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Projekt Entropia: Version Update 6.1
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PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.1
2004-10-06
*** PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PROJECT ENTROPIA! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING PROJECT ENTROPIA SUPPORT! ***
General Information
The Version Update 6.1 (VU 6.1) for Project Entropia is a major step in the development of Project Entropia. Information about the content of the version update is located in this document.
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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES
The Amethera continent is live!
The all new continent of Amethera is released! The planet Calypsos second continent is available for exploration. The land contains never before seen creatures, threats, plants, and trees. The area of the continent is roughly three times size of the old Eudoria continent. This addition brings another great location to the Project Entropia experience, together with the Crystal Palace Space Station released earlier this year.
The first real virtual land grab!
The first real virtual land grab event will commence on the new Amethera continent! Those avatars meeting the skill requirements or who have an estate will be able to travel to Amethera and take part of the land grab. The land grab means that a society will battle for the control of a land area, on which they can set taxation on and later improve to make it better.
The preliminary rules and regulations of the land grab:
* Any land area can be claimed by any functioning, non-pending, society. (Note that it takes seven days go get a society into a qualified state).
* Any person within a society can claim a piece of land in the name of the whole society. The land is claimed by finding a land marker for a certain land area. Click on the land marker and follow the instructions presented.
* The land has to be successfully defended for 12 consecutive hours before the ownership of the land is turned over to the society.
* After a six month period ownership is transferred back (Excluding any house building lots already sold. Meaning that an individual person is in possession of the house-building lot deed).
* Defence of the land is achieved in the following manner: At least one member of the society will have to be alive and present within a radius of 30 meters from the land marker at all times from when the land is claimed until the full 12 hours has elapsed. If all Society members have exited the radius, the land marker will emit a warning signal (sound and light) for a period of 60 seconds. This is a grace period given, during which any living society member has to get inside the radius or the claim for the land will be lost and thus enabling another society, or the same society for that matter, to restart the land claiming process.
* A single society may only claim one land area at a time. A single society may own an unlimited number of land areas.
* The land grab event and battling over the land areas will work like this:
* There will be several phases during the land grab. A short time after the application of VU 6.1 the Recon phase will commence. Those avatars meeting the requirements at that snapshot in time will have the opportunity to be transported to Amethera to check it out, fight the new monsters and mine for ore.
-- Note that once the authorisation is determined it stays valid until the next phase. For instance, if you are on the new continent and you transfer your Requirement skill below the level needed to be on Amethera, you will still be able to stay there until the start of the next phase. Also, if you suddenly lack the requirement (skill level or estate) and are located on Amethera when a new phase starts, you can remain there until you get killed. Then you will no longer be able to transport back. Please note that the requirement checks are made at the start of each phase and is not done in real time.
-- An undetermined time period after the Recon phase (the time is depending on the post VU stability rating) the first Land Area Battle (LAB) phase starts. When this phase starts a new requirement check is done to see who is eligible for transportation. An undetermined number of land areas will be open for battle and take-overs.
-- After an undetermined time period after the first LAB phase, the second LAB phase starts. A new requirement check is done, as above. The total number of LAB phases will not be disclosed, nor will the number of land areas per phase, to keep suspense and excitement up.
* If you die while on the new continent you will be teleported back to Eudoria (the first continent). You can then get back to a random location on the new continent through any teleporter presently available. Note that Personal Revival Terminals will not be usable during this first Land Grab event. In further battles along the way, this may change.
* To survive the hardships the new continent presents you will have to meet certain standards to participate. Before the time of the land grab your avatar must meet at least one of the criteria listed below.
Skil* Minimum Skill Rank/Level
Prospecting Beginner (lvl 260)
Color clothes Beginner (lvl 260)
Make clothes Beginner (lvl 260)
Surveying Beginner (lvl 260)
Concentration Qualified (lvl 1000)
Engineering Able (lvl 1400)
First Aid Able (lvl 1400)
Longblade Able (lvl 1400)
Handgun Capable (lvl 2000)
Shortblade Experienced (lvl 2400)
Powerfist Great (lvl 3000)
Rifle Great (lvl 3000)
*Note: All estate owners on Eudoria at the start of a phase, are automatically qualified to participate in the land grab, no matter what their skill levels may be. Note however that only societies may claim land.
Dynamic lights
A system for dynamic lighting implemented at indoor areas. Various light sources, like lamps or energy weapons, will now emit light. This creates a much more immersive experience.
Teaching system
A system for transferring skill levels between avatars is introduced. The system works with skill implants which functions as skill holders. The system dynamically handles how the advanced skill system in Project Entropia works, and shows the results when checking out an active skill implant. Normal implant extraction and insertion procedures are used, like when using Mindforce implants.
Creature AI
The AI for the Project Entropia creatures is completely rewritten, allowing for more elaborate behaviors. In this VU we focus on the basic activities, while slowly evolving the creatures with group behavior and the like.
Speed change and synch enhancement
The general speed of movement is somewhat lowered, together with an improved synchronization. This is to allow for a more smooth experience and making the synch between client and server better. It reduces the bandwidth use, suggesting a better feel while partaking. Of course many of the creatures also have their movement rate reduced as well. Damage is lowered on some critters. Melee weapons will work better. The general experience in PvP fights is enhanced. This also creates a good foundation for the future vehicle system.
Bleaching
A new attachment for the color tool is available, allowing for the removal of colors from colored clothes. Note that it only works on clothes colored after the application of VU 6.1.
Mannequins and shopkeepers
Shopkeepers, and the new mannequins, can now be dressed and equipped. Just drag the items or clothes you wish to add to the mannequin or shopkeeper. To remove items or clothes, just drag it from them. All shopkeepers (old as well as new) and mannequins only have their undies from start get em dressed before they catch a cold.
Increase of characters on lots
Depending on the size of a lot, you may now place more than one shopkeeper or mannequin to an outdoor lot.
Loot and creatures
The loot on creatures is rebalanced. The general loot balance is increased, meaning the loot will be somewhat higher after the VU. It is common that creature doesnt carry any loot after this update. However, when loot is found the value is often a lot higher and will include items more often than before.
Creatures removed when looting
When a creature is looted, it disappears almost instantly.
New creatures
A dozen or so new creatures have been added to Project Entropia. These will be found mainly on the Amethera continent, and they pack a mean punch. Reports of a behemoth monster has been circulating as well
Creature rebalanced
A lot of the creatures are somewhat changed, in regards to speed, damage done, behavior, etc. Some are fiercer, while some are whimpier.
Increased stack sizes
The max number of items per item stack is increased in several instances, most notable when concerning ammo packs and PED stacks a single ammo stack now contains a maximum of 1,000,000 shots, while a PED stack contains 10,000 PEDs. Stacks containing more than 999 units will now show the abbreviation k and M for kilo (a thousand), and Mega (a million), in the stack icon.
Ammo in Trade Terminal
Updated the max ammo stack size in the Trade Terminal to 10,000 shots per unit.
Chat activated emotes
You can now activate a number of emote gestures and action from the main chat. You activate an emote by typing /em emotename, where emotename can be giggle or movealong. Dances and postures are not activated this way yet. Note that the command must be entered lowercase and on a single line, with no other text. Also, more automatic emote triggers is added, like old smiley-activated ones. It is up to you to find which automatic triggers there are.
More furniture
New pieces of furniture added, among the lot is fireplaces and candles suitable for romantic encounters.
New market places
Added more market places to Hadesheim and the Crystal Palace Space Station.
Space flight and hangar updates
Numerous issues with the hangars, space flight and ownership transfers fixed.
Sweating modified
A single creature now has a definite number of vibrant sweat available.
New weapons
New weapons added.
New armor sets
Armor sets added.
New melee weapon
The whip is added to the range of melee weapons. Some claim it can be used for something else
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Updates to the Society function
An applicant can now see a list of the current Socs s/he has applied to. You can see land areas owned by a society. Society members get shares in the society when the society takes ownership of a land area. A member that is dismissed from a Soc in which s/he has shares is listed as suspended, and will still receive income for as long as s/he doesnt join a new Soc. No other activities are accessible to the suspended member though. A Soc with shareholders cannot be disbanded. The society log system is updated on several counts, mostly associated with land area management. Society members are now shown on the radar.
New minerals added
Some oldies and some new ones added to Amethera.
Blood spatters removed
The blood spatters when hitting creatures is removed. This should enhance client performance. Also, in some countries, the visualization of blood is forbidden. In the future more options will be available on this matter.
New payment options added
You can now transfer money into Project Entropia using pre-paid PED certificates or using direct bank transfers. Info is available in the client, under Transfer. The Project Entropia Transaction Center is updated with new functions.
Fixed a hang-issue while constructing
Sometimes the progress bar hung while manufacturing items this should no longer happen.
Fixed an issue with the sulphur lakes
At rare instances, the damage received when being in a yellow sulphur lake would stay on the avatar, regardless of action even after revival. This should not happen anymore.
Fixed an issue with female sexy pose
An issue making a female avatar in sexy pose that chatted looking bent is now fixed.
Fixed an issue while jumping and lying down
If you chose to lie down while jumping, things could get strange. This is fixed.
Spelling errors
Several spelling errors fixed. If you find more, please file a support case about it.
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KNOWN ISSUES/MISSING FEATURES
All tailored clothes shown as Uncolored in the auction, even if they are colored.
Currently, the virtual companies on the Exchange do not offer any stock. If you have stock certificates from the time they were available, and want to discuss the matter, please contact the Project Entropia support.
You cant repair an item with attachments attached to it. You have to detach them prior to repairing.
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Comments
Have they fixed their attitude? Or is it still too bad when a bug rips you off?
It is like playing a slot machine with graphics. Most expensive MMORPG on the market. To have fun, you have to pay $30+ per month...
well you should know from your 2 weeks of playing...
(show me that there no skills in PE and ill agree with ur slotmachinetheory)
anyways this patch is still on the go...
this is the first major update since the engine switch
ill report tomorrow but as u know there always bugs popping up with each VU
so i hope they will be rare and fixed asap
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
"Feel free to hate me, but hate me for the right reasons."
"Your still ignorant if you believe the first thing you see when the blindfold is removed."
"Be smart enough to know I'm smarter than you."
Yep, it's called first impressions. They are very important. If MA pulled their heads out of their asses, they would know this.
You are a part of STERLING MOSS, a company making a bundle off of the game. That is why youkeep coming here to push it. The more fools you get to play, the more money you make.
I wish Admin would just ban all talk of that rip off game here.
I was about to say it isn't even a game. But then I remember on the radio. The Lottery commercial always say something like...
Remember, the lottery is a game of chance and should not be used for investment purposes. So, in that vein, Project Entropia is a game. Like a freakin lottery game. Most people lose... real money.
lol this gets funny...
what type of money exactly do u pay with for other subscription games then?
your points have no arguments.
we (Sterling&Moss) are just a very small soc like many ingame
and we just deposit a lot rather then earn...
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
What type? A set fee of $13. Not, $10 more every few days because some crappy bug took my stuff, or $10 every few days because I used $8 worth of ammo and only got $1 worth of drops.
If you have no argument against my points, then the debate is over. I have won. Whoohooo!!!
You just deposit a LOT? Then you have proven my point. Thanks.
la la la
so you loose 13$ a month playing....or 156$ per annum
if i dont deposit i loose nothing in PE
and waht type of cash are u talking about....
i have to work for 9$ per hour in RL
u seem to prefer to use stolen credit card cash
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Love it when guys use insults in debates...
If you deposit nothing, then you run around a glorified chat engine, unable to do anything.
As for what type of cash, American dollars.
I make considerably more than $9 per hour.
When exactly did I flame you? Please, point out a flame.
ur the one with the 'rant skill'
just read be4 u post
maybe i'll just quote u
'so what'
...is the reason for going offtopic.
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Sorry, just doing my civic duty to help steer people away from that horrible game.
I read your post. It was propaganda.
You still haven't pointed out any flames by me. I am waiting.
You can't find one, because I didn't flame you. You began losing the debate, so you started throwing insults and trying for the old "your flaming" argument. I am usually careful not to insult, as I enjoy a good debate.
Truth is, my points are valid and you have no argument against them.
ill explain it for you ;-)
i post this here for anyone who is interested in the evolution of Projekt Entropia
becasue there is no offcial forum, only the games website.
so you threw another 'slotmachine'-argument in this thread which is apparently not suited.
why dont u start another thread like 'PE rips u off!!'
or 'why is PE a virtual casino?'
this is pure meant as an info about the current state of the game
but you highjack any thread regarding PE with your already known statement.
i gave u my thought to it on another thread.
and i agree with:
there is no reason to talk about that anymore here.
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Well i played for a month at least, reason I did that was the fact I was in beta 2 for PE and really wanted to give it a good go.
My view.
1. If you want to play and have fun at all, more precisely if you play this game like most other then you are extremely lucky to get away with 30$ a month.
2. Its the noobs that suffers, if you endure it then maybe in the end you can make ends meat, but no way up front. A very weird approach, and stupid, as most other companies have realised that the first few days, or even hours is the time when people decide wether to stay or not. EXTREMELY noob unfriendly game.
3. Constant reminder of RL$, most people play these things to get away from real life for a few hours, playing PE is like watching you portfolio shrink in value realtime, while you do all you can to make it shrink faster.
4. Bugs cost real life money, numerous times I have emptied PED after PED into a creature who then bugs out, start strafing weird and regens all its HP.
5. Ammo cost money, ALL your money goes into ammo, every time you fire your gun you KNOW "well thats another 10cents down the drain" or whatever, what masochists do this to themself??
6. Game in itself is Ok i guess, I might have considered playing if it were monthly pay.
7. It is NOT worth 3 or more subscription fees a month, i much rather get 3+ other mmorpg's for the same money.
Not directly aimed at Ignitor, its not his fault but he does not sound like the sharpest tool in the shed so to speak. If that is the best they can do for sending over PR people here my confidence in the game gets even lower.
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Originally posted by Jerek_
I wonder if you honestly even believe what you type, or if you live in a made up world of facts.
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i posted my points of view here:--->Projekt Entropia Rocks
i wont repeat it here.
it is alsways your decision to agree or to disagree
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
You associate yourself with a company, yet you are unabled to write a single paragraph and make it neat and readable at the same time. This makes me wonder, isn't child labor against the law? I mean, hey, look at me. English is my 3rd language, and while it may not be perfect atleast I try to make my posts readable even if they contain no content at all. So yeah, that's a 0 out of 10 for the effort bud.
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Always run with scissors. The quicker you go, the quicker you'll get to your destination and the quicker you'll finish using the scissors, therefore significantly reducing your chances of injuring yourself
sy im new to this forum and somehow the link came out a bit tiny ;-)
or do you prefer this?
anyhow just to let you know:
-NO i dont speak english natively
..so sorry for any confusion
-NO im not underage
..though we do have ppl underage in our soc which act more mature then some ppl twice their age ;-)
-NO im not an official,PR dude or anything like that
..S&MA is a player run ingame society/guild/cooperation ;-)
now can you people please stay on topic(VU 6.1 Update)?
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Yes, the topic is...
Even though they have updated Project Entropia, do not play it, it is a rip-off.
wait, back up here. sterling moss makes money? that's the first i've heard of it.
now back up even further. did that update mention anything about withdrawals? not addiction withdrawals, cash withdrawals. how long has that been intermittently suspended, pending updates making withdrawal easier? a year? how many improvements have been made to the depositing side of the equation? you can buy prepaid card now? yet, you can't take your own money back? there's a serious issue of transparency coming from mindark, and it just ruins the whole game for me.
I never play free mmorpg's they are full of kids, ALWAYS.That's why I always wait untill it's official release.Unless is something that is realyl worth to check out like the FFXI beta.
did they ever implant the magik yet?
What people need to realise is, the only way MA makes money with this game is if you LOSE money... Is this hard to understand? The worse you do at the game, the better off MA is...
It is like gambling at Las Vegas. Few may win, but most will lose.
I would not doubt if they have a server setting that controls exactly what profit they get out of the game.
"We need more money, lower the drop value to 10% down from 14%..."
reporting back from the front:
as some ppl could maybe tell already the new looting system is a major change of gamplay
it sucks sometimes(exspecially if u have smaller ammounts of ammo) but it reduces lag
and increasesthe chance of looting items ..so hopefully it will make all stuff that is not
extremely rare more affordable.
there are quiet some issues that needs to be fixed
the new continent is very stable but eudoria(old continent) suffers from a mysterious
overspawn bug which lags the whole system and is a guarnteed deathtrap if u come too close.
here the official bugs/issues:
-SHOP OWNERS REQUIRED READING - You must open your shop and either ADD or REMOVE one item, and then CLOSE the shop, BEFORE doing anything else with it. Else you risk "locking" you shop, meaning you need to logoff and retry. You CANNOT activate or pick-up a placed shop BEFORE you have done the above.
-The PED Card have issues when removing PECs.
-You cannot refine any of the new minerals.
-Some creatures will have speed and damage rebalanced.
-Sweat gathering have too short range.
unofficial:
-overspawn of mobs jamming whole servers
-avatar name disappearing/switching
-sweat disappearing
-evade/attak seems bugged at hi levels
-potent heal chip still not working
well there is lots to discuss about...
i dont really know much about withdraws ...its discussed somewhere at EPforum
personally for me its not there and its easier to sell peds and stuff to trusted-
longtime players ;-) questions about withdrawing are probably best answered by
support(which seems to be much improved,at least in speed, then beginning of the year)
yes magic=Mindforce has been introduced in 5.4 i think there is healing,attack(nerveblast,fire),focus charges(makes u able to use above actions in a row without concentrating) and sweat gathering
sweat and force nexus(mined) is combined to Mindessence as ammo for those Mindforce chips
also implants are needed ..so its a quiet expensive thing to do and seems to be a supportive thing only..
exspecially useful for teaming...mya and morbaxx are probably the most skilled mindtropians right now.
taskyZZ this is really getting boring..
rant somewhere else
maybe here:PE ruined now?
..we all got ur point by now
is it really necessary to pm a mod about ur hijacking?
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
ohh and mchubertus ..i feel for ya *hug
you are new and i should tell you all VU are like this
(this one is a quiet harsh one to me also)
i lost a lot the first days of VU too ..probably a tid more then 400ped by now ;-(
but u shpould take advise and take all VUs easy there is always lagstorms and glitches every VU.
of course its your decision if u wanna stay or not.
but i have been really annoyed with hunting changes too
and great adaptations is need ..so ill give it few more weeks to see things evolve...
btw switched to enmatter mining which suits me much better now ;-)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
STERLING&MOSS ASSOCIATES(PE)
Are you really threatening to tell on me? HAHAHAHA... That is funny... Are you going to tell your mommy too?
Feel free to tell on me, I am sure the MODs are watching this thread. They watch them all.
By egging me on, all you are doing is asking me to continue posting in your thread. In fact, you directed a statement directly to me, am I suppse to not answer???
Oh, and for good measure, to stay on topic...
Project Entropia is the Suxxors!
I was done posting, but you had to take a stab at me, so now you got my attention...