E2V1 RT9 Quality-of-Life Features

Player Stalls let a landowner sell inventory items to other Players from a fixed spot on their land, at prices set in E$. Customers can inspect stock from a distance but must go to the stall to buy.

Stalls are the entry point for larger shop types Earth2 intends to build. Open the shop directory from the F-Wheel's Shops slice.

Press F for a radial menu with nine slices. Hover to name a slice in the centre, click to select, and press F again or select to close. Typing F in chat does not open it.

The eight Action Bar slots now keep their layout per Character, including through death, respawn and a full relaunch. Running out of an item leaves the slot inactive but remembered, so restocking puts it back in place. Built-in actions such as Drink Water, Tile Search, Kick BeachBall and Tile Purchase are saved too.

Ace Pilots can open the Command Deck over Avatar mode. The Avatar stops where it stands, remains visible to nearby Players, and returns to the same place, held item and posture after the raid.

• Press Ready in the Uplink to arm a search. Escape minimises the deck without closing the search.
• If a conflict is found while minimised, it is held for 30 seconds. Reopen the Uplink through the wheel to accept or decline. If time runs out, it is released without penalty.
• Squad Link is unavailable on this route.
• Risk: your Avatar stays on the ground for the whole raid, where other Players can find and harm it. Choose where to leave it.

Press Escape in any mode (on foot, free flight or a live raid) and choose GRAPHIC SETTINGS, which sits above REPORT A BUG. The Graphic tab inside Settings opens the same window, and one saved configuration applies everywhere.

Four chips set a starting point: Low, Medium, High and Custom. Changing any row switches you to Custom if the combination no longer matches a preset. The conflict panel shows frame rate and latency beside the country and place, so you can test changes quickly.

Earth2 optimised distant rendering, vegetation at speed, terrain detail during fast travel and repeated cockpit updates. Heavy loads include a dozen Cydroids with beams and particles, and low forest flight. A steady frame rate matters for collection and combat regardless of skill.

Choose REPORT A BUG in the pause menu, from the debrief (SUBMIT REPORT), or from the open-world report button. It works on foot, in free flight and during a live raid.

• Report Issue tab: pick the closest category (for example a Cydroid spawning inside terrain, a raid that would not start, unresponsive controls, falling through terrain or a crash) and describe what happened.
• Report Player tab: after multiplayer activity it lists the Pilots who shared your raid, with categories for cheating, exploiting, harassment and offensive callsigns.
• Attachments: a recent diagnostic log (on by default, removable), build and hardware information, and your position. Open-world reports may include a screenshot thumbnail you can switch off, and raid reports carry the raid and your callsign instead of a screenshot.
• Include roughly what you were doing and, for collisions or lag, both frames used and your frame rate.

Avatar ground combat. Avatars can fight with a spear and a shield aimed by their facing. A thrust has a visible windup and commits you to a direction, and the shield only covers the arc you face (a successful block shows BLOCKED over the attacker). Circling a stationary defender exposes their sides and rear. A landed hit can knock the Avatar down. Hits are resolved by Earth2's servers, so differences between two screens are worth reporting. A downed Avatar stays parked until its E-ther revival fee is paid.

Beach Ball. Beach Ball mode gives your Avatar a shared ball that rolls, floats on water and can be kicked by other Players. There is no score or reward. An abandoned ball clears after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Global location labels. Country names with flags show at altitude, and regions, towns and local places fill in as you descend. Every country is named, important cities win crowded corners, and label density depends on altitude and field of view, not screen resolution.

Inventory icons. Slots (up to a thousand) show artwork for the item they hold. Visible icons load first, and the same artwork appears in stalls, orders and purchase confirmations.

Meals for future Hordes. Twenty-eight meals are being prepared for Horde ground combat (for example stamina, health and defence dishes). They do not affect Cydroid raiding, and Hordes is not yet available, so names and effects may change.

• Cydroid Raiding for Beginners (RT9)
• Cydroid Pilot Rank, PIPs and Perks Guide
• E2V1 Beginner Tutorial
• E2V1 Crafting Tutorials

Source: Earth2 Reality Thread 9 announcement on earth2.io. Earth 2® is a trademark of Earth Version 2 Pty Ltd. E2 University is an independent community resource.