Entropia VU News: Entropia Universe 18.7.0 Release Notes

New Features

• "S.E.N.S.E" Update:
  • Immersive NPCs now exhibit more lifelike and context-aware interactions.
  • Immersive NPCs now have environmental awareness, allowing them to reference their surroundings (map locations, terminals, creature areas, etc.).
• Chat Bubbles:
  • Immersive NPC uses chat bubbles when walking in their vicinity, drawing on prior interactions and their unique personalities.
• Enhanced Conversational Skills:
  • Conversations with Immersive NPC are smoother and more natural, focusing on meaningful exchanges rather than simply offering assistance.
  • Some NPCs will still be kept as pure assistants for tutorial purposes and in-game help in some cases.
• Clickable Links and Waypoints:
  • Immersive NPC can offer clickable links to waypoints, map locations and teleporters, other NPCs, terminals and various world objects, aiding in more seamless navigation and exploration.
• Memory and Context Improvements:
  • NPC remembers previous interactions more clearly, making ongoing dialogue more natural and coherent.
• Knowledge Retrieval:
  • The immersive NPC system for information retrieval has been improved, providing more detailed and accurate information about Entropia's lore and game mechanics as it expands.
• Enhanced Personalities:
  • Each Immersive NPC has a distinct personality (e.g., reserved, curious, outgoing), making interactions varied and more lifelike.

Disclaimer: While Immersive NPCs utilize advanced AI to provide dynamic and personalized interactions, they are fully self-driven systems. As such, there is the potential for NPCs to generate responses that may not be 100% accurate or consistent with all game mechanics or lore. We will continuously refine the AI system to make the AI answer more accurately.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

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