Minecraft? You can't spell that with Terraria.

[Amaron]

Eye of Cthulu says we seriously need a server.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Looks like a bad minecraft/final fantasy slashfic

[Sand]

Has anyone encountered skeletons yet?  I've been underground going in random directions but I've never seen one.

I havent found anything yet. A few copper deposits here and there. A single iron deposit. And your flying demon eyes and zombies at night.
Not real exciting or fun as of right now to say the least.

Plus with non-existent rules it makes everything that should be simple (placing a door) a thirty minute experiment in where exactly to click the mouse.

[Amaron]

I havent found anything yet. A few copper deposits here and there. A single iron deposit. And your flying demon eyes and zombies at night.
Not real exciting or fun as of right now to say the least.

Yea my experience was roughly similar till I started digging deeper.  Basically a lot deeper than you'd have to dig in minecraft.   Someone actually made a mapviewer that shows a good example of how the maps are laid out.


http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/terraria-map-viewer.4226/

As you can see there are different layers.   Once I got to the darker area's I started finding some nasty mobs and treasure chests with phat lewts.   The fire area's are much worse and then there's the dungeon stuff (big purple thing) and looks like some weird underground biomes.

[Nonentity]

I had to wall myself in to come to this thread to post that I love this game. I am on the quest to find an underground jungle, I want a vine shot.

[Vaiti]

Apparently going there with anything less than gold gear is a suicide run. Save up cobwebs and bones from skeletons and make yourself a set of Necro Armor before heading down there.

[Amaron]

So what's the money for really after you get a miner's helmet?  Just explosives/ammo?

[Sand]

Yea my experience was roughly similar till I started digging deeper.  Basically a lot deeper than you'd have to dig in minecraft.   Someone actually made a mapviewer that shows a good example of how the maps are laid out.


http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/terraria-map-viewer.4226/

Holy shit I had no idea it went that deep.
Wow.  Okay I need to spend for less time on the surface and far more time tunneling.

[Morfiend]

This game is amazing.

Can we get a server like Minecraft, does the game support that?

[Amaron]

This game is amazing.

Can we get a server like Minecraft, does the game support that?

Right now you can start a 2nd client and use it as a server for a small amount of people.  I don't remember the number but it was like 8~12 or some such.    The dev said he has a better standalone server that's supposed to be ready in a couple weeks. 

[Sand]

What size worlds are people generating? Ive been going medium and it seems ores are few and far between thus far.

[schild]

The difference between this and Minecraft is pretty apparent the first time you swing your shitty axe at a slime. This game is about survival. Minecraft is about Youtube videos.

[Yegolev]

Pick works better on slimes.  Hell, it's better than the wooden sword sometimes.

I didn't get enough time to play this yet, but I do know I need to make and stock more shit.

[Modern Angel]

Yeah, Minecraft mostly left me dry. I'm bad at building and something about the game makes me motion sick. This? I like this game.

[NiX]

The difference between this and Minecraft is pretty apparent the first time you swing your shitty axe at a slime. This game is about survival. Minecraft is about Youtube videos.

Very much this. You can outrun enemies or dig a hole and bury yourself in MC. This game is not very forgiving when night time comes and even digging.. those god damn worms!

[Nija]

Game is pretty rad.

[Yegolev]

The difference between this and Minecraft is pretty apparent the first time you swing your shitty axe at a slime. This game is about survival. Minecraft is about Youtube videos.

Very much this. You can outrun enemies or dig a hole and bury yourself in MC. This game is not very forgiving when night time comes and even digging.. those god damn worms!

Even the guide tries to kill you by letting zombies into your house.

[Morfiend]

I spent my first few nights huddled in a small lightless tunnel that I bricked up. That wasnt very fun. Then I learned how to make a tourch, and I said goodbye to the lighted world of the surface and headed down.

But I fear I dug too greedily and too deep. I awoke in the darkness… shadow and flame.

[Yegolev]

Digging just means you'll have to fight zombies, demon eyes and slimes inside tunnels.

[Nonentity]

Random thoughts so far:

- Going after shadow orbs is fun. SO FUN.

- The musket is stupid. I want a minishark.

- I, out of curiosity, summoned the skeleton that guards the dungeon. He is a giant floating skull with two giant floating skeleton hands. 6000 hp per piece.

- I spent so long fighting an Eye of Cthulhu on my roof with a hammer that he had time to kill my merchant, and before I was done with the fight, the merchant respawned. Get up on that sweet shadow armor/pickaxe.

- I have a morning star of some kind. Great for fighting worms, since you just throw it up in a line and it hits every segment. Found it in a shadow orb.

- Each HP regen ring gives around 1 hp every 1.5 seconds. With two of those rings, you regen a full heart every 6-7 seconds.

[Morfiend]

Digging just means you'll have to fight zombies, demon eyes and slimes inside tunnels.

Thats odd, I didnt. Those damn worms got me several times though.

I really want a big group server for this.

[Yegolev]

I'm 95% complete with Castle Home Base.  Once it's secure I'm going spelunking.

[Jade Falcon]

The difference between this and Minecraft is pretty apparent the first time you swing your shitty axe at a slime. This game is about survival. Minecraft is about Youtube videos.

Very much this. You can outrun enemies or dig a hole and bury yourself in MC. This game is not very forgiving when night time comes and even digging.. those god damn worms!

Even the guide tries to kill you by letting zombies into your house.

I tried to drown him in the pool/moat but at least he's stuck down there and can't open my doors.

[Malakili]

So uh, a friend and I bought this but we can't connect to each other, port forwarding seems to do nothing...tried setting up Hamachi, still nothing.... Anyone had to get around this problem?

[Morfiend]

I just tried setting up a Hamachi server and it worked like a charm. Thinking I might set up my old desktop to run a server for a few days and see if its stable.

I believe you have to open port 31337. The leet port.

[Malakili]

I restarted everything and got it working, but I'm not sure which step fixed the problem :-/.  At least we're playing now.

[schild]

I can't see us not having at least one server with a massive world for this game. It's just too good.

[ezrast]

Sigh, tried to resist, but I give. Buying it now.

[Modern Angel]

It's pretty unforgiving. Dropping into a big cavern filled with slimes and no light is...

[Trippy]

I can't see us not having at least one server with a massive world for this game. It's just too good.

Fucking .NET.

[Yegolev]

I can't see us not having at least one server with a massive world for this game. It's just too good.

Fucking .NET.

It's .NET 4, I didn't even know they were done with 3.

Terraria Protip time.  I have managed the Guide!  I did like the fucker said and I built out a room: table, chair, torch.  Now whenever the sun goes down he comes inside and shuts the door, staying inside all night.  During daytime, he spends his time outside or maybe letting slimes in, not sure.  Anyway, I'll have to build out another room to attract someone else since he apparently claims the first one.

[schild]

It's pretty unforgiving. Dropping into a big cavern filled with slimes and no light is...

Amateur Hour. I have a single shaft going straight down to the bottom with only 1 turn to avoid a massive lake. All other bodies of water have been diverted.

[ezrast]

How long should it take a merchant to show up after making 50s and building a house?

I think I'm doing something wrong.

[Amaron]

How long should it take a merchant to show up after making 50s and building a house?

Not long at all.  A house has to have a light source, chair, table, and door.   The interior should be 4 open spaces high.   I'm also guessing there should be 1 space between the chair and the table since that's where NPC's stand when the game spawns.

Also don't forget the guide will take up your first house slot.

[ezrast]

I'm also guessing there should be 1 space between the chair and the table since that's where NPC's stand when the game spawns.

Good call, as soon as I did this he showed up. Now to figure out what this anvil is good for.