Terraria (2d Minecraft)

[Franchise]

Picked this up with some friends when it was on sale, does the person who starts the server always have to be on for the other people to play on it?

[djzombie]

Yeah, they can make and play their own single player world if they like. The cool thing is that you can bring your character and items from any world into any world. Also, there is an item the merchant sells for one gold called the piggy bank, you can put stuff into it, and then pick it back up, also - all piggy banks(of a particular players) are linked together. So you can put items in a piggy bank on one world, and plop down another on someone elses multiplayer world, and whatever you put in one will transfer to the other.

The only way you could do what you're suggesting is to copy your world file and send it to your friends, in which case one of them could start a multiplayer world using that file for the others to play on - the only problem with that is they will need to send you back the updated file when they're done, if you want to have cumulative progress.

[Trichocyst]

My friends and I just have one of us host a dedicated server pretty much 24/7.

[Atreides]

I'm bored, so I finally took a pic of my base that I've been working on:

Spoiler: show

Main base:
http://i53.tinypic.com/35m2iav.png
From top left going down the rooms are: Garden, Laboratory, Library, Temple
In the middle: Empty, Guest room, courtyard, workshop
From top right going down: Empty, Greenhouse/Treasure Vault, Armory, Dining Room

I still need to build my master bedroom, chances are I'll use one or both of those empty rooms. I'll probably add more on top too, in order to make the house look more aesthetically pleasing.

herb garden tower/alchemy lab:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ykz3o5.png

Underground refuge, which is straight down from the obsidian skull on the surface:
http://i53.tinypic.com/2ajw08i.jpg

There's also a few other outbuildings, like an alternate spawn point near the dungeon entrance and a small shack located above a shaft to the nearest demon altar. There's also a mushroom farm, a vile mushroom farm, and a set of piranha spawn tanks but I didn't feel like posting all of them. My next project will probably be a coral farm floating above the ocean in the west, with a glass observation room submerged in the water beneath it. Or maybe an automatic shark farm like they have on the forums, idk yet.

[Atreides]

omg... Tiy just posted this pic, it WILL NOT be in the next update but it's coming in the future

**This will NOT be in the upcoming patch** I wanted to let the builders know we haven't forgotten you, working on this:

Are those Mannequins? holy shitttttt i want all that stuff lol

[Arkanna]

I'm bored, so I finally took a pic of my base that I've been working on:

Spoiler: show

Main base:
http://i53.tinypic.com/35m2iav.png
From top left going down the rooms are: Garden, Laboratory, Library, Temple
In the middle: Empty, Guest room, courtyard, workshop
From top right going down: Empty, Greenhouse/Treasure Vault, Armory, Dining Room

I still need to build my master bedroom, chances are I'll use one or both of those empty rooms. I'll probably add more on top too, in order to make the house look more aesthetically pleasing.

herb garden tower/alchemy lab:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ykz3o5.png

Underground refuge, which is straight down from the obsidian skull on the surface:
http://i53.tinypic.com/2ajw08i.jpg

There's also a few other outbuildings, like an alternate spawn point near the dungeon entrance and a small shack located above a shaft to the nearest demon altar. There's also a mushroom farm, a vile mushroom farm, and a set of piranha spawn tanks but I didn't feel like posting all of them. My next project will probably be a coral farm floating above the ocean in the west, with a glass observation room submerged in the water beneath it. Or maybe an automatic shark farm like they have on the forums, idk yet.

You, sir, have a problem, lol. But seriously, those are amazing creations, I wish I was 10% as creative as you are.

A couple questions you could probably answer .... how exactly do you dupe lava/water? I do not really feel like falling down my Hellevator 50 times to complete my garden.

[djzombie]

Wow that's tight Atreides

did anyone see biome castle on terraria's front page - my favorite part of that was the desert biome that looks like it broke from the chain and shattered on the ground - the guy had some really cool ideas there.

[Atreides]

You, sir, have a problem, lol. But seriously, those are amazing creations, I wish I was 10% as creative as you are.

A couple questions you could probably answer .... how exactly do you dupe lava/water? I do not really feel like falling down my Hellevator 50 times to complete my garden.

Do you see those areas with lava/water in my screenshots? that's how you dupe lava/water in Terraria, you basically pour a bucket over a block jutting up, then the liquid inside splits between the two sides (in my screenshots, half goes into a little 1-block deep indentation, and the other half goes into the larger area. You can then use the empty bucket to pick up the liquid that's in the little indentation. It's technically half of a block, but once you pick it up the game counts it as a full bucket. You can then repeat the process, you can click really fast.

For filling up garden areas, you can just make that shape over the flower pots with dirt or whatever. I use bricks, because I feel like I mess up clicks less than with dirt lol. It's slow since it's half a bucket at a time, but it's faster than going all the way to hell and back. Some people think you can add more splits below the original one to make it faster, although I'm still not entirely convinced that actually works (although I do it anyway).

[Arkanna]

Do you see those areas with lava/water in my screenshots? that's how you dupe lava/water in Terraria, you basically pour a bucket over a block jutting up, then the liquid inside splits between the two sides (in my screenshots, half goes into a little 1-block deep indentation, and the other half goes into the larger area. You can then use the empty bucket to pick up the liquid that's in the little indentation. It's technically half of a block, but once you pick it up the game counts it as a full bucket. You can then repeat the process, you can click really fast.

For filling up garden areas, you can just make that shape over the flower pots with dirt or whatever. I use bricks, because I feel like I mess up clicks less than with dirt lol. It's slow since it's half a bucket at a time, but it's faster than going all the way to hell and back. Some people think you can add more splits below the original one to make it faster, although I'm still not entirely convinced that actually works (although I do it anyway).

Thanks for the tip. =)

[djzombie]

Yeah I didn't know that, can't tell you how many trips i made to the lake to fill up my waterleaf garden, still not as bad as tripping to hell and back but still. Thanks!

[rezn0r]

holy shit @ Atreides

[Tonko]

for some reason I can't see the pics of what he posted, my computer won't display them. Anyone have any ideas why?

[rezn0r]

any chance your browser/addons are blocking tinypic.com?

[miokomioko]

omg... Tiy just posted this pic, it WILL NOT be in the next update but it's coming in the future



Are those Mannequins? holy shitttttt i want all that stuff lol

I'm quite partial to those banners and the possibility of the safe... mmm.

[Tonko]

Only Add-On I have for Firefox is AddBlock, and tinypic.com isn't on the list of filters.

I disabled the Add-On, still can't see it.

[miokomioko]

Boomp. Here's the new patch list for whenever the update is scheduled.

The release date of patch 1.0.6 is currently unscheduled. The version was originally going to be called 1.1 as it was such a game changing update, but the idea was dismissed as the developers wanted 1.1 to be a more major game content update, similar to an MMO expansion.[1]

New Additions and Changes

• Inventory/GUI improvements:
• Colored inventory boxes.
• Loot All and Quick Stack Chest functions.
• Trash Can which allows you to retrieve the last item thrown away.
• Items picked up will be placed in the bottom right corner of the inventory first.
• Lock button which prevents the hotbar from being altered.
• Four new inventory slots for ammo.
• Exact health value will be shown above the health bar.
• All mana items will be blue instead of purple.
• Health gain text will be green.
• Right-clicking equippable items will equip them.
• Shift-clicking items will vendor them (if trading with an NPC) or will otherwise trash them.
• Ammo consuming weapons placed in the hotbar will now display how much ammo there is remaining.
• The seven most recently connected servers will now be displayed in the Multiplayer menu.
• It is no longer possible to drop items through the spaces between boxes in the inventory.

• Grapple hotkey added.

• New sounds on some currently quiet enemies/events.

• Magic and mana system overhauled.
• Mana regeneration bonuses have been converted to maximum mana bonuses.
• Mana regenerates quicker the longer you stand still.

• Healing potion effectiveness reduced and cooldown increased (Potion Sickness debuff which lasts 60 seconds).

• Life now regenerates automatically. The longer it's been since you've been hit, the faster it regenerates.

• Damage given and received has a 15% variance. There is a 4% chance of a critical hit which deals 100% extra damage (player to enemy only).

• New hairstyles.

• New dungeon content:
• Spinning spike-ball trap.
• Locked Chests which require Keys to open.
• Increased Spike spawn during world generation.

• New Night's Edge and Dark Lance sprites.

• Items sold to NPCs can be bought back for the selling price.

• Addition and removal of background tiles have now been sped up, as well as 1 tile hole being automatically filled up.

• New status ailments which provide negative effects to both the player and NPCs:
• Poisoned
• On Fire!
• Cursed
• Darkness

• Jungle Armor stats altered:
• Increases maximum mana
• increases magic critical strike chance
• Set bonus: 16% mana usage

• Necro Armor stats altered:
• Increases ranged damage
• Set bonus: 20% chance not to consume ammo

• Improved flail mechanics.

• Different weapons will have different damage types. Eventually in later updates, certain damage types may be more/less effective against certain enemies.

• Cacti no longer cause knock-back.

• Thorny Bushes will now be destroyed after touching them.

• The Band of Starpower now adds 20 maximum mana instead of speeding up mana regeneration.

• Lava Slimes will no longer burst into a pool of lava when killed.

Bug Fixes

• Eater of Worlds will be listed as "flees" when the player exits The Corruption instead of being listed as "defeated".

• Night Owl Potion will actually work.

• Rejuvenation potions will work with the Quick Heal and Quick Mana functions.

• Dungeons will no longer spawn in the ocean.

• NPCs who are far from home will no longer "flip out".

[Atreides]

I dont think those are the full notes, as I think there's going to be at least 1 new item based on screenshots. I just wanna know when the next update isssss I am so bored

[Coren]

Agree. /bored.

[miokomioko]

Oh yeah, that list is simply a (verified-accurate) compilation of everything that has been said/leaked/disclosed by developers so far.

[Kaisha]

Does it help to start on a larger map for a new character? I went small, and so far I'm having a real rough time trying to get anything done. If I go right of my house, I encounter a very small desert, and then this dungeon-looking area where a bunch of flying monster things rape me. If I go left for a bit, I end up hitting a biome with monsters that take 15+ strikes to hit that also rape me on contact.

Mostly just been digging down further and further into the caves near my house. Finally got enough iron ore to replace all my wooden shit with it, but I'm still naked as far as armor goes.