for one frame when activating.
• Fixed turrets floating above asteroid surface.
• Fixed turrets on Paranid Bridge Defence Platform not being properly aligned with surface.
• Fixed engines on Alligator liquid miner sticking into ship hull.
• Fixed player logo not appearing on Split Mamba and Split Wyvern (Mineral).
• Fixed broken jumpgate in Mars using wrong visuals.
• Fixed highway advertising sign showing overlapping advertisement boards.
• Fixed ships failing to enter highways near advertising signs.
• Fixed floating crate on 3M6S dock area.
• Fixed fire extinguishers in transporter room looking like something you can interact with.
• Fixed rare case of chair falling over in Kestrel when being used by Paranid pilot.
• Fixed case of Paranid upper body clipping through pilot chair.
• Fixed wreck of antimatter cells production partially appearing in solid colour.
• Fixed wreck of Cobra appearing incomplete.
• Fixed holes in nose of Ares.
• Fixed being able to clip into Xenon K hull.
• Fixed missing collision next to M docking bay in Boron S/M Ship Maintenance Bay.
• Fixed advertising signs located next to local highways having collisions.
• Fixed solid surface blocking mass traffic docks.
• Fixed minor graphical glitches in Hyperion interior.
• Fixed Hyperion interior doors not opening smoothly.
• Fixed door in Terran corridor not animating smoothly.
• Fixed Piranha door jittering when opening.
• Fixed flickering details in Split corridor.
• Fixed being able to visually clip through walls of Split corridor.
• Fixed transporter door of Barracuda not closing properly.
• Fixed being able to jump through ceiling of Xenon SE.
• Fixed being able to jump out of interior of Hyperion.
• Fixed walkway lights on Helios E and Kyushu not being illuminated.
• Fixed shadows flickering in Terran corridors.
• Fixed ship headlights not turning off when docked.
• Fixed missing lights on Behemoth E exterior hull.
• Fixed lights on outside of Irukandji appearing in wrong position.
• Fixed missing light in Terran Security Office.
• Fixed bright glowing surface behind holographic displays in engine room.
• Fixed being able to visually clip through Boa cockpit walls in first person.
• Fixed missing holographic animation in Astrid transporter rooms.
• Fixed some lockboxes and similar objects stuttering while rotating in long-running games.
• Fixed objects such as asteroids and debris flickering once on approach.
• Fixed brief flickering when going into external view.
• Fixed lens flares not being visible while in spacesuit.
• Fixed several causes of crashes.