Yep, Dual Universe is still kicking out informational alpha 3 dev blogs well after its latest alpha build went online. Still, this particular showcase is about a couple of features that are understated yet important, so they could be missed by the wider playerbase.
The first of these is an info button that players can use to leave a message for others without requiring the resources needed to build a screen unit. Simply head to the info button and interact with it to see the displayed message. This particular element can only be used in the opening districts right now, but a usable recipe will become available at some point later. And we’re almost certain it won’t be abused by players. No sir, no ma’am.
There’s also the ability to harvest materials from surface items like rocks in order to help players get onboarded to mining and access lower-grade materials more easily. Grabbing these elements is a simple matter of hovering over a rock to determine what mineral it holds with a tooltip, then clicking on said mineral with a Harvester tool. There are currently four harvestable minerals in Dual Universe, with plans to possibly expand the system to include harvestable foliage. For now, you’ll just have to be content with looking at pretty flowers instead of picking them.
