Working as Designed Sand isn't held up by actuated blocks

[Geoman265]

Steam or GOG

Steam

Single Player/Multiplayer

Single

Operating System

Windows 10

Terraria Version

1.4.0.5

Controls Used

Keyboard/Mouse

I don't know if this is a bug or intentional, but sand currently falls through actuated blocks, making them useless when it comes to actuation.

 

[Adapting]

Seems to be intended:

I am 99% sure this is now intended behavior in Journey's End.

clarification: It wasn't a bug that was fixed, it was intentionally changed behavior. Sand (and silt/slush) that is unsupported is supposed to be a hazard to the player.

Working as Designed - 1.4 Sand blocks no longer supported by actuated blocks

Maybe this was a bug fix that wasn't mentioned in the changelog, however it breaks some things such as this multi-surface farm.

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[Knight9910]

By actuated, do you mean, "toggled off"? Because that's intended behavior. It's how the sandfall traps in the underground desert work.

 

[ShadowOfDarkness]

I don't know if this is a bug or intentional, but sand currently falls through actuated blocks, making them useless when it comes to actuation.

That's intentional. This mechanic is used in the Underground Desert's sand trap.

 

[Geoman265]

Is there any way to make it work? As in, there is a seperate block that looks like sand but is not affected by gravity?

 

[Knight9910]

Is there any way to make it work? As in, there is a seperate block that looks like sand but is not affected by gravity?

Well, there are Hardened Sand blocks... they don't look exactly like sand, but close enough.

Maybe it would help if you told us what it is you're trying to do, then maybe we could offer suggestions as to how to accomplish it?

 

[Geoman265]

I was trying to create an area underneath my desert base so that I could access the underground desert easily. Outside of using the sand, I can only think of using teleporters, which are difficult to hide.

 

[00Banshee00]

Is there any way to make it work? As in, there is a seperate block that looks like sand but is not affected by gravity?

I guess you can use Ecto blocks to support the sand blocks. They're supposed to be invisible.

Haven't used them so I'm not sure how it works.

 

[Geoman265]

I don't think that will work because actuating all of the sand will cause the sand to fall on the bottom actuated sand blocks. Plus, I don't really want to wait until I defeat plantera for that.

 

[Knight9910]

I don't think that will work because actuating all of the sand will cause the sand to fall on the bottom actuated sand blocks. Plus, I don't really want to wait until I defeat plantera for that.

Just dig a hole down into the underground desert from inside your base and hang a rope. I don't understand why you want to actuate sand for this.

 

[Geoman265]

I wanted the entrance to not be visible. Hold on, I just thought about something: what if relogic added ecto paint, to allow for teleporters and gravity blocks to be invisible?

 

[ShadowOfDarkness]

I mean, there's Shadow Paint I guess, but that only works in a pitch black environment.

 

[Knight9910]

I wanted the entrance to not be visible. Hold on, I just thought about something: what if relogic added ecto paint, to allow for teleporters and gravity blocks to be invisible?

That would actually be pretty cool.

 

[Leinfors]

We don't have anymore paint slots in tile data, unfortunately. There won't be any more paints.

 

[Geoman265]

That's unfortunate.