Terraria 1.2!

murphyebass · 19-07-2015 2:11pm

Josey Wales wrote: »

Go on. You know you want it.

Great game. Almost as much of a time sink as Destiny.

So I bought the full game on Vita a few nights back.

It's very very very (yes 3 very's) poorly explained but with a bit of help from YouTube i think I'm getting the idea.

Other than the poor/no tutorial it looks to have championship manager levels of addiction which scares me slightly.

Theres some amazing big house builds on YouTube too.

Josey Wales · 19-07-2015 9:44pm

murphyebass wrote: »

It's very very very (yes 3 very's) poorly explained but with a bit of help from YouTube i think I'm getting the idea.

Other than the poor/no tutorial it looks to have championship manager levels of addiction which scares me slightly.

Very true. I had no idea what I was doing or was supposed to do for a long time. You should look up 'Hellevator' and get building.

The one thing that I really dislike about this game is that there have been so many updates to the game since I created my world. I don't see the new content because I don't want to restart a new world. I wish I could import my character and homes into a new world.

murphyebass · 20-07-2015 8:04am

Josey Wales wrote: »

Very true. I had no idea what I was doing or was supposed to do for a long time. You should look up 'Hellevator' and get building.

The one thing that I really dislike about this game is that there have been so many updates to the game since I created my world. I don't see the new content because I don't want to restart a new world. I wish I could import my character and homes into a new world.

Had a look at the hellevator on YouTube there. It's idea is cool.

I'm tryin not to look at too many videos though. Id rather be able to explore and figure as much out myself as possible.

That said as I mentioned the tutorials aren't there so you have to look some things up which then tempts you to look at all the created worlds etc..

That's crap that the updates don't affect your current world.

So people who have invested hundreds of hours will essentially need to restart fresh if they want to use the update?!

That's mental if I've taken you up right.

Sephiroth_dude · 20-07-2015 10:56am

Was this patch released for vita too?

Dave_The_Sheep · 20-07-2015 3:34pm

murphyebass wrote: »

That's crap that the updates don't affect your current world.

So people who have invested hundreds of hours will essentially need to restart fresh if they want to use the update?!

That's mental if I've taken you up right.

They don't have to start fresh. Your character can go to other worlds, keep it's gear, etc. You will have to do your buildings again, and Hellevators, arenas etc, but that only takes a short while to set up again. You can pop in and out of our original world to get materials etc that you've likely stored up, etc.

Josey Wales · 20-07-2015 5:58pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

They don't have to start fresh. Your character can go to other worlds, keep it's gear, etc. You will have to do your buildings again, and Hellevators, arenas etc, but that only takes a short while to set up again. You can pop in and out of our original world to get materials etc that you've likely stored up, etc.

That's true but very time consuming. And the thought of starting over is daunting to say the least. Although it might mean a better world as I will learn from past mistakes.

Dave_The_Sheep · 21-07-2015 11:08am

Josey Wales wrote: »

That's true but very time consuming. And the thought of starting over is daunting to say the least. Although it might mean a better world as I will learn from past mistakes.

I agree, but you don't need a full base. Just a basic one with NPCs, plenty of efficient options for that.

Mind you, I have several worlds for farming purposes anyways, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest admittedly.

jaxdasher · 21-07-2015 11:33am

Anyone on pc want to start a new world together?

MagTuired · 22-07-2015 3:19pm

Considering buying Terraria. Quite enjoy Minecraft, but with the snail's pace of their updates I think it's time to hop across the fence.

Robert ninja · 22-07-2015 7:02pm

MagTuired wrote: »

Considering buying Terraria. Quite enjoy Minecraft, but with the snail's pace of their updates I think it's time to hop across the fence.

Although I have nothing against minecraft (since I've never played it) it was the features listed in the below picture I found on an image board that got me interested in the game in the first place.

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I actually think there's more enemies now so this pic is probably out of date.

Just downloaded the latest update. Considering going online soon. I just thought how amazing this game would be to play at 4-5-8K resolutions. The amount of things on screen at once would be wonderful and it wouldn't even need that good of a rig to power it. It's just too bad the game doesn't natively support anything more than 1080p without some kind of modding which I'm pretty sure would cause online incompatibilities.

Also I still suck balls at the combat. Cannot for the life of me defeat skeletron I just constantly get hit no matter what kind of movements I do. I even set up platforms all over the place for me to hookshot onto and he follows me perfectly. Maybe it's time I look up a video but I really don't like to do that...

I like digging to Hell but the firebats make it pretty much constantly hostile. Every other enemy I can defeat but those bats... never ending spawn, swarm, hard to hit. Really screw up trying to fight other things.

YouSavedMyLife · 22-07-2015 11:25pm

Yeah that pic is out of date. I have never played Minecraft but isn't there a massive modding community that bring in tonnes more content to the game like weapons, enemies and even quests?

MagTuired · 23-07-2015 8:28am

YouSavedMyLife wrote: »

Yeah that pic is out of date. I have never played Minecraft but isn't there a massive modding community that bring in tonnes more content to the game like weapons, enemies and even quests?

Yep, but not all mod are compatible and there's always tinkering to do and each mod comes with a separate list of bugs and quirks. On top of that lots of the mods don't quite gel with the vanilla game and gameplay.

For a game that made the amount of money that it did (and for one recently acquired by Microsoft) the game is developing way, way, way too slow. I used to defend its pace, but fact is they are not a tiny indie outfit anymore. There's also a strange unwillingness to just wholesale adopt some of the more polished mods - sure they incorporated a few, but there are plenty that would fit right in and enhance the quality of the game.

But I'm getting off topic with my jilted rant, this is about Terraria! Yeah, I was impressed when somebody listed out all the features in the recent update. I'm getting/building a new gaming PC today and I think this is the first game I'm going to download.

Robert ninja · 23-07-2015 9:20pm

jaxdasher wrote: »

Anyone on pc want to start a new world together?

This offer still open? Wouldn't mind some mumble or steam mics if you're up for it, either. Text is fine too. I really wanna give multiplayer a shot I have no idea how it will change the feel of the game I've had so far.

This thing is just amazing I can't believe the amount of content in it for the price. Really sets a standard I hope to see other game's take a feckin' hint from. Wish there was more cross-play options, though. Mobile to PC would be cool but I can see why it would be impossible if they've made a very separate port for it. I'd still prefer even my PC version going into mobile-mode to sync with mobile users' hardware restrictions.

jaxdasher · 23-07-2015 9:46pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

This offer still open? Wouldn't mind some mumble or steam mics if you're up for it, either. Text is fine too. I really wanna give multiplayer a shot I have no idea how it will change the feel of the game I've had so far.

This thing is just amazing I can't believe the amount of content in it for the price. Really sets a standard I hope to see other game's take a feckin' hint from. Wish there was more cross-play options, though. Mobile to PC would be cool but I can see why it would be impossible if they've made a very separate port for it. I'd still prefer even my PC version going into mobile-mode to sync with mobile users' hardware restrictions.

Hey man, I can only text right now. Ive set up my own little server. I PMed you the details.

Robert ninja · 23-07-2015 11:40pm

For anyone interested, we managed to connect but suffered a bit of lag which we theorised could've been from one of us using wifi. When opting for the person with wired connection to host the server instead, the other could not join. Admist various port forwarding, we lost the will to try for the night :pac: Perhaps another attempt and if any boardsies have experience with this, let us noobs know. Reminds me of gmod all over again.

Dave_The_Sheep · 24-07-2015 2:59am

I'll happily run a server. I had 5 guild mates last week without lag, dedicated server. My main is post-Plantera, but I'll leave a large (expert or non-expert) server open for people to connect to (up to 8/10 people) via PM, they can catch up and we can fire on from there. Drop me a PM and I'll set it up on Saturday, early afternoon.

Let me know what you want, expert or non-expert if you have a preference.

Robert ninja · 24-07-2015 4:54am

I'd prefer non-expert since there's still a ton of stuff I don't understand and it naturally turns to expert mode after X thing happens anyway, right?

Edit: Turns out I was confusing expert with hardmode. There 3 different difficulties in this game get me a bit confused sometimes. Expert-NonExpert, Soft-Hardcore, Normal and Hard Mode (which can change mid-game). Makes me head spin.

jaxdasher · 24-07-2015 10:46am

I vote expert.

Since there there are unique items only found in expert.

jaxdasher · 25-07-2015 4:40pm

I wont be on tonight but will be on all day tomorrow.

Dave_The_Sheep · 25-07-2015 5:07pm

Server up, for those that want to join, drop me a message on Steam - davsheep - if you want the details.

Expert, large. Can change maps at will though, if required.

Robert ninja · 26-07-2015 7:01am

No lag so far. Managed to get a small shack up for others to use for night time. It's hard starting over again... none of the comforts of all the gear I'd got with my other characters and worlds. This expert mode is brutal.

MagTuired · 28-07-2015 8:31am

Alright! Going to install Terraria sometime this week - would be up for joining somebody's world if there's room. Though expert mode does sound prettttty terrifying for a noob.

jaxdasher · 28-07-2015 10:46am

MagTuired wrote: »

Alright! Going to install Terraria sometime this week - would be up for joining somebody's world if there's room. Though expert mode does sound prettttty terrifying for a noob.

There are currently 2 of us on Daves server, expert mode. Ita pretty challenging, I recommend creating a softcore character. Its a pretty exciting world though being on expert.

Gbear · 28-07-2015 3:37pm

Decided to give Expert mode a go with a new character.

It's seriously tough.

Everything above the basic slimes do like 50 damage and has 100+ health straight out of the gate.

I'm collecting way more money from monsters but I haven't seen evidence of better drops yet.

Apparently you get access to developer items and all bosses drop a bag of special loot, but I haven't killed any yet, so I haven't noticed anything.

I'd say using melee weapons is probably a bad choice so I'll probably stick together a better bow as soon as I get enough gold ore and start making some fancy arrows.
Shurikens and other ranged items I never bothered with on normal mode have been a godsend.

Dave_The_Sheep · 28-07-2015 7:28pm

Gbear wrote: »

Apparently you get access to developer items and all bosses drop a bag of special loot, but I haven't killed any yet, so I haven't noticed anything.

I'd say using melee weapons is probably a bad choice so I'll probably stick together a better bow as soon as I get enough gold ore and start making some fancy arrows.
Shurikens and other ranged items I never bothered with on normal mode have been a godsend.

If you can get one, yoyos are a great option for cheesing enemies. The more powerful ones are great against bosses too - if you get a longer string and a yoyo glove.

Each boss has a 100% drop rate for a loot bag on expert, and as you say - money is far more plentiful. However, if you die, you drop 75% of gold instead of 50% on easy.

Gbear · 28-07-2015 8:53pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

If you can get one, yoyos are a great option for cheesing enemies. The more powerful ones are great against bosses too - if you get a longer string and a yoyo glove.

Each boss has a 100% drop rate for a loot bag on expert, and as you say - money is far more plentiful. However, if you die, you drop 75% of gold instead of 50% on easy.

I've made judicious use of the piggy bank so far.

I've one in my inventory and 1 at home.
Handy to do a little pit stop every now and again to keep your in-inventory gold low.

Gbear · 29-07-2015 12:14am

Fishing was a good idea.

There was a swarm of fireflies near my house so I caught about 50 of them and made the gruelling trek to the edge of the map (dying about 4 times before I got set up).

Caught 2 quest fish, about 25 wooden crates but crucially, the swordfish, the sawtooth shark and the reaver shark.

So that's my axe, melee weapon and pickaxe sorted until hardmode.

Dave_The_Sheep · 30-07-2015 12:52pm

So I made a bollocks of the Windows 10 upgrade. Server will be down longer than expected.

jaxdasher · 30-07-2015 1:23pm

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

So I made a bollocks of the Windows 10 upgrade. Server will be down longer than expected.

Boooo! Im not paying for this crappy server :P

Hope you dont lose the world data though.

Dave_The_Sheep · 30-07-2015 1:29pm

jaxdasher wrote: »

Boooo! Im not paying for this crappy server :P

Hope you dont lose the world data though.

Nah, that should be backed up. Should.

[edit] And it was. Server is back up.

Solitaire · 01-08-2015 10:00pm

Argh, wish I'd checked this thread last week!

Gbear wrote: »

Fishing was a good idea.

^ This

It took 4 worlds and over 600 wooden crates before my new 1.3 main found a Radar

On the other hand, half of those were opened just after I murdered WoF so between those and the hundreds of iron/golden crates I had lying around from fishing up all the wooden ones... nothing like not setting foot outside in Hardmode until you already have a full set of Titanium armor

Needless to say I haven't smashey-smashied a single demon altar in my main 1.3 world ^_^

YouSavedMyLife · 02-08-2015 1:26pm

Just made the jump into Expert hard mode. Molten set and some of the best pre hard mode gear and I'm getting 2.5 Shotted by skeleton archers. I guess I should have fished up some crates before i killed WoF but fishing is so boring for long periods.

Robert ninja · 31-08-2015 12:10pm

So I downloaded Terraria from my GOG library again onto Linux this time. Works perfectly, was even able to copy over all my characters and worlds from the Windows directory. DRM-free Terraria on Linux... maximum comfy enabled.

I guess I could host the boardsie world again

EoinHef · 14-05-2017 8:58pm

Been awhile since anyones been in this thread but im hoping some people still play the game currently.

Im looking for advice on mods worth playing and the best way to get them installed.

Ive started a game recently but ive heard the mod scene for this game is great so wouldnt mind restarting with a few installed.

Im not looking for hard mode or extra grind,just some packs to give a bit of variety to a playthrough. Ive looked at the PC Gamer list of mods and the conversion mods look interesting.

So any advice on particular mods or where to start looking would be appreciated.

EDIT: Ok so had a quick look around the net and the way to go seems to be the tModLoader. Only issue seems to be not all mods are going to be for the current version and with no way of downgrading versions im not sure it would be worth messing around with. Gonna give it a quick try tomorrow and see how it goes. Hopefully the mods get updated at some point or theres a way to downgrade to previous versions in the future.

EoinHef · 15-05-2017 3:23am

Actually scrap that,theres a patch for the modloader for version 1.3.5 so i should be ok to get a few mods inatalled:)

ShadowHearth · 15-05-2017 6:26am

Actually, what are good mods for terraria? Wouldnt mind fire it up on my laptop. Not a powerful laptop, but plenty of mashing potato power for indies and lovely terraria.
Any automation mods? Hard to play any of these games after being spoiled with factorio.

YouSavedMyLife · 15-05-2017 1:23pm

Tremor is the only mod i have played. It pretty much is an unofficial patch for the game adding loads more items, monsters, bosses and what have ye.

EoinHef · 15-05-2017 7:01pm

I went with Thorium,Tremor,Reduced Grind and Pumpking.

Think they should add a whole heap into the game. Ive never really played terraria so i wont even know whats vanilla and whats modded content but feck it,go big or go home:)

The modloader makes mods a doddle to install too,download the loader,extract from a zip into the terraria folder overwriting already existing folders,then run the game from steam. Can then use an in game browser to install mods from it. Very nice little system. Just make a backup of your vanilla folder if you want to keep your vanilla saves safe. Toons can be ported from vanilla to modded i think though if your attached to one. Just have to copy and paste the character file i think.

I had 12 mins of terraria played last friday,i now have nearly 9 hrs so i can see this becoming a time sink!!

Terraria 1.2!

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