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Yes. The post you refered to was before the mentioned settings were introduced (I noted that was a few weeks after release) and as such at that time the only way to achieve what you wanted to achieve. Additionally the post didn't hint at singleplayer / local world usage either, as it specifically talks about "setting up a server", hence I assumed your group is hosting a public server for a cycle - there was no need for a warning given that assumption, there was no plan to remove the setting within the forseeable lifetime of a server. Communication only included incentivization of everyone (including servers, like here) to not use that setting after introduction of the claim settings, because as of then all things players were used to were possible with settlements on. Before we only warned singleplayers specifically that this makes the world unsupported. Sorry for that. I obviously cannot guarantee that every single response was the same in that regard either, in the end I'm not us...

MacOS is unfortunately not supported by Eco:

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Stakes should also be present with settlements off, that was a general intended change to the claiming system.

Yes, you will get claim papers and stakes when reading skill scrolls and those papers and stakes can be used anywhere, with no requirement to be in a settlement. (They can also be used in a settlement, so you can combine both systems)

Nothing has changed, the setting was a legacy setting from the beginning and as such may go away at any time. For dedicated servers that is barely a problem, as aside of few long-term servers there is no expectation of a save still working a year later, as such turning off settlements to save a bit of setup time isn't a big problem. We've been giving this information to players using local servers from the beginning and the settlement system can also purposefully not be turned off at game creation ingame, only via file modification.

There is no need to use settlements off in any case, servers can use the mentioned settings to enable unrestricted claims as before since a few weeks after release and a global government can be created quickly by two configuration changes and a few admin actions as well.

The legacy option is based on outdated code and no longer maintained, it is possible new civic features won't work with it.

Do not turn the settlement system off for local and coop games that intend to run longer than a public server - that option is a legacy option that can go away at any time. Just setting the collaboration settings to "No Collaboration" will enable you to get claim papers like in Update 9 and also use those specific claim papers and stakes like in Update 9 (not bound to any settlement), additionally to the ability to make settlements if you ever wish. You can also enable the gain of claim papers in the custom settings for any other collaboration setting. Once the settlement system is turned off, that cannot be reverted and such saves will break unrecoverably if the legacy option is ever removed.

The respective settings are:

"ClaimStakesGrantedUponSkillscrollConsumedAndSettlementsEnabled": 0.0, "ClaimPapersGrantedUponSkillscrollConsumedAndSettlementsEnabled": 0.0,

Yes, though starting with Update 10.2 foundations can only be moved in a very limited radius around where it was originally placed and the influence does not move with it anymore.

That's a known bug that will be addressed in Update 10.2.

No, we have never considered to start looking into this before EA is over.

You can just use the Steam Beta feature and set it to 10.1.4.

The server list already had been working again when this post was made?

That will be possible only with Update 10.2 when limits for exhaustion per specific day are possible. (Aside of a few modded servers that already have that, of course) I'm not sure how many servers will take a limited time during the week and unlimited on the weekend approach, though. Our official server with exhaustion will aim for 3 hours per week day and about 6 hours on weekends, time not used during the week days being able to be played on weekends.

Dadspeed is a great server and offers a truly unique experience, but I wouldn't call it the most popular server - the severe restrictions on the skill system is something the vast majority of our audience actually doesn't like. It certainly is one of my immediate candidates for the upcoming recommended server list, though, and I have been recommending them personally on several occasions.

We do hope that our improvements to the exhaustion system will allow servers that offer a similar experience without being as limited in the future, which can cater more towards players that have limited time available to play, but don't want to be limited to a very small selection of skills. We'll see soon enough, Update 10.2 is going into playtest soon.

In general feedback we tend to hear that players select such servers, but at the same time aren't happy about how fast the game experience ends, specifically due to those mods. It's a bit of a paradoxon.

The game is made with collaboration being necessary in mind, progress being achieved through the whole community coming together for that. Making all tasks easy to achieve for individual people just makes the game end quicker. That doesn't affect all of those modifications, but many of them.

Thanks, mail was received. We just need this for diagnosis, so I can't yet tell you what is going on to your latest post asking for that. It is clear that the client setting is not the only factor, as we don't get it. We try to see if we can get it if we pretend we are exactly your player on exactly your server with exactly your registry. (And if not, we'll call Merlin to help, as that'll be magic)

No, just the savegame, game.eco and game.db.

Can you send me the savegame where you had that issue and your exact ingame name? Send to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or add to that issue. (We need .eco and .db file)

Read my answer above. You get the extra claims through reading skill scrolls when the setting is active.

Turning settlements off in singleplayer is not possible without editing config files directly and doing so will make the world unsupported if you have any issues, as settlements off is a legacy setting that may go away at any time. Never turn settlements off in singleplayer, just use the settings that are there to give unrestricted claim papers and which are enabled by default when starting a world with No Collaboration.

With default settings (No Collaboration) you don't need settlements to get more land claim papers, you will still get unrestricted ones like before in Update 9. You can reduce the amount of players needed for a town in the Settlements.eco config file, located in /Steam/steamapps/common/Eco/Eco_Data/Server/Configs.

Change the 3 in "MinCitizensToFoundSettlement" to 2.
The fastest way to apply default settings to your world in regards to the first thing I said is just creating a new world with default settings and any adjustments you may have made in the game, then delete that world and load the old one. The configuration will also apply to that one.