VU 6.1 Content List

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 6.1

2004-10-06

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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 VU 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 Calypso's 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 is available <a href="https://www.project-entropia.com/StdContent.ajp?Id=1160">here </a>.

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.

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.

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 doesn't

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, 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.

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.?

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
doesn't 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.

Misc Fixes
Sometimes the progress bar
hung while manufacturing items - this should no longer happen. 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. An issue making a female avatar in sexy
pose that chatted looking "bent" is now fixed. 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.