Entropia Universe News Entropia Universe 15.10 Release Notes

[Entropia Universe News]

New Features

• Added a new Gardening System available to plot estate owners. Fruit growing capabilities “Omegaton Acorn” Gardening Box introduced
• Added a Logistics Mode for plots (move/rotate plot constructions)
• Added an action in the Action Library for taking screenshots.
• Added an option for windowed fullscreen mode.
• Added an option for “Sound in Background”.

Changes and Improvements

• Field of View is now set to be the same in first and third person views.
• Double click to approach target has been improved for creatures. For other players it remains the same.
• Optimizations Less stuttering when loading objects and generating characters. Pre-caching of skeleton and animations. Animation system performance improvements. Improved Level of Detail handling. Improved caching of shaders.

Fixes

• Additional fixes for icon rendering where icons could render incorrectly (red crosses, etc.)
• Improvements to Portals in apartments, malls and estates.
• Corrected item point issues for many estates.
• Improvements to the dissolve effect for consistent behavior across all screen surfaces.
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused indoor lighting to appear black.
• Fixed an issue causing enemies and pets to sometimes get stuck in animations.
• Fast weapons now trigger animations and sounds properly.

Known Issues

• Estate points do not visually update correctly in the information panel.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

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[Hec]

Fruit growing capabilities “Omegaton Acorn” Gardening Box introduced

Editted: Nvm this as it turns out MA News oversimplified and was unclear.
Here's a link on PCF that will clarify what the Omegaton Acorn is and is not...
http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?288800-Gardening-Has-Arrived!

Pre-caching of skeleton and animations.

Kinda sounds like "dance for peds" skeleton and the others are returning.
LOL I know it's not what they meant, again something lost in translation from graphics devs to PR to english.