Lost Ships Replacement - Better than Old
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🔍 Analysis
- ✅ Updated 56 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
- 🏆 #425 of 591 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
In X4: Foundations, the `Lost Ships Replacement` feature was introduced in version `7.50`.The replacement ship will have the same outfit/loadout as the lost ship and will be requested automatically.But what if you want to have a better
Lost Ships Replacement - Better than Old
Get a better ship back than the one you lost. Save a loadout named ReplacementShip for a ship model in any shipyard, and from then on every Lost Ships Replacement request for that model is ordered with that loadout. There is nothing else to set up - no per-ship, per-fleet or per-order configuration.
Lost Ships Replacement is the vanilla feature introduced in X4: Foundations 7. 50 - when a fleet ship is lost while carrying out an order, the fleet automatically requests a new one, an exact copy of the ship it lost, loadout included. This extension changes only the loadout of that request.
Compatibility
This extension is compatible with X4: Foundations version 7. 50 and newer.
On version 9. 00 and newer the better loadout is applied before the replacement is built, so the ship is priced and produced like any other order. On earlier versions the loadout is applied to the finished ship rebuild instead, at no cost.
Requirements
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[] X4: Foundations 8. 00 and 9. 00 and newer. For versions 7. 50 and 7. 60 use the version 1. 00 of this extension.
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] Mod Support APIs by SirNukes to be installed and enabled. Version 1. 95 and upper is required.[] It is available via Steam - SirNukes Mod Support APIs
[] Or via the Nexus Mods - Mod Support APIs
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[] Or via the Nexus Mods - Options Helper
[] `Print Extension List`, to record the game version and the enabled extensions in the log. Version 1. 01 and upper is required.
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[] It is available via Steam - Print Extension List
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] Or via the Nexus Mods - Print Extension List
This mod requires a Protected UI Mode in the Extensions settings to be disabled.
For game versions 8. 0 and below, if the shipyard selected to produce the replacement ship does not have the required resources for the better one - you will get the "old" one.
Download
You can download the latest version via - Steam client
Or you can do it via Nexus Mods
Usage
Simply install the extension and play as usual.
Only one, but important, thing - please save the required loadout for any ship model with name 'ReplacementShip' in the shipyard.
Nothing more is required.
And mod will try to provide the better replacement ship for you.
Extension Options
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- X4 Foundations Mods
- Author
- ChemODun
- Version
- 2.00
- Downloads
- 370
- Endorsements
- 13
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 3/18/2025
- Updated
- 8/6/2026
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