Create: Networking

# 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.