I can't explain how bad of a first time experience that can be.
Blocks are stationary and unchanging. The only real time blocks change is by natural spread (Such as Ebonstone spread) or Player Interaction (Activating a Boulder trap). Once the World is generated, The game loads every single block at once and it can handle them since they are stationary. Chests apply too with their own data stored as well.
Good point on that too, it’d lag boss fights a lot with it occurring potentially as well
How is the position of a NPC taking up more memory than the position of blocks? isn't it just a coordinate?
I still don't understand how relogging is such a big problem that you're willing to trade it for whole other problems. With how recall potions are so abundane and how easy to get a magic mirror, you probably already have either of them within the first hour of your playthrough. The only timeframe that this can be count as exploit is probably only when you just start fresh.
I apologize for interrupting your response, but I believe that the 'whole other problems' you mentioned might not be as obvious. You mentioned that this change could render beds obsolete. However, wouldn't there still be a need to use beds for setting a spawn point, allowing you to return there when using a return item or utilizing the sleeping ability? Additionally, you mentioned an abuse mechanic, but what exactly does this entail?
Why would I even need to change a spawn point with the bed anyway? I literally only even done that because I need to pause in the middle of exploration, otherwise I was perfectly fine to just go back to the natural spawn point.
Are we even playing the same game?
We want to change the spawn point to a bed for several reasons. This would allow us to spawn in a safe room, close to backup equipment, and at the house nearest to our exploration and primary activities.
Well, we haven't explored the entire surface, and certainly not the complete underground. I don't know what else to share with you apart from the fact that 'recall potions weren't abundant for us.' A contributing factor could be the difficulty settings, as we're playing on master mode and mediumcore. Each exploration trip is approached with caution, and recall potions prove incredibly useful for safely returning home. This, in turn, increases their usage.
The blocks and items don't have an AI? I don't know.
Once again, I understand how this could increase complexity since additional information, such as AI state, would need to be saved. However, as I've mentioned before, doesn't the game already perform this action when pausing and unpausing? Why can't this memory be incorporated into the world file during exit and saving?
Well you could easily exploit that to get rid of monsters near you
The Magic Mirror is crafted with the following components:
I mean, I just built my base around my spawn point, and simply just use pylons to go around.
Yeah, my poor choice of words. I never used bed for sleep so I was just considering bed as only a spawn point.
While expert/master mode mean double the chance of potions from pots, I can understand that mediumcore would greatly change the playstyle compared to softcore. I simply speaking from my experience in my last playthrough on master mode softcore.
Yeah, when I said the first hour I mean getting either a bunch of potions or getting a mirror from chests. I just wanted to point out that even if you are very unlucky and never find a single mirror, it's still craftable.
This is understandable; however, pylons are limited to one per biome and only work under certain circumstances.
Yes, we wouldn't want to cheese it either, but the fact that there is such an obvious way of doing it is simply bothersome. However, perhaps an even bigger issue I have is that your exploration progress is lost with the current setup.
Yes, now that we have established a safe way to reach a fishing spot in the cavern, we have easy access to recall potions.
I also don't really agree with it as it would be a waste of space most likely. Also most suggestions don't get added so why are you saying that aceplane wants this in this is nearly a year old and peoples opinions can change.
Saving a ton of NPCs/Enemies, sure. Would be a waste of space. But saving the player at least shouldnt be that hard
But then people would just abuse it to get rid of enemies. No matter what 'solution' we find, there'll be some sort of problem that we can't solve about it.
Perhaps there could be a simpler method to choose death for those concerned about getting stuck without a recall potion and 'no way of getting out.'
Why would it be considered a waste of space? Personally, I believe it's crucial for NPCs and Enemies to be saved, as otherwise, rejoining the game would simply eliminate any enemy-related issues.