Weapon Falloff - Long-Range Combat and Cinematic Effects

Transform X4 combat with distance-based damage falloff, long-range weapons, and cinematic visual effects. Affects only vanilla weapons and ship effects. Compatible with all DLC content. Save-game compatible.

Solo-developed and actively evolving - expect experimental tweaks across combat, visuals, and AI as new ideas hit the battlefield. Occasional bugs may slip through the crossfire.

Which archive should I download?

This page hosts 4 archives. Install only one - they are alternative variants, not stacking add-ons. Pick by how much you want changed:

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│                            │ Standard and │          │           │ Cinematic │

│ Feature                    │  Invasions   │ Standard │ Cinematic │   Lite    │

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│ Weapon rebalance & falloff │      +       │    +     │     -     │     -     │

│ Extended missiles          │      +       │    +     │     -     │     -     │

│ Cinematic weapon impacts   │      +       │    +     │     +     │     +     │

│ Bigger ship explosions     │      +       │    +     │     +     │     +     │

│ Bullet brightness          │      +       │    +     │     +     │     +     │

│ Lens flares                │      +       │    +     │     +     │     -     │

│ Extended render distance   │      +       │    +     │     +     │     -     │

│ Wider AI & radar ranges    │      +       │    +     │     -     │     -     │

│ Cargo rebalance            │      +       │    -     │     -     │     -     │

│ Xenon & Khaak invasions    │      +       │    -     │     -     │     -     │

│ Static asteroids & wrecks  │      +       │    -     │     -     │     -     │

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Standard and Invasions

long-range combat damage falloff invasions reactive defense ship explosions bullet impacts lens flares bullet brightness render distance weapon momentum radar range cargo rebalance

This is how the developer plays X4 - recommended for RTS-style commanders who want a real fight. Massive Xenon and Khaak invasions will test your empire. May push your system harder than the standard mod.

Everything in Standard, plus:

INVASIONS

[]The Xenon and Khaak don't wait to be built - they pour in through the jump gates, and every day they come harder[/]

[]The onslaught escalates for a full week, one fresh wave a day: by week's end the Xenon swarm nearly doubles and their capital ships climb to about 3. 5x their usu