Terraria General - /tg/

bumpin' it

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Good morning /tg/!

I'm redoing this entire thing right now, hoping to complete it by Sunday, here's a progress update. I've only really done a bit of work on the legs and engine, thinking of adding diagonal propellers on the upper part but I have no idea how to make them look good.

Anyway I have a question - which computer looks better, the hanging one on the left, or the standing one on the right? Also, if anyone has any suggestions on what to change/fix, tell me, I'm getting lost in adding stuff that doesn't necessarily look much better than previous stuff.

>>172642160
And if you know how to wire the detonators to activate left/right/left/right instead of both at the same time, explain this to me ASAP, because I don't understand the new wiring stuff at all, and I'm not quite sure how to do it with just timers.

>>172642160
What computer?

>>172644160
The thingies with green screens in the cockpit.

In before what cockpit.

>>172644547
Oh, that. The right one looks way better.

>>172644846
Well damn, I like the left one better, but I'll go with the right!

>>172648326
Too much noise on the left one, I like the detail but it kinda ruins the aesthetics

>>172648326
Hell naw, nigga. The right one actually looks like a computer. It has a leg which connects it to the main power grid and serves as a support, then it has a "keyboard" and a screen at appropriate levels. The left one is way too high.

>>172648805
Wait are we talking about the entire airship now, now I'm confused.

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>>172657786
Nice color scheme.


>tfw those days are never coming back

Just started playing the game on PS4. I'm surprised at how well the controls translate to controller.

>>172660261
I never even thought to try the controller on the PC version, I just did though, and it has a half-transparent grid overlay around the cursor when you build stuff!!!

Why the doesn't that exist with the mouse, there's just the stupid fullscreen grid from that accessory.

>>172661265
What? Post pic.

>>172661412
https://youtu.be/BzpnVkJ_VW4?t=141

Check it out in this video, I think I linked the time correctly, if not, just go to 2:20 or so.

>>172662737
Well, that's the same thing PC has, but it's easier to toggle on and off.

>>172663417
>that's the same thing PC has
But I just literally said I tried it on the PC and it has that. I never knew it did because I never thought to try the controller on it.

>>172662737
The version I'm playing doesn't have the grid, but there is a grid placement mode. I think they removed the grid once they realized that it made that one accessory redundant.

>>172661265
>Why the doesn't that exist with the mouse
But it does exist; you can set it at the main menu on startup. It's under Interface -> Tile Grid (off/on).

>>172667798
MIND BLOWN.jpg

>>172668257
I know, right? I just discovered it yesterday myself; it's made brick/wall placement A LOT easier.

>>172672043
weeeeb

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This is to post the build prompt and to roll from it.
Roll.

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Ugh, got some military base stuff done, but its hard to focus.

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Also some uninspired ocean building.

>>172683846
Oh, damn, the platform stairs are pretty janky. Ill fix them later.

>nobody to play lewd adventures with
why must this thread be so dead

>>172689757
Because you have not been rolling and delivering.

>>172684039
Won't that just get Hallow'd immediately?

>>172690967
yeah but i dont care

>1.3.4.4
>You can now pick Corruption or Crimson at worldgen instead of having it randomly assigned.
Nice!

>>172680202
Am i the only one rolling? If youre in this thread, roll, damn you!

This game is shit.

Good night, /tg/.

>>172714461
Gonna need to add more googly-eyed monsters to that edit.

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Please ignore the mess, neither the left nor the right one is finished, I just need an opinion on which is generally better - thicker leg on the left or thinner one on the right? It's just a 1 block difference but it changes the silhouette quite a bit.

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>tfw trying to make landing pads that don't look like shit and failing

Same question as before, left or right?

>>172680202
rolling

Is there any active serb?

Any good tips to stop building commieblocks and make something decent looking when you have almost no creative ability?

Any tips for beating the bee queen on expert? I have platform and all but I can´t seem to dodge every attack

>>172731796
Browse through the entire fancy builds folder in the OP, be inspired by something, decide on what exactly you're building, and post it ITT for comments.

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Blog update, I have no idea what to do with the legs at this point.

>>172731796
look at some of the fancy stuff. literally copy it. build everything in the same world so that you have prompts from your copies.
make something into a sphere. fill it with stuff. make your houses off level/bilevel/loft style. hollow out a mound and dont make it square. literally knock out the walls of caves/tunnels on the surface and dont level it. make something with that random template

there are a lot of ways to break out of squares and rectangles. the key is to not think about it. it WILL look ugly in the start. you have to keep working on it and it takes a long time to make a nice looking anything. just look at airship guy. he's STILL working on his build and it looked good to start.

bu,p

>>172742801
>just look at airship guy. he's STILL working on his build
Well I didn't even touch it since 2015, so I'm remaking everything now.

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I'm trying to make little panels that "open", ignore the shit in the middle, do the two panels to the left and right look like they slide open when you see them both or what? Left one is supposed to be open to show the machinery inside.

Should I add different backing to the part they cover or something? Or make it so that they're bigger and open to the top and bottom both?

>>172754315
They look like drawers rather than sliding things.

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>>172755231
Good thing you mentioned it, in the meantime I made it look EVEN MORE like fucking drawers. Goddamn.

>>172758287
I wish Super Terraria World was good. I want to play on a really intricate adventure map.

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>>172755749
FML, I can't make it so that it looks like it's sliding. Maybe I should try with a door-on-hinges concept.

Or just make a uniform row of some grates across the entire hallway like on this thing.

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Another attempt, I think I might be getting there, but black just isn't good.

Anyone have any complex machines, like that Bad Apple video or one that counts?

>>172761894
I'm absolutely hopeless at wiring, there's probably some stupidly complex stuff on the official forum. Post it if you find something interesting.

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>tfw can't figure out how to connect the legs to the main body so that it doesn't look terrible

>>172772556
Chains are round when you place a single block. Try that. Or maybe some silly balloon or some other round block to simulate a joint.

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>>172774037
This makes zero structural sense but the balloons have an interesting look to them.

>>172680202
roll

bumpeeng

>>172680202
Be gentle, senpai

>>172792414
> mine shaft
> in the jungle
Could have been worse.

are mods for this game so shit because the base game is so good?

>>172803054
No, it's because the modding tools are shit.

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>tfw you started on a small world, and can't build stuff like you want to because you're scared of taking too much place, but don't have the courage to create another world

Life is suffering

>>172805672
just do build world and farm world. You are stronk man!

>>172807174
I know, but it just feels weird.
I like to do everything on one world, alternating between worlds makes me feel like I'm abusing something

>>172808123
Yeah I get it, but see it this way. All materials are available in all the worlds (besides corruption/crimson stuff) so even if you make a new one, its not like you get more stuff.

>>172808367
Yeah, I can see your point.
I might try doing this, even though my inner autist is dying at the thought of doing shit in something else than my first world.

>>172810514
I use other worlds for the Ebonkoi/Hemopiranha mostly

>>172642348
Just use 1 thing of red wire and 1 thing of blue/green/yellow wire.

Is the ankh shield worth farming for, or is it just a bad meme ?

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What if I put one diagonal support like on the left? I think that might look ok.

>>172690967

Most people building shit probably turn spread off.

>>172819247

Nothing that's actually difficult hits you with status effects, so you tell me.

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>>172820341
I settled on this for the legs, time to work on something else.

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>tfw can't use these "computer keyboards" if I go with this kind of console design because the pillar looks bad if they're supposed to be integrated into the wall

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>>172832881
>tfw no idea how to proceed

>>172832881
>>172834521
Paint the leg.

>>172834521
Already thought of it, but it's unfortunately one of the poorly designed items paint-wise, so the paint goes over the lower half of the keyboard too. I just thought I'd make everything below it black or put those wire walls down there or something but nope.

>>172835587
And there is no wall you can use that looks like a keyboard?

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>>172835831
I don't know, I could put the logic blocks to simulate colored buttons but it doesn't look good.

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Started work on the engine, I have these "pistons", what do you think?

>>172846851

I think the entire build looks like overcomplicated and excessively busy dogshit, just like the rest of your builds and I would rather have these threads stop existing than have to look at them anymore.

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>>172846981
If these threads finally died, he'd just start posting in /indie/ like the rest of us would and /lite/ did.

>>172846981
You'll notice that I only post when the thread is at page 10, you could bump it with something else to avoid it!

>>172851332
Isn't there some option in capture mode that allows for stretching?

>>172853793
Might be older than that.

>>172680202
roll i guess
i want something new

>>172859771
Desert indian tribe, huh?

So, /tg/, how to be a good builder?

>>172847131
>terraria
>indie
What?

>>172863618
It's about as indie as BoI is nowadays.
'Indie' was never a very well-defined genre, really. Nobody pays attention to the actual definition until a game gets really successful.

>>172864221
>until a game gets really successful
Well, that would be Terraria. 20 million copies is nothing to scoff at.

>>172821569
Is it possible to disable hallow/crimson spread?

I usually have to use tedit to carve lines around the hallow, crimson, etc.

>>172864742
>tedit
Or whatever that terrain editing program is. It's been months since I last played.

>>172864742
editing the source code

>>172864742
If you use TShock, there's an option that turns off the spread of the evil biomes, but it didn't work last time I tried it.

>>172864742
I usually make a thing of isolating the biomes myself once I'm in hardmode. Once I've finished doing it myself, I'm not only strong enough to keep going (usually having died a million fucking times by that point) but I also have a larger number of tunnels to get around in.
That said, my current world has got a horrible section where the Hallow goes through a desert and spawns giant fucking sand worms constantly while I'm trying to tunnel. Time for bombs, I guess.

I can see why you'd want it for creative purposes, though.

>>172864742
tmodloader or vanilla?

Is there a way to skip quickly to the next day, or to farm the fishing quests ?
I need that fish finder

>>172872103
Enchanted sundial.

>>172875398
Amazing, wish I could build like that.

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>>172875398
Jesus, how old is this build?
>>172859984
frickin' dont wanna work on this

is the nail gun underrated?

>>172875398
>The lava is different levels on either side

>>172875790
Older than some of people browsing 4chan.

>>172882282
I mean, just looking at the old furnaces and textures, you just realize how quickly time passes. Damn...

>>172871524

No one still plays without Tmodloader installed, do they?

even if you don't run any mods, the game is more stable with it installed.

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>>172883693
>even if you don't run any mods, the game is more stable with it installed.
That's completely false and I don't understand why anyone would even say something as stupid as this.

>>172875398
This was either 1.0.6 or 1.0.6.1. So some time from August to end of November 2011.

>>172883693
>even if you don't run any mods, the game is more stable with it installed.
What the fuck am I reading? Am I dreaming?

>>172658047
>everything is teal and orange now
>still mod my games to look teal and purple like a true patrician

>>172896673
Something that annoys me:
>People don't edit themselves out of their screenshot except for 1