Entropia Universe News Entropia Universe 18.1.0 Release Notes

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In order for our transition from CryEngine 2 to Unreal Engine 5 to be as smooth as possible, we have updated our art production pipeline to improve current visual quality and simplify the conversion moving forward.

Using this new pipeline, we upgraded a large collection of production elements, including armors, terrain textures, creature models, vegetation assets, and general lighting improvements to modern industry quality standards.


Genesis Visual Update

• Remade numerous terrain textures with modern PBR standards and higher resolution
• Improved pixel density for terrain textures: 2k and 4k high-resolution textures
• Added detail maps: Additional detail layers that blend over along base textures bringing more granular detail
• More shader complexity: added fresnel and "clothiness" effects for grass and sand
• Enabled Parallax Occlusion Mapping: creates a relief effect and improves the shading of the terrain textures

Changes

• To incentivize the use of clothing, clothing will no longer decay when equipped
• Avatars no longer have Outlines in PvP
• Updated Quick Bar action icons art for Professions, Contacts, Missions, and Deposit
• The vehicle status bar now has its placement location saved
• Re-added the option to hide the rendered item in the Items Info overview window
• When creating a Loadout, the input field will now be in focus
• When opening Actions, the search field will now be in focus
• Increased the size and readability of the message number count for the Quick bar
• Added an option to show the old loot window UI visuals
• Clothes will no longer be included in an Armor loadout
• Cursor mode is now enabled when opening Contacts
• Added an option to disable the dashboard reload bar
• Loot now automatically stacks in the Looted window
• Context menu now opens on Cursor location so tooltip is not activated at the same time
• Greatly reduced the weight of all enhancers and socket components
• Greatly reduced the weight of nanocubes

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Modifier Keys didn’t work as expected
• Fixed an issue where it was difficult to abort auto-move towards a target
• Fixed an issue where the Auto-sell option did not work correctly in Constructing
• Fixed an issue where clearing the Auction search field and pressing refresh didn’t work as expected
• Fixed an issue where a deleted Loadout did not remove the shortcut on the Action bar
• Fixed an issue where the Notification banner messages had long delays before showing up
• Fixed an issue where Default Item links did not work as expected
• Fixed an issue where Auto-use did not work correctly with Harvesting tools
• Fixed an issue where ESC did not always open the Main Menu
• Fixed some shot particles that went through enemies
• Fixed some incorrectly shaded hairstyles
• Fixed an issue that caused banding artifacts and strange colors in the clouds
• Fixed an issue that caused back-facing triangles in the vegetation system to sometimes flip

Other

• In Options > Graphics, Gamma and Brightness have been reset to default values in this release

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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