~ List of suggestions for ECO ~

[Gosti-FR]

Greetings everyone !

I propose here elements that aim to improve the Eco experience. If you like it, do not hesitate to put a thumbs up, it helps to gain visibility. The idea is to improve / exchange on the different elements in order to help the Eco team as much as possible.

To avoid confusion and waste of time, I don't want to talk about MODs, or talk with conservatives who are afraid to make things better. (There it is said ^^)

Please excuse me for my English and if there are any confusions about the meaning of what I wish to translate here and also if my way of writing is impolite, I use a translator. So don't hesitate to ask me or correct me.

In my opinion, the main reasons why players leave Eco are the following: (In its current version: v0.9.7.9)

* The difficulty to take in hand: The main menu does not support the player enough. There is a lot of information about the game and too often the player does not know what to do or what profession to go to during a game.

Solution (proposal) =

• Add in the main menu a section "Learn Eco" which is represented by screenshots or a video that details the arrival of a new player to a server or its creation and thus help him to explain the choice of main parameters and summarize the experience of a classic game.
• Add a "Find a quick game" category with filters to define (If the player is new, if he has time to play a long time, if he likes difficulty or relaxation, etc...)
• Add in the server creation parameters the possibility to define the main experience (Objective: Single currency for all, advanced political system, free will, etc...)
• Add possibility to define "labels" for his player status like "Beginner, no knowledge of economy, no knowledge of politics, little time to play, very active, very cooperative, rather solitary, etc. ..." The tags would be visible in a new interface that allows reading a player's details.
• Add the possibility of describing yourself in a biography.
• Guide players by summarizing a profession and its requirements (for example: This profession is ideal for players who are new to the game, this profession is suitable for players who have little time to play, this profession is demanding and requires a lot of cooperation, etc.).
• Improve/complete the Ecopedia (Provide examples, be able to open more detailed explanations, add colors, etc...) = Detail the piping system (connection: Often a headache for new players) = Detail the power system (placing a water/windmill: Often a headache for new players) Add color coding and logos to help differentiate between mechanical and electrical power (Often not understood by players)

* The meteor: Although the concept is fun, the meteor is a real trap for Eco. A majority of players refuse to join the servers where its deadline is already too advanced and if the meteor is already destroyed or if it is not active on the server, for lack of objective / fun challenges.

Solution (proposal) =

• Replace this part of Eco's design with fun and constant objectives/challenges during the evolution of the server while reinforcing the ecosystem and economic cooperation part faithful to Eco.

Here is the idea of ​​the new concept:

• Remove the meteor that threatens our World and replace it with the addition of several civilized and friendly planets (similar to Earthman) spread in space all around us.
• These planets will be regularly and randomly affected by various problems and where resources will have to be sent from our world to help them solve them and evolve.
• In return we can receive unique items (Cosmetics, technologies, rare resources) as well as gain reputation.

How :

• When creating a server, the objective for the players is therefore the manufacture of a unique launch platform (Space Station) (only one possible in the world) equipped with a control tower which has several screens radar capable of scanning space.
• When this platform is built and powered, then it will be possible to scan space and receive (randomly) a call for help from one of the planets located in space.
• Players will be able to accept or not, in the form of a contract, this call for help which details the problem, the need, and the reward.
• We can imagine a delay for certain contracts, a maximum number of limited players as well as the limitation to only 1 active contract per player.
• The player(s) will then have to add the minimum resources for the creation of a rocket (it is quite possible for several active contracts to deposit resources for the creation of multiple rockets on the same platform because it is only a visual of a rocket already placed on the platform for example), it is then necessary to add the necessary fuel (knowing that the players will be able to decide the type of fuel and the improvements used (specific modules) which will have an impact on the pollution during launch. The player(s) must finish by adding the resources requested in the contract, and then decide to send the rocket before waiting to receive their rewards in return a few minutes later.
• The space station also has a platform capable of receiving reward capsules when the contract is validated, or capsules that allow you to receive resources from other planets in order to validate the accepted contract (such as waste management).

List of the various possible problems concerning the other planets:

• A meteor threatens to destroy their planet, so we must send lasers, energy and a computer.
• Famine and poverty threaten their civilisation, so food, clothing and medicine must be sent.
• A virus is threatening their civilization, so we have to find a cure and send vaccines.
• The extinction of the animals threatens their planet, it is thus necessary to send animals in order to repopulate.
• The need to evolve more, so you have to send stars to allow them to evolve.
• The need to get rid of non-storable pollution debris on their planet, so you have to recover their pollution debris and recycle it.
• A solar eruption threatens their planet, it is necessary to send something to protect their system.

List of the different possible resources received by the other planets:

• Skins/cosmetics compatible with our classic objects (It can be wallpaper, object shape or different textures, etc.)
• Trophies that can be placed, but also bring more comfort bonuses if they are placed in a suitable cabinet.
• Resources that allow you to improve/craft new specific objects in our world.
• Extraterrestrial technologies which allow us to improve our modules or workbenches (for example) but also to manufacture new machines.
• Personal reputation as well as general reputation (which concerns the world = The server)
• Seeds of alien trees and plants capable of growing on earth but with the help of alien fertilizers and a lot of growing time.

* The star system (Level of the player): The idea is interesting but remains a trap for the progression of the game and has no more interest during the progression.

Solution (proposal) =

• Add stars as physical objects.
• Being able to sell/buy stars with other players.
• Being able to consume a medicine that allows you to reset the learning of professions and recover the stars.
• Be able to send stars to the planets of the system.
• Being able to use the stars for the manufacture of advanced objects.

It's too frustrating to be so dependent on other players for our progress or to wait days for a solution. Solution: Reading the skill page allows you to completely unlock the profession but with a minimum of advantage, the star allows you to completely unlock the bonus progression. This means for example that if a player has read the "Carpentry" page without using a star then he is able to craft carpentry items but in a difficult way. (the number of resources, calories and crafting time is very high: for example = 10 times longer and more expensive than a player who used a star for carpentry). Also if a player wants to fix a tool then they are able to do so if they have read the page but it costs a lot more to fix it. This way it balances fun and strategy.

Here is a list of suggestions that aim to improve the Eco experience:

* General improvements/modifications:

• Regarding the manufacturing system, add a button that allows you to define the quantity of manufacturing according to the available resources (like 2 arrows on the right).

• Modify the default key that allows to turn off/on a workbench when the cursor is active (right click). Proposal = ALT + right click

• Add permissions save for player dropped items. This allows this player to be able to retrieve it from the inventory and then place this object again without having to restart the authorizations each time.

• Concerning the "claim stake" tool: Invert the left and right click to "claim" and "recover a title deed" = More intuitive

• Add a personal notepad that allows the player to write personal information, and a calculator (basic) that helps to calculate during the progress of the game.

• Change the way to use the soil sampler for a tree by aiming it directly because aiming at its soil block with the tree that has already grown is too difficult and not fun (because you have to look for the small pixels of the block again visible).

• Add filters which allows to display/hide the list of active/inactive players and those who have abandoned (This allows you to no longer see their economy, their objectives, etc...).

• Modify the key that allows you to choose the material to recover when you aim for a storage with a tool in your hands Suggestion = ALT + mouse wheel

• Add the appearance of hands-free when reselecting a location used from the shortcut bar. For example, if I press the "1" key, I press to pick up the pickaxe, then I press the "1" key again to put the pickaxe away and have my hands free.

• Added the ability to replace a sand/desert sand block with a dirt block and allow turning into a road with the road tool without the latter reverting to a sand state.

• Add the ability to create a list of favorite items in our crafting lists. (For example, clicking on a small star next to the object allows us to classify our favorite objects at the top of the list. Or for example, dragging the icons into a "favorites" tab).

• Add a button/lever which allows you to activate on the objects of the following list a substantial manufacturing time bonus but in return which releases a lot of pollution. (Example: 25% reduction in manufacturing time, but 50% additional pollution). By activating this option, it modifies the sound and the visual effect of the object (more intense). List of affected objects: bloomery Kiln Blast Furnace

• Improve the visual of the weight gauge to make it more explicit for new players = (A logo representing a weight, or the concept "Kilo / Kg").

• Add color customization and addition of titles for chests (which would display on the front of the chest).

• Add personalization of writing characters (bold, italics, colors).

• Add the customization of colors and the power of luminous objects (Neon lights and streetlights).

• Add the ability to knock on a door. This consumes calories from the player to prevent abuse.

• Modify the lighting of nights and closed places with a darker rendering in order to favor the many luminous objects and encourage the consumption of more resources and energy.

• Add a directional arrow when presenting a bench before placing it (in order to predict the seated direction of the character).

• Add a directional arrow when presenting a watermill before placing it.

• Add the customization of the 3rd person camera which helps to pose objects (Zoomer for example) but also to allow better image capture.

• Add in the descriptions the consumption and production of the powers of the objects (Water/wind mill, wind turbine, solar panel, etc.)

• Modify the fall of a tree tree by a player so that its direction falls opposite the player (opposite 45° angle).

* Additions/changes to professions:

• Replace the "Glass work" and "Papermaking" profession with the "Chemist" profession (more playful and complete). Its role is to provide recipes for all other trades, such as the manufacture of new objects (to be defined). Example = Glue, gas canisters, glass, dye, tar, tallow, paper, clay, nuclear atom, etc.
• Add the profession "Water and waste treatment engineer". His role is to monitor and treat wastewater into drinking water, he can recover resources from the Chemist in order to maintain a treatment plant, he can improve the quality of the pumps by inserting a module that is consumed over time. time for more deficiency. It must also receive and process waste, then recycle it. It also has a bonus with the waste incinerator.
• Concerning the seamstress: add more clothes. Add more personal bonus advantage (Shoe at 10%/15%/20% speed), clothes can be damaged with wear and thus repaired with the tailor. The Tailor can craft and sell jewelry that adds additional personal bonuses to players.
• Add the "Scientist" profession which allows the manufacture of medicine, vaccine, test tube The Scientist is able to make several types of medicine = A drug that allows you to completely forget a profession and thus recover a star. A drug that allows you to forget all the professions acquired and thus recover your stars. A medicine that allows you to gain experience in a profession. Vaccines are made with DNA collected using a test tube from players as well as other resources. Vaccines help fight diseases from planets outside our world.

* Add DNA system:

• Each player has a unique DNA (like a serial number). This consists in giving a constant and useful importance to each active player on a server.
• Players can give their DNA to a doctor who can make an experience drug (This can help to catch up with more advanced players).
• Players can give their DNA to a doctor who can make a cure for viruses located on outer planets, the search for a cure is always random and always adapts according to the available DNA of active players. Like a serial number that can be randomly won for a remedy.
• A doctor could collect blood and DNA from an animal (depending on its rarity) to allow the creation of cloning which would allow them to be sent to other planets.

* Upgrade/modify workbenches:

• Add a new tab to the scientific workbench that allows you to place skill books directly in appropriate slots. This is for storing/collecting skill books and also crafting profession pages.
• Add a "training" tab in each workbench against the use of calories and a mini-game to complete. Example: a gauge to be filled quickly (before the gauge goes down) against left clicks accumulated quickly to reach the top of the gauge and thus obtain additional experience. Once the gauge is filled, it restarts at the bottom. The number of clicks consumes a lot of calories. (This adds another way to get experience in a fun way and without necessarily having to craft useless items to gain experience).
• Add a new "customization" tab in the DIY workbench that allows you to customize an object with a "skins/cosmetics" plan obtained from the scientist.

* Improve/modify the mod system:

• Change basic/advanced/modern module values = New values: Lvl 1: 10% Lvl 2: 20% Lvl 3: 30% Lvl 4: 40% Lv 5 (remove bonus by specialty): 50% (For the whole workbench)

* Improve/modify talent system:

• Remove the principle of a single choice between 2 talents (level 3 and 6) concerning specialties and replace them with unique talents to be unlocked according to the level of professions and personal. (For example: Only available between levels 3 and 7, which allows all players to obtain up to 5 talents per profession and personal).

* Add personal (player) and world (server) reputation system:

• Reputation allows players to collect trophies and medals from a rewards workbench. It also increases the chances of getting better advanced skins from outer planets. It can also allow more credibility for the political and economic system.
• The reputation of the world makes it possible to highlight the server, it represents as the quality of the server. Player and world reputation is reset when the server wipes.
• Reputation is obtained when players perform actions deemed "improvemental/constructive". Example of "improvemental/constructive" actions: Clean up debris. Promote interactions between players. Promote employment and contracts. Work in his own profession.
• Reputation can also be lost when players do actions deemed "degrading". Example of "degrading" actions: Throw trash Working in an unlearned profession. Too pollute.
• Add an interaction system between players that allows you to gain reputation. It comes in the form of a mini game where a player has to meet another player and with the help of an interactive action key it opens a mini game. An interface appears and randomly displays 5 characters to be reproduced from its keyboard before a set time. When both players have validated this, then they gain reputation. A player can only interact with another player once for a certain duration. This therefore encourages meetings and cooperation.
• Add a system that allows an advanced player in the server to recruit a new player who arrives on the server. This earns reputation for both players (more for new players).

* About the food

• Delete taste system : It is unfair that the community is divided by bonuses/penalties with a "random" mechanic.

* Additions/modifications of objects:

• Add manufacturing: 1 dirt ramp becomes 2 dirt blocks.
• Change Skill Page Creation Crafting: When the skill book is made then it is possible to retrieve a page for free with the right click. During this use, the skill book now needs 50% of the resources in order to be able to craft a new available page. (This avoids creating endless pages to give away/sell for free to make it easier for players to obtain title deeds).
• Add Manufacturing: Custom panel. An interface opens to display the pre-rendering of the panel that we customize, we can then define the number of panels (up to 6 maximum for example) on the post and define the direction (left or right) of each individual panel, and thus define the text.
• Modify the texture of the gold ore block in order to give it a more visible/shiny yellow dye (more arcade and visually pleasing than realistic).
• Improve the visual of the icons of the skill books (color codes or logo concerning the trades).
• Add manufacturing: "Wall torch holder" which can be placed on the sides of the blocks (only 2 blocks of minimum height necessary). Possibility of placing a torch on this support.
• Add manufacturing: Helmet candle.
• Add manufacturing: Helmet headlamp.
• Add Manufacturing: Disposable Pile. which can be recycled.
• Add manufacturing: Rechargeable battery.
• Add manufacturing: Rechargeable battery charger.
• Add manufacturing: Garage door 4x3x3
• Add manufacturing: Mailbox. Allows players to leave messages.
• Add manufacturing: Decoration frames.
• Add diamond ore block.
• Add Crafting: Diamond Jewel.
• Add the manufacture of a waste incineration center. Only one can be placed in the world. This destroys waste but strongly pollutes the air quality. All players have access to it, but you have to manage its use to avoid polluting the atmosphere too much.
• Add the manufacture of a machine that allows the manufacture of land blocks: To make this machine you have to collect enough extraterrestrial technology. We can then imagine for example that = 1 earth block creates 3 earth blocks. (5 minutes crafting by default). 1 block of sand creates 3 blocks of sand. 1 copper ore block creates 3 copper blocks. (15 minutes of manufacture by default). Etc...
• Add for the "toilet" object 2 slots capable of storing toilet paper.
• Add manufacturing: Toilet paper. Once placed in quantity (40 rolls maximum for example) in the toilet, this provides an additional but temporary boost in comfort. For example = 1 roll is consumed after one hour.
• Add manufacturing: Wine bottle. Once placed in quantity (20 bottles maximum for example) in a fridge, it provides an additional but temporary boost in comfort. For example = 1 bottle is consumed after one hour).
• Add manufacturing: Computer. This makes it possible to gain comfort if it is supplied with electricity.
• Add manufacturing: Television. This makes it possible to gain comfort if it is supplied with electricity.
• Add manufacturing: Radiator. The radiator has a slider that allows you to set its temperature. The higher the temperature setting, the more comfort it brings, but also a high energy demand.
• Add manufacturing: Air conditioner. The air conditioner has a slider that allows you to set its temperature. The lower the temperature setting, the more comfort it brings, but also a high energy demand.
• Add manufacturing: Cosmetic workbench. Allows the crafting of cosmetics/skins = Blueprint that allows customization of various in-game items.
• Add manufacturing: Established rewards. Allows to collect rewards if the player has the minimum level of reputation.
• Add objects: Medals and Trophies. Allows you to add decoration and once placed on shelves (different free locations) to obtain comfort bonuses. Only works if the rewards belong to the owners of the shelves and on their land.

* Added cosmetics/item skins:

• Skins help bring diversity to items and provide a fun goal for players to attempt to collect.
• The classic skins (very simple, plain colors...) would be made in the Terran world by the "Scientist" profession from a cosmetic workbench. A crafted skin is represented by a plane (icon with pattern and color).
• To apply a skin to an object, the player just needs to place the object in the first slot of the specific workbench and place the blueprint of the skin in the second slot then click on the "modification" button. Advanced skins (more complete and pretty) would be obtained from outer planets as rewards against player help and reputation. The skins obtained are unique to the server and disappear if the server wipes.

* Vehicle additions/modifications:

• Add horn for vehicles. A honk consumes calories from the player to prevent abuse. (eg 5%).
• Add back-up sirens when backing up with a truck.
• Add a sports car (luxury/comfort) that only allows you to move and show off. This car consumes a lot of fuel by default.
• Add the customization of vehicles by the "mechanics" profession which allows to modify the color, the characteristics such as the reduction of CO2 consumption.
• Slightly increase the speed of the last truck to be crafted.
• Add the possibility of using a slight acceleration boost (using the Shift/Shift key) for motorized vehicles, but which greatly increases fuel consumption in return.
• Add the possibility of moving your vehicle (in the event of an accident) with the help of a tool that allows you to replace it (pre-visual like when you place a vehicle for the first time) but consumes a lot of calories to avoid abuse, and this replaces the "freecar" command.

* Improve/modify the construction system:

• Added more building shapes for level 0 building blocks (hewn log). This allows for more beautiful creativity and therefore a better visual rendering which attracts more players when creating a server.

* Improve chat:

• Add separate Game Info chat room by default (2 categories by default)
• Add more visible notifications for private player messages received. Like a small sound (on/off) and visible flashing color.
• Added with an auto-completion system for players (drafting in chat).

* Improve administration tools:

• Be able to add a welcome message (with the discord address) when a new player connects.
• Add a command that allows you to ban a player and delete all his objects and his land, his currency, his profession. In a simple way: As if this player had never come to the server.
• Add the ability to copy a player's nickname from the chat (Like his ID)
• Add a quick action list (ban, mutate, kick, teleport...) when using the right click on the player's name.
• Add a command that allows to remove all objects/terrains within a certain radius, such as: 5 meters.
• Add a command that unlocks a vehicle in collision with the environment.
• Remove the delay for administrators regarding the "freecar" command = Infinite
• Add the possibility to define the display duration of an important announcement.
• Add an auto-completion system when writing the beginning of a player's name.
• Add a command which allows to know the number of current resources in the world (blocks, objects, etc).
• Add an Administrator interface with a command that allows you to display the list of all the objects you want to give to yourself or to another player, define the quantity, have the possibility of pre-manufacturing lists. (eg as in Conan Exiles / Rust)
• Modify the devtool so that it no longer uses our own calories during use.
• Add a command that allows to delete the constitution (This allows to correctly recreate the policy system of the server).
• Add a command that allows you to delete a single currency (This allows you to start over in the event of a value error. Or to be able to modify the value from a command)
• Add a command that allows to define the value of a specialty (For example: Mechanics Level 4).
• Add a command that allows to modify the time of the game. (Restart at Day 1, Hour 0). This allows you to prepare your server before opening it to the public.

* Additions/improvements to the custom main menu key mapping system:

• Add "Show/hide interface"
• Add "Horn" in vehicle category.
• Add the possibility to use the same key several times for different actions (For example CTRL/ALT
• Add "Add maximum calories"
• Change interaction key "E" to "F" by default. It is thus easier to define the direction of the rotations and mechanics of the vehicles. It is also possible to add turn signals for vehicles and use the "Q" and "E" keys by default
• Add interaction key (customizable)
• Add the "Exit menu" key which allows to modify "ESCAPE" by right clicking for example. It is less tiring.

Good reading

And congratulations to the Eco team for this magnificent game!

[jordy48]

What a post full of ideas and proposals!! Being a new eco player not so long ago, I agree that the game does not support new players enough and I thank the community for supporting me throughout my session. A little more support would not be too much, in particular as said in the post by developing the ecopedia. Another thing, once the meteor is destroyed, there is not much to do and that makes us abandon the game a bit. I find these innovative ideas in the sense that it brings more gameplay to durability in particular.