News Liste ECO

Boats & Coastal Construction

• [b]Discover[/b] the worlds of Eco [b]on water[/b] for the first time
• Build a [b]Canoe[/b] to quickly travel around on your own or craft a [b]Large Canoe[/b] to take a friend with you
• Use the [b]Wooden Transport Boat[/b] to transport goods and [b]trade on different continents[/b]
• Get yourself a [b]Fishing Trawler[/b] and become a [b]deep sea fisher[/b]
• Transport two trucks with a [b]Wooden Barge[/b] or even up to four with an [b]Industrial Barge[/b]
• Building in [b]deep oceans[/b] is no longer possible, gone are the days of continent spanning bridges
• Swimming in deep ocean is extremely exhaustive - if you run out of calories you will drown and wake up at the shore
• Added [b]new forms[/b] centered around docks to the hewn log blocksets to build your [b]ports[/b] - or anything else you find them suitable for
• Added two [b]mooring posts[/b] on land and two [b]buoys[/b] on sea that you can lash your boats to
• Added five [b]decorations[/b] fitting the nautical theme - Life Preserver, Ships Wheel, Hanging Buoys, Glass Buoys and Fish Rack

Towns, Countries & Federations

• Players now start the game by claiming a [b]Homestead[/b] somewhere on the world
• Players can join together to found [b]Towns[/b], [b]Countries[/b] and even [b]Federations[/b]
• Each settlement has their own [b]claim stakes[/b] to create new deeds and [b]claim papers[/b] to expand them
• Each of these settlement ejects [b]influence[/b], a circular area in which their claim papers and stakes can be used
• The [b]influence[/b] of a settlement can be expanded through increasing the settlement's [b]culture[/b]
• [b]Laws[/b] of a settlement are only valid [b]within its influence[/b] respectively for its own citizens - no more global government by default
• Settlements can make [b]immigration policies[/b] to decide who can join them
• Settlements of higher tiers can annex other settlement through a difficult process

Culture

• Create stunning [b]in-game pictures[/b] and images by using the [b]easel[/b] or one of multiple [b]cameras[/b]
• Use the [b]printing press[/b] to upload your own images onto the server
• Make [b]museums[/b] and show your pictures off in a multitude of [b]frames[/b]
• Collect [b]reputation[/b] for your pictures and help your settlement increase its [b]influence[/b]

New Avatars & Facetracking

• Completely [b]reworked avatars[/b], supporting [b]facial expressions [/b]
• A new [b]creation flow[/b] to make your own avatar - [b]saved[/b] between play sessions
• [b]Customize[/b] your avatar with many new [b]options[/b] and outfit it with many new [b]clothing items[/b]
• Build a [b]dresser[/b] and [b]change your outfit[/b] on the server you currently are playing on
• Support for [b]facetracking[/b], calibrate with your webcam and animate your avatars to show your own[b] facial expressions[/b] and [b]hand movements[/b]

Balancing & Techtree Expansion

• Improved [b]world generation[/b], ores will now generate in [b]veins[/b] and plants spawn in [b]localized clusters[/b]
• Rebalanced[b] research papers[/b] and [b]upgrade modules[/b] to require [b]specialty[/b] investments
• Revamped [b]power[/b] generation and consumption - the power network now properly prioritizes efficient power generators
• Changed the [b]Steam Engine[/b] to provide [b]mechanical power[/b] instead of electrical and notably reduced the amount of mechanical power that the [b]Water Wheel[/b] and the [b]Windmill[/b] generate
• Added the [b]Industrial Generator[/b] for late game power generation
• Improved [b]Stone Roads[/b] - they now fully support [b]form fill types[/b] like their asphalt counterpart
• Improved [b]Shovels[/b] - each tier of shovel now can [b]hold an increasing amount[/b] of dirt
• [b]Rebalanced[/b] countless [b]crafting recipes[/b] and increased the [b]shelflife[/b] of seeds
• Added a [b]new plant[/b] to the techtree and incorporated it into the lumber recipes - [b]flax[/b]

Miscellaneous

• Added a "[b]Trust Landlord[/b]" option for renting, allowing landlords to [b]freely change property[/b] with residents on them, improving [b]Quality of Life[/b] for players [b]playing together[/b] on shared property
• [b]Executive actions[/b] now support to target [b]single deeds[/b] and allow to [b]change reputation[/b]
• Reputation now provides for [b]configurable daily limits[/b] and a "[b]Speak Well of Other[/b]" bonus to incentivize its usage
• Settlements now also have a [b]reputation contingent[/b] usable via laws and executive actions - [b]reward your citizens[/b] for helping your settlement improve its culture
• Improved [b]animal pathfinding[/b] to be less likely to collide or get stuck

Twitch Extension

• [b]Viewers can vote[/b] in elections (up to a defined percentage of total votes based on [b]settings[/b])
• [b]Displays graphs[/b] of ecosystem and economy data to [b]analyze the big picture[/b]
• Shows [b]all relevant info[/b] about the server and allows viewers to [b]join based on configurable settings[/b]