[2023] ECO Developer Stream: Mods & Modding

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0s	[Music]
2s	hello everyone
4s	I am Giovanni spinel from Beijing
7s	Colombia today we are really happy
9s	because we have the key part of the
11s	morning Community with us so let's hear
14s	a little bit about them
17s	once do you want to start
19s	oh sure uh I'm Monson I make mostly I
24s	make mostly survey tools I make Discord
27s	link uh with the help from some
29s	Community contributions as well it's
31s	open source and the chronicler the tool
34s	for figuring out who did what when those
37s	are my main contributions I would say
39s	and mid also does some tools
42s	yeah neat tell us about yourself
45s	hey hello everyone my name is quintaran
48s	and let me say first that I'm so honored
50s	to be here among such a great people in
53s	our community it's a really fantastic
55s	time for me I also do server tools my
60s	main interest is doing several site
63s	modding I was never big on the object
65s	mods although I want to get there
67s	eventually
68s	um yeah and that's about it I have been
70s	modding Eco since 2019. this was when I
73s	released my first mod and actually I
74s	checked it today and I'm surprised that
76s	the time has flown so quickly it's
79s	already a few years but yeah that's me
80s	basically
81s	that's right we are also going to help
83s	Kai joining us later uh I don't know if
86s	you're aware but but he lives in a
87s	really different time zone so he needs
90s	uh extra time to join us but but he'll
93s	be here later and now we also have
95s	Jordan aka test so do you want to talk a
98s	little bit Jordan
100s	uh sure I am uh like I said I'm Jordan
104s	I'm one of the uh developers that works
107s	on eco's mod kit
109s	I've done most of the uh the the little
113s	recent changes like being able to do you
116s	know font fonts on the sign and um
119s	things like that
121s	um I don't really have much to say to
124s	that
125s	is nice as that that is important that
127s	that the people that are watching us now
129s	that Jordan is is like the expert of the
131s	mod kit on the company so feel free to
134s	to ask questions on the chat we will be
136s	trying to check all the questions that
137s	are there so
140s	um we are going to talk about mods but
141s	uh first I would like to make a simple
144s	introduction in case someone is not
146s	familiar with the topic so mods is short
149s	for modification and it's a term used by
151s	video game Community for the
153s	modifications that are done by the
155s	players it could be something visual
157s	like the possibility to change the color
159s	of the hair of your character or it
162s	could be a feature to make uh the game
164s	more comfortable like what the concept
167s	of that is quality of life
169s	um like for example we have the mode uh
172s	big shovel that allows you to to
174s	increase the current capacity for
175s	shovels I I think that's a nice mod for
177s	example
178s	but but it's not only that I mean there
181s	are a lot of different modes that can
183s	create new possibilities for a game I
186s	have seen some stuff that I say that are
189s	really creative like having police
191s	inside Eco or having for example race
194s	cars inside the the Eco world I think
197s	that those are nice we are really happy
199s	to find those modes created by our
202s	community and we really hope to see uh
205s	those new features that that everyone is
207s	is creating uh so if you have more
210s	specific question about mods we have the
212s	the right people here for for that and
215s	what we we
217s	should start now so so months what do
220s	you have to to show us
222s	oh yeah I'm going to be showing more
224s	stuff later I think but the to begin
226s	with I'm going to be boring in this talk
228s	actually
230s	um I have
232s	some
233s	opinions we'll see if they're
234s	controversial or not on how how and what
236s	mods are and where where they fit in
239s	into their grander scheme of the game uh
243s	not to just be cool but like more or
245s	less any game
246s	um so first one piece of terminology
248s	that I was reminded to to explain uh I'm
251s	going to be talking about vanilla versus
253s	uh vanilla versus modded and vanilla
256s	here it just means the base game what's
258s	SMG delivers it doesn't need that
260s	doesn't mean that it needs to be uh the
263s	vanilla configuration of the server like
264s	settings or anything but just like an
267s	unmoded game is more or less what I mean
269s	by it
271s	um there are some strength links to mods
274s	I saw a point in the chat when talking
276s	about the big shovel that someone said
281s	the mod that shouldn't be a mod or
283s	something like that and
286s	it's actually I think pretty good to the
288s	point I want to make because not
290s	everyone wants to play with big shovel
291s	it changes the economy it's very
293s	convenient it allows you to like what's
295s	called like shovel out big areas and
298s	terraform much easier it's very nice for
301s	Farmers to be able to actually have flat
303s	nice fields
304s	um and a lot of a lot it's good it's
306s	good for a lot of things but it also has
307s	some drawbacks that you need to
308s	rebalance the economy slightly because
310s	it's easier to get sand clay those
312s	things which means that if you would add
315s	this into vanilla and you would actually
318s	have to change the game a little bit to
319s	make it work the same way still without
321s	upsetting things
322s	and
325s	mods have the great benefits
329s	of being opt-in anything that goes into
332s	vanilla is generally an opt-out
335s	situation so if you if you make a change
338s	in in vanilla it in the in the version
341s	that instantly releases it needs to fit
344s	new players experienced players role
347s	players creative players Min Lux players
349s	it doesn't fits basically with everyone
352s	while in this game we have servers that
354s	cater specifically for role play players
356s	where they can add role play mods with
359s	like even if it has drawbacks on the
361s	economy well it's role play so and the
363s	players are there for role play so it
364s	works for them you don't need to care
365s	about the drawbacks
367s	and this is a huge benefit for mods one
371s	of the other things is of course that
372s	mods can spend
374s	stupid amounts of time on a detail like
378s	I would never think for example that SLG
380s	should incorporate the entirety of
382s	Discord linking like there's a bunch of
384s	things in there that you just don't need
386s	for vanilla I just added it because
388s	either because I thought it was fun the
390s	players on my server thought we would
392s	want it or yeah it just it does a lot
396s	more than the basics and I would rather
399s	see the devs spend time on other things
400s	than doing extravagant weird things with
403s	Discord
404s	um
405s	although that being said I would of
408s	course still welcome some base game
410s	integration with Discord for chat
413s	um
414s	so yeah that's that's two of the real
417s	big advantages that mods have and sort
421s	of where we fit in so when it comes to
423s	the question of like oh why this isn't
424s	this in vanilla the counter question you
427s	can ask yourself
428s	are there drawbacks for people who don't
430s	like the game for the same reason as me
433s	there's a lot of different reasons why
435s	people love Eco and
437s	it really shows the diversity of the
441s	type of servers we have like their
442s	servers that are run like six times XP
445s	double the amount of stockpile sizes and
448s	things like that I mean they don't want
449s	the grind the experience while they're
451s	weird people like me who who
454s	play this game like hanging out in
456s	Discord chatting to people and it's nice
458s	social thing to dig a clay all of a
460s	sudden it all depends on how uh how
463s	people want to
464s	play the game and mods can tailor to
467s	specific Niche categories of people
470s	and that's really the real real strength
473s	of the mods I would say
476s	um
477s	yeah that's that's nice uh months I sent
482s	you a question on the uh I'm sorry can I
485s	uh comment on the Discord chat if you
488s	can check but basically it says can we
490s	make a clarification between mothers who
492s	use base modding and those who have
494s	access to the source code
497s	I actually have some things to talk
499s	about there if we if we want to continue
500s	looking at my face just my mouth is
502s	talking about things instead of cool
504s	mods
506s	Kai isn't here he has all the visual
508s	stuff for this I think but um
511s	so for
514s	in Eco you have some we have a very
516s	special situation I I'm a professional
519s	like programmer for a different game
522s	company
523s	and we have modders for our game as well
525s	they don't have the exact same strength
530s	in their modding system as as the models
532s	for Eco has they get access to our
534s	scripting system and they can add their
536s	own assets and things like that in Eco
539s	people who have access to the source
541s	code
542s	um big we can literally build the game
545s	ourselves
546s	uh and that allows us to do a lot of
550s	cool things
551s	that we we don't always even have to go
555s	and ask strange Loop games like hey I
557s	would need this thing to be able to make
558s	this mod because sometimes we can't do
560s	it ourselves we can even propose changes
563s	in the base in the in the code base uh
567s	for for vanilla uh and just we have we
570s	as models write the code and we send
572s	what's called a polar request to SMG and
574s	they look at it and say uh well we will
577s	do it a bit differently if you do it
578s	this this and this then we can merge it
580s	and when it gets merged it's part it
582s	becomes part of the base game in the
583s	next release or in the release where it
585s	fits and then we have the mod support
588s	that we need
589s	there are some things we have just made
592s	requests for as well like for example
594s	I'll show you later a function I made in
597s	Discord link now it just allows you to
598s	run a command and it will immediately
601s	be prompted by your Discord client on
603s	your PC like whether you want to Join
605s	This Server Like do you when you're in
607s	the Discord server for the Eco server
608s	and that's actually the thing I asked
610s	requested I needed a way to
612s	have the game client uh ask
616s	do you want to join this like do you
618s	want to open this link or like do you
620s	want to go to this web address and when
621s	that works I can just do this and put in
623s	a request and uh Jordan here test uh
627s	made it and now it's in it's in my mod
629s	so we can either do things ourselves or
633s	sometimes when we can't or it's
634s	difficult for us we can ask the
636s	developers to do it so they're very
637s	active and integrated like in the modern
640s	community and it's it's very very nice
642s	to see all the support we get those
644s	models for this game uh it's it's
646s	honestly impressive and very brave I
648s	will say as well as of SLG to expose
651s	their code for the entire world to see
653s	because it's not always easy to keep
656s	release schedules and all of those
658s	all the difficult parts of game
660s	development tidy and nice and neat but I
664s	think you're doing a really good job I
665s	would have to say
667s	well thank you for the positive comments
670s	once I'm sorry I I make as one
673s	introduction that I forgot to mention if
675s	you are watching the stream on the top
677s	of the screen you will see a link with
679s	the survey in case you want to
681s	participate in us uh what mods what kind
684s	of mods do you use and we also like to
687s	collect data about how many people is
689s	interested in learning how to create
691s	mods because we depending on that uh we
695s	would like to consider possibilities
697s	like creating tutorials or something
699s	like like that but I mean it all depends
701s	on on how how popular is this is that in
704s	general so remember that we have a link
706s	uh there in case anyone wants to check
709s	it I will also chart it on the on the
712s	chat I mean Dennis probably will share
713s	it in the chat and yeah again anyone
716s	sorry for the introduction and thank you
717s	for the for the kind comments uh yeah
719s	we're really happy to help our models so
722s	if there is something like that you can
723s	do uh that you can't do we are always
727s	happy to to hear the community feedback
729s	and and try to improve our capabilities
731s	to make the the game better so once you
735s	do you want to display something already
737s	or do you want us to the need to start
741s	talking about what what mods have been
744s	what happened he working on
746s	uh if you did wants to you can show off
749s	a little bit while I prepare
751s	some some visuals for you
756s	yeah absolutely
759s	uh think about you guys although before
761s	I go into showing anything I just would
764s	like to touch on something that months
766s	also mentioned from like with my
768s	perspective so um yes I agree with
771s	everything that one said and I would
772s	like to also add that at least I I think
775s	months as well and Kai we had this
777s	amazing opportunity that I think happens
779s	very loudly in general in gaming like in
781s	modern community that you have a chance
783s	to be a part of the community of the
785s	game that is just like starting before
787s	it this huge explosion when people don't
789s	know each other anymore because there
791s	are so many of them that it's just
793s	impossible to keep track so and even now
795s	we're looking at the chat I see people
797s	who with whom I have interacted before
798s	Who provided feedback and who reported
801s	bugs and gave some suggestions or what
803s	can be added what can be changed so this
806s	was pretty amazing even from from that
808s	side so basically my mod was born from
810s	the need of actually getting some kind
813s	of admin tool to granularly give
816s	permissions to different commands so
818s	because in the very beginning you only
820s	had like option to either give
822s	everything to one person who is an admin
825s	or none and we wanted something that
828s	would allow us to basically just decide
830s	on on the command basis what can be used
833s	and I have been playing with the group
835s	of friends we have met like a long time
837s	ago in and ever since then we have been
840s	playing basically all of the survival
841s	games that were coming out and we kind
843s	of stuck to Eco because it was like this
845s	canvas that basically just drops you out
847s	and you are basically free to do
849s	whatever you feel like so we really
851s	welcome the change that SLG decided to
854s	do that they are going to depart from
855s	the idea of the game that focuses on
858s	like this 30 days interval just you know
860s	getting rid of the meteor and then
862s	restarting and going more into like them
864s	building the community and like systems
867s	laws constitutional settlements this
870s	actually is something that me and people
872s	with whom I play really enjoy and that's
874s	why it was a bigger motivation to
875s	actually create tools so we can use to
878s	help us in like winning the server are
880s	so basically to be completely honest
882s	with you actually people Built My set
885s	because we started with something simple
887s	and then people would say listen maybe
888s	we could add this maybe we could add
890s	that some systems were in the meantime
892s	added already in Eco so mine were
894s	redundant and some didn't so we
896s	basically stuck with it so basically I
898s	could easily say that people who
900s	provided feedback Built My mod I just
903s	had a little bit to shape what they
904s	wanted so that's really cool because
906s	kind of like everyone put a little bit
908s	of it I even keep
909s	like a channel on my Discord where there
912s	is a track of who suggested what so they
914s	could easily find what was added
916s	basically thanks to them so it's really
918s	cool that kind of like everyone
919s	participated and made it happen and also
922s	soccer I wanted to add to what months
924s	that I find the community to be really
926s	nice in general you really almost never
929s	find like accidents of people being like
931s	rude or like uh you know disturbing in
934s	any like shape or form so that's really
937s	fine as well as something I really
939s	enjoyed so your night mode was basically
941s	born out of the idea to just bring some
944s	of the tools um it started like this
947s	giant blob full of functions because I
950s	have never had anything to do with
951s	modding I mean I did mod but never in
953s	like a core language it was always some
955s	scripting language made for the game and
959s	this one was actually the first one that
961s	demanded of me to delve into like uh
965s	mainstream language which was like used
967s	for programming actually I wanted to
969s	join um college that would give
971s	something with programming but
972s	unfortunately they at that time they
974s	required maths physics all the Sciences
976s	subjects that I was really bad at so
978s	that was a no-go for me so for me
980s	modding was kind of like getting this
982s	childhood dream make true without like
984s	having to study for it if that makes
986s	sense so that was quite quite
988s	interesting and yeah it started like
990s	this giant blob of functions and then my
993s	users proposed that at least maybe we
994s	could kind of like divide it because
996s	it's getting too big and so we can make
999s	so that people can only pick the modules
1001s	they going to use and just
1003s	leave out the ones that are not needed
1005s	and then we divided it into like
1009s	this separate Sub sub modules and also
1013s	very important thing because some were
1015s	over the timeline of my mod actually Kai
1017s	joined the community and it was just
1020s	like the bright star on the horizon has
1023s	reason because he has produced like a I
1026s	I cannot I don't have words even it he
1028s	created like uh the entire universe of
1030s	modern he created the framework that
1032s	actually ensured maybe I would ask that
1034s	to something that mon said that um it is
1037s	very important whenever modding is
1039s	involved to make sure that they kind of
1041s	play together because like once also
1043s	mentioned it's very easy to break the
1045s	system if uh you know mods change the
1048s	same things or if they touch the same
1050s	systems that they are not supposed to
1051s	touch so having kind of like framework
1053s	that would kind of gather it all and
1055s	ensure that at least on the permissions
1056s	level things work together would be
1059s	fantastic so Kai did that and also on
1061s	top of that like gazillions of beautiful
1063s	object mods
1066s	yeah and this is how it basically
1068s	evolved to where we are now and how it
1072s	is working now so that would be a little
1073s	bit of my story but I think I should
1074s	give the voice back to Once because I
1076s	think he's ready to present something
1079s	yeah
1082s	I'll I'll just change the discrete go
1084s	ahead once
1086s	okay yeah I could show you some things
1088s	uh as I said I make tools and most of
1092s	you are probably not server hosts but
1094s	players uh and are probably more excited
1097s	about the things that Kai make like
1099s	cars greenhouses the bricks of all the
1102s	colors are just everything
1106s	um
1107s	but I yeah I will show you some things
1109s	that I have worked on let's go and let
1112s	me know like Ping main chat if I speak
1113s	too fast it can I can also absolutely do
1117s	that especially
1118s	when I'm on stream and trying to figure
1120s	out what I'm doing at the same time
1123s	um have we switched to my screen
1126s	yeah yeah your screen is visible and and
1129s	it happens the the same for me I mean I
1131s	start speaking so fast and then I check
1134s	the comments on this on Twitch and there
1136s	is a bunch of people telling me that
1138s	that I'm talking really fast and yeah
1140s	I'm sorry that sometimes it happens yeah
1142s	let us know we are checking the chat
1145s	exactly
1147s	yeah I see I've seen a few other uh
1151s	models in chat like uh Zach is there
1154s	style and uh yes I just wanted to shout
1158s	that there are more models than me need
1159s	and Kai here uh like yeah there's a lot
1163s	of us we aren't hello everyone
1166s	exactly like on my own server I think I
1168s	run mods from at least
1170s	seven different authors eight if you
1173s	count the one of my admins that also
1175s	helped me out with mods okay let's see
1177s	I'm should be on a server now uh there
1180s	are some things I have done for Discord
1182s	link find my list of all the things I
1185s	wanted to show
1186s	uh so firstly I can show what Discord
1188s	link is for it's basically so
1192s	if I type something in chat in game I I
1195s	want to know like
1198s	uh when can someone be back making
1200s	bricks whatever so we just test stream
1204s	message
1206s	pretend that that's one of those message
1209s	yeah exactly stuff in chat uh that's one
1212s	of the things I want to show off but
1214s	just the basic functionality of it is
1218s	that I can
1220s	is a Discord we can find
1223s	there we go
1226s	and it's I just need to scroll a little
1228s	bit
1229s	that's uh I have a vertical monitor but
1231s	I pulled this from that's why it's
1233s	very very long you can see here test
1235s	stream message okay so if I type
1237s	something from here hello
1239s	it will pop out it's probably quite
1241s	small for you but it will pop out down
1242s	here and previously
1245s	it would uh
1248s	it will pop up in a bit of a different
1250s	format if I especially if I do this uh
1254s	no it's not a command I don't know my
1256s	own commands
1258s	is it like less
1260s	no
1262s	hang on I just need to unlink my command
1264s	my
1265s	my user
1267s	unlink account is what it is now I'll
1269s	link account
1272s	there no we're not linked anymore
1274s	then we open this card and we say Arrow
1278s	and we actually go back to the chat
1280s	there we go
1281s	it's not supposed to do that okay
1284s	I haven't released this version and it's
1286s	maybe because it's not doing exactly
1287s	what I want in Discord link you can link
1290s	your account to your Discord accounts uh
1292s	your your in-game account on the server
1295s	to your account on Discord and it gives
1297s	you a bunch of features that you can
1298s	that you can do extra like voting in
1300s	elections via Discord and things like
1302s	that
1304s	um what it was supposed to do here was
1306s	show me that I can talk without using my
1308s	in-game name here so if someone in
1310s	Discord types previously it would say
1312s	Discord link colon and then the names
1315s	the person's name colon and then the
1318s	message which gets variables very long
1320s	very bloated in chat I've actually now
1322s	managed with some help from Kai and nid
1326s	to figure out a good way to skip the
1330s	that fake user altogether previously we
1332s	created a fake user that gets a currency
1334s	it gets a user you can check it in loss
1336s	and all that it's a bit weird because it
1338s	never logs in and it actually causes
1340s	some issues to have it exist as well uh
1343s	because it's not a real user there are
1345s	other mods actually that just look at
1347s	all the users and try to do things that
1348s	I've got the issues because the Discord
1350s	link user is fake and doesn't have
1352s	things set up properly so it's very nice
1354s	to to not have that anymore and instead
1357s	just be able to send
1358s	a custom format of it
1361s	and but then you don't suddenly know
1363s	which messages comes from this card so I
1365s	also added custom icons maybe we can do
1368s	um
1370s	offset Windows plus to zoom a little bit
1372s	whoa
1374s	okay now the cursor is locked
1377s	uh there we go maybe I'm not sure if
1381s	this works let's Zoom that out again
1383s	that's difficult
1384s	but yeah it pops out in the Discord link
1386s	icon after the name to show where it
1388s	comes from
1391s	um this actually leads me into
1395s	another thing
1397s	but and the other another new thing with
1398s	Discord link
1400s	uh yes like someone in chat pointed out
1403s	the number one rule here is that code
1406s	works until you try to show it off or or
1408s	on when it reaches QA then QA will be
1411s	will come back and say it works as
1412s	implemented and that's the worst thing
1415s	because that's not that generally means
1417s	it doesn't work as intended it works
1419s	like I made it and those two are not the
1422s	same
1424s	um let me see yes this one is what I
1427s	want to show so if I go to Discord again
1429s	and then I select some
1431s	some very cool emote I want to send I
1434s	wonder if this will work question mark
1440s	roof think
1442s	oh wow
1443s	I actually got the icon in game
1445s	it's been an issue with this colleague
1447s	for a long time that it would produce a
1450s	little funny funny squares when it
1452s	doesn't recognize the characters I can
1454s	probably find the I can probably find
1457s	some icon in here to show show you how
1459s	it would work maybe the satellite one
1460s	yeah look at that here we go a square
1463s	which is not entirely useful because if
1466s	someone writes like
1468s	uh I don't know
1471s	if when someone writes an email that you
1473s	don't know if it's a colon p or a happy
1475s	face or an angry face it can really
1478s	change the message like the people in in
1482s	game reads so trying to add custom icons
1485s	in here
1486s	I have managed to mostly get it to
1490s	uh work for I've made it work for like
1493s	the most common uh icons in Discord
1496s	like the potato that one was important
1498s	to add
1499s	uh I think I even have a little post
1501s	here
1503s	yeah
1504s	you can I can post this one in game you
1507s	can see what it looks like if I do like
1508s	this pop a whole bunch of icons
1511s	and then there are some icons that are
1512s	natively supported as they're part of
1513s	the Unicode standard
1515s	um
1516s	so this is just to like add on make sure
1520s	that uh
1521s	uh yeah the icons that aren't already
1524s	supported get some support via Discord
1525s	link and with when I was doing that I
1528s	realized well wait we can actually do
1530s	this by in a bit of a custom way as well
1533s	so I think you should see my server now
1535s	tell me if that's not the case
1537s	and there is another new section in the
1541s	in the setup called emotes emote icon
1544s	substitutions
1546s	uh this doesn't look very excited for
1548s	the regular player it's just the server
1550s	interface but you can do a thing here
1551s	that's pretty interesting of and pretty
1553s	simple you just go in here and say like
1555s	when someone uses the Rue think icon in
1559s	in Discord when we find that one in a
1561s	message replace it with an icon with a
1564s	custom icon because in in Eco you can
1566s	make your own custom icons using unity
1569s	and the the mod kit that SLG provides
1572s	three important benefits to anything and
1574s	you just name it something so what I've
1575s	done here is that I've taken this icon
1577s	that I've added to Discord and I have
1579s	added it into Eco as well with the same
1582s	name or well it can be with any name
1584s	because you can just say that here for
1586s	example if someone writes Discord link
1588s	if someone uses that icon it will show
1591s	the Discord Link logo
1593s	so this means that in the future when I
1596s	release this it will probably come
1597s	around 10.0 or the 10.0 preview Maybe
1601s	um
1601s	you will be able to add whatever icons
1604s	you want basically into in-game which is
1606s	pretty cool
1609s	that's what I have about those icons
1611s	maybe I should actually
1613s	show
1615s	yeah
1618s	people writing things in chat just to
1620s	get on stream now
1622s	there are some other features of Discord
1624s	link tell me if you want me to talk
1626s	about something else by the way or
1627s	someone else needs a word in just
1629s	interrupt me
1630s	or if there are questions for me I'm a
1632s	little bit focused
1633s	there are some things that I think are
1636s	pretty cool that I've added to
1637s	discarding on top for this chat
1639s	synchronization this is the most
1640s	important thing being able to
1641s	communicate with people who are offline
1643s	when you are online and vice versa
1645s	uh it's a big thing for these types of
1647s	like persistent long time running games
1649s	another thing I have is these I call
1652s	them this place
1653s	which is basically a it's a message in
1656s	Discord but the bot
1658s	edits all the time so every time someone
1659s	logs in or out they will add a little
1662s	funny line here uh to say that oh this
1665s	person is online they have been online
1667s	for this long this is how long time they
1669s	have until they get exhausted because we
1670s	run an exhaustion server so that's
1672s	that's actually quite relevant to a lot
1674s	of people and like when do you get your
1676s	new exhaustion how long is it left until
1678s	the world is utterly demolished
1680s	another relevant pieces of information
1683s	uh
1685s	and we haven't done this for a bunch of
1687s	things there's let's see there aren't
1689s	any elections going on this server right
1691s	now you can see trades coming in this is
1693s	a feed it just posts trades that happens
1697s	um
1698s	I don't work yeah there's a work party
1700s	up you can see what the word parties
1701s	look like things like this
1703s	um
1704s	it's the main bread and butter of
1706s	Discord link
1709s	what more do I have on my list uh once I
1713s	there is a question about these icons
1715s	that says are you converting them to
1717s	Unity TMP like text message Pro
1722s	uh I don't think so that's the answer
1728s	um the let's see do I have Unity open no
1731s	I can I can probably actually pull up
1734s	Unity quickly and show you what I do it
1735s	was Ned who taught me to do this uh
1737s	first okay firstly I watched Kai's
1740s	excellent videos on YouTube uh then it
1742s	turned out that that was more than I
1743s	needed because he was showing how to
1745s	make an entire item and I just wanted to
1747s	make an icon uh so with some help from
1751s	need and Kai I
1753s	figured out can open the Discord link
1755s	one it's actually super duper easy
1758s	okay now it's going to load for a little
1760s	bit first
1763s	yeah well well it loads uh I'm sorry
1766s	again to interview I think that that guy
1768s	is already on the chat okay uh do you
1771s	want to introduce yourself
1773s	hey guys uh sorry I'm a bit late uh my
1776s	name's Kai I'm a small time motto for
1779s	Eco a lot of you probably haven't heard
1781s	of me
1782s	um I make a bunch of content mods and I
1785s	also build a base framework for a lot of
1787s	modders to use in their mods to help
1790s	make everything as compatible as I can
1793s	um
1793s	I've been playing Eco since like Alpha
1796s	4. so I've been around for quite a while
1801s	um and I've been modding since like
1803s	Alpha five
1805s	uh I started with an old-time mother a
1808s	lot of people probably don't remember
1809s	him but his tag was uh clay C and he
1813s	taught me a lot in regards to modding
1814s	Eco and stuff like that so it's been a
1817s	bit of a wild ride but it's been good
1820s	okay thank you Kai for for the
1823s	introduction uh so yeah once I see that
1824s	you already have Unity open
1826s	yeah I think I'll show you how I add
1829s	these so I I've gotten a
1831s	sorry I need to open the right thing
1833s	here I just open it go to the PNG of the
1836s	image
1837s	uh like just this one everyone uses this
1840s	all the time I'm sure I wasn't really
1842s	sure which uh emails to include by by
1845s	default so please like put uh
1848s	suggestions either in the in the form I
1850s	think there might be a question uh
1851s	section about the school link or you can
1853s	put them in the Discord link like
1855s	discussion uh part in the modding
1858s	Discord uh let's let's play or straight
1860s	up in the mod Dev Discord of um
1863s	sorry mod talk Discord of the official
1865s	Eco Discord like you can reach me in all
1868s	of those places split.dm but uh you can
1871s	put them in any of those places and I
1872s	would see it and I will try to include
1874s	all the commonly used emotes but this is
1876s	what I do I add them in here in unity
1878s	has dragged up them from the from the
1880s	folder and then you can just go select
1883s	this byte 2D and UI option up there then
1887s	you set some sort of Max size I've tried
1889s	to figure out what is good enough here
1891s	trying to keep them small so that you
1892s	don't download more data than we need
1895s	when we do our mod downloads
1897s	um although that has been significantly
1899s	improved with the absolute latest
1900s	release SLG did a few days ago having
1903s	wireless issues now with no downloads
1906s	and then I asked go to I think it is in
1909s	this little thing and I dragged up them
1912s	into this little container up here which
1914s	is just an image container and that's
1917s	all you need to do and then you can just
1918s	go to the Eco Mode kit and build current
1921s	bundle and you will get a little funny
1923s	uh file Dot is it Unity assets dot yeah
1928s	3D assets maybe yeah and you just put it
1931s	in your server in the mods directory and
1932s	it will load it and you can just use
1934s	these icons uh I can actually show you
1936s	in in game if I give if I admin hack
1939s	admin abuse everyone uh large large
1943s	hanging Redwood sign maybe we got one
1947s	probably in my backpack there we go
1951s	wall
1955s	let's see if I can remember the Syntax
1957s	for this I think it's Eco icon name
1960s	equals oops equals uh we can take
1964s	root think
1967s	uh I think it's like this come on yeah
1970s	yeah okay
1972s	there
1974s	so in the exact same way as I'm using
1976s	them in chat it's the exact same thing
1978s	I'm doing here
1980s	that's that's awesome yeah uh there is a
1983s	comment as an initial feedback that
1985s	would be cool to have uh icons also for
1987s	the professions so maybe something to to
1990s	have in mind uh the profession shouldn't
1993s	they already have this uh these icons uh
1996s	existing I think yeah that's right but I
1999s	don't know if they can be used there on
2001s	the uh oh yeah Jordan I believe they can
2006s	uh I mean obviously other members of the
2009s	team would know better but I think for
2011s	the most part
2013s	any icon you see in Eco does show up in
2017s	text mesh Pro it's just a matter of
2019s	knowing the the name because when you
2022s	pull up like Lumber it's not Lumber item
2025s	it's something very specific for things
2027s	like Specialties the the chat badges
2030s	things like that
2032s	um that actually is probably a good
2034s	thing to document at some point uh all
2036s	the various uh suffixes that uh Define
2039s	each type of Sprite
2042s	yeah I I agree with Jordan so yes if
2044s	they are a viable and then your royalty
2047s	icons on the game should be available so
2050s	we need to improve the documentations so
2052s	people know how to how to use them uh
2054s	yeah I love that that image we are
2058s	experimenting a little bit with seeing
2059s	if you can make can you make fake signs
2062s	why are the importing images this one is
2064s	drawn by one of our admins
2066s	just see if we can if we can import them
2069s	and like put paintings up on the walls
2071s	just by using Signs by inputting custom
2073s	images and I know that you have been
2075s	experimenting for things
2076s	uh for taking in-game images as well and
2079s	uploading images and things like that
2081s	yeah I'm working on it yeah we'll talk
2085s	about that in a later stream I suppose
2086s	but it's it's really cool so maybe we're
2088s	making redundant things then you will
2089s	already need to be able to do this in
2091s	10.0 but yeah that's uh that's how those
2095s	uh those icons work let me know if
2097s	there's any other questions regarding
2099s	them
2099s	I think we don't have more questions
2102s	about uh the icons I don't need you want
2104s	to to show us are you ready to show us
2106s	something
2108s	yeah it depends what would be uh that I
2113s	can show you a little bit of unity
2114s	actually maybe I will add something to
2115s	mindset because I remember we were
2117s	struggling a little bit with the system
2119s	when the icons actually changed into the
2121s	image container so um once actually
2123s	covered it very nicely I will only add
2125s	that
2126s	um there is one quirk in unity when you
2129s	want to export your icons and it deals
2132s	with the name of your scene I will try
2134s	to point it out on top of it so
2136s	basically whenever you export your icons
2138s	make sure that you name your scene
2141s	uniquely don't leave it in like General
2143s	because if there is another mod that
2145s	uses the same scene it will be ignored
2148s	so your asset won't show and then you
2151s	will be wondering what is happening and
2152s	actually only the lock can tell you on
2154s	the client side so um basically if you
2156s	follow what one said plus the name of
2159s	the scene then you should be all good to
2161s	go when you want to display your assets
2163s	and actually
2164s	also a huge thanks to one of the
2166s	developers who goes by the name of cell
2168s	game because he's the one who actually
2170s	fixed the image container because it has
2172s	been actually available for a long time
2175s	but it hasn't been working so in order
2178s	to add the image before you had to like
2179s	create a fake item and attach scripts to
2183s	it and it was a little bit more complex
2185s	I guess than it needed to be now it's
2186s	very easy whichever
2189s	um
2189s	PNG or any other graphic you would like
2192s	to add it there is absolutely no problem
2193s	as long as you remember to Simply add
2196s	the unique name for the estenanigan
2199s	sorry if it's getting to uh to Cody but
2201s	since we have mostly models in that I
2203s	hope that this is fine but it's really
2205s	difficult to explain it it's not getting
2207s	into the nitty-gritty details about it
2210s	yeah
2215s	okay thank you for for the for the
2217s	information uh your your screen is still
2219s	available need in case you want to show
2221s	you show us one of the modes that you
2223s	have done before
2226s	absolutely but maybe um if you guys want
2228s	I can give the space to Kai because he
2230s	wasn't presented maybe he has something
2232s	to add and I can go go later on because
2234s	the only thing I can show is the
2236s	different modules I did and some object
2239s	mods that I also that and maybe I wanted
2240s	also to go into laws if anyone is
2243s	interested how they are open how you can
2244s	mod them Civics
2246s	um stuff like that so boring stuff just
2249s	to warn everyone so yeah maybe Kai would
2252s	like to add something
2253s	okay okay uh your screen is visible
2255s	right now in case you want to show
2256s	something if you don't want just just
2258s	let me know
2259s	I think that working real problem well
2261s	familiar my net doesn't like me fish
2266s	um I'm trying to actually
2268s	hop in to probably show you some stuff
2270s	but that's all right
2272s	um
2274s	I don't know
2277s	oh my mind blank now
2279s	um
2280s	there's a lot of cool things like you
2282s	you have your cars for example that's
2283s	very cool
2285s	uh yeah the cars was fun I really
2288s	enjoyed doing the cars so I like to
2290s	explore all aspects of uh Eco modding I
2293s	like to touch
2295s	all different areas uh anywhere from
2297s	admin utilities all the way up to
2300s	um whacked out content mods
2303s	um
2304s	basically when I first started I started
2306s	with some basic objects and
2308s	I found it actually quite easy and quite
2310s	simple to learn because when I first
2312s	started modding Eco I actually didn't
2314s	really know a whole lot about c-sharp
2316s	code at all
2317s	and throughout the years I've actually
2319s	developed a lot of skills in in C sharp
2322s	and um
2324s	and developing into Mods and it's helped
2326s	greatly I've been able to do so much
2328s	with it
2329s	and I've also found like out of a lot of
2331s	other games Eco is probably the easiest
2334s	to mod it's easiest to learn
2338s	um
2340s	and it just takes a little bit of like a
2343s	little bit of patience a little bit of
2344s	testing and then you'll get the hang of
2347s	it so I'm always trying to encourage
2349s	people to to mod
2352s	um if they need help I'm always there in
2354s	the community to help out get their mods
2356s	working
2358s	um
2358s	I wanted to show you some stuff but the
2360s	server doesn't want to let me join
2364s	and if you want some more sorry no yeah
2367s	yeah if you need a couple of minutes we
2369s	can continue with with neither or a
2371s	month do you think that it would better
2373s	to have a couple of minutes to try to
2375s	take a couple minutes might help yeah
2378s	the case yes oh I see you rather than
2382s	you icon once
2384s	yeah I switched it I have to advertise
2387s	um no uh I was just going to mention
2390s	firstly uh that the kai is the one who
2393s	who started up the modding Community
2395s	Discord and if you're interested in
2396s	joining it uh there is a invite link to
2400s	it pinned in the official Eco Discord I
2403s	think it's in the mod Dev chat uh if
2406s	anyone has it and the moderators in here
2409s	don't don't hate it we could post it in
2411s	in the chat because it's not it's not
2413s	only for mothers it's also for people
2414s	sorry talking too fast it's also for
2417s	people who want to give feedback on our
2419s	mods and ask us like hey can you do this
2421s	or like get help
2423s	the the setup of Discord link for
2426s	example is a little bit difficult
2427s	because you need to go through and do a
2429s	lot of Discord stuff that I can't
2430s	automate for you
2432s	um so and Discord permissions don't get
2435s	me started on those there's a lot of
2437s	things you might want help with so we're
2439s	we're there and yeah there we go we've
2441s	got a got a link for it so it's not just
2444s	for mothers it's for everyone else as
2447s	well I have two things I'm going to show
2449s	off like
2450s	for a for some time the official servers
2453s	this white tiger
2455s	runs some of our mods
2458s	um and they have been running this
2460s	scrolling for a little while but they
2461s	haven't enabled like the main feature
2464s	which is chat sharing because as like
2467s	the official developer you have a lot of
2469s	responsibility to care about your usage
2472s	data and people who just buy Eco and go
2474s	in and play on the official server maybe
2475s	don't want to share their chat
2477s	information with uh
2480s	with Discord because Discord is a
2483s	completely different company than what
2484s	they bought the game with uh so Dennis
2487s	actually asked me to make an opt-in
2490s	versus like opt out feature
2492s	so and I finished it up a few days ago
2495s	so if it works well uh I should say
2498s	first and if I actually understood
2499s	exactly what then is needed uh we might
2502s	we might get this on the official
2503s	servers at some point in the future no
2506s	promises or maybe I should promise just
2508s	to get the Dennis in a difficult
2510s	situation if it's listening
2512s	let's see uh I'm going to pull up this
2515s	again so right now I have put my server
2518s	in opt-in mode so if I write something
2521s	in game
2523s	hello it just goes directly to Discord
2525s	it shows up down here
2527s	um sorry that I'm not unable to zoom on
2529s	this it was it became a little bit
2530s	difficult
2531s	um
2532s	it became a little bit difficult to
2535s	control the camera in game because it
2537s	locks it locks the mouse and it's very
2539s	difficult to move move that Zoom around
2542s	but yeah if I write something there it's
2544s	uh it will pop up in this card but if I
2546s	do this uh Discord link
2549s	oh opt out how do we spell this there
2553s	you have opted out of shot
2554s	synchronization
2556s	uh escort link is dumb yeah that's what
2560s	I'm gonna write it's censored luckily
2563s	the author couldn't see that it just
2565s	pops shows up but there was a message at
2568s	the time by this person but they have
2570s	opted out of chat synchronization and
2573s	there is an opposite mode as well where
2576s	you need to opt in as well
2578s	uh so that's like the last feature I
2581s	wanted to show off show off now just to
2583s	see that hopefully maybe sometime you
2585s	can get it on the official Service as
2587s	well and maybe one day we'll have it as
2590s	a native part of the of the game but
2591s	that's uh not a promise I'm going to
2593s	make foreign
2596s	to make
2598s	maybe Jordan can make it for you no I
2601s	was gonna not going to push that on him
2604s	uh I have another mod that I can show
2605s	off as well unless people have questions
2607s	about this uh or if Nathan Kai has
2610s	something else to show off
2613s	well there is a question but it's not
2615s	not exactly related to to the current
2617s	feature we are displaying but it was uh
2620s	with Echo going forward with the desire
2623s	to become a co-infinite do you mothers
2626s	feel that gives your ground for
2628s	experimented experimenting with mods
2631s	uh if I'm to answer that I'm not exactly
2635s	sure
2636s	it was a while since we heard in the
2638s	public information about the Eco
2639s	infinite uh I think at least or I'm not
2641s	just up to date on the information
2644s	um but I'm not exactly sure what it
2645s	would mean for us in all honesty so it's
2649s	a very difficult question for me to
2650s	answer right now maybe when we have more
2651s	information on what and what it means we
2655s	will be in a better position to answer
2656s	unless uh someone of the other models
2659s	have a
2661s	a better response or better informed
2663s	than I am yeah I don't know if Jordan
2666s	has more information because I know I
2668s	don't have more information about it
2671s	I
2677s	don't know I mean there's there's things
2679s	planned for the market for 10. and I
2682s	will say that but as far as
2684s	what's an estate to talk about I'm not
2687s	entirely sure yet
2690s	okay that's nice yeah yeah that that
2692s	also uh answers the question so if you
2695s	don't have enough information uh you
2697s	have two answers but but yeah that's
2698s	that's that's completely valuable so I
2701s	didn't need I'm sorry we interrupt you
2704s	did you wanted to say something no it's
2706s	fine I just wanted to add that maybe not
2708s	So Much from the perspective of the
2710s	model but if from the perspective of the
2712s	player I think this decision is
2714s	fantastic it takes the game more from
2716s	like this very short term experience
2719s	into building communities and I think
2721s	all of the systems that are being
2723s	created now in the game laws settlements
2725s	you know energy consumption all of this
2728s	supporting Technologies are really going
2731s	to shine when the world is living for a
2734s	little bit longer it also gives you no
2736s	space for like bigger words me and my
2739s	community we have always been playing
2740s	for on like this unsupported
2742s	quote-unquote was like eight kilo square
2744s	kilometers I know some people even tried
2746s	16 so really huge and big words that
2749s	require a significant cooperation to
2751s	even get things running like Logistics
2753s	yeah I think it's it's great decision
2755s	and for modeling I think it opens up
2758s	really a lot of possibilities rather
2759s	than process because short-term
2761s	experiences I think they provide less
2764s	space for like mods in general while
2766s	when the words are running longer yeah I
2769s	guess the need for more that stuff will
2771s	even increase over time so I had a great
2773s	decision in my opinion
2775s	nice I think you need need do you want
2777s	now that you're talking do you want to
2778s	show us one of the features that you
2780s	have implemented
2782s	Yes actually I can um let me just switch
2785s	the screen actually I wanted to go a
2787s	little bit more on
2789s	just one second I need to find my
2791s	browser of course it is successful it's
2793s	needed
2794s	one moment
2796s	yes I wanted to just show
2798s	um a little bit more about the different
2801s	modules I have released over time more
2804s	just to touch on the fact that um
2806s	well I get the feedback that how can you
2808s	even read all of this this is just one
2810s	giant wall of text and you know for from
2814s	the standpoint of trying to explain how
2817s	all of these different modules work is
2818s	it is really impossible to do it without
2820s	the wall of text or I'm just not aware
2823s	of the a better way but also the
2826s	consequence of this that is that over
2827s	time especially for traffic tax this is
2829s	like the my most downloaded module I
2832s	have made for Eco basically if someone
2834s	is completely new here and doesn't know
2836s	how the chat system works in Eco I will
2839s	just explain a little bit but that's
2840s	normally basically whenever you type
2842s	something you will get your name and the
2844s	icon that is assigned to you and well
2845s	basically the message that you are
2847s	sending and over time there was a need
2849s	to also add the
2850s	some visible way to identify users like
2853s	who is an admin maybe someone you know
2855s	some I know that some servers are
2856s	running like a donor system so they
2858s	would like to show that um appreciation
2860s	for people who actually support them and
2862s	take part in it in it and you know it's
2865s	such as like a really simple module
2867s	um but this module also ties into a lot
2869s	of stuff that Monson mentioned like for
2872s	example the great help from the SLG
2875s	staff that we got to even make it
2876s	possible because in the very beginning
2878s	to alter anything in the chat system we
2881s	have to use reflection and again it's
2882s	getting a little technical but uh to put
2884s	it simply it is a little bit like
2887s	hacking the system in a sense that
2888s	normally you don't have access to change
2891s	in that sense like the chat system but
2895s	you would use the tool in our case it
2897s	was for a lot of models the harmony leap
2899s	that is used for like modding remote
2901s	oxygen not included however all of these
2903s	games are like single player however in
2906s	terms of Eco there is a lot of
2907s	information being exchanged between the
2910s	server and the client which means if you
2912s	alter something that way well it Crea it
2914s	opens up a huge kind of worms in general
2916s	however it was working for the longest
2918s	time but at some point it got really bad
2921s	so we got a special system that I will
2925s	show later on implemented which which
2927s	made it possible that and now this user
2930s	string so let's call them that way can
2932s	be altered so things can be added I'm
2935s	actually working on a project called
2937s	like a rename mode so you would be able
2939s	to rename the user in a sense that it is
2941s	only visual so the user is still um
2943s	sorry the player I should say the player
2945s	in terms of the game remains named
2947s	originally however it appears
2948s	differently
2949s	um in the chat and you know it can be
2951s	for the various reasons for example the
2952s	one that once also had a little issue
2954s	that for example if someone is called
2955s	very it has very short name like two or
2958s	three characters then whenever you type
2961s	something that contains these characters
2962s	this character will get referenced all
2964s	over the chat you know it creates
2966s	problem because it just looks bad and
2968s	it's it makes the text text really badly
2971s	readable and the other hand is that
2972s	sometimes you know since the ecoc pulls
2974s	the names from Steam you probably have
2977s	seen that people are named sometimes
2978s	very weirdly on Steam so that would
2980s	allow you to also rename them but also
2982s	SLT helped us to actually get it and get
2985s	the system to work without the need to
2987s	use any like third party tools to get it
2989s	like hacked in rather than having it
2991s	being present normally another problem
2993s	with chat text for me was that over the
2995s	time when the module was growing
2997s	uh it got a lot of features for example
2999s	like the short shorted
3002s	tags you know integration with em
3004s	framework so you could get the groups
3006s	that you have for en maybe I'll explain
3008s	that a little bit it's encroaching on
3010s	kite territory so sorry I hope I'm not
3011s	doing anything wrong I would just say
3013s	that in framework has a possibility that
3016s	you can create groups it can be just
3018s	social groups or groups of users that
3020s	have special permissions and if you do
3022s	so then my module will pick their names
3024s	automatically and as you can see for
3026s	example in this window it will
3028s	automatically add the chat so the the
3030s	chat text sorry the attack can be
3031s	modified in any way you like you can you
3033s	can change the brackets you can change
3035s	what is displayed inside you can change
3036s	the colors you can change members and
3040s	and you can also make a shortcut like
3042s	for example if you don't like the whole
3043s	name admin you can make like ATM or you
3046s	can just use whatever combination of of
3049s	characters you like and so that the name
3051s	will be make shorter and that way you
3054s	can actually kind of like make it more
3056s	visible who is doing with which kind of
3059s	like job or or role on your server so
3061s	this is this indeed was by far the most
3064s	downloaded mode and hopefully it is
3066s	still being used again the documentation
3068s	is not my strong suit so as you can see
3070s	the commands are not really displayed in
3073s	a very readable format but hopefully I
3076s	just I'm happy to get like this mostly
3078s	technical users because people who are
3080s	recipients of my modules are usually the
3082s	ones who run their servers which means
3084s	that they are usually reversed with like
3086s	editing endless config files and
3090s	delving deep into the nitty-gritty
3093s	details of their server so hopefully
3094s	that is not the issue but again if you
3096s	guys would ever have any problems or
3098s	issues I have my Discord that you can
3100s	join the link is always included in the
3103s	thread and also maybe touching a little
3105s	bit on what Monsoon said if any of you
3108s	don't like Unity but you would like to
3110s	have your logos or icons added I have a
3113s	service on my Discord um well service
3115s	maybe it's calling it wrong it's
3117s	completely free so don't worry you don't
3119s	have to pay anything you just have to
3121s	join my Discord and state that you would
3123s	like to obtain this maybe let me show
3126s	you actually how the system works I will
3128s	just display this card if it will let me
3134s	yeah exactly so if you will join my
3136s	server you can in the left menu you will
3139s	find a server logos and if you are one
3141s	of the users that really don't like
3142s	unity and you would like to have your
3145s	icons added just make a thread I have
3147s	reached some of them here you will just
3150s	um
3151s	include the asset you would like to have
3152s	added and I will add it for you and once
3154s	it is added it will be
3156s	um then let me show you it will be added
3159s	to optional modules in
3163s	which is one of my modules that actually
3164s	also existed let me just display it
3168s	quickly
3171s	as you can see it just gets added to the
3173s	list of assets and then after
3175s	downloading you you are picking just the
3177s	unity file that belongs to you and you
3180s	use the identifiers that have been
3182s	assigned to your
3184s	um your ass and then you can fully use
3185s	it like once you mentioned either on
3187s	signs or on any basically any assets you
3190s	would like to have
3192s	um maybe in terms of configuration files
3196s	um I have added also the ability to
3198s	display your asset in notifications and
3201s	in like a motto of the Day message let
3204s	me maybe switch to the game and I will
3206s	be able to show you it in practice where
3208s	it is being affected at the moment and
3210s	of course the game is locked out so give
3212s	me a second I will just join quickly
3215s	for you yes yes if you want if you want
3218s	while you're loading uh actually a
3220s	question for tennis wanted me to relay
3222s	because it's not in voice oh thank you
3224s	of course thank you he is wondering if
3227s	needs attacks will be supported and lost
3230s	the message when every support
3232s	automatically assigned tags based on
3235s	elections
3238s	that's a great idea yes absolutely I I
3242s	will look into that I want to make it as
3243s	friendly as possible today existing
3246s	in-game systems
3248s	um and actually I'm now working on
3249s	implementing demographics as well so I
3252s	guess at the same time I will look also
3253s	into how I can add the elections uh to
3256s	be recognized as well I already have a
3258s	working system so that should not be
3260s	um difficult I will just add another
3263s	basically element of of the low system
3265s	to uh to be recognized and that should
3268s	yes that is totally valuable I can I can
3270s	totally add it but it's listening to the
3272s	icon so basically whenever you will add
3274s	your icon
3275s	um it will show for example here as
3277s	Whenever there is an update coming from
3279s	the toolbox or any like a server
3281s	announcement that has your server and
3284s	you can also replace the name of neat
3287s	toolbox for example if you don't like
3288s	this need toolbox showing everyone you
3289s	can just add the tag that will basically
3291s	be
3300s	no I I think we lost your audio for for
3303s	a couple of seconds but nothing too
3305s	serious if you could rewind rewind like
3308s	10 seconds that would be great oh yes I
3311s	was just saying that uh if you use the
3314s	opportunity to add the icon
3316s	um the way I showed you you can then
3318s	attach it also to all of the
3320s	um announcements in the server and also
3322s	you can change the server attack so
3324s	instead of showing like neet toolbox you
3326s	can show the name of your server so you
3328s	are not tied to to the naming if you
3330s	don't like to it is also something that
3332s	grew with demos so people requested it
3333s	so it has been implemented and also on
3336s	the character here you see my first
3338s	attempt of adding like an object mode
3339s	I'm not an object model but still I want
3341s	to add something and forgive the wrong
3344s	orientation of the potion button it will
3346s	be corrected but basically this is an
3348s	attempt to extract a function I have in
3351s	my player manager module that resets the
3353s	character I know that the vanilla game
3355s	already has this command but contrary to
3358s	the vanilla command it this one will
3360s	actually
3361s	also return you to unlearn skills so for
3364s	example it will return you to like this
3365s	pristine view without any skills being
3368s	selected if you would like to give it
3370s	you can give it to users you can give it
3372s	to anyone you like it will have a recipe
3374s	and it will not require the player
3375s	manager module so it can be used like a
3378s	food basically and I also have an um
3380s	like animation I can forgive the way it
3382s	is being kept I have to adjust the
3385s	values but basically you eat it like um
3388s	like food so then if if the character
3391s	does it it will get like a pop-up if he
3393s	really wants to reset if not it will
3395s	return if he wants to rest it or she it
3398s	will just get the character to the
3399s	starting State as it was um in the
3402s	beginning maybe at the same time I will
3404s	also also show you
3406s	um oh yeah the legislation I will need
3407s	one minute to spawn the Civics because I
3409s	forgot to spawn the government but also
3411s	I have had action to detect when food is
3414s	eaten and for lock picks but maybe I
3416s	will talk about it later not to take too
3418s	much time if we still have the time so
3420s	thank you and sorry if it was worrying
3424s	that that was nice a neat thank you for
3428s	for your introduction to the tax system
3431s	that you have been working on that you
3432s	worked on uh so I'm going to show Jordan
3435s	screen that he and he went to tell us a
3438s	little bit about the mod kit future
3442s	oh yeah uh so I figured uh since we're
3445s	waiting on Kai still I would show
3446s	something new
3448s	so we've been getting uh some requests
3451s	for the ability to mod in new pages to
3455s	the elections website
3457s	and there is now currently a
3460s	change request for this that would
3463s	support adding custom content to the web
3466s	page now obviously this is a very
3468s	via version one equivalent of this and
3472s	it'll likely evolve over time but
3475s	you are now able to are going to be able
3478s	to Define a web plugin that will be able
3481s	to serve content to the the front end
3485s	you can do this via Razer if that's your
3488s	thing or you can also do it through a
3491s	spy application like uh view or react
3495s	though for that we will
3497s	there's there's been some talk about
3499s	possibly publishing uh a library that
3503s	would talk to the API provided by the
3506s	web server if that's something that's of
3507s	interest you know please uh leave
3509s	feedback in the uh the survey but
3512s	this is just a little thing demoing it
3515s	it's not very exciting page but it does
3517s	show that it'll I'll add a little tab
3520s	here that'll serve the content from the
3521s	web plugin it's not shown here but you
3524s	can also assign an icon as well which is
3527s	from this right here
3530s	um yeah I mean I I don't have too much
3532s	to say on it but I figured yeah maybe I
3535s	Kai a little bit of time
3536s	[Laughter]
3540s	you think it's a nice a nice uh feature
3543s	to include on on the game and a little
3546s	uh I I don't know if if Kai is already
3549s	ready because he had he was having some
3552s	internal issues but but doesn't the
3554s	problem at all we also have a bit more
3556s	of
3558s	um modifications from months and neat I
3561s	don't know who wants to to keep showing
3563s	some of the mods that have been worked
3566s	before or maybe some of the work on
3568s	progress
3571s	uh I could talk a little bit on server
3574s	modifications if you want to like the
3575s	actual
3577s	like not making code that loads into the
3580s	server but actually changing the real
3582s	server and if we're interested in that
3586s	that seems interesting I love that shark
3588s	by the way
3590s	okay let's switch to my screen yeah I I
3593s	have looked around and put the funny
3594s	icon on the icon
3596s	um
3597s	so uh
3599s	the server that we run uh on I've been
3602s	running this Eco server uh for about
3604s	three years and maybe half a year ago or
3607s	so uh I asked Dennis like hey would it
3610s	be okay if we run our Custom Custom
3612s	binary which basically means we I build
3616s	the server myself I have the code for it
3618s	I have the environment to build it and I
3620s	can run my own server uh or I can run my
3623s	own server code so I take the code that
3625s	I said he has I jumped yep I just jumped
3629s	um
3630s	and using that we can make custom
3633s	changes there were some things that
3635s	weren't incredibly easy to model
3637s	unfortunately it will always be the case
3639s	like in most other games most things are
3641s	difficult to mod in Eco most things are
3643s	relatively easy to mod I would say uh
3646s	but even the things that we can't
3647s	actively mod like the exhaustion system
3649s	for example it's I think it's made
3653s	relatively quickly to just fulfill the
3655s	need to have something
3657s	to have exhaustion over at all
3661s	but it left us wanting to do some more
3664s	things with it for example we find that
3666s	people have a lot of time to play during
3667s	the weekends but they don't have as much
3669s	time to play in the week days so if we
3671s	say that you get six hours a day to play
3674s	ah then
3675s	uh it's a bit much in the weekdays after
3679s	the weekend because then the people who
3681s	have
3682s	time to play six hours a day will really
3684s	do it but the people who don't won't and
3687s	SMG added a really nice thing with
3688s	rollover so that you can stack at this
3692s	the time you don't use for one day you
3695s	can stack into another day and have more
3696s	time the next day
3698s	um we did some improvements on that so
3702s	but one thing we for example are that is
3704s	like whenever you join you will get just
3707s	six hours you just get six hours extra
3708s	whenever you join so if you're in late
3710s	you you can still catch up even if you
3712s	joined
3713s	um
3714s	oh sorry this is actually in the wrong
3716s	order the first thing we made that this
3719s	ties into is that we change it so that
3721s	you'd get different amounts of time on
3723s	different weekdays I actually add this
3726s	into our uh into our server source code
3728s	if I can find I think it would be in the
3731s	balance gameplay maybe maybe balance
3733s	look at this exhaustion after hours
3736s	Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday is
3738s	what it says uh
3740s	just how much exhaustion should you have
3742s	on the on the different days
3744s	and this was actually very very well
3747s	received but the code for this it's
3750s	honestly it's just bad I always copy
3752s	pasted the thing that already existed
3753s	multiple times and if someone did this
3756s	internal SMG uh the other developers
3759s	that have to review their code would say
3761s	please don't do this but SSG never has
3765s	to support any code that I make I am the
3767s	one who has to live with this when
3769s	whenever they change that code
3771s	which is also a reason why some things
3774s	like this feature might be nice why
3776s	don't they just pull it into vanilla ah
3779s	because the code for it is just bad I
3781s	just wrote this really quick and easy
3782s	just to make it work because I'm a
3785s	mother I can do that I don't need to
3786s	care about code quality uh
3788s	as long as the things work and I am the
3791s	one who's going to be able to have to
3793s	bear the pain of supporting this if I
3795s	make it bad
3797s	I figured this should this should be
3799s	stable enough for now you're still just
3800s	to sort of make an experiment so we made
3802s	this but then also people who join late
3804s	people who join on the day where you
3806s	only get three hours
3807s	uh they won't have as many as much time
3810s	basically uh they will start with three
3813s	hours which is a bit unfair so we made
3815s	it so oh you can start with an amount an
3817s	extra amount of hours uh so you get this
3821s	many hours per week per day in the week
3823s	and you get uh six six hours extra
3826s	whenever you join just to always make
3828s	sure that you get get it started
3831s	um there are some other things we've
3833s	done with exhaustion system as well
3834s	there's some uh one interesting thing
3837s	actually uh we have faded a little bit
3840s	with I think we have it mostly working
3842s	now you might need to sort out some bugs
3844s	let me just find a flat space Maybe here
3846s	yeah and we're gonna cheat some more
3848s	give me a oh what's those called I know
3852s	kai has some nice benches give uh is IT
3855s	Park Bench look at that I think this is
3858s	guys if this is not Kai's and I'm
3860s	claiming that it is I'm sorry to the
3862s	actual author uh
3865s	uh oh yeah this one okay I'm showing off
3868s	Kai stuff now this looks nice but I
3869s	can't actually figure out how to sit on
3871s	it which is what I need to do if tune
3873s	log bench maybe no
3877s	on
3881s	something
3887s	at least for me it's a bit difficult to
3889s	to hear
3890s	yeah same here okay I'm
3893s	more third Zone benches
3898s	thank you devils
3901s	I can't figure out the the names of the
3903s	icons a lot of these have varieties
3904s	depending on
3907s	there we go depending on which material
3909s	you make them out of sometimes they're
3911s	difficult to spawn there now you can sit
3913s	on it now when I sit on this I'm
3915s	actually not taking my exhaustion and
3917s	I've you can't probably can't read this
3919s	tooltip but it says you are currently
3920s	resting and will not become more
3922s	exhausted until you get up so whenever
3925s	you sit on something that is not a
3926s	vehicle your exhaustion time just
3928s	doesn't count this is actually had a
3930s	very interesting effect on players
3932s	because like outside of people's stores
3933s	sometimes you see an AFK chair now and
3937s	you actually get people sitting down in
3938s	the environment but again this is
3941s	something that might be good nice for
3942s	vanilla but the code for it don't don't
3945s	take that into the base game please
3947s	please just look at this see that it's
3949s	good and make it yourself when you feel
3953s	that it's when and if you feel that it's
3955s	appropriate to to implement for the game
3958s	you are there of course the the design
3960s	is for the game and no the game better
3961s	than I do this is something that yeah
3964s	maybe this would be neat and I just made
3965s	it and it has 30 people liked it doesn't
3969s	mean that it fits with the overall
3970s	design of the game but
3972s	and also it can't just be pulled in
3975s	straight into the game because it's not
3977s	very maintainable code as we we call it
3980s	but yeah those are some things we've
3982s	done with server modifications there are
3984s	some caveats to this
3986s	so we made these changes
3988s	the negative thing with it is we can't
3991s	share it if someone else wants to wants
3993s	to do this I can't just give them a
3995s	server binary because I'm not allowed to
3997s	redistribute the server only the
4000s	original like creators or the people
4002s	actually owning the game SLG can we
4006s	distribute the server this is also why
4008s	we can't make client changes this is a
4010s	thing that limits us a lot as models we
4012s	can't change the game client the reason
4014s	is the same we cannot just build we can
4017s	make a different client for ourselves
4019s	but then only we can play like only the
4021s	model it themselves can use it because
4024s	we're not allowed to redistribute the
4025s	client which makes total sense like
4028s	anyone except the developers should
4032s	never do that
4033s	um
4034s	and or aren't allowed to do that I
4037s	should say even
4040s	um there's also some other things that
4041s	restrict us a little bit like in terms
4043s	of what we are allowed and aren't
4044s	allowed to do like we can use the the
4046s	assets that srg have they have a ton of
4049s	different icons and uh
4052s	models the textures and we can use those
4055s	uh more or less how we want for our old
4058s	mods which is cool the caveat I guess is
4060s	if we use something that SLG hasn't
4062s	released yet like if I were to go in and
4064s	use their both models for example uh we
4067s	should probably ask them for permission
4069s	and that's for for the record what's I
4072s	think has happened with uh there's been
4074s	a streaming community that has had boats
4076s	on their server I don't think they're
4077s	real Bots they are like modded boats the
4079s	real boats come with 10.0 vehicle
4082s	correct me if I'm wrong anyone in the
4084s	call
4085s	um but they have used I think an
4087s	original model but that's because they
4089s	have been talking to the developers and
4090s	done it like the proper and good way uh
4094s	so I get I think you can always contact
4096s	the
4097s	Dennis a community manager if you are
4100s	concerned like am I allowed to use this
4101s	model in my mode and for the most part
4104s	if you're only using it on your own
4105s	server their answer is going to be yes
4108s	so yeah that's what I think was the
4110s	thing I wanted to talk about regarding
4112s	changing the server code which is a
4115s	really really cool thing for the record
4117s	that I haven't seen any other game
4119s	allowing because almost no other game
4122s	gives you access to the source code
4124s	so that's a that's a fantastic
4126s	opportunity for for stranger games and
4129s	and Eco and our modern community
4131s	I actually can uh add on to this too
4134s	um
4135s	like it's like he said you can make your
4138s	own binary if if you want for your own
4141s	personal use but if you come up with
4144s	something and actually want it to be
4146s	part of regular Eco we do technically
4150s	accept Community contributions now that
4152s	said
4153s	we were going to run used to the same
4155s	ringer that we run ourselves through for
4157s	reviews so you know don't don't copy and
4160s	paste the code but the option is there
4162s	if you if for example if you're running
4164s	into a wall with a mod that you need
4167s	this thing to be enabled and we don't
4169s	have the time at the moment to get to it
4171s	you're more than welcome to submit a
4174s	change request and we'll we'll look at
4175s	it and then if it it meets our standards
4178s	we'll we'll accept it
4181s	don't think that it's even limited to to
4184s	modding stuff either there have been
4186s	some things like the original shot
4187s	logging system but something that I
4189s	wrote as a model and then I was like I
4190s	should maybe be in the base game talked
4192s	a little bit to Dennis made a pull
4193s	request uh changed a ton of things
4195s	because it wasn't up to scratch uh and
4198s	then it actually got included in the
4200s	game and then SLG have improved the
4202s	Hornet and changed it to probably not
4204s	much of my code anymore uh which is
4206s	probably for the best because I'm not a
4207s	c-sharp developer I'm a C plus plus
4208s	developer uh so it can't be other things
4212s	as well I know there another one of my
4215s	admins and me sat down at one point
4217s	because we we got really annoyed with
4219s	the bug that made it so that sometimes
4221s	if you hovered an item it says that ah
4223s	this store is selling it for this price
4224s	and then when you go there's like no it
4226s	doesn't and we figured out what was that
4228s	was caused by and submitted a pull
4230s	request to have that fixed although last
4232s	week or two weeks ago I actually still
4234s	saw an instance of it so I thought was
4236s	really tricky and it just shows how
4239s	tricky it is to fix bugs in big games
4241s	like this
4243s	so
4244s	other things than modding as well uh
4246s	sometimes get Incorporated which is
4248s	really cool to see that the community
4249s	like takes part in improving the game
4253s	and yeah it's really really awesome that
4255s	you guys uh allow us to to take part in
4258s	the development as much as you do
4260s	thank you for the for the comments we
4262s	are always happy to hear those kind of
4264s	positive feedback for for the game
4266s	that's that's really awesome to be
4268s	honest I mean being a developer here
4269s	that that you actually enjoy the what we
4273s	have done is is lovely
4275s	um okay so I think that Kaiser still
4278s	having issues so we may have to do a
4280s	different stream with with Kai uh before
4283s	we finish I don't know if need wants to
4286s	talk a little bit uh more technical that
4290s	yes absolutely I just wanted to show two
4293s	things um and also add to something that
4295s	one said because I have actually
4297s	something to show that to prove what he
4299s	said it is about the community
4301s	contributions and also what Jordan
4303s	mentioned in that yes you can absolutely
4305s	submit it and I often heard like I don't
4308s	remember exactly where it was if it was
4309s	in community modding or if it was on my
4312s	uh Discord that you shouldn't bother
4314s	because
4315s	um
4316s	and it wasn't a payment at SLG but more
4318s	as a general not the developers never
4320s	really don't even bother writing
4322s	suggestions because no one reads this it
4323s	will just be buried in like uh 117 other
4328s	um suggestions and no one would look at
4329s	it so I had something to show you that
4331s	actually this is not the case at least
4332s	not with SLG so please let me I I got a
4335s	permission to show it so please don't
4336s	cancel me for showing like uh closed in
4339s	things but this is absolutely authorized
4342s	just give me a second I will display the
4345s	the browser and yes exactly so um let me
4349s	show you how it worked in my case so I
4352s	was very scared to even submit anything
4353s	for the first time because I have
4354s	literally never submitted anything like
4356s	the public entity or like the company or
4358s	you know which actually contains a lot
4360s	of developers who know what they are
4362s	doing and you always get this feel that
4364s	oh my goodness what if they look at my
4366s	code and they just laugh like child what
4368s	are you bringing here this is like the
4370s	serious business don't come with
4372s	something like that it and please don't
4373s	be scared because they will actually
4375s	tell you what to change it's it is a
4376s	great opportunity to actually learn how
4378s	it is done and let me show you this is
4381s	actually the newest addition that I made
4383s	for um
4385s	and just one second I will go back to
4387s	the browser for as a proposal to change
4390s	the code basically it it deals with the
4392s	food item as you probably all know
4394s	um food item is anything basically that
4396s	anything that your character is able to
4397s	consume and then situation we have in
4400s	now that um you can add a timer unlike
4403s	the spoilage time when the food will
4405s	expire however there is no way to define
4407s	the food as non-spoiling basically and
4410s	the reason why you may want to do it is
4412s	because when whenever you put a food
4414s	that is spoiling into the server it
4416s	basically creates a timer that runs on
4418s	ticks which can be like heavy on the
4420s	server so whenever we don't need to add
4422s	the ticket it will be nice that we don't
4423s	have to plus you know for role Place
4425s	reasons but if you add anything chemical
4427s	like potions something that would last
4429s	for a really really long time there is
4431s	no need to add a timer on it so I
4433s	decided to it will be nice to have
4435s	something like that in and look what
4437s	happens so I propose this PR here as you
4439s	can see this is again what Jordan said
4441s	so you will get reviewers assigned to
4444s	your
4446s	um proposal and then then the fun starts
4449s	so basically you don't expect that it
4450s	will be like yes sure we will take it
4452s	you will get comments like nope please
4453s	fix that please reconsider doing that
4456s	and of course in the very beginning you
4458s	won't even understand what they want
4459s	from you but after you know doing it a
4461s	little bit more and trying to search for
4464s	information you will eventually get to a
4466s	point where
4467s	um you deliver and look what happens and
4469s	then
4470s	um after some time and this is this even
4472s	isn't like the old one I will show you
4473s	some that were accepted in like two days
4475s	so as you can see everyone has already
4478s	accepted which means that this feature
4480s	will get implemented probably in the
4482s	next uh next time when the result is
4485s	basically uh coming out I can show you
4488s	also
4489s	maybe let me get back quickly sorry
4491s	again if this is boring or not really
4493s	after the topic but I think it might be
4495s	interesting to people who actually would
4496s	like to like uh put something in uh so
4499s	uh yeah maybe this one as you can see it
4501s	was opened on 3rd October and it closed
4504s	on the 6th so again a very quick
4506s	implementation again if you explain what
4509s	you want so like you can see you have to
4510s	conform to like a specific form of your
4514s	uh you know pull request it has to
4515s	contain the description what you want to
4518s	achieve and then you can provide
4519s	additional information and after the
4521s	review again the
4524s	staff lens into the game code for us it
4526s	is amazing because for example this one
4528s	at this particular one it deals again
4530s	with this service that allows you to
4532s	show traffic to alter the user strings
4534s	to show the roles like in the UI in
4537s	in chat in in various like like laws for
4541s	example in descriptions and when this
4543s	got fixed actually this feature started
4545s	working so again whenever you would like
4547s	to propose something don't feel like
4550s	intimidated or you really can can do it
4553s	and it's really fine it will it will get
4555s	reviewed and probably not everything
4557s	will get implemented but if it's viable
4559s	then you can absolutely count that this
4561s	will get in and maybe to add something
4563s	on that I also wanted to show you I got
4566s	a permission again from the person who
4567s	originally
4569s	um kind of like went with this idea
4570s	because we spoke yesterday about maybe
4573s	showing you guys like um how it is to
4575s	implement a system in Eco that actually
4577s	never existed before something that is
4580s	possible within the frames work of the
4581s	game but no one actually thought that we
4583s	can go that far so just to make the long
4586s	story short there is a community I think
4588s	Jordan is actually also involved in this
4589s	community that place on the server which
4592s	has a system
4594s	um in a sense that there are criminals
4596s	and police
4597s	uh there are two groups the criminals
4599s	can go and steal items from houses
4602s	leaving close automatically whenever the
4604s	item is removed there will be a clue
4606s	dropped which is invisible for the
4607s	criminals however police whenever they
4609s	investigate the area they can pick them
4611s	up and you know just figuring out who
4614s	did what and what was stolen of course
4617s	depending on your level of the delivery
4619s	and on the tools the level of the tools
4620s	that you have used for studying you will
4622s	have better or less chance of how many
4624s	items you can actually take from from
4627s	the home that you have been invited you
4628s	have been invading so the way I came
4631s	across of the system that I was asked to
4633s	add a small game action that would get
4635s	triggered anytime the lockpick is being
4637s	successfully used on the locked item be
4639s	the door or like chest or whatever so it
4641s	would be reason and then it would inform
4643s	the police that listens something is
4646s	happening it wouldn't give them the
4647s	exact location of what was being stolen
4650s	however like a general area that they
4652s	should look at what is happening and
4653s	this is also a good way to maybe talk
4656s	about a little bit like about the game
4658s	actions and how they actually work
4660s	within the law system
4662s	and please forgive these tiny icons that
4664s	appear here Sergey told me that this is
4667s	actually on the SRT site and they can
4669s	fix it so it's something we have
4670s	influence over now but basically this is
4672s	the action I added so basically every
4674s	time when the citizen is using when the
4677s	object is actually locked picked
4679s	um this action is being um like alerted
4682s	like it it is reason and actually you
4684s	can even indicate which
4685s	tool has been used and again this is
4688s	like this case is very easily achievable
4690s	uh within like the modding you can just
4693s	it is as simple as giving attack in
4696s	which you would like to use to to like
4697s	limit this which items are available to
4699s	to get picked here so whenever the the
4702s	object is locked big then this action
4703s	will be triggered and then you can send
4705s	the notice for example that this
4707s	happened you can add the location that
4709s	is carried with the action you can
4711s	display for example the server time
4714s	that this action has happened so you
4716s	know really I I wouldn't say that maybe
4718s	the sky is the limit but definitely a
4719s	lot of the stuff is possible maybe I can
4722s	even show you like
4723s	um how this actually what this lock
4725s	picking Works in a practice so while you
4727s	are away I have spawned a little store
4729s	in here actually it was funny because uh
4732s	initially when we were testing it we
4734s	found the toilet it was like this fancy
4736s	building and all it had inside was a
4737s	toilet with the dresser but this is
4739s	basically how it works and let me just
4741s	see if I remember
4743s	oh yes this is always difficult to
4746s	expand the thing you like
4749s	but I just want to show you how on my
4751s	okay so if we Advanced logic maybe let's
4753s	use this one
4758s	item
4765s	yeah but so basically uh sorry again I
4767s	think that everyone was Finding but
4768s	basically the moment is spawned uh you
4771s	can basically either use it on the uh on
4773s	the door or any actually uh locked
4775s	object it can be chest or stockpile
4777s	which is not actually belonging to you
4779s	and the indicator of it is like whenever
4780s	you point on something you get like this
4782s	red indicator that this item doesn't
4785s	belong to you I assigned it to the test
4787s	client zero uh so uh that way you know
4791s	that you can actually interact with it
4794s	let me just click what I'm doing wrong
4795s	and okay so it's actually advanced
4803s	item Advanced big set item
4807s	ah yes so I have to be more more
4810s	specific
4812s	yes again that of trying to show
4816s	something
4817s	let's try super
4823s	okay it seems like I'm not going to show
4826s	you this guys but basically uh what
4828s	happens is that the tool which actually
4830s	has a 3D model will appear in your tool
4832s	belt then you click on the doors and if
4834s	you are successful you will get in and
4836s	then you have you can spend as much time
4837s	as you like inside the property and just
4840s	remove the the chest and actually the
4842s	system is so small that it it will
4844s	actually take into account the tier of
4846s	the item that you are trying to steal
4847s	from the test and your skill levels so
4851s	as you can see this system has never
4853s	existed in Econo one has been working on
4855s	that yet motors have put it in which
4858s	works you know it's only a small section
4860s	that I'm showing they have police boats
4862s	cars a ticketing system fines cords like
4867s	you know all of the law enforcement that
4870s	actually happens at the same time so
4872s	really I was mind blown when I saw this
4875s	in action maybe Jordan can tell more
4876s	about this mod or Kai when he's back
4878s	because
4879s	um they are in this community and also
4881s	huge shout out to Willy Wonka who
4883s	actually came with codes to be so he was
4885s	the one who requested this little change
4887s	to be made and this is how I actually
4889s	got informed about this particular
4892s	remote existing but yeah totally uh
4894s	great I think it's the most complex one
4897s	that I have seen in my time before you
4900s	go
4901s	thanks need for for all the information
4904s	thank you
4906s	so I think Kai is back and ready to to
4909s	show us something of the motor that have
4911s	been developing a hi yes I finally got
4914s	it working it does does not just give me
4917s	a second I'll show you the screen I
4921s	lost my OBS I'm not really sorry but but
4924s	yeah you can start talking already
4928s	so you can see my screen
4931s	it should be visible now
4935s	it's revisible all right yeah yeah so
4938s	I've created a lot of
4942s	uh content mods for acre and ranging
4945s	from block types all the way up to new
4946s	vehicles as you can see here we have one
4948s	of the uh police cars out of my vehicle
4950s	mod which
4952s	thanks to uh a change that was
4955s	incorporated by one of the devs a little
4958s	while ago we are now able to actually uh
4962s	as you can see down the bottom here
4964s	um adjust the lights
4967s	um so we can turn the lights on and off
4969s	while actually
4972s	driving vehicles and stuff now we can
4974s	actually do a lot of other different
4975s	things with this not just lights
4977s	um but there's many other different
4978s	things that we can do this with this in
4980s	regard
4982s	ads to Vehicles now a lot of you've
4984s	probably already seen all these mods
4986s	like me colored glass the vehicles the
4988s	semi that's decided to go for a swim
4993s	but the system stuff a lot of you
4995s	probably haven't seen that uh I have had
4997s	in before which will be coming back
5000s	um these items here are
5002s	called daylight sensors this is part of
5004s	a mod pack that I'm working on called uh
5007s	energy
5008s	um and it's not just the daylight
5010s	sensors
5012s	to say that there's like power switches
5014s	breaker switches all kinds and light
5016s	switches now the function of the
5018s	daylight sensors is to help with power
5020s	so as you can
5022s	see here we have a light which has got
5024s	plenty of power but if we try and turn
5025s	it on it turns itself straight back off
5027s	so what this is is this is the daylight
5030s	assembly here to Tech
5032s	thing that it is currently daytime in a
5034s	server and turns the lights off if you
5037s	don't know much about the power system
5039s	in eco
5042s	it's all grid based and so when there's
5045s	no draw on the power generators they
5047s	kind of turn off except for the wind
5049s	turbine so we're going to just
5052s	possible at the center until it's night
5054s	time and as you'll see when it hits
5055s	nighttime the light should turn on by
5057s	itself because the sensor will actually
5058s	detect that and then it should make the
5060s	change automatically
5066s	as you see the light itself is uh just
5068s	turns itself on so
5072s	the part of the um green Energy System
5075s	that I'm working on to help with power
5076s	saving and pollution-based stuff in the
5079s	actual base game
5082s	so you can use these types of sensors
5085s	these types of switches to actually save
5087s	on putting out pollution with power
5089s	um
5092s	generation and it also will help like
5094s	throughout the day like if you have low
5096s	power generation in general uh it'll
5099s	keep the lights off taking that extra
5100s	draw off and
5102s	and then allowing the other tables and
5104s	stuff to keep running and then at night
5105s	time so you can see that that will turn
5107s	on
5108s	I've seen a comment there about the con
5112s	veyorabouts the conveyor belts are
5114s	really um broken at the moment
5117s	I don't have a prepped display of them
5123s	uh unfortunately but yes the lag I'm so
5127s	sorry my uh incident is really bad
5132s	that
5134s	um what else oh this is just a little
5136s	extension on um something that was
5139s	showing off in regard
5142s	as to the lock picking now this thing is
5145s	called a um search warrant now this is
5147s	something I plan on releasing part of an
5149s	EMS
5153s	uh kind of mod so it's more of a role
5155s	play based mod that will um you know
5157s	help expand on role play with different
5159s	uh emergencies so
5162s	let's type things so like rescues police
5165s	ambulance fire brigade stuff like that
5168s	but the search warrant acts a little bit
5170s	like the dev tool without the
5172s	uh overpoweredness of the building and
5175s	stuff in the devtool but it allows you
5177s	to um as like a police officer in role
5179s	play Enter and
5182s	operate things that you don't actually
5185s	have the 30 Authority on so with the uh
5187s	search warrant we can actually now get
5189s	in and control it
5192s	vehicles uh we can also access other
5195s	people's buildings and structures
5197s	um and all other sorts of things now I'm
5199s	also going to
5201s	okay
5202s	to give you guys a little sneak peek
5206s	into something else that I'm working on
5208s	that is also in regards to Pal
5212s	wow so they were in once before but very
5215s	briefly uh and I'm working on reworking
5217s	the system so it is a lot better is we
5220s	have rechargeable
5222s	batteries that help tie into your power
5225s	grids so basically with Excess power the
5228s	batteries will charge up and then when
5229s	there's not enough power in the grid
5230s	anymore
5232s	say like a generator is running out of
5234s	fuel and you haven't topped it up the
5235s	batteries will turn on and provide power
5237s	back into the grid
5246s	hey I think that we lost your your audio
5249s	for a moment in case you you can go back
5252s	a couple of seconds yeah I'm so sorry
5258s	um I think the last thing I was talking
5259s	about was
5262s	the batteries a rechargeable battery
5265s	system
5273s	uh is there any questions in regards to
5275s	like modding or anything that I've made
5278s	or am making oh well I have been reading
5281s	the twitch chat and they are mostly uh
5285s	saying how great are your mods and and a
5287s	lot of compliments for everything you
5290s	have done so so there are really not
5292s	coincidence there's more like a lot of
5294s	compliments
5298s	uh it makes me happy knowing
5303s	a lot of people enjoyed my um my mods
5306s	the things that I've made
5308s	um and all that sort of stuff like it as
5311s	a
5313s	hotter like I'm pretty sure the others
5315s	feel like this as well when you make a
5316s	mod and people actually enjoy the things
5318s	that you've made and they give you
5319s	really good feedback it makes you feel
5323s	nice and happy
5324s	um that the work that you've done is
5326s	appreciated in a way
5328s	um so hearing that so many people do
5329s	enjoy the things that we've met
5333s	made and the things that we do
5335s	um is a really good feeling for us and
5337s	it does help us keep pushing forward
5339s	with creating new content and things
5345s	there is a question uh that that you
5348s	that would be really nice to help you
5349s	answer so someone on Twitch chat asked
5352s	what program is used to make modes
5358s	um so
5363s	usually we use as a basis three systems
5366s	so one system is visual Studios which is
5368s	a integrated development environment
5370s	which it just helps make
5373s	writing the code a bit easier uh it
5375s	helps to keep it a bit cleaner and it
5377s	helps show errors and stuff where when
5379s	you're actually trying to develop the
5380s	code side of your mods and then
5383s	the other tool would be Unity so we use
5385s	Unity for implementing our objects our
5387s	assets
5389s	um and bringing the actual objects and
5390s	things that we have
5393s	in our vision to life inside the game
5395s	then you have others that you'll use 3D
5398s	modeling software whether it be Maya
5399s	blender 3s map
5403s	for creating the objects and models
5407s	yeah for example some of the modes that
5409s	they have done by by Kai I'm sorry that
5412s	that are interrupted sorry uh so some of
5415s	the words that have been done by Kai
5416s	include custom models that he have done
5419s	himself on for the custom models you may
5421s	need a different software so you may use
5423s	like blender much or 3D Max depending on
5426s	your preference I I you can continue
5429s	okay it's refer the interruption
5433s	that's right so one of the other things
5435s	I think response
5437s	um really overlooked this is part of my
5438s	features pack which is mostly server
5440s	side script
5443s	stuff uh which contains things like home
5446s	teleports player to player teleports
5448s	um and if like what points as well so
5451s	you can
5453s	use obelisks to walk to different points
5455s	in the map and then there's also like
5456s	daily rewards now a little it seems like
5459s	when a lot of players you know um they
5461s	don't
5463s	I feel very rewarded coming back each
5465s	day and doing the Eco crane typically
5467s	eco-grained so I made a daily reward
5469s	system that allows you to actually
5470s	reward your player
5473s	is with uh different packs which they'll
5476s	get at random so there's a chance that
5478s	they'll get a like a particular pack
5480s	that has these items in it or they'll do
5483s	a different one
5485s	um it's different still likes me so
5486s	there we go so I have three packs uh
5489s	created already and to create
5493s	a pack is really simple you just need
5494s	the reload pack table and then we add
5496s	the items that we want to add to the
5499s	pack so we can find
5503s	and uh something like say like bear claw
5505s	I would give and give them just a couple
5507s	of bear claws and some nice food uh or
5510s	you can give them
5513s	something like uh what's a really nice
5516s	site here uh items so let's see
5520s	um
5523s	you can give some like research papers
5525s	uh and so we pull this
5528s	Advanced attack
5533s	uh so the selection value here is the
5536s	the chance uh of this pack being get
5538s	gotten so a higher number meets a higher
5540s	Chancellor
5543s	lower chance and then we just click the
5545s	create pack button and it will create
5547s	the advanced pack and so each day uh
5553s	your players can do forward slash get
5555s	daily it's a user command so you don't
5557s	need to be admin or anything to use it
5559s	and it will rewards you with a little
5560s	gift box
5563s	and basically just right click your gift
5565s	box here and it will give you the items
5568s	available in a gift box and so that one
5570s	had the
5573s	pink stained glass some agricultural
5576s	research papers and semi-ships
5585s	so I just thought of that as a nice
5586s	little way to be able to reward um
5588s	returning players players who play all
5590s	the time
5593s	and and keep them something to look
5594s	forward each day when they log into I
5596s	did have a request I think yesterday on
5599s	adding the ability to add currencies
5601s	through that so they
5603s	can actually get some free money for
5605s	just working on every day by claiming
5607s	their reward pack
5609s	that's nice like the mobile that's
5611s	that's quite common on mobile video
5613s	games that you have to connect every day
5615s	to to create that reward I think that's
5617s	a nice a nice feature to keep the server
5620s	active
5622s	have you started it started already
5624s	working on that kite um
5628s	this has been around for
5633s	quite a while the feature pack stuff
5635s	probably doesn't get a lot of
5636s	recognition uh it's mostly the content
5638s	Lots like the color glass the colored
5640s	bricks colored concrete
5643s	uh the also recently released 45 degree
5647s	blocks
5649s	which
5650s	thank you
5653s	can actually use to uh
5657s	um I'm a huge fan and always have been
5659s	of em framework this is the biggest one
5661s	that that one gets almost no recognition
5664s	and it's like the best thing ever at
5667s	least from my perspective perspective I
5668s	think a lot of mothers actually who
5669s	depend on it love it so thank you so
5671s	much for developing it it's it's great
5673s	yeah I can only concur it's it's really
5676s	good
5678s	that's all right I'm glad you guys uh
5683s	enjoy it and use it and um it originally
5685s	started as just like a little core
5687s	plugin for all my mods uh so I didn't
5689s	have to keep reusing or rewriting the
5691s	same functions
5693s	and stuff throughout all of them so I
5695s	thought it'd be a lot better to just
5697s	push them all into one nice big
5699s	framework and then allow other models to
5701s	use them as well
5703s	because I promise C sharp is like if you
5705s	say name like same class names inside
5707s	the same namespace there could be a lot
5709s	of conflict so I just felt it'd be
5711s	easier to
5713s	just make this big list of plenty of
5716s	different methods and stuff that people
5717s	can use all together without having to
5720s	worry about conflicts and mods
5724s	but this is my favorite thing about the
5726s	45 degree blocks
5728s	um
5729s	is
5733s	you can use them to make
5738s	very
5740s	offset
5743s	standard buildings and it always seems
5746s	to trip people out when I do this
5753s	literally can have a uh a building on a
5756s	diagonal
5763s	but um so this is something I also put
5766s	forward to the modding Community which
5768s	is a separate community
5773s	really from the core Eco one which I
5777s	kind of put together I think about two
5778s	years ago now
5780s	um I've heard models to come together
5783s	and have this nice big open space for
5785s	discussing mods giving support for my
5788s	dedicated support uh learning how to mod
5791s	help with mods
5793s	all that sort of stuff
5795s	um I may be doing some streams in the
5796s	future doing mod q and A's and helping
5799s	people with their mods or showing people
5800s	how to do
5803s	certain mods and things like that so
5805s	there'll be more info on that in the uh
5806s	modding Community hopefully in the next
5808s	couple weeks so if you are interested in
5810s	getting into the modding that will be
5813s	yeah uh something there that you can
5815s	look into if you like and I'll try to
5817s	work closely with the uh the Eco devs to
5820s	get some more
5822s	[Music]
5825s	GitHub which um hopefully we can get
5828s	Dennis or something to uh try to stop on
5830s	the um main eco
5833s	Discord for people to go and have a look
5835s	at which has some nice little starting
5836s	tutorials there for people as well
5840s	uh okay thank you okay uh for for the
5842s	information we we also come in there
5844s	about a UI guide uh
5847s	oh yeah no I just wanted to to let sorry
5849s	that we share the the link for the echo
5852s	modeling community on the on the chat
5854s	you can share it again if you if you
5856s	want but yeah that's a nice place to
5858s	start I just wanted to to give that
5860s	clarification so yeah you can continue
5862s	okay
5863s	and uh currently currently at the moment
5866s	there is no way to actually add in
5868s	custom ui's uh basically
5873s	everything we have to do with UI is I've
5875s	done from in-game using uh an auto
5878s	generated system the details have been
5879s	wonderful in their development of uh
5883s	allows me to do things like with the
5885s	reward pack table those custom uis there
5887s	um but unfortunately we can't add custom
5889s	uis yet that's something I think that
5891s	they may be looking in
5893s	to down the line for us so we can do
5895s	stuff like that I think that's pretty
5897s	much all I have to cover on mind
5898s	thinking really hard
5901s	yeah that's really nice thank you again
5904s	uh everyone for for joining us uh I
5907s	don't know if anyone want to say some
5909s	just words before we finish the Stream
5913s	I also say thank you for having us it's
5915s	uh I think it's really cool to to be
5919s	here and to be able to show off what the
5921s	Eco Community like the modern Community
5923s	around Eco can do and
5925s	like give a shout out to to you guys as
5928s	well like the the developers because you
5930s	gave us a lot of powerful tools to make
5932s	all of these really cool things yeah
5934s	without you guys noticed I put it in
5935s	half yeah yeah okay thank you
5939s	okay thank you for joining us everyone
5941s	on the on the stream and also of course
5943s	the models for joining out on the
5945s	conversation really love having you guys
5947s	here so that would be all for today uh
5951s	thank you everyone and I hope you can
5952s	see the next stream bye bye thank you
5956s	bye
5957s	thank you very much for having us

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