u/Jerry_Cornelius_24

This is my first game, I’m discovering the X franchise, and my beginnings are rough. I’ve completed all the tutorials, and I’ve been playing my first game for about 80 hours now.

For now, I’m mostly exploring the game, doing a bit of trading, a bit of mining, and following a few main and side missions, but I haven’t built a station yet or really set up anything coherent. I haven’t really paid much attention to what’s happening around me yet. I’m mainly focused on understanding what I can do and how to do it 🤔

I know the game is a sandbox, so I can progress at my own pace, but I’ve seen that some players already have stations after just a few hours and an entire empire after a few dozen hours.

Since the universe keeps evolving even without me, I’m wondering if I might miss out on things , whether some factions might disappear before I get a chance to encounter them, whether other factions might develop very quickly and overwhelm me, etc...

Basically, this playthrough is more or less a tutorial for me. Do you think that once I understand most of the basic mechanics, I should start a new game, or does it really not matter?

This role appears as an option when I assign a ship to a station (in this case, my HQ, since I’m a beginner and don’t have any other stations) but I don’t understand what it actually does. What will the ship I assign this role to do?

And since we’re on the subject, do you know of anywhere (in-game or outside the game) where I can find explanations of all the possible roles, all the default behaviours and all the orders?

Thanks in advance 😉

I’m a beginner and I don’t understand the colours used by the Trader's Corner at stations (not trading from the map, I haven’t looked into that yet 😉).

Does a green price indicate a good buying price or a good selling price?

I think it means it’s a good buying price, because the colour then changes to yellow/orange after I buy one item but I’m really not sure

So should I buy when the price is green and sell when it’s orange (or yellow or white), or is it the other way around?

And what is the order of the colours according to the price? Green> yellow> orange> white, or some other order?

I don't own the game yet (until the next sale comes around), and I was wondering whether there is any connection whatsoever between Isaac Asimov's famous saga and the game X4: Foundations 🤔

Did the developers of the game borrow some of Asimov's concepts, or even simply include a few references to his books, such as NPC names or anything else?

I'm asking because I recently started watching the TV series based on the novels, which I read when I was much younger. By the way, even though the series does not follow the books exactly, it still captures the main concepts and is actually pretty good 😉

Hi everyone,

I recently stumbled across a video of this game, which I'd somehow never heard of before. That's surprising, since I'm a big fan of space games, from Master of Orion to EVE Online, and more recently Endless Space 2. Do you think this game would appeal to someone with those tastes?

I'm still hesitant to buy it (it's still around €50) because I can't quite figure out what it actually is. Is it a 4X game? A space simulator? A strategy game? A base-building or management game?

For those of you who've spent hundreds of hours playing it, could you explain what a typical playthrough looks like? How long does a game usually last? Is it truly a sandbox experience?

Finally, is it still worth playing in 2026, or has it been surpassed by other games in the genre (assuming there are any)? Is it still actively supported and receiving updates?

Thanks in advance for helping me understand what makes this game so appealing!

Edit:

Amazing! I wasn't expecting such a lively, welcoming, and passionate community! 👍

I can't thank each of you individually, so a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to answer my questions and convince me.

Well... you've convinced me! As soon as the game goes on sale, I'm buying it.

In the meantime, I'm going to do a bit more research to get a better understanding of the gameplay, the size of the universe, and everything else.

Thanks again, everyone, and hopefully I'll be joining the X4 community soon! 😉

Comme l'indique le titre, je recherche toutes les ressources en français (YouTube, subReddit, sites, forums, etc.) concernant le wargaming sur PC.

J'ai trouvé quelques ressources consacrées aux wargames avec figurines, mais très peu sur les wargames PC

Quels sites, chaînes ou forums connaissez-vous et lesquels fréquentez-vous régulièrement ?

Merci d'avance!

I spent many years playing Combat Mission (mostly CMBO, CMBB, and CMBN), largely ignoring other wargames. For a while, I was even an administrator of Appui Feu, the French Combat Mission community website. But the aging graphics engine eventually pushed me away (I'm still waiting for CM3...🤔)

Before that, I was a huge fan of Panzer General, Allied General, .... so buying OOB:WWII a month ago felt like a natural choice. To me, it's a worthy successor.

After finishing the U.S. Pacific campaign on Normal difficulty, I can honestly say I love it. The game is easy to learn and very enjoyable to play, yet it offers impressive tactical depth. Mechanics like efficiency, supply, flanking support, entrenchment,... make both attack and defense genuinely interesting.

Everything feels well designed. The interface is clean and informative, the graphics are pleasant, and units are easy to identify.

The campaign offers plenty of variety, with scripted surprises that constantly force you to adapt your plans instead of relying on the same strategy from start to finish.

Naval combat is probably the weakest part of the game, but it's still enjoyable.

I'm about to start the three connected Allies campaigns on a higher difficulty, as Normal was perfect for learning the mechanics but ultimately a bit too easy.

I was also pleasantly surprised by the AI. It cuts supply lines, attempts flanking maneuvers, withdraws weakened units in favor of fresh ones, sacrifices troops when it has to hold key positions,etc... which feels particularly appropriate in a campaign against the Japanese.

Overall, I'm having a great time. I'd highly recommend Order of Battle: WWII to anyone interested in wargaming. It provides an excellent introduction to the genre without overwhelming new players with overly complex mechanics.

And you, wWhat are your thoughts on the game?

Hi everyone

I've been trying out Order of Battle: WWII and I love it (it really reminds me of Panzer General*)*

I'm planning to buy a few DLCs since they're currently on sale for me on Steam

Considering that I'm just starting out, which DLCs would you recommend, and are there any that I should avoid? I'm open to any theater of operations except maybe the Japan vs. China campaigns

Thanks in advance!

I used to love Panzer General a long time ago and I’ve just discovered this game. I’ve tried it on my laptop (with RTX4060) via Steam (it’s free) and I think I might buy some DLCs.

Now I’d like to play from my couch (yes, I’m getting old 😁) on my 4K TV, but the text and interface are basically unreadable at that distance .

I’ve already tried Windows scaling at 350% (I’m using extended display mode) and lowering the in-game resolution (1080p, 900p,...) but it doesn’t really help

I’m not looking for better graphics, just a way to enlarge the UI and text

Is there any way to improve this?

If it’s not possible, that’s fine, I’ll just keep playing on my PC 😉

I’m having an issue with the Vortex desktop shortcut on Windows 11.

Vortex is installed on a secondary drive (E:) outside of Program Files, and has been working fine for over a year.

However, for the past few days, the desktop shortcut no longer launches Vortex at all. I’ve recreated the shortcut several times, making sure the target path and “Start in” folder are correct, but it still does not work.

The strange part is that Vortex launches perfectly when I run Vortex.exe directly from its installation folder on E: 🤔

So I don’t understand why the desktop shortcut suddenly stopped working while the executable itself still works normally

If anyone has seen this before or knows what could cause Windows shortcuts to fail while the executable still runs fine, I would really appreciate some help 😉

Crash log when launching via shortcut (when it fails):

crash-main-1779615750003.dmp.log

Exception time: 1779615752

Exception code: c0000005

Exception address: 00007FF6A0668FE0

writing dump C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\temp\dumps\crash-main-1779615750003.dmp

success

Edit:

Problem solved. Here’s the explanation I was given on the Skyrimmods subreddit:

“Does it never launch (not even the splash screen) or fails after the splash screen?

If you see the splash screen but nothing afterwards, it is a known issue (as per the Vortex GitHub). Until it is updated to 2.0.3, the workaround is to avoid having your mouse pointer over the splash screen while the app is booting.”

Thanks!

(https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/1tm7zzr/comment/onqwieu/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)

I’m having an issue with the Vortex desktop shortcut on Windows 11.

Vortex is installed on a secondary drive (E:) outside of Program Files, and has been working fine for over a year.

However, for the past few days, the desktop shortcut no longer launches Vortex at all. I’ve recreated the shortcut several times, making sure the target path and “Start in” folder are correct, but it still does not work.

The strange part is that Vortex launches perfectly when I run Vortex.exe directly from its installation folder on E: 🤔

So I don’t understand why the desktop shortcut suddenly stopped working while the executable itself still works normally

If anyone has seen this before or knows what could cause Windows shortcuts to fail while the executable still runs fine, I would really appreciate some help 😉

Crash log when launching via shortcut (when it fails):

crash-main-1779615750003.dmp.log

Exception time: 1779615752

Exception code: c0000005

Exception address: 00007FF6A0668FE0

writing dump C:\Users\quatr\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\temp\dumps\crash-main-1779615750003.dmp

success