Create: Networking 0.1.3

Economics Update Part I - Banking Infrastructure (Beta)

Version 0.1.3 introduces the first major economic layer for Create: Networking.

Banking

• Added the ATM with account access, deposits, withdrawals and transfers.
• Added secure bank-card issuance through connected ATMs.
• Added blue, green, burgundy, black and white blank bank cards.
• Issued cards are tied to their owner and bank network.
• Replacement cards invalidate older issues.
• Copied or stale cards are rejected by the server.
• Added configurable ATM branding, logos, wordmarks and physical screen assets.
• Added receipts and physical Network Credit notes and coins.

Economic Controller

• Added the Economic Controller as the center of a banking network.
• Added account, balance, reserve and connected-device management.
• Added Dashboard, Screens, Devices and Diagnostics views.
• Added ownership protection with administrator access for server management.

Economic Links and Display Boards

• Added Economic Links for selecting and binding Create Display Board screens.
• Multiple separate screens can be connected through one link.
• Connected screens receive stable IDs and custom names.
• Added temporary screen identification such as SCREEN 01.
• Added Bank Status, Cash Reserve, Device Status and Screen Label output modes.
• Added screen, link, structure, power and controller-conflict diagnostics.
• Added protection against multiple controllers writing to the same screen.

Recipes and Polish

• Added recipes for the ATM, Economic Controller, Economic Link and all blank bank cards.
• Added a dedicated Network Connector recipe using Copper Wire, Brass Sheets, an Electron Tube and a Precision Mechanism.
• Reworked the Limiter Controller recipe around Zinc Wire, Brass Sheets, an Electron Tube and a Precision Mechanism.
• Reworked the Compact Fuse recipe. It now contains an integrated zinc fuse element and no longer requires a pre-built Copper Fuse.
• Increased the Zinc Sheet size in the inventory view.
• Updated the public mod name and description for the Economics Update.

Existing Networking Systems

The release continues to include mechanical network limiters, contracts, compact branch protection, connection tools, display integration and diagnostics foundations from earlier beta versions.

Beta Notice

Create: Networking remains in beta. Back up important worlds before updating, especially on multiplayer servers. Internal economic data formats and balancing may still change before version 0.2.0.

Coming in 0.1.4 - Economics Update Part II

Part II is planned to expand the economic network with:

• Vault-linked commodity inventories
• Configurable exchange rates and market prices
• Buy and sell spreads
• Price history
• Colored market movement displays
• Adaptive market layouts and text-based charts
• Trade terminals
• Economic Controller backbone links
• Optional local, regional and global markets

Exchange rates and commodity trading are intentionally not part of 0.1.3.