Mod still works for me. July 8th, 2025; Ver 7.6

this still work?

Hey, I think Egosoft snuck in another parameter that affects ship sale price. If I recall correctly there only used to be the shipsalefactor modifier. Now it looks like there is an additional one that influences price based on resource levels.

I am not certain how the new variable affects things. I only noticed it because ships prices seemed off. I am only assuming that it alters the price based on resources. I don't know if you have the old files kicking around, but it might be worth checking. I don't think that new parameter has always been there.

Cheers mate! Works like a dream, and taught me how to do the same process for a bunch of other mods too- you're a legend.

You need to repack the changes you make in the .xml file into your own custom "mod", then load that in the C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\X4 Foundations\extensions folder. Disable my mod when doing so that way they don't fight it out.

Thanks!

Hi mate, this mod's been amazing, but I've had some trouble changing the .xml file. I've unpacked the .dat file but nothing I do to the parameters .xml file seems to have an effect on the game. Every time I unpack the file and alter the value, it resets to the default even when saved- any clue what I'm doing wrong?

I mean, once you supply all your own resources it's free income, but even with the nerf you still make a 10% profit as long as you aren't buying at max prices. Many other ways to rake in billions per hour if needed (which can be done within the first 4 hours of starting a new game).

That said, I feel Egosoft could have done something different than gimping player sales. Maybe allow factions to search for the best deal. If you set your price to 150%, but PIO is at 140% then TER buys from PIO instead of the player. Idk.

Probably, the most idiotic nerf of all times in this game - to down all ship prices to 30% of real but produce everything for 100% resources. They should have nerf chances of buying, not the price.

Thank you for restoring market balance, @Daddy Shark!

It should. Nothing has changed with the release of Kingdom's End.

does this mod still work?

Works fine, here.

need some info about compability. I have the same problem as everyone else with the game not loading with this mod enabled. I guess there must be some kind of dependency or DLC conflict.

mod works perfectly fine, if the game doesn't start check your other mods or verify your installation.

Please fix this lovely mod. Would be greatly appreciated, buddy! :-)

Same here, game doesn't start with this mod on 5.10

is there another mod that does this? or can the mod be fixed?

bc i cant get the game to launch when i endable this mod.

tried steam, game feezes
tried the documents folder, enable the mod and restart only for the game to copy it back to the steam mod folder and freeze the game on launch.

Does this work with mods that add new ship types?

very nice, thanks!

Sure does!

does this still work?
been trying to start with x4 got my hands on a shipyard a lil early and now im regretting it, its a money sink^^

You have to unpack the .dat files.

Here's the start https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=402452

which line of code is it? where it says "XML version="1.0"?

Yes there is! You'll find the "mod" is actually just a single XML file with a single line of code. Simply change the modifier from "1.0" to whatever you like.

is there a way to customize the mod? Like if i wanted to raise it up to like .7 instead of 1.0?

Yeah this is basically a single global modifier against the player faction. I just put it back to 100% instead of being crippled down to 25%

Thanks, not sure how modding works in X4; if this is just a global setting that works, yay; i thought this were ship lists and that it doesn't work with the new ships.

It doesn't seem to need an update for 5.0. It's still working in my current game.

Will there be an update for 5.0?

Working great for me. Thanks for uploading this!

But what the heck is Egosoft smoking? This change makes no sense in the context of the rest of the game.

@The bloody Baron you should install the mod in document folder, not steam. I was suffering from the same shit

sadly my game wont start with this mod installed, i only got a black screen and that's all.

my game is heavy modded and runs great with this mod + all dlcs
damed I love you so much for this mod

It could be a great mod but it does not work. I just get a black screen and even the intro is not loaded nor the main menu.
I have the latest game version and all DLC have been added.

Yes, i have latest steam version and COH dlc

I'm having a hard time pinning down why it would be causing hangs on load.
Are you guys having issues on 4.xx version with CoH installed?

I can't enter the game. Just the black screen (

Great mod to solve a stupid problem. Easy to edit the value too, I didn't want mine at 100%. Might be worth uploading different versions however, sure some would appreciate it.

Yes!

Do you have the Cradle of Humanity expansion?

When I use this MOD, cannot the normal operation of the game, cannot enter the game main menu, has been blank screen

The change was in the 4.0 patch that came along with the COH release. It doesn't do anything other than change a single variable.

loading with this mode makes the game hand during the initial loading screen - dont have the terran content installed,only split vendetta. is this mod only needed if you have the terran content?

You can, the content file in the extensions is just a single parameter in the XML file. You can change it to anything you like. If you want 75%, make it 0.75

Could I adjust the parameters for this mod so that ship prices fall somewhere between pre 4.0 levels and post 4.0 levels?

When you own a shipyard, the NPC factions will buy ships from your shipyard. In a recent patch, this value was changed to 30% of the normal value. Because a few hardcore guys on the egosoft forum that have to pour hot candlewax on their balls to get off complained that they had "too much money" whatever the fuck that means. This mod turns the value back up to 100%.

WHat does this mod do exactly pls? I would like to know before spendinh hours for nothing, ty.

Ah yes finally the galaxy is once again balanced

@TGITBIB it says so right there "Adjusts the value of ship sales to pre-4.0 values." with 4.0 there was a 80% if not more nerf to ship sale value for your own shipyards to stop them from being money printers but a lot of people dislike it so a few of these mods exist out there

No real description what the mod actually does.

Neat!