NPCs & Enemies NPC suggestion: Astronomer

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tacticturtle123

Steampunker
Hello!

Before I get started I just want to say a few things. this is my first thread posted on these forums, so be patient with me. secondly, I imagine this will have been done before but once again, new to the forums so.. I haven't really taken a tour around the place and I'm already being overwhelmed by all these different options I can see while writing this.

so try and be patient with me.

oh yeah they're female by the way.

and remember to leave a comment or vote in the poll above! you don't have to but it helps a lot. A lot of work went into this so I'm trying to get the best result possible!


The Astronomer!

The astronomer is a hardmode-NPC that can be found in the ocean biome at night time after defeating/surviving a solar eclipse. When the player first finds the NPC the astronomer will have animations where they look through a telescope. which is a new placeable background item with a 4x4 block area. the astronomer will have their own looping animation for looking through the telescope.

The idea behind this NPC is to start/warn players of events, because in my opinion there should Nearly always be a way to skip a grind but it should Never be cheap.

Requirements for them to move in

  • there needs to be an empty house
  • there is no other NPC waiting to move in
  • you must have found and talked to the astronomer
  • They will only move in during the night time
  • there must be a telescope in their room
  • they won't move in during an event unless it's a blood moon.
  • and that's it!


Dialogue:

When found:
ARGH! whoever you are, don't scare me like that!
ARGH! oh, I'm guessing you're [name of player] I've heard about you. I guess those stories were exaggerations after all..


When homeless:
  • So... what do you want to do now?
  • So... I heard the parall and duvvask system collided together.. that's interesting.
  • what? you not gonna take me with you? fine then. I'm too busy studying... stuff that you're... too dumb to understand. yeah.

If truffle is present while homeless:
wait a second.. is that a mushroom man? what weird aliens are you harboring!?

During Daytime:

  • Bah! stupid sun trying to blind me.
  • Hey,where'd the moon go?
  • you don't have some weird summoning device to cover up the sun do you?
  • I think I see a meteorite headed towards us.. ah well, no point worrying about something you can't stop!
  • where are those red house gasses. what do you mean I'm saying it wrong? I'm the astrologist here, I know what I'm talking about.
  • wanna do something while I'm waiting for the moon to return?
  • why look at the other moons of other planets instead of ours? because... because reasons you won't understand!
  • you just never leave me alone do you?

During Night:
  • why can't this boring planet have two moons, or three, or even four!
  • I think I can see a neighboring planet sending out a probe.. nah, it can't be!
  • Look at mars.. it almost looks like there's colonies up there!
  • That's a cool looking spaceship headed towards us!
  • I had an idea for a game show this one time, I called it "can you escape from the event horizon!?"
  • is that a guy fishing on the moon?!
  • do I have proof I'm an astrologist? uhmm.. I dropped it.. in the ocean.. yeah..
  • you just never leave me alone do you?

During a Blood moon:
  • wanna know why they call it a blood moon? because the moon is red like blood.. duh.
  • let's play a game! I call it "leave me alone and fend off the monsters so I can do my research!"
  • what's the difference between a blood moon and a blue moon? Not sure? well I guess we're both on the same boat.
  • what is all that red stuff on my telesco-EW!
  • I remember a planet that suffered from constant blood moons.. it was called earth.
  • woah! look at the moon.. it's beautiful! weird but beautiful...


During a solar eclipse:
  • huzzah! the sun is finally gone and i can study the moon all day!. bah! it's too dark to see anything!
  • I've never seen anything like it! I've heard of solar eclipses but never have I seen one!
  • what do you mean don't stare at the sun? I'm an astronomer! that's my job!
  • can you go tell mr swamp thing to show me where that strange plant planet thing is.
  • Dracula is really quite a nice guy when you get to know him.. and that manor..
if one of the solar pillars is alive:
  • forget looking at the moon there's an entire other planet right next to ours!
  • I've never seen a planet like that before! how did it get so close?
  • that planet wasn't there before! how did it move over here?
  • look at the catastrophic effects this new planet has on our world!
  • are those... ALIENS!? I KNEW IT! alien life DOES exist!
  • odd.. these pillars seem to be based around 4 different damage types... interesting.
  • those aliens don't seem very excited about traveling to another planet.. if it was me I'd be in heaven!
When it's raining:
  • FLYING FISH! FLYING FISH EVERYWHERE.
  • I accidentally saw through those living cloud things with my telescope. disgusting!
  • look! the slime has an umbrella! that's so cool!
  • look at that cute little goldfish walking about! I'm gonna keep it as a pet!
  • I do wonder why the rivers never flood during rains like this.
  • I like the rain. it makes me feel more alive.
when it's a slime rain:
  • ew! I just got a bunch of slime on my telescope!
  • I just saw 2 slimes merge together to create a mega slime!
  • I wonder if these slimes are alive...
  • should I be disgusted about seeing a slime's digestive system? there isn't much there..
  • y'know. these slimes are actually quite cute!
  • you don't have an umbrella do you?
when it's a slime rain and party girl is present:
  • I heard the rainbow slime was created when a mother slime ate [name of party girl]'s light bulbs!
when in The Hallow:
  • there's a rainbow! but it isn't raining... wait..
  • Unicorns? I thought that was just fantasy!
  • this place looks cool, but I guess looks can be deceiving.
  • those pixies remind me of the sun!
  • I heard you can find elementals of chaos from another planet here..
  • I like this place... but I also don't like it..
  • I don't remember that block originally being Hallow..
when in The Corruption:
  • I don't remember that block originally being Corrupted..
  • it's horrible here! how are these monsters even flying!?
  • creatures that eat souls? why does that make me think of a certain movie..?
  • These creatures keep spitting on me! I like them because they remind me of llamas...
  • I quite like the colour purple.. it fits this place.
when in The Crimson:
  • Ugh red. my least favourite colour.
  • what happened to all these trees? this can't be related to our planet..
  • so we can be punished with an extremely gory area but not punished with a cool astronomical research centre based area?
  • if you expect me to stay in this place, you're wrong.
  • I would like this place a lot more if it were purple and had spitting enemies.
When in the jungle:
  • those weird blue things freak me out! it makes me ashamed to say those deformities come from my planet.
  • Look at the size of those bats! they don't look like something from our planet..
  • all the plants here are alive! I'm freaked out and amazed at the same time!
  • I wonder how those plants are able to travel through walls and floors.
  • I don't think those lihzahrds are from this planet..
  • I came across some weird temple shrine in this area once..
  • your dreams will come true when turtles fly! oh wait...
When in a mushroom biome:
  • what the underworld is this place?
  • I hate the colour blue! get me out of here!
  • look at the size of those mushrooms!
  • are those mushrooms.. glowing?
  • I thought i saw some weird mushroom man walking about! weird..
  • I wish I had a house made out of mushrooms... kinda.
  • I wonder if normal mushrooms would start glowing if you brought them here..
  • of all the planets I've seen.. never have I seen anything like this! and it's right here! in [name of world]!
While Truffle is present:
  • I've discovered proof of alien life! I call them.. [name of truffle]
  • what do you mean [name of truffle] is from earth? lies!
While Guide is present:
  • [name of guide] may be a smart guy, but he clearly knows nothing about astronomy.
  • I was hoping [name of guide] would help me with an experiment. but they clearly aren't smart enough.
  • I hope [name of guide] isn't the smartest person here.. otherwise I feel sorry for you all.
  • I think [name of guide] is wasting their time. why focus on knowing all there is to know about one planet when you could know about other planets!

While merchant is present:
  • how many times do I have to tell [name of merchant] that the moon ISN'T made out of cheese?

while angler is present:
  • [name of angler] is so cute! they once tried to use my telescope but couldn't reach!
  • [name of angler] keeps asking me if there are other species of fish on other planets.

while wizard is present:
  • [name of wizard] told me that magic was an important element of astronomy. lies! it's all science and that old man doesn't know anything!
  • something about [name of wizard] creeps me out..
While witchdoctor is present:
  • I dislike [name of witchdoctor]'s methods. I don't talk gibberish and act like it's something wise and important.
while clothier is present:
  • I don't feel safe around [name of clothier]..
  • I wish [name of clothier] sold clothes I like..
  • I wonder if I could launch one of [name of clothier]'s balloon animals into orbit..

while mechanic is present:
  • [name of mechanic] said she might be able to upgrade my telescope! I'm so excited!
  • i wonder if [name of mechanic] would be interested in building a spaceship..
while party girl is present:
  • I told [name of party girl] you should have a party to celebrate and not just because you feel like it. and now she won't talk to me!

During a party:
  • some idiot just got confetti all over my telescope!
  • I can't concentrate with all this partying going on! why can't you just stop it and tell everyone to shut up!
  • I swear to the moon lord if people don't quiet down...
  • my idea of a celebration certainly isn't putting on a dumb party hat and throwing confetti all over people's equipment!
  • I found a planet where they party hard all the time. it's called Sweden.
After the player uses the enchanted sundial:
  • I feel like I've just travelled through time!
  • I've never seen the moon move so fast!
  • I've never seen the sun move so fast!
  • wait what? what just happened?
  • what the heck? what just happened? and why are you grinning?
While player is wearing moon lord mask:
  • one day I'll know as much information of the moons as the moon lord! and then I'll make you wear a mask of me!
  • i'm not going to fall for that old trick.

after the twins have been defeated:
  • I wonder if their eyes had the view of a telescope.. or maybe even better!
While eye of cthulhu is present:
  • how many eyes does Cthulu have!?
  • you don't happen to have a giant boat that we could ram into someone do you?
While skeletron prime is present:
  • why has the air suddenly turned so cold?
  • I heard a legend about a robot skeleton that came from a mechanical planet...
After plantera has been defeated and it's a solar eclipse:
  • I heard swamp thing and plantera come from the same planet..
After plantera has been defeated:
  • I don't imagine that... thing. is from our planet.
  • I've never seen anything like it! it can't be from earth.
  • that can't be from earth! but how did it get here..
  • I need to take one of those pink bulbs to study..
When the player destroys their telescope:
  • oi! I needed that!
  • don't expect me to help you without my telescope!
  • you think you can steal my equipment and I'll still be willing to help?
  • that's it! if you're going to steal my equipment I might as well leave!
  • how am I meant to do my research now?
  • even if I was willing to help I couldn't because I need my telescope!

during a pumpkin moon:
  • what the..!? what's just happened to the moon!? why is it orange? we're not having another blood moon are we?
  • what the heck? look at the moon! is it even a moon? and if it is.. is it even OUR moon?
during a frost moon:
  • look at the moon! it's like a snowman! I once found a planet with 3 moons stacked on top of each other like a snowman.
  • you need to stop this! the transformation of the moon has made ocean waves go crazy all over terraria!
after moon lord has been defeated:
  • why does the moon look so weird tonight?
  • I wonder if I could become the lord of the moon..
  • and with the death of the moon lord goes the untold secrets of the moons...
when the player asks the astronomer to tell them which events are going to happen but they don't have 5 gold:
  • this isn't a free service. you give me the gold and I give you the information.
  • sorry, pal but I'm gonna need a little money from you first.
  • Nice try,I want the coins first BEFORE I tell you what's gonna happen.
  • wow, the legendary [name of player] trying to cheat me in a deal.
  • I'm not stupid. give me the money or leave.
  • Don't even try that trick on me. just give me the money.
when the player asks the astronomer what events are going to happen, give them 5 gold but no events are happening.
  • what, you want your money back? there's no event happening.. fine, take 2 gold back.
  • oh stop whining here's your money back. what? why are you looking at me like that? I need to make a profit y'know.
  • nothings going to happen. just take your money and stop wasting my time.
  • what, you gave me the money and I gave you the information, there's nothing happening.
  • stop staring at me like that... ugh! if I give you some of your money back will you leave me alone?
what the guide says before you have the solar eclipse or have found the astronomer:
  • I heard there was an astronomer trying to find a solar eclipse. starting one might get their attention
what the guide says after a solar eclipse but before they find the astronomer:
  • I heard there's an astronomer somewhere around these parts with a telescope. trying to discover new worlds to make alien contacts with.
what merchant says when astronomer is present.
  • [name of astronomer] wouldn't let me borrow her telescope.. why don't they trust me?
what stylist says when astronomer is present.
  • I asked [name of astronomer] if I could cut their hair but she said she was fine with her hair and didn't need me! hmph
what party girl says when astronomer is present.
  • I need to talk to you.. we have a problem.. [name of astronomer] doesn't.. well.. doesn't like parties.
what tax collector says when astronomer is present.
  • that girl sitting and watching from her telescope all the time! she doesn't even listen to me when I ask her to pay her taxes. I have to practically steal it! useless girl.
They sell stuff!


obviously they have to sell something... so here's what they sell.

The astronomer's curse.
can only be placed on top of the celestial stand.
placing it on top of the celestial stand will freeze the position of the sun. making daytime last a whole terraria day longer.
Price: 10
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The astronomer's fortune.
can only be placed on top of the celestial stand.
placing it on top of the celestial stand will freeze the position of the moon. making night time last a whole terraria day longer.
Price: 15
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•Telescope
can be placed
Material.
it's a placeable, background object that takes up 4x4 block space. players nearby will be told the current position of the moon and when right-clicked will let the player see further away. exactly like binoculars except with double the range.
Tooltip: a telescope, the best friend of all astronomers.
Price: 20
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can be upgraded using: Black lens, magic mirror, Hallow sight, Golden finderscope,mechanical lens.(right click on the telescope while holding 1 of these items to upgrade it. upgrading the telescope will make it have triple the range of the binoculars, then quadruple, then quintuple, before unlimited range.

•The celestial stand (place holder name)
Can be placed
place event summoning items sold by the astronomer on top of it and it will summon the event.
size 3x5 blocks
Price: 60
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(I might make it 1 platinum actually but I'm still unsure)

•The bloody ruby (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a blood moon.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to summon the blood moon!
Price: 7
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Price during a blood moon: 6
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50
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•Encrypted message (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to triple the spawn rate of martian probes.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to increase the chances of seeing a martian probe!
Lasts for: 8 mins
Price: 35
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Sold after the martian madness event is beaten.

• Solar tablet fragment.
Price: 3
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only sold after defeating golem.
price during a solar eclipse: 2
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50
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• Lihzahrd Power cell.
Price: 30
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only sold after defeating golem.

• false voodoo doll.
Price:40
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can be used as a clothier voodoo doll or can be dropped in lava to summon WOF. it can be dropped in lava twice before it is destroyed
and can also be used to kill the clothier thrice before it is destroyed.

•Star map (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a pirate invasion.
Tooltip: creates a map in the sky for pirates to help pirates find and invade your home!
Price: 14
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Price during a pirate invasion: 13
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•Goblin war symbol (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a goblin invasion.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to direct an angry goblin army straight towards your home!
Price: 13
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Price during a goblin army attack:12
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•Slime sign(placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a slime rain. Has 2 uses.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to summon a slime rain!
Price: 14
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Price during the slime rain:13
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•The comet catcher (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to make a meteorite land somewhere in your world.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to summon a meteor!
Price: 18
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•The sand summoner (placeholder name)
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a sandstorm.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand in the desert to start a sandstorm!
only usable in the desert.
Price: 12
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  • The Liquid precipitator
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand.
Place in top of the celestial stand to make it rain... (I mean the weather)
Tooltip: Make it Liquid precipitation!
Useable anywhere except the desert and the snow biome.
Price: 10
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After Plantera is defeated:

•Plantera bulb seed
Can only be placed on jungle grass.
will grow into a plantera bulb after 5 terraria days.
Tooltip: used to grow a plantera bulb!
sold 5 terraria days after the player defeats plantera for the first time.
Price: 32
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After Lunatic Cultist is defeated:

• Mysterious tablet
Price: 1
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sold after defeating the lunatic cultist.
can be placed.
the mysterious tablet is a placeable background object that you can find the 4 cultists around it performing a ritual.
When placed it will act like a normal mysterious tablet. except it will spawn 4 cultists around it that will perform a ritual.
if you kill the cultists it summons the lunatic cultist who you can then farm.
after killing the lunatic cultist the 4 pillars WILL appear. and will act like normal pillars.

• Fake Mysterious tablet
Price: 1
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sold after defeating the lunatic cultist.
can be placed.
the mysterious tablet is a placeable background object that you can find the 4 cultists around it performing a ritual.
When placed it will act like a normal mysterious tablet. except it will spawn 4 cultists around it that will perform a ritual.
if you kill the cultists it summons the lunatic cultist who you can then farm.
after killing the lunatic cultist that was spawned using the FAKE mysterious tablet. the 4 pillars WILL NOT appear. but the lunatic cultist will only drop 70% the amount of coins they normally would. and rare items have a 2% lower chance to drop.

After the 4 celestial pillars have been defeated:

•syzygy stone
Can only be placed on top of the celestial stand
place on top of the celestial stand to start a planetary alignment.
Tooltip: used with a celestial stand to start a planetary alignment!
Price: 45
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After moon lord is defeated:

•The solar summoner. (placeholder name)
Consumable
cannot be placed
it's a mini solar pillar that when used, summons the solar pillar. the solar pillar will only drop 70% of the fragments it would drop normally.
Tooltip: used to summon the solar pillar!
Price: 45
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•The Vortex summoner. (placeholder name)
Consumable
cannot be placed
it's a mini vortex pillar that when used, summons the vortex pillar. the vortex pillar will only drop 70% of the fragments it would drop normally.
Tooltip: used to summon the vortex pillar!
Price: 45
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•The Nebula summoner. (placeholder name)
Consumable
cannot be placed
it's a mini nebula pillar that when used, summons the nebula pillar. the nebula pillar will only drop 70% of the fragments it would drop normally.
Tooltip: used to summon the Nebula pillar!
Price: 45
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•The Stardust summoner. (placeholder name)
Consumable
cannot be placed
it's a mini stardust pillar that when used, summons the stardust pillar. the stardust pillar will only drop 70% of the fragments it would drop normally.
Tooltip: used to summon the stardust pillar!
Price: 45
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The ability to tell you what events are happening when!

currently in terraria at night time there's a chance of an event happening. well if they CHANGED the system to plan out what events will be happening when over the next 18 terraria days ahead of time this idea could work.

You pay the Astronomer 5
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and then they tell you the closest events that are happening and when. they will say there will be a _______ in ______ days. example "there will be a blood moon in 12 days.

If however, there is NOT an event happening within 18 terraria days, the astronomer will give you back 2
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coins

Different names!

  • Vera
  • Carolyn
  • Jocelyn
  • Debra
  • Heidi
  • Sandra
  • Eva
  • Janine
  • Judith
  • Laura
  • Sara
  • Catharine
  • Dorothea
  • Mary
  • Emily
  • Katherine
  • Paula
  • Mareta
  • Maria

Some additional crafting:
Hallow Sight:
crafted at an orichalum anvil.
1 black lens
15 hallowed bars
5 lens.
15 souls of sight.
used to upgrade the telescope.

golden Finderscope:
crafted at an orichalum anvil.
10 gold bars
5 platinum bars
15 chlorophyte bars
10 rubies
10 emeralds
3 lens.

OR:

30 gold bars
15 chlorophyte bars
10 rubies
10 emeralds
3 lens.

OR:
30 platinum bars
15 chlorophyte bars
10 rubies
10 emeralds
3 lens.

PLANETARY ALLIGNMENT EVENT:
I'm working on it! geese...

And that's it!

if there's something you think could be improved upon just let me know! I'll try my best to fix it!

 

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CHANGELOG:
added more dialogue for them and changed a few pieces of dialogue also added the astronomer's curse and astronomer's fortune to be sold by the astronomer

Added 2 more names and added the comet catcher to be sold by the astronomer.

rewrote some dialogue and added 1 more name.

event summoning items now go on sale during the events that they summon.

added a boatload of new dialogue

added 2 new items: the false voodoo doll and the lihzahrd power cell for the Astronomer to sell.

added 2 new items: the mysterious tablet and the fake mysterious tablet for the Astronomer to sell. meaning the astronomer now sells 20 different items!

Changed the prices of and reworked some items.

the telescope no longer starts with unlimited vision, but instead has to be upgraded using new,craftable items with crafting recipes shown at the bottom of the main post.

Removed the need for the ceiling above the telescope to be either see-through or have no blocks at all,

added plantera bulb seeds for the astronomer to sell, dialogue changes and new dialogue for astronomer and other NPCs.

The encrypted message is now sold after the martian madness event has been defeated,added new dialogue,rewrote some dialogue,you can now use the mechanical lens and 10 silver bars to upgrade the telescope.

Added a boatload of more dialogue when in specific biomes and during certain events.

some dialogue has been rewritten.

MORE DIALOGUEE

added the syzygy stone front the astronomer to sell.

Changed the description of the astronomers telescope animation.

Added the liquid precipitator for the astronomer to sell.

going to start working on the planetary alignment event in 2 days!


any sprites would be appreciated all though I highly doubt anyone will.

Remember to vote or leave a comment! (you don't have to but it helps a lot)

they might actually have too much dialogue..
 
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this is literally calculus to program
also, the game can't tell exactly what event will occur, suppose you're trying to pick chocolate from a chocolate box using a blindfold, 19 of them are kit kat (nothing), the 20th one is a twix (solar eclipse), you have a 19/20 chance to get nothing (kit kat) and 1/20 to get a solar eclipse (twix), you'll pick the Twix at exactly 4:30 am
So, the game will throw the dice at exactly the same time when you did something (broke a sword shrine rock to get either an arkhalis or an enchanted sword / Killed a chaos elemental to get a rod of discord, etc.)
Also, that's an abundance of quotes
Also, why is it necessary to make the ceiling for the astronomer's house ceiling invisible? I think this is difficult to program
 
this is literally calculus to program
also, the game can't tell exactly what event will occur, suppose you're trying to pick chocolate from a chocolate box using a blindfold, 19 of them are kit kat (nothing), the 20th one is a twix (solar eclipse), you have a 19/20 chance to get nothing (kit kat) and 1/20 to get a solar eclipse (twix), you'll pick the Twix at exactly 4:30 am
So, the game will throw the dice at exactly the same time when you did something (broke a sword shrine rock to get either an arkhalis or an enchanted sword / Killed a chaos elemental to get a rod of discord, etc.)
Also, that's an abundance of quotes
Also, why is it necessary to make the ceiling for the astronomer's house ceiling invisible? I think this is difficult to program

I'll remove the need for the ceiling above the telescope to either be see-through or to have no blocks at all for them to move in

but with the event telling one I suggested that the game plans out the events that will happen for the next 18 terraria days. instead of deciding the moment the day comes so I think it could work. and also I could change the event telling system to only be available if there was actually was an event happening within the next 18 terraria days

by quotes I assume you mean dialogue. Yeah, there is quite a lot. one of the major issues I have with NPCs is there's not enough dialogue and it feels too repetitive. so I tried to avoid repetitivity with the dialogue.

also if I was trying to pick chocolate from a chocolate box, I could still pick kit kat. because it's a chocolate :p
 
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I added the syzygy stone which summons the planetary alignment event!
should I make a new thread for the event or should i add it to this thread?

the event is currently a WIP but I know what the enemies are gonna be!
 
It still doesn't make sense. You need a telescope to find the NPC. Also, NPC's can't live in Crimson/Corruption

Other than this, this NPC would be an awesome idea
 
It still doesn't make sense. You need a telescope to find the NPC. Also, NPC's can't live in Crimson/Corruption

Other than this, this NPC would be an awesome idea

Ohhh I see what you mean now

When I said you can find them looking through a microscope I meant when you first saw them they would have an animation where they looked through their telescope

They appear after you defeat a solar eclipse

I probably should've thought how I said that through though. But I was too excited about writing the rest I kinda rushed it. Gonna change that!

Bit of a shame that they can't live in corruption or crimson biomes.. but oh well!
 
While a good idea, there are some summoning things we just don't need. We don't need the goblin or pirate ones, or the mysterious tablet. Other than that, it's okay I guess.
 
I agree, but I am also on the contrary. I think that the Astroneer should sell the Summoning items, not the counterparts
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Thank you for supporting the idea! Expect more changes to come.
Also, I would like to add that it doesn't have supervision. Usually players NPC homes are in the middle of the map, not in the ocean biome. I am quoting to the Truffle biome while homeless text
 
I agree, but I am also on the contrary. I think that the Astroneer should sell the Summoning items, not the counterparts
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Also, I would like to add that it doesn't have supervision. Usually players NPC homes are in the middle of the map, not in the ocean biome. I am quoting to the Truffle biome while homeless text

True. The idea behind that piece of dialogue was that the astronomer could've seen them as they looked through their telescope. But I can think of a few issues with that
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While a good idea, there are some summoning things we just don't need. We don't need the goblin or pirate ones, or the mysterious tablet. Other than that, it's okay I guess.
The main point behind this NPC idea was to give players a way to skip grinds and you kinda have to grind for the goblin army and pirate map. And that's why they sell them.
 
True. The idea behind that piece of dialogue was that the astronomer could've seen them as they looked through their telescope. But I can think of a few issues with that
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The main point behind this NPC idea was to give players a way to skip grinds and you kinda have to grind for the goblin army and pirate map. And that's why they sell them.
Ah, that makes more sense. Personally, I think that the ones that drop naturally should be more expensive than the ones that don't.
 
They could defend themselves with a telescope (used like a sword) and they have a 1/3 chance to drop on death (maybe a 1/2 or a 100% chance)
 
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