# X4: Foundations 9.00 Public Beta 8 now available

- Product: X4: Foundations (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/x4-foundations)
- Vendor: Egosoft
- Date: 2026-04-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/392160/view/503982156237767774
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/x4-foundations/releases/2026-04-29-9.00-public-beta-8-now-available

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- **removed** — Remove ability for Torus to block panels during final Torus puzzle in Torus Aeternal mission of Project Genesis story
- **changed** — Improve Xenon fleet composition
- **changed** — Improve capital ship movement when attacking non-station target while player not present
- **changed** — Improve target selection of capital ships to prioritise larger threats
- **changed** — Improve combat behavior of fighters attacking capital ships
- **changed** — Improve long range scan effect to indicate type of resource detected
- **fixed** — Fix laser tower in Deploy Objects tutorial taking too long to destroy target
- **fixed** — Fix incorrectly highlighted turret modes in Weapons and Turrets tutorial
- **fixed** — Fix rendezvous ship preventing player docking because of hostile relationship at End of Terrorism mission of Split story
- **fixed** — Fix Envoy stuck on ring highway in Escort to Safe Haven mission of Envoy story
- **fixed** — Fix travel mode not aborting in Torus Aeternal mission of Project Genesis story
- **fixed** — Fix station construction stalling in certain situations due to missing resource buy offers
- **fixed** — Fix attacking carriers delaying switching targets if queued to attack several individual targets
- **fixed** — Fix attack subordinates unnecessarily docking between targets if commander attacks multiple individual targets
- **fixed** — Fix nested subordinate groups not docking on their leader carrier
- **fixed** — Fix collisions between fighters and station modules under construction when attacking them
- **fixed** — Fix fighters sometimes not using travel mode when approaching station
- **fixed** — Fix miners not firing weapons or turrets when player is present
- **fixed** — Fix player-owned ships not automatically getting any ammo if they ever picked up and used ammo that player faction can't manufacture
- **fixed** — Fix Collect Deployables option being available in HUD Interact menu

9.00 Public Beta 8 is now available! Please find the full changelog below. Thank you for your continued support and feedback during this testing phase.

> **How Do I Take Part in the Public Beta?**
Every player who owns X4: Foundations has the opportunity to download the new 9.00 Public Beta version. In order to ensure that beta participants are aware of the [risks and rules involved](https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=405396), 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](https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=405397) - no registration required - to find the relevant information.

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##### X4 9.00 Public Beta 8 Changelog:

([see the full 9.00 Public Beta Changelog in our forum](https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4773925#p4773925))

- Removed ability for Torus to block panels during final Torus puzzle in Torus Aeternal mission of Project Genesis story.

- Improved Xenon fleet composition.

- Improved capital ship movement when attacking non-station target while player not present (further improves improvements in 9.00).

- Improved target selection of capital ships to prioritise larger threats.

- Improved combat behavior of fighters attacking capital ships (further improves improvements in 9.00).

- Improved long range scan effect to indicate type of resource detected.

- Fixed laser tower in Deploy Objects tutorial taking too long to destroy target (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed incorrectly highlighted turret modes in Weapons and Turrets tutorial (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed rendezvous ship preventing player docking because of hostile relationship at End of Terrorism mission of Split story.

- Fixed Envoy stuck on ring highway in Escort to Safe Haven mission of Envoy story.

- Fixed travel mode not aborting in Torus Aeternal mission of Project Genesis story.

- Fixed station construction stalling in certain situations due to missing resource buy offers.

- Fixed attacking carriers delaying switching targets if queued to attack several individual targets.

- Fixed attack subordinates unnecessarily docking between targets if commander attacks multiple individual targets.

- Fixed nested subordinate groups not docking on their leader carrier.

- Fixed collisions between fighters and station modules under construction when attacking them.

- Fixed fighters sometimes not using travel mode when approaching station (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed miners not firing weapons or turrets when player is present.

- Fixed player-owned ships not automatically getting any ammo if they ever picked up and used ammo that player faction can't manufacture.

- Fixed Collect Deployables option being available in HUD Interact menu.

- Fixed Object Info panel in Map menu not being displayed under certain circumstances.

- Fixed New Default Behaviour menu not working with controller input.

- Fixed missing External Resources menu (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed Station Build menu Module selection panel not being displayed correctly (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed Ship Redesign menu not working (problem introduced in 9.00).

- Fixed Cockpit Glass Reflections setting showing wrong value under certain circumstances.

- Fixed sectors not being searchable in Map under certain circumstances.

- Fixed overlapping texts in Message Ticker under certain circumstances.

- Fixed gap between engines and ship hull on Falcon, Guillemot, Quasar, Lux and Kyd.

- Fixed Asp front landing gear clipping through the floor while docked.

- Fixed Asp engine exhaust looking distorted.

- Fixed floating antenna on Prometheus.

- Fixed wreck of split storage modules not being visually connected to the surrounding modules.

- Fixed Station Manager not sitting in chair in Terran Managers Office.

- Fixed floating wooden beams in player office.

- Fixed several cause

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