Author: Microhabitat

Server upgrade! 💻

The server has had a small but impactful upgrade, from an i5-4460T to an i5-4690

This makes everything a lot more zippy, from startup and restarting the dedicated server instances, to minimizing loading times, preventing asset pop-in, and minimizing stutter whilst saving!

Enjoy! 😎


Smaller changes over the past two weeks 📅

Dancing is a thing now, you can make your character dance by typing /dance and choosing 1, 2 or 3 and then pressing F3, by default, to go into third person so you can see the moves! 🕺

I’ve implemented a random Weather plugin, which goes far into making the weather feel more immersive and believable. 🌦

Killing Alpha animals now gives you Economics valuta, which is shown on your HUD, unfortunately there is no greater purpose implemented yet, more to come! 😅

XPerience now has the Electrician skill, all sources of electricity now give more power after investing in this skill! 🔌

Implemented multiple scientists in areas you wouldn’t normally expect to see them, such as at the Junkyard, Dome, Gas stations and other monuments for a bit more of a challenge.

Backpacks have grown, we’ve gone from 18 to 24 slots 🎒

Planter crops no longer wither away shortly after fully grown, instead they’ll stay fully grown until harvested! 🌱

Snowmobile will no longer suffer a great speed penalty on terrain other than sand and snow, so it’s now usable everywhere!

I’ve implemented Save notifications, to let you know when the server is performing a save, and to expect lag! 💻

To make it more useful I’ve increased the ATM interest to 10% whilst lowering the withdrawal percentage to 2% 🤑


Donations button added! 💰

A donations button has been requested, and now been added to the site.


Don’t feel forced to use it, bad about not using it, or anything like that; but all donations are welcome, and will be going to maintaining the different dedicated servers I run, the hardware it’s running on, and the electricity all of that costs! 🤑


Habitat wiped! 🌍

Yup, it’s a wipe! By popular demand I might add! 😅

We’ve now generated the following map; again all monuments are present, and a size increase of 4300 to 4800 giving us all some more space.

This map has got a ton of lakes and rivers as well, so plenty of nice base locations with fresh water as an option! 💦

Click for more details!


Pet taming; no longer, see below!

Unfortunately, the Pets plugin works so buggy, that we’ve decided to stop using it.
Taming pets is no longer possible, but all other XPerience professions are still there at least! 🤗

I’ve just finished implementing the Pets plugin needed to activate the XPerience’s Tamer profession!

You can now tame an animal depending on your Tamer’s level:

  • level 1: 🐗 Boar
  • level 2: 🦌 Stag
  • level 3: 🐺 Wolf
  • level 4: 🐻 Bear
  • level 5: 🐻 Polar Bear

The login message is updated showing that you should type /pet help for more information!


Balancing changes ⚖

The combination of XPerience plugin coupled with loot bags from Zombies and Scarecrows made the game too easy.

The loot bags couldn’t be adjusted and have thus been disabled, XPerience has been tweaked to be less imbalanced.

Hopefully this will lead to a longer investment vs. payout curve in future wipes!


Some other small changes 👌

Mini-copter now has:

  • Small storage container (~20 slots)
  • A taillight automated to be on in the night
  • A search-light (on/off with F key by default, like a car light)
  • A license plate to write your name on to see who’s mini you are stealing

Scrap Transport Helicopter now has 2 storage containers (2x 48 slots)

Random respawn location are now truly random, no longer just at the coast, so we’ll no longer get all the beach bobs spawning close to our houses! 😳


Now live: Banking / ATM’s! 🤑

Before, you had an inventory full of scrap; or I know I did 💰 😏

But now at any NPC-ran shop or vending machine, you will have an ATM function! (that little window to the right of the backpack)

Features:

  • Deposit money for free!
  • Withdraw money for a 2% broker fee (ie: withdraw 1000 scrap, get charged 1050 on your balance)
  • And best of all: Get a 10% interest rate per day 🤑

Before & After:

Before (Left) and After (Right)

Big server update, with many changes! 😎

Some of the new features:

  • Server updated to the latest release and restarted freshly after installing OS updates

Lots of small monument changes, such as:

  • 7 CCTV cameras added to Cargo Ship + a Computer Station to it’s bridge so you can gain intel before raiding it, or check on other raiders locations (remember the hackable crates are PvP enabled, CCTV identifiers will be sent to everyone upon a cargo ships arrival) (see pics)

  • Gas Stations & Supermarket should have car lifts now, for easier refitting and repairs (see pic)

  • I’ve not given out personal recyclers (yet?), but instead increased their speed (yesterday) and added them to Cargo Ship (Front, Back & Bottom), Large Oil Rig levels 4 & 6, Small Oil Rig levels 3 & 4, the Dome, the small and large fishing villages, large Barn and the Ranch (this is to stimulate people living their houses, remember taking the flightpath back to capitals in WoW to go the the auction house?! 😉 )
  • I’ve added Airwolf vendors to the Large Barn, the Ranch the Fishing Villages and the Outpost; so that’ s no longer limited to the Bandit Camp only
  • Added cooking options (BBQ / camp fire / hobo barrel) to certain monuments that lacked them
  • Added 6 CCTV’s and one computer station to each underground Train Station

And finally some small things that I won’t spoil yet 😋

Let me know if anything is not working as intended!


Besides PvE & RPG, a bit of PvP can’t hurt

Or can it? 😉

The Train Yard monument is a PvP zone, indicated by a black dome.

Supply drops, hackable crates and the Guarded Crate events are now also dynamic PvP zones!