X4 FOUNDATIONS GUIDE | STATION BUILDING AND MANAGEMENT - Tips, Guides, Gameplay
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- Noodle - In this video i will be explaining exactly how to build and manage a station as well as how to do all the things in between.
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Freedom to personally fly all ships:
X4 will allow you to fly all ships personally. From small scouts over a wide range of ship classes up to the biggest carrier, everything can be piloted from the cockpit or an external view.
A big focus in the development of X4 has been to achieve a seamless and immersive experience when moving between ships. You can leave a ship, climb down a ladder, walk over the dock of a large space station into another ship you may have parked there and replace the pilot that was working for you just by clicking on his chair.
Modular stations and ship upgrades:
Building space stations and factories has always been a foundation of the X games. After gaining enough money through fighting or trading, most players want to establish their own economy and start influencing the universe on a larger scale. In X4, it is now possible to be completely free and creative. Stations can be constructed from a variety of modules, be it production modules, living sections, docks or many other types of parts. The powerful new map system allows you to drag and connect modules using a connection system to design your own unique creations.
Most dynamic X universe ever:
X4 will be the first X game to allow our races and factions to freely build and expand their empires; the same flexibility the player enjoys in creatively designing space stations from modular building blocks is also available to them. Races expand their empire based on supply and demand, which leads to an extremely dynamic universe where every action the player makes can influence the course of the entire universe.
Managing your empire with a powerful map:
Once you have more ships and many NPCs working for you as pilots, crew or station managers, the map will be your preferred method of managing it all. Ships can be ordered with simple clicks and through drag-and-drop operations to set their future path and commands.
Most detailed X economy ever:
One of the key selling points of X games has always been the realistic, simulated economy. Wares produced by hundreds of stations and transported by thousands of ships are actually traded by NPCs and prices develop based on this simulated economy. This is the foundation of our living and breathing universe. Now with X4, we have taken another, massive step. For the first time in any X game, all parts of the NPC economy are manufactured from resources. Ships, weapons, upgrades, ammo and even stations. You name it. Everything comes out of the simulated economy.
Research and Teleportation:
The seamless change from ship to ship and from NPCs controlling your empire for you continues on a higher level. Once you own a larger fleet, you will be very interested in researching a technology from your HQ: Teleportation. Once you've unlocked teleportation, you can jump from ship to ship a lot quicker and experience all the critical situations your NPCs encounter first hand. Every order you have given to a ship before turns into a mission objective when you pilot the ship yourself. The moment you leave again, your pilot takes the helm and continues with their previous orders.
Get into the game:
In X4, you can start your journey from a number of different gamestarts and as a number of different characters, each with their own role, set of relationships and different ships and technologies to start with. No matter how you start, you are always free to develop in any other direction. Focus on exploration, make money with illegal trading and theft, command large battle fleets or become the greatest entrepreneur ever. It's all up to you to decide.
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This is how game guide vids should be done. No BS, no waffle.
Noodle - This was my aim when making the guide and i'm really happy that you you noticed what i was aiming for, thank you :D
That's easily fixed: Noodle should speak through a vocoder, it'd go with the space-synth music in the background and fit in with the general Kraftwerk-feel that X4 has in general
@@battlemode | I honestly have no idea about anything you just said lol :D
100% agree. So tired of the guides that are not guides but them trying to figure it out themselfs.
X4 Foundations in a nutshell:
Me: Hey, you! Random person standing next to the dock!
Them: Huh?
Me: Wanna work for me?
Them: Sure!
Me: Here's a ship, you're the captain now even though you presumably have no qualifications, are not trustworthy at all, and don't even speak the same language as me!
Them: Uhhhhhhhhh....
Me: Now go on, fly it around and explore for a bit! I need to do some other stuff. (walks off)
Them: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
Noodle - 😂😂😂
Soooo true 😊😂
Them: I won't disappoint you.
You give them a multi million dollar ship, no way they will nick it.
So ships are given out like drivers licenses in the USA.
As long as 20 mins is, it was as concise and fast as possible to cover every single aspect. Good stuff. You need to watch all 20 minutes if you're new, trust me.
I cannot tell you how useful this video is, even nearly 2 years later. Thank you
I approve this video from the Teladi Federation as a training video!!! May the profits guide you well!!
Noodle - Profitsssssss
You Sir, are my Hero. I cant tell you how frustrating it was to make mistakes just because the ingame tutorial didn`t tell me all i needed to know. Your Video is exactly what a good tutorial looks like, tell me what to do, explain why, show me how to do it and then show the result. Thumbs up
Noodle - Love the feedback :D if you enjoyed this one then you'll probably like the next one that's i'll release later on today.
Honestly, this is one of the best guides of any game i ever saw. Its good strctured. I bet you wrote a script so you dont have to think about what to say at any given point. Overall its just brilliant and a bright exampe for anyone every doing a guide.
This was perfect! was getting so tired of so called 'Guide' and "Tutorial" videos that are actually just footage of someone fumbling through the game.... This was great! Clear info, no off-topic babble.... perfect.... Thank you Mr Noodle!!!
Really appreciating your saving my time with your fast-paced speech. And great in-depth review. This guide is just perfect. Thanks
Great videos hope you keep them coming :) Btw when you said how to rotate station parts my head exploded. Couldn't find it mentioned anywhere in game thanks so much!
Time to build my first station and you have just made it so much easier.
Thanks for such a clear and uncluttered tutorial, going to save me hours of frustration and mistakes.
Well done, keep them coming. First port of call for future info.
This is very well done, thank you very much. Wish I hit this one 2 days ago.. but its still helpful moving forward to create autonomous stations
16:13 Yes, the spice must flow! :D
Your guides are outstanding. Nothing more to say. :)
You've earned another sub👍 just what I needed to get my head around all this.... its very hard to have to figure all this stuff out yourself ,so cheers
Holy Crap. Finally! The guide i've been searching for. Well done, great tutorial!
You have done fantastic. From an X series player.. I just want to say thank you. Keep up the phenomenal good work.
Jayson.
Finally a good tutorial! Clear and to-the-point. Very well done and helped me a great deal.
Wow, what a fantastic guide. This is hand down the best guide to anything Iv ever seen. Ikea need to hire you to do all their instructions because holy shit your good.
Finally a sensible guide to build a station. I thank you most sincerely, dear Sir. I am on my first campaing into X4 and this really helped me to understand what is lack in the tutorials.
A clear and well explained tutorial, much better than the ingame tutorials.
Thank you.
Excellent tutorial Video! well planned, Clear and concise with all the info we need! Great job! thanks a lot! 💪🖖
Great Tutorial. Thank you, Sir!
Noodle - Thank you and you're welcome my man(ni) :)
Really great tutorial. Well presented, on point and all information delivered when needed.
Wow man, 20 minutes no one second waste, everything to the point. you are natural bro. Suscribed and keep doing good job. Thank you.
Noodle, you are easily the best X4 Foundations teacher by a very large margin. Thank you!
Hehe, thanks for the ego boost 😁 You're very welcome!
Excellent guide, straight to the point and no wasted time. One thing, you are able to assign auto-miners also by selecting them, and right clicking on the station in the Property tab list on the left. I find it's easier to do that for me.
Great guide mate thanks , This is how guides should be done. I love that this game expects you to learn how to play and does not hold your hand.
This was helpful thanks. I played X3 a lot plus lots of mods. I just got this game and I flew around not having a clue what to do. I am getting lazy about learning new games maybe. I total noob with no X Series experience could be even more lost at how to play this game and what it is all about. Quite a learning curve. The old paper manuals we got with the CD Rom helped a lot.
Fantastic guide. I'll be setting up my own space weed facility now. Great work!
Noodle - Profitsssss..
This tutorial was made two years ago and I STILL could not figure out how to turn modules, despite the game now having a tutorial mission for research that gives you a massive space station...
Thanks to you I can now realize the continuation of my economic empire by pushing the scale plate pact out of the spaceweed trade!
Hey, this vid is one of the best game guide for ANY GAME around. Content packed, informative, no unnessesary long intro, non intrusive music. Wouldn't be surprise if this channel got 1M sub one day.
Noodle - Thank you and that would be bloody awesome wouldn't it lol :D
Super helpful guide; concise and informative. Thanks!
Easily the best station tutorial I've seen.
Pure gold, ty. Cleared up lots of confusing stuff
Another brilliant and informative video. Without doubt the most polished tutorials on CZcams. Thanks for making the game more enjoyable to play.
Noodle - It's no problem at all, thank you for the kind works :)
This was simply awesome. Every sentence meaningful. Every point made where it was relevant.
I wonder, though, is there any way of watching the logical overview while designing? It seemed you need to be a seasoned spaceweed entrepeneur in order to even make the first production station for it.
That was a really well made explanation video, and one of the best editing and camera work i have ever seen
Noodle - Thank you very much :D
Love the video - Concise, to the point, lots of good information. Ty
Outstanding guide. Super job. Thank you. Will be subscribing for future content. Keep up the great work.
Noodle - Thank you very much and you're welcome, there should be another guide completed and released today :)
Brilliant explanation, have shared it to a few friends playing X4 :)
Noodle - Thank you very much, it's a tremendous help :D
In order to enjoy X4 Foundations it is important to learn all the game interfaces and options and understand them so that the desired outcome can be achieved with success, and your Guide do that. Great work, I just subscribed.
Noodle - Nice, i'm happy it's that good to you, thanks! :)
Great guide, easy to understand even for a non native english speaker. Well done.
Thank you :)
Just getting into this game and thanks a ton for sharing this!
Nice! Most comprehensive i've seen so far. keep up to good work. You sir earned a subscription today! Can also confirm that water is indeed a container storage. Liquids are methane, helium and hydrogen. (and I'm pretty sure anything you can mine is solid).
Noodle - Thanks you for the kind words and the additional useful information. i did not know this myself :)
thanks dude, as a first time player this helped a lot
Please keep doing these guides. They are incredibly helpful and very straight to the point with no BS. I love em
also would be cool to see what happens if you saturate the market with an item. Like make a station making nothing but a ton of energy cells. Sell em for super cheap and see how the economy reacts to it. Not shur how you could turn that into a guide but would be interesting to see what happens in the long term
Noodle - Thank you, i believe doing such a thing would take a long time and would be quite hard to do considering new stations get build in the game by the NPC factions. i also don't know if they have their own credit balance to deal with. so from this i can only speculate that the economy would either freeze up, or just carry on as normal :)
Holy heck. The devs really went all out on this game! Thanks for taking the time to make a video to help us lowly folk out. :)
Noodle - Yup, they really did. You're welcome and thanks for watching. I hope it was useful to you :)
Hey there!!!! Well.... how to say..... THANKS for that big great excellent detailed guide!!!!! That makes X4 a lot more enjoyable, understandable! Really, MANY thanks for your time you've put in, which takes LOOONG time, again, GREAT JOB, well appreciated!!!!
Noodle - You're definitely very welcome and thank YOU for making my day amazing with that comment :D
Good job, this is very easy to understand the way you explained it.
Noodle - Thank you, i'm happy to hear it :)
Fantastic guide! THANKYOU!
A perfect tutorial for a game that requires a delicate learning.
Excellent video that shows how to play X4!
Thanks for making perfect X4 guides ; )
Noodle - Thank you so much! comments like this make me so much more determined to do what i'm currently doing :)
@ Noodle, This is the first time I have ever commented on anything in public social media. I'm breaking my vow of silence because this was so exceptional & by far the best tutorial/guide/how-to video I have ever seen. Thank you. You obviously know every reason why this is awesome. Follow your instincts & keep up the good work. Again, Thank You.
Noodle - Wow.. that was really nice to read :D Thank you very much and you are most welcome good sir :)
This is a beautiful video. Subscribed and recommended to Egosoft for guide.
Keep up the great work!, i learned alot myself.
Noodle - That's so nice of you, Thank you very much!! 😁
You my friend got yourself a sub. Man your "How to's" are amazing"
Noodle - Thank you and Thank You! :D :D
AWESOME tutorial -- thank you!
Good work, nice guide. Keep it up. I love X4 so far!
Noodle - Yup, I will do and thank you :)
extremely helpful. very clear and no bullshit.
thank you sir
Fantastic guide. Thank you
Another great guide. Keep them coming
Noodle - Thank you, I'm currently trying to deciding what will be next. :)
This is fantastic, thank you very much!
It's 2020 but i still can't figure it out lol. Thx you're a life saver
Absolutely wonderful guide, thanks so much!
Noodle - I'm glad you think I'ts wonderful and you're welcome :)
straight to the point, nice and clear, thanks.
Noodle - I'm glad you liked it and I Hope it was useful to you :)
"Spaceweed"! Too funny! I just got the game, and even though the controls (and the ridiculous menu system) are awkward at first, I am getting the hang of it. I tend to like games that have a great deal of complexity, difficulty, and overall depth. And being a space sim is a big bonus too! I'm looking forward to installing more peripherals like a HOTAS and a programmable keypad, a headset/mic to use VoiceAttack, and eventually a good VR headset.
Have a great day!
Exact same reasons for me liking it too :D i'm all good with a keyboard and mouse though lol, but i can see how using all of those peripherals would enhance the experience. Thanks for the comment and enjoy your game :D
That was nice'n'clear and has helped me a lot. Many thanks, dude! )
Noodle - Glad i was able to help through the guide :)
Great guide! Thanks
1: Go around the galactic superhighway until you see a station quest (usually gives 4-12 million credits)
2: build the stations to specifications
3: Repeat 1
4: You get to about 40 stations and it is sorta bugged and wont let you build anymore but you shoulda made a ton of cash getting there...
Amazing tutorial. Thanks a lot
Well done sir. Well done
Just what I was looking for TY.
Great Tutorial, thank you.
I am playing X series since X-Tension - Albion Prelude, but after that I am finding really hard to up keep with the new system of playing (X Rebirth is more than a worse), what I can say this guide is more than sufficient to provide for any encumbrance to manage properly...... please keep it up......also you can make a guide for managing large empire with of stuffs and all missions guide in a nutshell.... Thanks
Great guide!
Outstanding tutorial and video.
Noodle - Thanks dude! :)
Great guide man!
Noodle - Thank you! :D
Good video thanks!
Great video tremendously help thank you
Noodle - I'm glad it does and you're welcome :)
Thanks for tutorial! I still have so many questions about the game and it feels like it has many bugs arghhh!
Compact and useful, without freakin' bullshit. Thanks (y)
Great Job !!!!!
Noodle - Thanks! :D
That was helpful and too the point. Thanks!
Noodle - That was my aim :)
Excellent tutorial video! You explain it efficiently, clearly and detailed! (ps. Is it possible to turn the musicvolume slightly down relative to your voice in future videos..).
Noodle - Thank you very much and yes, some people have requested that i do this so i'll turn the volume of the music down in future videos. thanks for the feedback :)
Noodle - Things i got wrong or forgot to mention in this guide:
Habitat Modules:
If you have habitats on your station you can start bringing in a workforce which will effect the efficiency of your station. The minimum efficiency for a station is 100% even without any workforce. This % will be increased with a higher workforce. (As far as i can tell)
Stephen Carter From CZcams:
You should have [Mentioned that] as priority in building is important if you want certain items to build up before others are made ... also i think you did not mention blueprints can be stolen from stations when checking leaks (if doing mission it will fail) otherwise you can find them randomly and steal prints instead of buying them ;)
Kalantris From Egosoft Forums:
1. No need to travel to place a station, you just have to left-click the system where you want to put your plot in.
2. Water doesn't go into liquid, it goes into container storage (I'm 99% sure).
Thomas Forster From CZcams:
Could be that i'm wrong, but i think that i saw that water is considered a "container type" good in the game. When i was building my first station which produced water that i added a liquid storage to the station and nothing was produced. I added then a solid and a container storage and then it was producing and storing water.
ScandyNav From Egosoft Forums:
One hint on building station. You don't need to prioritise building container storage first. Production modules have their own container storage inside them. You only need storage for mine-able resources. Later you, of course, may extend container storage if you need it.
Hello, nice X4 vids so far.
I was wondering, have you encountered auto miners that mine but then do nothing ? I was reading the reddit and some players have listed some possible fix's. Have you expereinced this and if so did you find a fix for it ?
Noodle - I explain why the auto-miners you set to work for a personal station might not work in my guide where i explain how to build and manage a station. This is the only way i have used them in the game so far, so i won't have a reliable fix for you sorry.
@@TheRealNoodle roger that. Thanks for the feedback.
Really really nice vid on station building. I got a question though about habitats. For the station you built, can you only use a Teladi Habitat(for higher efficiency) since spaceweed is made using Teladi buildings or can you use Argon(human) / Paranids / etc habitats? Guess i'm asking is if i build a spaceweed AND spacefuel production in ONE station do i need to build 2 diff race habitat(s) if i want more efficiency or just multiple(or one big) habitats of the same race.
Noodle - Thank you! I honestly don't know because I have not used Habitats yet, but because it only says workforce and not something like Teladi Workforce, I would assume that you can have any workforce for any production modules you want. :)
great work
Great video thanks
Press I after you click on a ship or anything else to show the info screen as a shortcut.
Thank you, this has helped me so much, now i know what im doing wrong
Noodle - For now lol, there are still a lot of things that i still don't understand yet. I'm glad i could help :D
Good tutorial! Thanks!
Noodle - Thank you and you're welcome :)
This was great. This helped me out a ton. I understand the logic behind it, but navigating the menus to find what buttons I needed to mess with was probably the most difficult part here.
However, what comes with producing medical supplies and food for workers? Do the habitat modules already cover that? There are food and medical production facilities you can build for the factory, but is that required for the habitats, or what? That part I'm unclear on.
Great Video !
Noodle - Thank you!
Really really helpful, thanks!
Noodle - I'm happy it was, you're welcome :)
Point to remember! Incoming ships will navigate to the plots center Map Icon point. On a large plot with a complex station build ships will thread their way into the Icon point first before heading to the dock. So when sizing your plot get the icon point close to the top or side where you are placing a dock. This stops the ships wasting time trying to get through your built station.
Noodle - yup and thank you! i think someone else has mentioned this too :)
Holy shit, I had no idea all the modules were so in depth in terms of production cycles etc. those crazy Russians.
Oh man you are so good...thx alot :))
Ty, Merci pour cette vidéo :)
Thanks good guide!
Noodle - You're welcome and thank you :)
Nice job sir
Thank you :)
Good vid. Cherrs
Awesome video
Noodle - Thank you :)
Faster Way to get Managers:
1: Buy the cheapest ship, with the least amount of upgrades it can fly with (you dont need to be at the station to buy it)
2: Make sure you employ the maximum crew (most pilots start with 2-3 stars)
3: Select that new ship, right click on your factory and select: dock at factory
4: Once docked, communicate with the pilot, tell pilot to work somewhere else, choose station, select manager role
5: Promote new pilot on your ship, if new pilot has enough stars repeat step 3, else sell ship and repeat step 1 for next factory.
- Its a quick and easy method because you dont need to fly anywhere, you can just sit in your ship and order everything through the menus.
Noodle - Yup this is good too, but you can communicate with any of the crew in the ship, not just the pilot, so you don't need to sell the ship at all. You just keep on filling up the crew and then tell your ship to land wherever you want a manager, whenever you build a new station. :)
@@TheRealNoodle An NPC can only manage a station if it meets the requirements. (In my experience that requirement seems to be for an NPC to have "more than 1 star"). When you buy a ship, most of the time only the pilot has more than 1 star. Most of the other crew have 0 stars and cant manage the station.
Noodle - hmmm.. i'm pretty sure I've always been able to make anyone a manager regardless of their star level as a manager. I suppose they could have changed this though. :)