#Earth2 quietly released #E2V1 0.5.8.2 around 18 hours ago. Please check out the article for full details including some important reminders for #Players gaining first access🌍✌️
https://t.co/UZ4CfOXPO4
For such a major live software deployment involving gameplay systems, multiplayer infrastructure, backend services, APIs & persistent world systems - things went extremely smooth!
Very proud of the team!
Thank you for everyone's patience & support during both the development phase & the subsequent releases!
We will continue to monitor #RT8 as we push forward toward the next Reality Thread!
#Earth2 #E2V1 #OpenWorld #gaming #DigitalEarth #Metaverse $ESS #PlayerDriven #EcoSim
#RealityThread8 is incoming on #Earth2! Another major #E2V1 Pre-Alpha release packed with new systems, mechanics plus lots of hidden details packed into the article🌍✌️
👉https://t.co/ClhNjD9DTO
The past 4 months inside #Earth2 have been the most productive period we have ever had in terms of actual product outcome & systems making their way live into #E2V1. System after system, feature after feature, foundations turning into actual playable functionality & you are helping us keep up the momentum so thank you for your support🙏
I understand some would prefer more frequent official articles or smaller update posts along the way, but the results really do speak for themselves. If you look at everything included in RT8, we could have easily split this mammoth article into published posts every couple of days or weekly articles over the past 2 months. However, constantly preparing media, technical reports from devs, posts & announcements takes valuable time away from development, testing & implementation, so our current focus is delivering these larger Reality Threads packed with meaningful, tangible progress every 2-3 months or less.
No hype.
No announcements for announcements.
Just real systems, real gameplay and real progress.
The pace of tangible development progress inside #E2V1 right now is the strongest it has ever been.
While there are a number of foundational features inside #RealityThread8, one thing to pay close attention to is the introduction of global multiplayer ball physics. On the surface you might see a beach ball.. but underneath it is a very important foundational system for #Earth2 long term.
This is not about a beach ball specifically, it is about synchronised global multiplayer physics operating inside a persistent 510,072,000km² world.
Many games spend years refining ball physics alone inside very small contained environments & still can't get it right, so the fact our team is already achieving acceptable multiplayer physics interactions inside something the size of #E2V1 at such an early stage is honestly a very exciting milestone for us internally.
During internal testing we had team members running #E2V1 from Europe, Asia, Australia & South America in a single session, with between roughly 150-300 ping & the experience was still surprisingly playable (considering the sheer scale of #E2V1 & complexity involved).
Keep in mind, lower ping will always provide the best experience when interacting with the beach ball, but this system opens the door to an enormous amount of future possibilities. Just because we're using a beach ball now does not mean it's always going to be a beach ball - the same foundation can be applied any type of ball or spherical object, with adjusted physics, or any size, which could be used for any number of experiences, mini-games, activities & more.
A lot of #E2V1 development is about this type of thing right now. Establishing long term foundational systems that will become part of the platform long term & continue stacking them on top of one another release after release & I am trying to build & release it a way that gives our #Players / testers something extra to do as these pivotal systems come online.
Here is a summary of feature releases inside #RT8, but be sure to read the article for full details as it contains a lot more information than what is summarised here:
🌱 Growing a Garden
🍳 Kitchens & Advanced Recipes
🏖️ Global Scale Multiplayer Beach Balls with full Environmental Physics
🧟 Hordes Scanner
📡 My Property Scanner
📜 In-World Quest Creation
🎒 Superior Backpack
💧 Water Bottle & Survival Improvements
⚛️ Gaia Pulse Reactor
⚡ Massive Performance & UI/UX Improvements
🎭 Character & Multiplayer Optimisation
Everything is coming together, step by step.
As always, thank you to everyone continuing to support #Earth2 & #E2V1 as we keep building. The ongoing support, patience & belief from many members of the community genuinely allows us to continue pushing forward, expanding the team’s efforts & focusing on long term development properly.
This article is being posted a little in advance so Players can wrap their heads around some of the new features & updates, but RT8 is expected to be rolled out in the next 72 hours.
IMPORTANT: RT8 will be another large & complicated Reality Thread release with many interconnected systems going live simultaneously, so please allow the team some breathing room if unexpected issues appear after deployment. These are exactly the types of complex systems that require real world testing at scale & we will continue refining them as we move forward.
If any major issues arise our team has always fixed them quickly in the past, so just give them space please.
Honestly the past few months have been extremely intense, but I can't wait to see #Players enjoying the expanded utility on their properties, growing gardens, harvesting, cooking & not just for the sake of it like in many games, but for actual long term purpose inside #E2V1 leading into #Hordes, #Animals, the #EcoSim & much more!
It makes it all the more worth the while.
Also keen to see #Players kicking around some beach balls - I know we have had fun mucking around with it during QA tests with the team - just remember the lower the ping you have the better experience you'll get! Am planning to build a lot on top of this feature!
#Earth2 #E2V1 #Metaverse #PlayerDriven #OpenWorld #Gardening #virtualland #gaming #cooking #EcoSim #Foundations #RT8 $ESS in
The people who stay patient during the quiet building phases are usually the ones who understand the vision the most. 🌍
#Earth2 was never meant to be a quick trend or a copy-paste project chasing short-term hype. They’re attempting to build interconnected systems, infrastructure, gameplay layers, economy mechanics, and realtime technology that most people massively underestimate in complexity.
A lot of development happens behind the scenes where there’s very little “exciting” content to show publicly every week. That doesn’t mean progress has stopped — it usually means foundational work is happening. Anyone who has worked on large technical projects understands this.
#E2V1 already gave many of us something tangible to engage with again, prepare for, and build around. And with #RT8 approaching, it feels like the project is continuing to move toward larger-scale systems that could shape the future direction of Earth2 in a big way.
Constructive criticism is healthy. Better communication is always welcome. But there’s a huge difference between reasonable skepticism and pretending nothing is being built at all.
Personally, I’m still excited to see where this goes long term. https://t.co/gXnRtKD0Bb
#E2V1 0.3.6.2 is currently deploying. It include new improvements to the global water interactive system which should resolve issues Players experienced after instant teleportation to any location on Earth🌍✌️
https://t.co/5w3JTdxf9M
We also implemented numerous updates to a number of core inventory & item management systems in anticipation of Reality Thread 7, but also to fix some remaining issues since Reality Thread 6 & to ensure it is more robust for long term development.
We have been working on the 0.3.6.2 updates while also focusing on Reality Thread 7 features.
Please check the article above for further details, but the main updates in this version are:
1⃣ An additional fix release for water detection after teleporting, along with fixes for additional water detection issues.
2⃣ Fixed an issue that caused crafting recipes to fail sometimes.
3⃣ Fix #2 above resulted in a further rework of most existing Character systems. These changes improve overall system reliability and also update systems in preparation for Reality Thread 7.
4⃣ An additional fix applied to the invisible leg issue affecting some Characters.
5⃣ Inventory logic adjusted so:
• LMB moves a single item
• RMB moves all items
This is now universal across all systems and applies when swapping items between Inventory, Foraging, Crafting and Mentar Storage.
6⃣ Action Bar “Use Item” logic updated to improve syncing with backend services. Players may notice a small delay between item usage. This delay is expected for now and will be refined further as part of a UX improvement pass.
7⃣ Added the ability to manually resync Character Inventory. This is not required during normal play as syncing occurs automatically, but the manual option exists for cases where unexpected item display behaviour occurs, allowing Players to attempt resolution themselves.
8⃣ Fixed several spatial sound effect (SFX) issues.
9⃣ Additional bug fixes and general improvements.
The global water system is very complicated & the updates to the core inventory systems are not trivial, so there may be issues QA has missed over the past 2 weeks of testing, so as always please be patient with the team, report any problems & we will monitor the release closely & fix any issues that may arise.
#Earth2 #Metaverse #E2V1 #OpenWorld #PlayerDriven $ESS #PreAlpha
#Earth2 Reality Thread 5 is coming online🌍✌️
Another big Earth 2 release spread across E2V1, multiplayer, API & BE systems being deployed without any downtime, so please give the team space if any issues arise!
https://t.co/XgeugfuSfm
The implementation that took up the most time for this release by far was the foundation for the Global Building System, which will pave way to all building placement systems inside E2V1. So that took up a little more time than expected but we're very excited for it to go live now so we can monitor & improve on it.
The teleportation system was also a feature I knew that would be complicated & time consuming to implement, which is why I initially flagged it for a later release, however, I wanted to get it out now as it paves the way for upcoming features & also makes community meet ups a lot easier to participate in.
It is incredible to look back & realise we have kept our multiplayer & server integration systems live for the E2V1 pre-alpha for 116 days straight now. Over 99% uptime with multiple hot releases & next to zero downtime .. for a Pre-Alpha!! Really proud of this!
In addition to the above you will notice there are numerous other feature releases, too much to cover so be sure to check out the article!
#Earth2 #E2V1 #Metaverse $ESS #PlayerDriven #RealityThread #OpenWorld #Explore
#E2V1 0.1.4.1 is now live for testers. For more details check out the full article below🌎✌️
➡️https://t.co/rFY23hivp6
This update includes major improvements to the E2V1 multiplayer location system. Internally QA has actually tested 21 versions over the past 3 weeks leading up to this release - so it has been really intense.
While this update is not a stand alone Reality Thread release, other team members have continued working on Reality Thread 5 so some parts of Reality Thread 5 are included in this release, though notably not any major parts.
Thanks again to all of our Pre-Alpha testers, your test data, reports & streaming helps us to identify, resolve & improve issues inside #E2V1, fulfilling the exact purpose of having a Pre-Alpha tester group & most importantly continue building on & improving #E2V1!
Once this version is stable we plan to release access for the remaining testing group waiting access and then we will turn focus on initiating releases to badge holders & the release of Reality Thread 5.
There are still a few Reality Threads I want to release this year so fingers crossed all runs as smoothly as possible.
#Earth2 #Metaverse #Update #E2V1 #OpenWorld $ESS
최근 세상이 더욱 무거워지는 것 같습니다. 물론 아름다움은 여전히 존재하지만, 때로는 마치 환상처럼 연약해 보이기도 합니다. 어떤 이들은 매일 아침 눈을 뜨며 더 이상 알아보지도, 바라지도 않는 삶에 갇힌 듯한 느낌을 받습니다. 또 어떤 이들은 다음 아침을 맞이할 수 있을지 확신하지 못한 채 잠에 듭니다. 어떤 이들은 최악의 악몽을 꾸는 반면, 어떤 이들은 삶의 선물을 마치 아무런 의미도 없는 듯 던져버립니다. 오늘 아침, 아무렇지 않게 작별 인사를 하고 집을 나섰지만 돌아오지 못할 거라는 사실조차 깨닫지 못하는 이들이 있습니다. 슬픔의 무게에 가슴이 무너지는 이들도 있습니다. 색은 희미해지고, 희망은 희미해지고, 혼돈은 귀청이 터질 듯합니다. 우리 대부분은 보이지 않는 싸움을 하고 있습니다. 많은 이들이 거짓말처럼 느껴지는 삶을 살고 있습니다. 좋았던 옛날과는 비교할 수 없습니다. 상실에 대한 두려움이 압도적이고, 불확실성은 불안을 야기합니다. 지금 이런 감정을 느��고 있다면, 당신은 혼자가 아니라는 것을 알아주세요. 이 세상은 친절을 갈구하고 있습니다. 지금 그 어느 때보다 우리는 연민을 선택해야 합니다. 서로를 위해 나서야 합니다. 모든 것이 희망이 없어 보일 때에도 - 특히 그때처럼 - 친절하게 대합시다.
#Earth2 Reality Thread 4 is coming online🌎✌️
This is a big update so please be patient as not only the client is being updated but also our multiplayer server code along with numerous other new BE systems.
Reality Thread 4 - https://t.co/0xdVrcTGXe
ESS Report - https://t.co/qQPTyLXhHt
Two articles to catch up on as the plan was to release the report along with #RT4 which took a little longer than expected due to additions and optimisation improvements .
I am running late for a flight but hope everyone enjoys testing it out! The team will be keeping an eye on things & I will also keep an eye out as much as possible.
Again, please be patient if there are bugs or issues, it is to be expected & we will fix them - as always!
Oh, and Happy Birthday Earth 2🎂🌍2⃣
#Earth2 #Metaverse #E2V1 #OpenWorld #Progress $ESS
Heads up that #E2V1 v0.1.3.3 has just been released for closed #PreAlpha testers 🌍✌️
This update involves a some fixes & updates made by the team over the past 24-48 hours which will be officially listed in the #RealityThread4 when it's released.
But the main reason for this release is to unlock the glider to testers before it is officially released with crafting. Testers can activate the glider using the F hotkey for now, but when crafting is released it will be an item available in inventory after you craft it.
Just a note, if you are on version v0.1.3.2 & come across another #Player floating through the sky (who already updated to v0.1.3.3) then you know why 🪂
#Earth2 #E2V1 #metaverse $ESS #PreAlpha #testing #multiplayer
Authoritative server based in Singapore, me in Australia with 19ms ping & our QA ( test #3236 on screen) with 300ms ping in Europe. Just sharing this as a quick example of the results we have experienced in QA regarding the interpolation smoothness we mentioned in our latest article.
https://t.co/U813Crcxxa
To experience this kind of smooth responsiveness when I am connecting in Australia, to a server in Singapore playing with someone in Europe, is pretty cool.
These are the type of results we've experienced in QA & hopefully most testers have a similar experience, but that is the whole reason of the Pre-Alpha state, to test different PC & network environments, and then identify any issues, fix & improve.
We are going to test different server locations, starting with Singapore, and it would be useful to see how say a group of testers from Europe experience multiplayer on the Singapore server, a group between America and Europe, a group based only in Asian / Oceania.
Remember, this specific multiplayer system we are testing now is for the open world of #E2V1 & will mainly be for interactive experiences that will not always require fast responsiveness meaning people from different locations around the world can interact without too much risk of losing out on something if they have a slightly higher ping.
For experiences that involve PvP & even some Co-op PvE type experiences, we will run dedicated services for the specific group of Players participating, with options to select regional location, as those experiences will obviously require lower ping, more responsiveness and so forth. This has been covered briefly in the past but just reminding people again who may have missed that or forgotten.
Final reminder, if someone has a really bad internet connection & high ping they will glitch - we can't control how good someone's internet connection is. For those testing together who decide to do a live stream or even record then post later after editing, please try to share details about your ping, FPS (displayed constantly in the lower right corner) in stream or recording and also back to us via the usual tester reporting avenues - we appreciate it🙏
🌍✌️
Not that I should really need to say anything as most people would know, but remember X only supports up to 1080 format, I think they actually force 720p, so the quality of the footage I have shared has been reduced to 720p by X.
#Earth2 #metaverse #multiplayer #openworld #E2V1 $ESS #prealpha
Earth 2 Reality Thread 3 - Global Multiplayer across entire Digital Earth.
We've been a little busy the past 4 weeks🌍✌️
🚨https://t.co/U813Crcxxa🚨
As I've said in the past, when we're quiet it usually means we're hyper focused on development & progress. Be sure you check out the above article to learn all the details about this milestone achievement for Earth 2.
#Earth2 #E2V1 #OpenWorld $ESS #Metaverse #RealityThread #multiplayer
After years of R&D + months of relentless work through Q2, super excited to finally share a detailed breakdown of the very first playable #E2V1 release! 🌎✌️
🧬Character Synthesis v1.0
🧳 Inventory System v1.0
🌿Foraging v1.0
🎧 Immersive Audio v1.0
🕓 Day Cycles v1.0
❄️ Seasons v1.0
❤️ Character Vitals v1.0
🎮 Action Bar v1.0
🌐 Multiplayer server-side architecture
📜 Quests v1.0 (website deployed)
Check out the full article here with a detailed breakdown on each & every aspect, plus some insight into what's coming next:
https://t.co/mV22JUuv7B
I know I was a little quiet throughout Q2, as was #Earth2 in general, but it's because we're so busy designing, implementing, testing, building.
Remember, we are still in Pre-Alpha & this will be our first playable release of #E2V1, probably our biggest software release to date!
We are still a few days away on the build, just fixing a few known bugs, mainly bugs around the new inventory system, specifically regarding management between the Discovery Box & the Inventory.
The article explains the purpose behind testing, so our expectation is for #Players to stay close to their properties to test a few things out because you will be prone to dying easily the further you stray, especially if you don't have a natural water supply close by & food to forage & sustain you.
I guess some might be up for the challenge to see how far they can go but that is not our expectation for this initial #RealityThread release!
Apparently the article is a 60+ min read (according to our news article publishing tool) so make sure you have a spare moment when you dig in!
Though we know it will be buggy, as expected, we are so excited to see #Players running around inside #E2V1 & streaming. It's only the beginning!
#Earth2 #Metaverse #E2V1 #PreAlpha #OpenWorld #Chapter1 #RealityThread1 $ESS
While most #metaverse projects surged in hype about four years ago and have since faded into obscurity, a few rose briefly and became early benchmarks for what a metaverse could be. Meanwhile, @earth2io has been steadily building - quietly and consistently - behind the scenes.
#Earth2 isn’t chasing trends; it’s laying the groundwork for what may soon be recognized as one of the most thoughtfully designed metaverse projects in history. It’s not just about flashy visuals or gimmicks, it’s about the deep, evolving #ecosim that gives the platform lasting substance and utility.
Once #Earth2 will stand, it’ll stand tall. Really. Tall.
#ThePeoplesMetaverse 🚀🚀🚀
Flashback on some of the custom Limited Edition collectible #skins created by #Earth2🌎✌️ 🔥
Most of these drops sold out & will only ever be available again on a #P2P secondary market.
Congrats to those who own some of these & I can't wait to see how #Players customise some of their skins inside #E2V1 when that feature comes online in the future.
I don't believe the #Metaverse should be confined to a single genre, aesthetic or style & that has been an intentional approach from the start. It’s more of a platform that, at its core, will (at least initially) be shaped by diverse elements of the internet, including various aspects of gaming, which will serve as the framework for establishing foundational rules for life, engagement & interactivity within this emerging world - something that will become apparent with the early mechanics inside #E2V1.
While the #LimitedEdition #skin drops will slow down after the remaining sets are cleared, we will continue expanding into new genres & styles by way of more traditional unlimited, time-based drops, continuing to empower our #Players to shape & define their identity as part of the deeper immersion within #Earth2 & possibly branching off into role playing, which I see as becoming part of experiences over time.
Also, an important note that when skin customisation is available it will come with risk & reward, so the #Player will need to decide on whether to customise a skin or not, as when a skin is customised, it will not be revertible back to its original state.
This means the rarity of the original authentic version of the skin can potentially increase the more times that specific skin is customised by other #Players, the flip side being that a well customised skin could literally become 1 of a kind.
#Earth2 #E2V1 #Metaverse #Custom #LimitedEdition #Skins
Earth 2: Chapter 1 - What to Expect.
With a maximum of 12 days to go until Chapter 1 drops lets take a look at what we can expect from it when we can finally jump inside.🧵
Shane, Thank you for your service.
I hope to play E2V1 as soon as possible.
I'm glad and sad that the limited edition skins are almost finished.
I'm looking forward to a better skin.
Have you seen the movie 'Kpop Demon Hunters' recently released on Netflix?
There is a great sword in the movie, and I would like to have a skin with this sword concept.
(The art director of this movie said she fought a lot with other teams to engrave the constellation on the sword lol)
As someone who knows the history of this sword, I would like to take this sword and go on an adventure in e2v1.
*subdescription
This sword is called the 사인검(四寅劍[SA-INGEOM] : Four Tiger Sword), which is used in the Korean Joseon Dynasty.
It is a ceremonial sword made with the magical meaning of defeating the evil in accordance with the year, month, day, and poem which means the energy of the tiger every 12 years in the Joseon royal family.
This tradition is still present when the President of Korea appoints a general.
Isn't that a beautiful sword? Make it for me!
See below for more details.
https://t.co/x47in3E5Pv
🚨#Earth2 update 🌏✌️
First I'd like to apologise to our community for the lateness of this message. I was still considering a traditional last timezone #Q2 release but honestly we could use a little more time. As you can see in the screen recording, we've been extremely busy the past 3 months with multiple commits per day on average from our dev team & this recording is only of commits made directly to our #E2V1 repository.
It does not include #BE / Server repository commits or tasks completed for custom development from our VFX, SFX, Concept Art & Animation teams or the countless other points of progressive development.
While there are some in our community who would better understand what multiple daily repo commits means, the video footage just helps others to visualise how much work goes into the development of just one facet of Earth 2, and even though we may not publish a lot of public updates, we are extremely busy & focused on development & progress behind the scenes. Sometimes you lose track of time with so many different developments in progress.
Excitingly for everyone, Chapter 1 is a very big release for us & includes some very important updates that will introduce the foundations for activity & experiences inside #E2V1. There are many moving parts & many new mechanisms we've had to design, develop & implement into an incredibly large, seamless, open world just to make Chapter 1 possible.
We're also building a persistent world, meaning we're not just developing for a single player local PC environment, which would be much, much easier, but instead requires a lot of API & server integration for almost every feature implemented - and that doesn't even involve the multiplayer networking element which we've also made good progress on throughout #Q2. We're not implementing API & server integration only for a persistent world, but also to mitigate against hacking.
I just wanted to provide this update & apologise for the lateness of this notification. Remember, we are still in a pre-alpha stage so there are inevitably going to be bugs & issues. Seeing as though we are going to miss #Q2 anyway, we could use another week or two to fix some known bugs & make it a little smoother. It won't be longer than that & even though it's not a lot of additional time in the big picture, I still said #Q2 & I apologise that we are going to overshoot that time frame.
We will aim to publish an article this weekend to provide everyone with an in depth explanation behind the early access release & I think that article will help our community understand just how much work has gone into the past 3 months by our team.
I guess I could have made this post short & sweet but I wanted to provide additional context so thanks for reading through.
To end on a more positive note, hands on play testing has been very eye opening to possibilities & immersion #E2V1 offers. There are so many opportunities waiting & so many directions to take .. it really is very exciting. Another positive point is I believe this will be the final quarter of waiting in boredom / pain as moving forward we'll have feet on the ground inside #E2V1 & once it is stable we will be able to release subsequent updates faster.
#Earth2 #Metaverse #RealityThreads #E2V1 #PreAlpha