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To use any of the games online features, like the new paintmod that any customer gets for free for just registering their game, you need to set up an account on www.egosoft.com for the online community (same as your forum account!).
Paintmods:
How to register
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- Start the game
- Open the Online Features menu
- A link is there that takes you to Egosoft's Privacy Policy
- Within the Menu, log in with your Egosoft Forum account name and password
- Click on the Register button, which opens your Egosoft Forum User Control Panel
- Steam:
- On the Egosoft Forum User Control Panel, click on "Update Via Steam"
- Close and restart the game
- Non-Steam:
- Log in to the X4 page on the Egosoft website
- Go to the "Game Registration" section in the top left corner
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- Click on "Sign in through Steam" (or "Update via Steam" if you are already linked) or enter your GOG serial key
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- You can find the GOG serial key from GOG Account -> Library -> X4 -> More -> Serial keys
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How to apply the paintmod
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If you do not see your mods listed in game in the REDESIGN action of one of your ships, after activating the game in the online community, try logging off and on again (or just restart the game, same effect).