Hello ECC. As you may have read, we are currently undergoing some major changes to LWCs and cleaning up almost 1,000,000 locks.

You can find the original thread here: https://www.ecocitycraft.com/forum/threads/cleanup-policy-update-lwc-important.140280/



UPDATED INFORMATION regarding future cleanups -
www.tinyurl.com/FutureLWCCleanup


Here's some quick points:
- Do not steal from any unlocked chests in the next 14 days. Unless you own these chests
- Do not lock any unlocked chests with an intent to steal from the chests after the 14 days, or for any other malicious activities
- Don't mess around or try to bypass these rules. You'll be risking a permanent ban and an account wipe.
- If you previously owned the chest. You may take from it and will not be banned for this, but be certain that it is your lock. You do NOT want to be banned for a mere accident.

About the cleanup policy (LWC)
- Locks that have not been accessed for more than 6 months will be wiped. If you have opened the locks, punched them, locked them, etc. In the past 6 months then your locks will remain
- SUGGESTED That you create a central storage area for your locks. Don't scatter your locks around as they will be very hard to keep track of. If they are in a central storage area you can just punch each lock to prevent it from reaching that 6+ month period.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can we lock inactive players chests that we know then cmodify them to it and not touch them?
- No, to avoid any risk of getting into trouble it's best that you leave the chests completely unlocked and send a message to the actual owner of the lock. This way they can lock the chest them-self if they wish to do so.

The user is banned, I know they were inactive. Can I take the contents?
- No. Just leave all contents untouched for at least 14 days. You don't want to risk a perm ban.





This thread will be updated as we gather more information. Staff feel free to update/edit.

 

Quoted above in thread. Stands out a bit more.

 

Few minutes hopefully.

 

@Game Admin

 

If the chest is still locked after these LWC cleanups (So now). Then assuming your LWC is approved, you may take the items. The reason behind this is that the cleanup did not affect the chests because they are still "active" locks.

 

No. If it's been unlocked because of these changes, leave it for 30 days. You don't want to risk a ban.

 

After 30 days this period of leaving chests untouched will be over, yes. However, I'd double check with a staff member before sneaking around just to be safe. Hopefully we'll have a news article saying that these restrictions are no longer in place.

I'm not 100% on your 2nd question, however I'm going to assume that you won't be required to give the items back seeing as this user was likely inactive and stealing is fair game (AFTER this 30 day period). The only exception is /owned tools which may be reclaimed by the original owner.

Not sure on this, I'd wait 30 days from now then ask a GA+ or SA+. Yes you can report people for stealing early and it will be investigated asap.

I'd assume so, if they take the contents out at 29 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes, that's breaking the 30 day period rule. Unfortunately that'll be difficult to enforce as we haven't established the actual expiry time, hopefully (as said above) we will release a news article with the ending time in the future.

Correct, simply punch them all and it'll refresh the locks. If no message comes up, you'll have to re-lock.

I believe if anyone punches the locks it will refresh them. The ownership will stay with the original owner, but the lock will remain.