Recommended Mods

Since version 3.0 of the VRO mod, Faction Enhancer mod is no longer required. Vanilla improvements in 4.0 were quite substantial to allow the game to work fine on its own without additional mods. While FE modpack can still be useful if you want more active and aggressive factions be warned of possible FPS impact (on lower-end PCs) and balance changes (mostly if combined with other ship packs, like XRshippack etc.)

NoSuperHighways is still highly recommended- makes game to feel bigger, closer to X3 and gives the opportunity to balance S,M and L,XL ships properly as highways are messing with that. VRO ship speeds were balanced assuming you ARE using this mod, but you may play without it if you feel too bad for disabling highways, it is not mandatory.


For ALL mods below, make sure to check if they are working with current game version, I AM NOT THE AUTHOR of those mods so cannot be responsible for updating/fixing them.



Highly recommended mods:

  • Disable Encounters - disables Encounters mechanic (ships spawning around you when in deep space), i find it immersion-breaking.

  • Escape teleport - essential mod if you want to fly small ships in fleet battles. (not that critical since 4.0 introduced emergency eject feature)

  • X4 Fire and Smoke - gorgeous explosions.

  • Better Target Monitor - just more info on target.

  • Better Kill Credit - get paid for kills made by your other pilots and not only by yourself.

  • Apologize for attack - self describing.

  • DeadAir Mods - some of his mods where made with VRO in mind. Please read carefully all of descriptions and choose what you like, they are high-quality mods.

  • Recycle Ships and Stations - allows you to recycle ships getting blueprints when done on own shipyard/wharf, great addition for pirate gameplay.

  • Reactive Factions - one of my other mods, FOR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS, makes factions react to your positive actions with their enemies depending on how powerful you are, forces you to choose sides in late game. Plays especially good with Dynamic Wars.

  • VRO Ship Icon Pack - icons replacer, in case you don't like current ones.

In case you find the balance between factions a bit off for your taste I recommend to look into Foundation of Conquest and War mod.

Other Major mods that work with VRO BUT may cause heavy disbalance or FPS issues:

  • XR Shippack -IS NOT RECOMMENDED unless you tweak it yourself and know what you are doing, it breaks economies and galaxy balance. Adds many ships from XR, replaces some of VRO battleships with its own. (dont forget to install the patch for VRO). WARNING!! this mods adds more ships to all factions, including Xenons. There are some reports that this may result in too aggressive Xenons (especially with FE War module installed) so use at your own risk or if you want a challenging game.

  • Ship Variation Expansion (VRO Balance) - adds a number of new ships for all factions. I didnt test its balance or impact on the game so for any issues please contact the author.

  • Faction Enhancer - all modules, can make game more difficult combined with shippacks but also more dynamic and engaging if you are looking for challenge.


P.S.
If you by any chance also play X-Rebirth, I highly suggest to look into this mod and basically any mod by SirFrancisDrake.