X4 Foundations is a game all about space trading and combat. A player will have to manage their resources in order to fly their way through the galaxy and manage their own space empire, while also being able to see everything that the sandbox game has to offer. As such, many players have begun to flock towards this title.
Due to being a sandbox game, it is very much possible for a newer player to end up totally lost during game play. There are some beginner tips for every player new to X4 Foundations to read through and learn about.
7 Read Through The Tutorials
There is a lot of information for a player to take in when it comes to playing X4 Foundations. The player will have to learn how to build ships, fly them, recruit people into their team, and so on and so forth.
Thankfully, there will be a tutorial that a player can go through at the beginning of a new game. It can help the player get acquainted with at least knowing how to fly, which is one of the first skills that a player should learn if they want to get started in the game.
6 Turn Off Autopilot
A large majority of the game is going to be spent piloting ships and flying through the stars. As such, it is important to make flying as comfortable as possible for a player.
One tip that most veteran players would give to someone newer would be to turn off autopilot as soon as possible. This is because, although autopilot is good for only the very beginning of the game, it will end up hindering a player in the long run. It is best to take a moment to learn to fly the ship manually.
5 Buy A Docking Computer
A docking computer is going to be one of the most important things a player can buy early on. This is because the docking computer will make it much easier (and quicker) to dock a player's ship.
Seeing as how the main focus of the game is flying through the stars and landing in different places, it's a good idea to buy a docking computer as one of the first purchases in the game. It will make landing much easier in the long run, and an investment that many players will not regret buying.
4 Hold Down "Boost" To Get Full Speed
Some people have figured out a quick and easy way to get to maximum travel speed while flying the player's ship. All that a player has to do is to hold down the button that's mapped to "Boost" for a short while, before switching the ship to Travel Mode.
By doing this, a player will almost immediately get to the maximum travel speed. This, in turn, will make flight much easier, as it will take less time for a player to be able to get from one point to another. Using this trick will be a great help.
3 Scan Stations For Missions
There are many benefits to playing through missions in X4 Foundations. A player can gain all sorts of items from scanning through the area. This can include blueprints for ships, along with missions for a player to take on.
These missions, once the player scans them, will be in the Available Missions tab. Once a player takes them on, they'll have to do a bunch of various tasks (such as boarding, trading, and so on), though this will give them a great amount of experience for a player to get better at playing the game.
2 Trading And Mining Is Important
A large majority of the game is spent mining for materials, along with trading with other factions to get different kinds of materials. A player will spend a large time centering their game play around these two features (such as buying ships that will speed up mining).
It is a good idea to make some of the first purchases a player makes go toward trading and mining. This can include buying a trading ship from a Wharf and making it an auto-trading ship, doing the same thing with a mining ship, and so on and so forth.
1 Learn To Fly
Since a player won't be using autopilot when they are flying their ship, the best thing they can do is to learn how to manually pilot their new ship. It may be difficult at first, but a player can get the hang of it after a bit of practice.
Thankfully, the in game tutorial does have a section on flying, which a player can use to ease themselves into flight. It may take some practice before a player can really get proficient, though it should not be much of a problem for long.
X4 Foundations is available on Windows and Linux.