PC Beach ball chat flood

[stannicus]

Steam or GOG

Steam

Single Player/Multiplayer

Multi

Operating System

Windows 10

Terraria Version

1.4.1.1

Controls Used

Keyboard/Mouse

If you throw 11 beach balls (or more) into a small area they will start to bounce off each other so much that the chat floods with "Beach Ball was hit 11 times before touching the ground." The more beach balls you add, the more the chat will flood. The only way to end the glitch is by destroying the building.

 

[ppowersteef]

Technically it's more of an exploit than a bug, Beach balls just have a mechanic that shows a message when you keep the ball above the ground.

Now that the beach ball is available through shop and journey mode, it's easier to archieve enough beach balls to try out.

The only way to fix the exploit is to remove that message.

 

[GhostlyUndo]

It's fun seeing all of those beach balls glitching out. Honestly I'd keep this "feature"

 

[Nakano15]

That can cause chaos on multiplayer.

 

[actuallyLuc]

Highest number I got was "Beach Ball was hit 307 times before touching the ground!"

 

[punchready]

The only way to fix the exploit is to remove that message.

the only way? i can think of 4 other ways right off the top of my head:
- it could be fixed by limiting the amount of beach balls that can be active at once
- it could be fixed by making beach balls not bounce off each other
- it could be fixed by adding a cooldown to the message
- it could be fixed by making beach balls disappear and drop as items if colliding very often with other beach balls