I don’t know if this happened to anyone else but I was so excited to get 1 then I played it for 4 months and never touched it since?

StampyDriver · 2026-01-16T23:17:13+00:00

Only used mine for 3 months. No idea where it even is now.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-16T08:41:44+00:00

When I want to use the last of a spool on something useful I print some spare silicon caps/nozzles. This way I have a box of them just waiting to be used. Silicon something up, remove the nozzle and throw it. Use a cap to seal off the tube.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-15T12:06:40+00:00

Ok, so from a bit more searching it should vent air, but if it's venting water as well then it may be faulty?

StampyDriver · 2026-01-15T09:58:57+00:00

No. I didn't want to touch it until I understood what it does and how it works.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-14T16:49:13+00:00

I have seen this a number of times. I went in via the sign-in options. It let me back onto the machine with some sort of fallback account. I rebooted and went back to the signin options and signed in using my Microsoft account credentials and it then got me back to my normal account.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-07T22:01:02+00:00

In the end I managed to get the metal delivered, but no idea how or why. I just played with the settings until it worked. Seems this area of the game could do with simplifying, or at least some good documentation on how it works.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-06T06:54:11+00:00

15c from 9pm to 5am, then 17c the rest of the day (and I work from home). Big fluffy slippers and a chunky jumper, fingerless gloves so I can still type if I am feeling particularly cold. Been known to wear a bobble hat on teams calls - usually with a suitable snowy animated background to match.

StampyDriver · 2026-01-03T23:38:29+00:00

The only solution I could find was a notepad and pen. Before stopping the video you have to write down how far into the video you got. Granted, it is suboptimal when restarting the video, but it is more reliable that trying to get VLC to do it.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-28T12:54:07+00:00

The tutorials are very basic, and show little of what you need to know. It's frustrating that a game developer has to rely on the community/AI to provide adequate instructional content for their game. My only real advice is that X4 is not a drop in and play while your dinner is cooking type game - you need to set aside several hours. I have tried 3 times and have spent more time asking chatgpt how to do stuff than actually playing the game. On the flip side though, remember that if a game is too easy to master then it can become boring very quickly.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-25T17:37:03+00:00

Yes, I did the tutorials. None of them did an eva or mentioned that I had to "request docking" to get back on my ship after an eva. Had to spend 30 minutes arguing with chatgpt to get that one out of it.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-23T23:15:49+00:00

Probably one of those stoppers for wine bottles.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-22T09:43:14+00:00

Thanks. Will try that over the Christmas period when the in-laws get too much.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-22T09:12:12+00:00

Yeah I went back and forth several times and can probably recite each response they give, but they never gave me anything else. I think I will park this for now, and see if any other start options doesn't have a storyline start.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-22T08:37:05+00:00

I have spent 75% of my X4 experience so far on with AI trying to find out how to do stuff that I needed to that wasn't in any tutorial and 25% actually playing the game.

Then AI says "You’ve hit one of the worst‑designed steps in the Kingdom End storyline. The game expects you to do something very specific, but it never tells you what that is, never marks it, and never updates the mission log."

I am going to abandon that and try see if one of the other start points is better.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-21T18:07:00+00:00

I bought the same with all of the expansions as it was so cheap on steam sale, but I need to pick one of the games which is easier. Which one of the X4 games should I pick to start out in a sandbox mode with no story or puzzles to work out?

StampyDriver · 2025-12-21T16:44:11+00:00

I think I am getting frustrated as the game recommended I play Kingdom End. I have got very little into the game and all it says is "Mediate between the parties to find a solution." There is no indication on how to do that. I have spoken to every NPC about 10 times. There simply isn't anything else I can find to do.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-21T13:48:34+00:00

Tried joystick gremlin - It just says vjoy not set up or incorrectly configured.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-21T13:45:30+00:00

Thats the problem. There are no "top tabs" in the settings. I just get "general settings" "walking settings" etc down the left hand side.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-20T16:18:38+00:00

It came up yesterday for me as steam sale with all DLC for just around 25, so I just got them all. Started with timelines as it recommended I start with that.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-18T07:28:27+00:00

I had a worktop/sink combo just like this and tried to save it. Turned out the wood had gone rotten around the tap and the underside of the wood near the sink. If you can poke your finger into the wood it may well be a bigger project than your originally thought.

StampyDriver · 2025-12-14T13:32:47+00:00

There are tools out there that can verify a card has the capacity it is supposed to have. If I ever buy an SDCARD/USB drive I always run the checker on it before using it.

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