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Terraria |OT2| The Hallowed Land Of Corruption
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demosthenes
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markot said:
Mine for materials and then build it. Check out the Terraria wiki for order of strength for ore.
markot said:
When you're first starting out, dig at night, build during the day. Zombies and Demon Eyes are much tougher than the slimes you'll fight during daylight, so just dig down and look for ore and then build a bit when you return to the surface.
markot said:
We set up a brief tutorial on the GAF server; gafterraria.dyndns.org
At the very least you'll walk out with some gimmie materials / weapons and have a general knowledge of the game, plus be able to ask advice directly.With there not being a lot going on, chances are someone (i.e. me) will be more than happy to hang out and show you the ropes a bit.
I'll be off and on through the day.
vareon said:
Well, as I said, it's annoying seeing all of these awesome things and knowing they're further away than I thought (I seriously was thinking October). But, as Grimm pointed out, there's already a shitload of games coming out this autumn. It will be nice to know that after the Demon Souls / Gears of War / Halo CE:A / Skyward Sword / Skyrim / etc. madness starts to slow down a bit, a free Terraria Expansion will be waiting.
And that's definitely not a FFUUUUUUUUU- moment.
Grinchy
Banned
Wow that's good to know. As far as building with an editor, I'm the kind of guy who will annoy everyone in the Minecraft thread because I like it as vanilla as humanly possible. I can't see myself building anything in either of these games with an editor. Without death and challenge, what's the point?Retro said:
And maybe no update until December? I know everyone else will be pissed by that, but I'm just glad to know that I can make a new world now.
The pink thing is some kind of enchanted hammer enemy, you can see it in the video below. It is definitely not friendly.
Windows and (I'm guessing) Mithril Bricks.
Holy shit, a video too!
Grimm Fandango
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Those spectres or whatever look badass.
Also I'm really curious about the new (?) rocket boots in the video. We saw a glimpse of them in a picture a few weeks back.
Also I'm really curious about the new (?) rocket boots in the video. We saw a glimpse of them in a picture a few weeks back.
Grimm Fandango said:
I'm not so sure they are new; perhaps a new color scheme is in place so mobility items are blue, combat are red, magic are green, etc. In that screen, the Cloud in a Bottle and Rocket Boots both have blue effects, but they're not draining mana, for whatever that's worth.
Also, catching a few things I didn't see earlier:
New "Buster Sword" in the 5th slot, for those looking to complete the Cloud Strife look.
"Holy Water" stacks up to 250 at least.
Some kind of Silver Bell in the 8th slot. Unintended reference to a Christmas release date?
No official updates, sadly; sorry to get everyone's hopes up with a bump.
However, I've been bored lately so I added a ton of stuff, including the Graveyard above, a half-dozen or so random towers across the landscape, and some major upgrades to the above-ground jungle (left of spawn).
There's 2 platinum floating around in said jungle area; one each in two chests. And since money is always good (even if you don't have anything to spend it on yet), you might as well log on and get it. Not like 1.1 is going to break money, right?
gafterraria.dyndns.org / port: 7777 .... happy hunting (well.... for the next hour or so, then the server goes down until 8 AM eastern tomorrow).
However, I've been bored lately so I added a ton of stuff, including the Graveyard above, a half-dozen or so random towers across the landscape, and some major upgrades to the above-ground jungle (left of spawn).
There's 2 platinum floating around in said jungle area; one each in two chests. And since money is always good (even if you don't have anything to spend it on yet), you might as well log on and get it. Not like 1.1 is going to break money, right?
gafterraria.dyndns.org / port: 7777 .... happy hunting (well.... for the next hour or so, then the server goes down until 8 AM eastern tomorrow).
Man, they made hell a lot harder since the last time I played (months ago). Was trying to show a friend how to play multiplayer last night on one of my old worlds and the mobs down there coupled with the healing cool down was insane.
Grimm Fandango
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Brazil said:
FUUUUUUU- that was great. So many additions already that are worthy of 1.1
Thoughts:
-torches/glowsticks have own dedicated key like grapple hook
-I want that rocket launcher
-drill is fast and sweet
-new lighting looks great in motion
-new ore (cobalt, mythril, adamantite) seems to form like a meteorite crash? I hope finding them underground won't be too aggravating
-grapple hook has longer reach now? Go to 2:00 and see.
Time for some analysis!
-Looks like they're gonna give us the dummies so we can display our armor.
-Wooden pillars are new. We (well, when I say "we" I mean "Retro") built a structure on the server that has faux pillars (a treehouse). Looks like Retro is gonna have new crap to play with in building. ^O^
-The new backdrop effect is awesome, makes you wonder if they'll change when you hit the any other biomes on the surface.
-I see a harp?
-Looks like they're giving us glass walls, so now we dont have to have the big glaring holes in our buildings anymore. I wonder if they're gonna give us stained glass to play with too.
-EDIT: and I just saw the post on the actual Terraria forums. Someone pointed out that there's a new rod/wand, and there's new statues (gargoyles?). Also looks like they fixed the wall blending issues.
-Looks like they're gonna give us the dummies so we can display our armor.
-Wooden pillars are new. We (well, when I say "we" I mean "Retro") built a structure on the server that has faux pillars (a treehouse). Looks like Retro is gonna have new crap to play with in building. ^O^
-The new backdrop effect is awesome, makes you wonder if they'll change when you hit the any other biomes on the surface.
-I see a harp?
-Looks like they're giving us glass walls, so now we dont have to have the big glaring holes in our buildings anymore. I wonder if they're gonna give us stained glass to play with too.
-EDIT: and I just saw the post on the actual Terraria forums. Someone pointed out that there's a new rod/wand, and there's new statues (gargoyles?). Also looks like they fixed the wall blending issues.
Wow... more importantly, what else is hiding in those images...
Left to right in image one (daylight):
1. Those are some thin Wood Walls creating the columns there. I wonder if the wall system is being overhauled to allow single tile placement rather than the big clumps they appear in now.
2. Angel Statues have a purpose now, it seems.
3. The Wood tiles are blending into dirt, as does the Grey Brick... looks like everything is finally going to blend nicely.
4. Mithril Armor standing alone means armor stands or mannequins, finally.
5. Glass background walls, finally.
6. Gargoyle / Gryphon statue.
7. More smooth transitions between Wall objects; the dark brick is only a single tile wide and there don't appear to be any gaps as normally would occur with wood walls. Yay for indoor chimneys without strange glitches.
8. A new background in the basement; rocks with wooden barriers holding them in place. Interesting.
9. More armor stands/mannequins in the basement too.
10. Is it just me, or does the player sprite here appear to be wearing some kind of white backpack?
11. Another statue, but facing the player.
12. Cobalt Armor on display.
Left to right in image two (Blood Moon):
1. The Hotbar has Excalibur, Clockwork Assault Rifle, Adamantite Chainsaw, and Adamantite Glaive in the first 4 slots. Dirt Block in slot 6, Adamantite Drill in 7. No idea what's in slot 5 (looks like an Adamantite version of the Mithril Repeater we saw earlier to me), slot 8 has something called a Rainbow Rod in it (new caster weapon?). Slot 9 appears to be a blue version of the Rainbow Rod, and slot 0 appears to be a ... harp?
2. 60/47 (100%) Could this be a quest tracker, counting the number of enemies the player has slain (for example, Demon Eyes?) towards reaching his goal? 47 seems like an odd number of targets to slay, but it could just be for testing purposes.
3. Chain Lanterns appear to give off a greenish glow now. Neat.
I love these little teasers, speculating about stuff at least helps alleviate the wait.
When did you stop playing? They've added a lot since 'when it came out', including alchemy and plants, vanity items, more weapons, better dungeons, more furniture, harder bosses, more enemies... lots of stuff. And they polished the way Corruption and Jungles are added into the world so it's a little more interesting.
I'm waiting until the next patch to really dig into it, and I would hope most of the people we had dropping by the GAF server every day will come back to experience all the cool stuff we're apparently getting. The servers are best when everyone is on, goofing off, doing side projects and having fun.
Left to right in image one (daylight):
1. Those are some thin Wood Walls creating the columns there. I wonder if the wall system is being overhauled to allow single tile placement rather than the big clumps they appear in now.
2. Angel Statues have a purpose now, it seems.
3. The Wood tiles are blending into dirt, as does the Grey Brick... looks like everything is finally going to blend nicely.
4. Mithril Armor standing alone means armor stands or mannequins, finally.
5. Glass background walls, finally.
6. Gargoyle / Gryphon statue.
7. More smooth transitions between Wall objects; the dark brick is only a single tile wide and there don't appear to be any gaps as normally would occur with wood walls. Yay for indoor chimneys without strange glitches.
8. A new background in the basement; rocks with wooden barriers holding them in place. Interesting.
9. More armor stands/mannequins in the basement too.
10. Is it just me, or does the player sprite here appear to be wearing some kind of white backpack?
11. Another statue, but facing the player.
12. Cobalt Armor on display.
Left to right in image two (Blood Moon):
1. The Hotbar has Excalibur, Clockwork Assault Rifle, Adamantite Chainsaw, and Adamantite Glaive in the first 4 slots. Dirt Block in slot 6, Adamantite Drill in 7. No idea what's in slot 5 (looks like an Adamantite version of the Mithril Repeater we saw earlier to me), slot 8 has something called a Rainbow Rod in it (new caster weapon?). Slot 9 appears to be a blue version of the Rainbow Rod, and slot 0 appears to be a ... harp?
2. 60/47 (100%) Could this be a quest tracker, counting the number of enemies the player has slain (for example, Demon Eyes?) towards reaching his goal? 47 seems like an odd number of targets to slay, but it could just be for testing purposes.
3. Chain Lanterns appear to give off a greenish glow now. Neat.
I love these little teasers, speculating about stuff at least helps alleviate the wait.
SalsaShark said:
When did you stop playing? They've added a lot since 'when it came out', including alchemy and plants, vanity items, more weapons, better dungeons, more furniture, harder bosses, more enemies... lots of stuff. And they polished the way Corruption and Jungles are added into the world so it's a little more interesting.
I'm waiting until the next patch to really dig into it, and I would hope most of the people we had dropping by the GAF server every day will come back to experience all the cool stuff we're apparently getting. The servers are best when everyone is on, goofing off, doing side projects and having fun.
Nice write-ups, I didn't notice half of that stuff. Strangely I'm most excited about being able to add those glass windows to my structures, it looks so cool. November/December release is fine with me since I plan on getting back to this once the holiday rush blows over.
Once again, for reference:
In the meantime, you can hit up the GAF server to see what's up.. my floating island is complete, I built two pyramids (near the Dungeon), added some stuff in the jungle... so... if you're itching to play, there's stuff to see there.
Hey, I systematically scanned the images for new stuff because I'm crazy. Don't envy my sickness.
Thanks. As someone who has spent 80% of his time just building shit, I agree; seeing the way building materials and walls blend, the (possibly) new approach to walls, as well as glass windows are already giving me so many ideas on how to build new structures that I'm tempted to get on the GAF server and just try things out even though I know they won't actually work.
As for the Holiday Rush, I'm picking up Skyward Sword and Halo: CEA, and I'm considering picking up Dark Souls since I have a little disposable income (thanks to Agent Whiskers, if you haven't been to his thread; jumpawnit.). I may wait on Dark Souls however since those two are likely to occupy more than enough time until Christmas... and Terraria will devour my soul the minute it comes out regardless of where I am in the other two (yeah, I would wait on Zelda to play Terraria, wtf is wrong with me?)
Sounds like a few people have had similar problems on their forums, I would try Niro's advice, or just uninstall and reinstall the game (after copying your data files, of course)?
Redigit said:
In the meantime, you can hit up the GAF server to see what's up.. my floating island is complete, I built two pyramids (near the Dungeon), added some stuff in the jungle... so... if you're itching to play, there's stuff to see there.
HaRyu said:
Hey, I systematically scanned the images for new stuff because I'm crazy. Don't envy my sickness.
Snuggler said:
Thanks. As someone who has spent 80% of his time just building shit, I agree; seeing the way building materials and walls blend, the (possibly) new approach to walls, as well as glass windows are already giving me so many ideas on how to build new structures that I'm tempted to get on the GAF server and just try things out even though I know they won't actually work.
As for the Holiday Rush, I'm picking up Skyward Sword and Halo: CEA, and I'm considering picking up Dark Souls since I have a little disposable income (thanks to Agent Whiskers, if you haven't been to his thread; jumpawnit.). I may wait on Dark Souls however since those two are likely to occupy more than enough time until Christmas... and Terraria will devour my soul the minute it comes out regardless of where I am in the other two (yeah, I would wait on Zelda to play Terraria, wtf is wrong with me?)
Gravijah said:nothing?
Sounds like a few people have had similar problems on their forums, I would try Niro's advice, or just uninstall and reinstall the game (after copying your data files, of course)?
Themacabre
Member
Terraria is honestly shaping up to be one of my favorite games (especially for the price). I'm looking forward to Skyrim the most, Arkham city next and then the 1.1 update to a $10 2d indie game.
Grimm Fandango
Member
This update has been coming along real nicely. It should come out in time for my winter break.
Houston3000
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As someone who's been playing a lot of Minecraft lately it's interesting to me how these two games are handling updates. Back when Terraria launched it was being updated constantly, like once every week or two while Minecraft had simply been sticking to 1.7. Now Minecraft has been having content patches every couple of weeks or more and Terraria has been stuck at 1.0.6 for ages. It also seems that this huge update is going to coincide very closely to the full release of Minecraft. Assuming at which point Minecraft updates will slow down again (since it'll no longer be in beta) and Terraria will pick up steam and more content patches will be released in relatively quick succession.
Not really comparing the games, I love them both, I just find it funny how their patch cycles are going back and forth like that.
Not really comparing the games, I love them both, I just find it funny how their patch cycles are going back and forth like that.
Gyah, picking up Batman: AC at K-mart today so I can get the $30 off coupon to spend on Halo:CE A a week before Skyward Sword comes out... looks like the Autumn Rush is officially starting for me today, with Terraria the big question mark hanging over everything else. I love being a gamer in the fall, but this year is special for me with Terraria 1.1 as the Indie Icing on my Blockbuster Cake. Might actually give 1998 a run for it's money as Best Year Ever.
Yeah, I know Redigit has said that he talks to Notch occasionally; maybe they purposely try to juggle patches so they're not stepping on each other's audience.
I don't understand the constant back-and-forth hate between Terraria and Minecraft. Beyond digging and building, they're practically different games; Terraria is more about combat and loot in retro 2-D while Minecraft strikes me as more build-and-exploration centric in a charming 3-D style.
As far as I'm concerned, the debate was over before it got started when Notch gave his approval of Terraria; if the developers are on decent terms, there's no reason to fight.
/rant
Houston3000 said:
Yeah, I know Redigit has said that he talks to Notch occasionally; maybe they purposely try to juggle patches so they're not stepping on each other's audience.
I don't understand the constant back-and-forth hate between Terraria and Minecraft. Beyond digging and building, they're practically different games; Terraria is more about combat and loot in retro 2-D while Minecraft strikes me as more build-and-exploration centric in a charming 3-D style.
As far as I'm concerned, the debate was over before it got started when Notch gave his approval of Terraria; if the developers are on decent terms, there's no reason to fight.
/rant
Mengy
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Retro said:
At one point they were much closer to each other, but Terraria has since pulled away greatly and become a game very much of it's own. Terraria just has so much more little things that Minecraft does not have, while Minecraft has the 3D immersive survival/horror side to it that Terraria just can't mimick. I can see why they were compared to each other at one point, but not anymore. They are both great games.
I prefer Minecraft myself though. LOL
eternalthree
Member
How may i request a room at the tower in gafterraria ?
Just a heads up:Terraria is 50% off during Steam's Halloween sale.
Tiy also tweeted earlier this week about playing a beta of 1.1, so they may be done adding new crap and are preparing too release (though how long they test is anyone's guess).
In other words, if you still haven't given Terraria a try (and why the hell not?), there's no better time than now.
Tiy also tweeted earlier this week about playing a beta of 1.1, so they may be done adding new crap and are preparing too release (though how long they test is anyone's guess).
In other words, if you still haven't given Terraria a try (and why the hell not?), there's no better time than now.
Fuck. YES.
Based on this image, there are switches, wires (possibly explosive if this 'trap' is to work), round boulders, single tile backgrounds (look at the dark background stone on the left side of the 'trap'), a "Wrench" item and another shot of the player with a backpack/jetpack/wings.
Hopefully there are pressure switches as well for automatic doors and such.
Fuck Yeah.
Edit: cropped the image because it was originally huge, click it for full-size (though it's mostly just empty terrain).
Tiyuri said:Terraria 1.1 now has working mechanics, making traps sure is fun! The possibilities are endless.
Wires only appear when you're holding your wrench item. So you can wire up your house without making it ugly! (Source)
Based on this image, there are switches, wires (possibly explosive if this 'trap' is to work), round boulders, single tile backgrounds (look at the dark background stone on the left side of the 'trap'), a "Wrench" item and another shot of the player with a backpack/jetpack/wings.
Hopefully there are pressure switches as well for automatic doors and such.
Fuck Yeah.
Edit: cropped the image because it was originally huge, click it for full-size (though it's mostly just empty terrain).
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
This update is taking waaaay too long.
Sgt.Pepper said:
November, possibly December. We're in the launch window now, at least.
Whenever you leave a world, both it and your character's progress are saved. If your character is set to a Bed, you'll also spawn at that location (otherwise you load at the default starting point). But everything you built, found or dug is saved.hayguyz said:
It also has an auto-save feature (set to 10 minutes) which can be disabled in the options if it causes performance drops.
Houston3000
Member
That's GREAT news!
Well implemented with the wires only showing up with the wrench selected to.
Well implemented with the wires only showing up with the wrench selected to.
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/bunny-power.61945/
Dec 1stttttttttttttt
Dec 1stttttttttttttt
Sorry for the long wait since our last post. Even though we've been pretty quiet the last few weeks, we've been very busy getting the game ready for the next update. Right now, we are aiming for a December 1st release.
The new hell boss, Wall of Flesh, is pretty much finished along with two out of three hard versions of the older bosses. You are definitely going to want to bring a friend along if you hope to have a chance against them.
We've also been finishing up a new mechanics system that will allow the players to create some interesting devices. Though, they are still very much a work in progress. Here are a few that I've come up with while playing around today:
Gel Factory
Skeet Shoot
Of course, you're going to want something to do with all the gel you've collected...
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