Terraria 1.2!

ShadowHearth

Out of BF4 beta, GTA 5 online and Terarria 1.2 I was most looking forward to Terraria today. I will be honest, I even forgot the other too were on october 1st! :pac:

So tell me there are more weirdos like me who love this game?:p

I fired it up, made a brand new character and brand new huge world. Will have to leave my full adamantium god like characters and start it again! WOOT!

So far the changes are very drastic. You can clearly see you are playing a VERY updated version of terraria. I did not gone through all the new changes in Wiki and will work on my own to discover stuff for now.

So far the ability to not get stuck behind 1x1 block makes this game so much better. Itsa lot more smooth. Minimap is a great addition too. All mobs got health bars, which makes it easier to pick fights.
I dont know is it me or it became a lot more harder. I got my arse handed to me a good few times and I barely even started.

returnNull

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I will be honest, I even forgot the other too were on october 1st! :pac:

was wondering why it was updating!

Dcully

Its a brilliant game, havent tried the updated version yet.

YouSavedMyLife

Yep just re-installed it. Will be starting a fresh hardcore character sometime tonight. Looking forward to it

Sarky

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So tell me there are more weirdos like me who love this game?:p

I doubt I'm a weirdo like you but I do Terraria. Been awfully busy of late, haven't had a chance to play any games in a week or more. Maybe this weekend I can give the new update a go.

ShadowHearth

Protip: If you go exploring new frozen lands - bring glowsticks. Your welcome!

Gunmonkey

Dropped a few minutes in to this earlier (damn sister visiting, doesn't she know there's ores to be mined!). The walking up 1 high blocks is so disorientating, gotten used to hopping up everywhere. 2nd best addition I have found is you can place torches on any wall, not just attached to a block (best new addition is there is now six types of piano depending on the wood used.....SIX!!!)

Restarted a week ago to get a new character up for this but kinda temped now to start completely fresh with another newbie and new world.

ShadowHearth

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Dropped a few minutes in to this earlier (damn sister visiting, doesn't she know there's ores to be mined!). The walking up 1 high blocks is so disorientating, gotten used to hopping up everywhere. 2nd best addition I have found is you can place torches on any wall, not just attached to a block (best new addition is there is now six types of piano depending on the wood used.....SIX!!!)

Restarted a week ago to get a new character up for this but kinda temped now to start completely fresh with another newbie and new world.

Fresh start is more fun. Game changed dramaticly, so worth doing new world and character.

Is it just me lads, or copper ore is gone?!


P.S. ROPE IS AWESOME!

Mickeroo

I got this in the steam sale and haven't got around to playing it properly yet Is this an update or another full game?

ShadowHearth

Mickeroo wrote: »

I got this in the steam sale and haven't got around to playing it properly yet Is this an update or another full game?

Its update, but it is massive update. Its like you know minecraft does 1.0 to 1.1 by adding 1 new block? Well this update is pretty much 1.0 to 27.1

degrassinoel

the update was over half the game's file size, granted that's only 50 meg but hey.. still awesome

waterfalls are cool, and cactus armour looks awesome!

KilOit

Clocked up about 50 hours on version 1 of this, so so much fun.
Will try 1.2
Everyone should give this game a shot

Gonzovision

For anyone that hasn't tried it, the Android version is actually quite good. I thought the controls would be a massive issue, but they are handled pretty well.

ShadowHearth

Well, called it a night. Really loving it so far. Some massive changes. Looks like the whole metal table is reworked. I haven't found a single copper/silver/gold. Found 4 New metals though.
Looks like biomes are more random then before. I found corruption patches while going down the jungle.

Gunmonkey

There is a chance the metals will be replaced with an alternate, found Lead in my new game in place of Iron. Also, the tools have switched round a lot. Hammers are now for making half blocks and destroying back walls, the Pickaxe is used to remove items.

Had a massive rainstorm hit just a day or 2 in, animations made me feel cold so locked myself in my shack as zombies in yellow mackintosh jackets wandered round. Also caused goldfish to start walking round the land.......

danthefan

Could anyone give a quick overview of what this game is about? I see it's announced for Vita, might get it then.

degrassinoel

side scrolling 2d minecraft .. basically

Dcully

degrassinoel wrote: »

side scrolling 2d minecraft .. basically

With genuinely tougher combat.

ShadowHearth

degrassinoel wrote: »

side scrolling 2d minecraft .. basically

Well, it's quite more complicated then that!

So terraria, it's 2d platformer game with minecraft crafting elements. Minecraft is more focused on construction building, where's terraria is focused on exploration, item crafting, character progression, boss fights, survival.
In a way terraria can be looked at as an rpg. It's all about gear improving, and tackling unexplored zones, dungeons, caves for more loot.

I got only 63h played so far: I wonder how much more play time will get from 1.2!

degrassinoel

well in fairness it's not more focused on anything really, it's an open world and you're free to do whatever you want to do. If you want to spend hundreds of hours building you can, same with exploration, and progression. Hardmode for progression is pretty challenging.

Hate to sound like an advert for the game but for a tenner it really is worth it. I've got 248 hours on record with it on steam since i bought the game on release . Though those stats are probably lower than reality too.

ShadowHearth

degrassinoel wrote: »

well in fairness it's not more focused on anything really, it's an open world and you're free to do whatever you want to do. If you want to spend hundreds of hours building you can, same with exploration, and progression. Hardmode for progression is pretty challenging.

Hate to sound like an advert for the game but for a tenner it really is worth it. I've got 248 hours on record with it on steam since i bought the game on release . Though those stats are probably lower than reality too.

Oh ofcourse it is open and you can do what ever you want, it's just in my eyes saying that it is a 2d minecraft is waaaaay underselling terraria. It's a lot more then that, and even a lot more deeper then minecraft too.

Noxin

Jeeze I've not played Terraria in a long time.

Just got the new version now. I love this game

Zillah

I'm really confused. Did I not read last year that Terraria development was being abandoned?

degrassinoel

I heard that same rumour too, was'nt true apparently

ShadowHearth

degrassinoel wrote: »

I heard that same rumour too, was'nt true apparently

It was true. They abandoned it. The console ports are not even done by same crowed. Developers were asked for source code so people could mod it etc. So developer instead off made this update! Fair play I say!

super_furry

Hmm it's 50% off on Xbox at the moment. Worth picking up on that?

Zillah

ShadowHearth wrote: »

It was true. They abandoned it. The console ports are not even done by same crowed. Developers were asked for source code so people could mod it etc. So developer instead off made this update! Fair play I say!

I'm still confused. So who made this update? If I buy this, will it automatically update on Steam or do I need to mess around?

ShadowHearth

Zillah wrote: »

I'm still confused. So who made this update? If I buy this, will it automatically update on Steam or do I need to mess around?

The 1.2 is made by original developer. All you need to do, is double click Terraria Icon and steam will do the updating. :pac:

The console ports are handled by other company.

degrassinoel

Zillah wrote: »

I'm still confused. So who made this update? If I buy this, will it automatically update on Steam or do I need to mess around?

Steam updates it for ye, and it's like 70meg or something - honestly, ye cant go wrong with this little beaut

CrazyRabbit

It's gone to the top of the Steam Sales chart (again). That tells you all you need to know about this game and the update.

KilOit

Love this game, my whole evening yesterday just evaporated, before I knew it it was midnight.
Playing a new game on a large map and currently constructing my Hellivator! Loving the new rope, making digging so much easier

Dave_The_Sheep

Played about 40 minutes of this last night. I hadn't played in the best part of a year before this, though previously I'd gotten about half way through hardmode.

I'm starting again, and cannot wait to get home to get stuck into it.

First time I played this I was at a LAN with 3 other mates and we had just finished a game of Civ. I saw that Terraria 4 packs were on sale, and we said "**** it I've no idea what it's about but lets give it a go". Seven hours later we realised it was 5 in the morning. Good times.

degrassinoel

Terraria 2 is in development apparently..

linky

Dcully

Started to watch this guy stream this morning while browsing my usual forums emails etc, 2 hours later and i dont know where the time has gone.
Will definitely play some more of this game,amazing amazing stuff.

http://www.twitch.tv/xrylite

ShadowHearth

Played again today. New changes really make it so entirely good again ( nothing was wrong before by the way).
I decided to look around my location and went exploring. I got a huge snow biome outside my base and it had very thick snow. Combined with lovely music it made me disappear in game. It's awesome.

YouSavedMyLife

5th Character died today, other four died to boulder traps but this time i was super careful, and fell to my death :mad:

Kiith

Bought this today and really enjoying it. Just made myself a basic 3 room stone house (after finally getting a bed made), for somewhere to camp out during the nights. Wandered way too far from it though into a mountain type area, and got killed trying to make my way back. Did manage to recover my items though.

Made some tin armour, and am about to go down down down

Pyr0

Been playing it since 1.2 was released and I'm loving it! Feels very fresh and new since my last play through a few months ago. It feels more like a mini expansion pack rather than a patch.

Found a huge living tree which I built my base in, using the height to my advantage but mixing it with the natural branches and leaves to have more of a natural look, just waiting to get the living tree wand in hard mode.

The new bosses and enemies are a great addition, nothing too over powered but if you face them with crap gear, you're going to die.

I haven't stumbled across the Bee hive yet, should be interesting.

Went to kill the wall of flesh, then I remembered I've done barely any hardmode prep, it's probably the only addition to the game that I don't like, mainly how it spreads and destroys the other biomes, forcing you to either spend hours and hours digging trenches only to have it ruined when you break another altar, or just deal with it and be leaft with very little character to the world.

Kiith

This is a perfect example of what i just did for the last 2 hours.

allanb49

might give her a crack now when i get back see what 1.2 offers

Kiith

Can anyone tell me what the red glowing things are underground? I can't seem to mine it, and i get damaged when hitting it with the hammer. I tried googling it, and it sounds like a Demon Alter, but it looks different and isn't particularly far down. I've come across a few of them so far.

Dave_The_Sheep

Kiith wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the red glowing things are underground? I can't seem to mine it, and i get damaged when hitting it with the hammer. I tried googling it, and it sounds like a Demon Alter, but it looks different and isn't particularly far down. I've come across a few of them so far.

Is it a Hellforge, by any chance?

http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/Hellforge

You need a particular level of Hammer to get those bad boys out of the ground.

[edit] I just saw you said "not particularly far down" so ignore my answer above. Odd, I haven't see these things you describe. Got a screenshot?

Kiith

Yeah, it's not that either. It looks like red ore with...eyeballs? I'll get a screenshot so i won't need such a bad description in a few minutes, once i've delved back in.

CrazyRabbit

Kiith wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the red glowing things are underground? I can't seem to mine it, and i get damaged when hitting it with the hammer. I tried googling it, and it sounds like a Demon Alter, but it looks different and isn't particularly far down. I've come across a few of them so far.

Lava or Hellforge is all I can think of. Though I only just started playing again yesterday so they might have added something new in (like my new raincoat & hat!!)

Sand blocks are the only other things near the surface that can harm you (as they fall on you).

Kiith

Ok, here it is. I'll try making a better hammer later and smashing it...once i kill Cthulhu's giant eye.

ShadowHearth

I would love a boards.ie server for this

aN.Droid

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I would love a boards.ie server for this

I find that having a server is all well and good but unlike minecraft you cant build without fear of someone greifing (no protection plugins)

Also with a few players you can pretty much empty a map of all chests in a day or two. Would need to rotate the map every now and again.

synesthesia

started a server with a friend ... the new updated is bloody brilliant!

CrazyRabbit

Kiith wrote: »

Ok, here it is. I'll try making a better hammer later and smashing it...once i kill Cthulhu's giant eye.

Yup...hellforge.

Dave_The_Sheep

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Yup...hellforge.

Have they changed the way hellforges look in 1.2?

VenomIreland

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Yup...hellforge.

Actually, It's a new item, called a Crimson Altar, only appears in worlds where Crimson exists.