Easter Eggs

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Easter Eggs

Easter eggs... little "gifts" and gimmicks that game developers and programmers leave behind in the code for the player to find. Vendetta Online surely has plenty of its own... they simply must be found first.

Alpha/Engine Test Easter Eggs

These are easter eggs that existed only during the Alpha and Engine Test stages of Vendetta Online.

The Title Bar That Talked Back

Way back in the day called Vendetta Test, players used to have a menu tab called "Inventory" instead of the "Character Info" tab. On this tab was an empty field, whose title bar read,
"Don't click here."
If a curious player chose to disobey the title bar's strict instruction, the bar's message changed to read,
"I said, 'Don't click here!' "
If the player chose to click on the title bar again after this even more forceful admonishment, the message reverted to the first, and the cycle repeated itself.

Beta Test Easter Eggs

These are easter eggs that existed only during the Beta Test, or that were eliminated at the time of final release.
No easter eggs are currently reported at this time.

Release Easter Eggs

These are easter eggs that currently exist, or that were eliminated after the final release.

Atlas Hatches

If you set your texture resolution to Very High and take a close look at the top and back of the Atlas transport craft, you will find something very interesting.
On the top, the hatch reads "Emergency Access". On the back, it reads, "Caution Door Opens Downward"

Nice to have... Yourself?

Type /buddy invite "your name" Accept. The game should reply, "Fine, you are your own buddy."

Roy

Because all textures (most anyway) were taken from photos that Waylon took on picture-taking excursions, even the windows of the stations are from the real world. One set of windows came from a building where (apparently) something that was or looked like a person was in the window when the picture was taken. This "person" was given the name "Roy" by the devs. Every now and then, you can find Roy sitting in a station window. Maybe he'll look at you and wave.

Say what?

Private message a Hive bot, station guard, or strike force. You will recieve a string of randomly generated binary.

Upside down, backwards and sideways!

As discovered by a well-known player, if you study the orientation of the planets and major (in-system) stars in relation to each other to their orientation on the map when you warp into a sector, you will find in every case that you are flipped 180° (π radians) from the solar plane. In other words... you're upside down!