Mobile Important Information Regarding the Mobile Terraria 1.2.3-4 Update

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This will be a stupid question.
I'm from Sri Lanka. We don't have Halloween.
So when is actually Halloween.?
What is the special about it?
I only know it because TV has ghost movies in October and November.
 
Killer K said:
This will be a stupid question.
I'm from Sri Lanka. We don't have Halloween.
So when is actually Halloween.?
What is the special about it?
I only know it because TV has ghost movies in October and November.
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Halloween, at least in the Americanized version of the Holiday, is October 31st and celebration generally includes lots of candy, costumes, and decorations revolving around scary stuff/monsters. Children usually go Trick-or-treating, which is a practice where they will dress up in costumes in the afternoon/evening and go around their local neighborhood door to door and are given candy by the residents. Adults/teens who celebrate may do so by going to costume parties or by decorating their house/yard with "spooky" stuff. An example of a Halloween decorated room:

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The entire event is very thematically characterized by the colors orange/black/brown, partially based on the fact that Pumpkins (and carved jack-o-lantern pumpkins) are extremely associated with the event. You see lots of other related things like ghost decorations, skeletons, black cats, witches, etc.

Terraria's "Halloween event" lasts from October 20th until November 10th, during which time there are several unique enemies, NPCs sell a bunch of new clothing (usually vanity sets of their own clothing) and you can find some special drops, including Goodie Bags, which have a ton of vanity Costume clothing and some other neat stuff like the Black Cat pet.
 
Leinfors said:
Halloween, at least in the Americanized version of the Holiday, is October 31st and celebration generally includes lots of candy, costumes, and decorations revolving around scary stuff/monsters. Children usually go Trick-or-treating, which is a practice where they will dress up in costumes in the afternoon/evening and go around their local neighborhood door to door and are given candy by the residents. Adults/teens who celebrate may do so by going to costume parties or by decorating their house/yard with "spooky" stuff. An example of a Halloween decorated room:

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The entire event is very thematically characterized by the colors orange/black/brown, partially based on the fact that Pumpkins (and carved jack-o-lantern pumpkins) are extremely associated with the event. You see lots of other related things like ghost decorations, skeletons, black cats, witches, etc.

Terraria's "Halloween event" lasts from October 20th until November 10th, during which time there are several unique enemies, NPCs sell a bunch of new clothing (usually vanity sets of their own clothing) and you can find some special drops, including Goodie Bags, which have a ton of vanity Costume clothing and some other neat stuff like the Black Cat pet.
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Thanks for the details.
It actually helped.
 
Leinfors said:
Halloween, at least in the Americanized version of the Holiday, is October 31st and celebration generally includes lots of candy, costumes, and decorations revolving around scary stuff/monsters. Children usually go Trick-or-treating, which is a practice where they will dress up in costumes in the afternoon/evening and go around their local neighborhood door to door and are given candy by the residents. Adults/teens who celebrate may do so by going to costume parties or by decorating their house/yard with "spooky" stuff. An example of a Halloween decorated room:

79c0314cde31a2446337d665c674b103.jpg


The entire event is very thematically characterized by the colors orange/black/brown, partially based on the fact that Pumpkins (and carved jack-o-lantern pumpkins) are extremely associated with the event. You see lots of other related things like ghost decorations, skeletons, black cats, witches, etc.

Terraria's "Halloween event" lasts from October 20th until November 10th, during which time there are several unique enemies, NPCs sell a bunch of new clothing (usually vanity sets of their own clothing) and you can find some special drops, including Goodie Bags, which have a ton of vanity Costume clothing and some other neat stuff like the Black Cat pet.
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3sp00ky5meh :guideeek:
 
I'll provide a little more information about Hallowe'en. Leinfors mentions that ghosts and bats and pumpkins are associated with the Americanized version of the day. The original meaning is "the evening" (condensed to e'en) "before All Hallow's Day."

All Hallow's Day, or All Saints' Day, is a religious feast day honoring all saints, including those known to the church and those who are unknown and unrecognized. Many saints have their own feast days, but there are too many to fit in the liturgical calendar and that's only counting the officially recognized ones. The meaning of "saint" as used here varies from one denomination to another. Catholics use it to include all who have seen God in Heaven, while some Protestants consider all Christians to be saints in this sense.

The religious observance has become intertwined with the pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced approximately as "SAU-en"), a time when supernatural beings and souls of the dead could more easily enter our world, and the Roman festival Lemuria, which was intended to keep any malicious spirits of the dead (aka lemures) from interfering in affairs of the living. Hence the modern associations with spirits and what we think of as "monsters." Samhain was marked by visiting others' homes in costumes, which is likely the origin of present-day trick-or-treating.

At least in the United States, very few people nowadays treat Hallowe'en as a religious observance. It's generally thought of as a lark for children and fun-loving adults, an excuse for indulging in costumed play without being considered "odd," and so forth. But beneath all the party decorations and fright and amusement lie at least three quite diverse spiritual traditions.

P.S.: If anybody wants to refer to chocolate snacks given to trick-or-treaters as "Hallowed Bars" I wouldn't complain. :dryadhappy:
 
Yuppers, same word. Hallowed = holy, blessed, respected.

[edit] By the way, my post above is very superficial and leaves out a lot. I encourage anyone interested in the roots of the holiday to google Hallowe'en, Samhain, and Lemuria (the observance, not the fictional lost continent).
 
505Games-Mobile said:
Hello everyone-

So, we are hard at work on the Mobile 1.2.3-4 content update now that the promised fixes and initial rebalancing are in your hands - still planned for an October launch.

Along that road, we have news that will affect the small percentage of Terrarians that are still playing on older iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (iOS devices). We wanted to take some time to share what's going on, why, and our plan here in advance so that you can have time to adjust/ask questions/etc.

There are some behind-the-scenes things for newer iOS devices as well, so even if you aren't on an older device, it is important that you read on.

(Loki Edit) This does not affect non-iOS devices at this time.

The Update​
It’s been more than two years since Terraria launched on the App Store and during this time, we have continued to add new features and content to the game regularly. More new content = bigger worlds = larger save files.

Essentially then, it all comes down to cloud saving and file sizes. If you’re using an iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (with iOS 7 or lower), the supported cloud saving system will not work any longer once the new 1.2.3-4 update arrives. If we just push the update down, it will immediately break old cloud saves for all of those devices, meaning you would lose your world/characters and the ability to cloud save any further. We know how important those files are to Terraria players!

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The Options​
This creates a tough situation, leaving two paths forward each with their pros and cons. Unfortunately, this call has to be made for everyone and cannot be selected individually.
  • Do not release the new content to older devices
    • This keeps existing cloud saves and the ability to cloud save intact for those players
    • Of course, this means that these players will not get all of the new content
    • However, do note that as Terraria continues to update, the RAM requirements will rise as well (because Terraria has to fully load into RAM due to its not being instanced/level-based) - and we are already pushing up against the limits of older 512MB devices.

  • Release the content to everyone and just accept the collateral damage to cloud saves for some users
    • This means everyone gets to enjoy the new content
    • Anyone on an older device would immediately and permanently lose their saves and the ability to cloud save at all.
    • The chaos that would occur with anyone unaware of this announcement would be far worse than "I did not get my update" - again, we know how much saves mean to you guys and how much it hurts to lose them.

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The Path Forward​
After much deliberation, we have decided to proceed with option one. This means that anyone that is running an iOS 7 or less device will NOT receive the upcoming content update. We just feel that leaving you with a fully functional game, complete with your saves you worked so hard on, is the better ofthe two choices - particularly when we also consider that the RAM limits are quite likely to become a second issue in the near term.

We are truly sorry that this is the case - but we are just limited by what is possible here. That said, the existing game is a solid title and one that is certainly quite enjoyable on those older devices.

For newer devices (iOS 8+), things are more positive, though we have some work to do. Here is how that will play out:
  • Behind the scenes, we will migrate your current saves from the old cloud system over to the “new” CloudKit (which has actually been out since 2014 so we really tried to hold off on this change as long as we could)
  • We will make absolutely certain that everything is working properly - again, we know how important these files are to you all! - before we officially fully shift everything over.
  • We will then decommission the old files.
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Important Note About the Use of Multiple Devices​

If you own two or more devices, one of which runs an iOS that is no longer supported (iOS7 and below) and one device that is supported (iOS8 and up), and you synch the Terraria save files on the supported iOS 8+ device in the cloud - the save files will be deleted from the older (and no longer supported) iOS 7 device. If you update that device afterwards to iOS8+, you will then be able get access to your saves again.

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We realize the situation isn’t ideal but it’s the only way for us to continue to develop new content for the mobile game as technical requirements increase with each update. It is not news that we are happy to bring to you guys, but we feel it is important to be open and transparent with you all. Our hope is that you will understand the issue, agree with our choice, and understand the rationale behind it.

We are certain that you have a ton of questions and thoughts, so we would encourage you to share them here in this thread and we will try to get back to you on those. Thanks, as always for your continued support of Terraria!
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Can I use a kindle fire 7?
 
I have a feeling it is delayed inb4 A horde of angry mobile players arrives

But that's because they recently published Brothers: A tale of two sons onto iOS and Android. Then they're helping out with another game. So, just let them pull themselves together
 
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