Can I change character mid playthrough?

[Bogart]

I started my X4 experience with Kingdom End: Emergence and after connecting the jump gates (5 hrs gameplay) have now unlocked the Queen's Herald expansion storyline which would let me start with a Boron character. Can I just switch to that character with my 5hr storyline or do I need to create a new character? Tbh I kind of wanted to run through all of the story expansions on a single save file and get all achievements on that too.

[InsertCoin]

Originally posted by Geist:

If you want to be a Boron, you have to restart. Sadly there is no character change option in the game.

You can then progress to all other storylines just fine. Its just the boron DLC that does not give you the option to be a Boron from the start.

the starting episode does not, once you do that one, it unlocks the other one, that you can be a boron in :)

[Zloth]

You can't get all the achievements in one save. Some of the starts give unique achievements. It only takes a little time to get most of them (with the Split starts being a big exception), but you have to keep restarting.

Originally posted by Geist:

I know but you have to play the other one and then restart. Thats no help if you are new and want to play as a Boron from a start.

And then Hot Fix 2 showed up and unlocked the Boron start for everyone!

[Bogart]

Thanks very much guys. Btw, is there any actual benefit to playing as a different race? Is it just a cosmetic difference or are you treated differently by all races depending on which one you start as?

Originally posted by Zloth:

You can't get all the achievements in one save. Some of the starts give unique achievements. It only takes a little time to get most of them (with the Split starts being a big exception), but you have to keep restarting.

Originally posted by Geist:

I know but you have to play the other one and then restart. Thats no help if you are new and want to play as a Boron from a start.

And then Hot Fix 2 showed up and unlocked the Boron start for everyone! :x4boron:

Curse us and our day 1 purchase of the DLC xD

[Ð'jinn]

Well... it is not technically impossible to switch your character model to Boron. There is a file in /libraries called "character_macros.xml" It lists all the game start characters and their race, model, clothing, whatever. Of course you have to unpack the game files.

	 <!-- Head Teladi Start -->
	<replace sel="//macro[@name='character_player_trade_macro']/properties/models/model[@type='head']">
		<model type="head" ref="assets/characters/teladi/heads/te_face_01" />
	</replace>
    
    <!-- Body -->
    <replace sel="//macro[@name='character_player_trade_macro']/properties/models/model[@type='torso']">
		<model type="torso" ref="assets/characters/teladi/bodies/te_body_02_01" />
	</replace>
    
    <!-- Props -->
    <add sel="//macro[@name='character_player_trade_macro']/properties/models">
		<model type="props1" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_arm_03_05" />
		<model type="props4" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_head_04_01" />
		<model type="props5" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_head_05_01" />
		<model type="props6" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_torso_01_01" />
		<model type="props7" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_torso_02_01" />
		<model type="props8" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_torso_03_01" />
		<model type="props9" ref="assets/characters/teladi/props/te_prop_torso_04_01" />
	</add>

This changes the Teladi start and the same Teladi in Custom starts to be my version of a much better dressed Teladi. I could change him to Boron. But if you really want to dig that far into research versus just restarting probably depends on your XPath expertise and the time your willing to spend.

But hey, I just thought I would throw that out for you. Who knows...

For the most part, no, very few (or maybe none) would notice you are Boron in any case.