Coding aside, it's just not lava anymore. I would definitely preffer that tar over the default lava for traps anymore, but I'm not gonna go to the designated biome to make a trap for mobs. If this is ever going to be added, they will be seperate liquids I bet.
Hallow has pink water, and Jungle has green sky. It's not realistic, but it's atmospheric.
Yes, but that is because of different materials and elements that you can find in the air and the water, like plankton. Lava however just burns all of this, so it cannot get a color change from that.
While the color changes in water, its effects NEVER change. Here, different liquids have different qualities, so you might like one over the other.
So you are trying to say that the plankton changes the hallow's water to purple... in Terraria... a game with no mention of plankton... ever. It is all atmospheric and adds quite a nice feel to both the biomes, making them feel more unique, as has been the purpose of the two in the first place. Not saying your logic is flawed, even though it very well may be, just think you need to re-think your statement and remove any mention of magical plankton changing magical water..
Actually, to add to this; I could make a new block with the sole purpose of transforming lava on screen into one of the other liquids. So no need to go to the designated biome, just place this new magical block and have the liquids change as if you were in the biome.
Also the effect change is quite minimal, you really wouldn't notice much of a difference. The only one I can see some people liking is the Ichor one, due to it's defense decrease.
Haven't done the others yet and I'm sure that one would look rather nasty as it is. I'll give it a go later today to see if I can mess with the stitching together to make it look nice.
No, plankton in the natural biome's water only. The Corruption, Crimson and Hallow gets their color from... f
k, I dunno, magic or something. Hallowed plankton, maybe?
So.. all of the sudden logic in terraria ia a thing? a game with floating structures ,mythical ores or giant floating organs does'nt seem as if the devs cared about logic . its a fantasy game let it be that way. if we applied logic to it then the game would be completly diffrent.No, to the natural biomes. The Corruption, Crimson and Hallow gets their color from... f
There might be a lot of things in Terraria that don't make any sense, but that doesn't mean its okay to throw away all logic and consistency for no reason...
Then whats the point of letting it be a fantasy game if we are going to restrict it to realism.
So that the game still makes sense to play and doesn't resemble a fever dream?
Here's some lore to make it slightly more real for you guys: Ichor lava was created after the gods attempted to fight through the crimson. They were terribly under matched and were brutally murdered. Their blood now may be seen flowing through the crimson, just as their flesh holds the biome together.No, plankton in the natural biome's water only. The Corruption, Crimson and Hallow gets their color from... f
But adding this would'nt make it a "fever dream" its just a color change and maybe inflicts debuffs either way i dont think this would cause the entire game to look like a super fantasy game that makes no sense.
It wouldn't be any more of a fever dream with the purple grass of the corruption, and Dr Seuss trees of the Hallow. It's simply colored lava, and we've got colored water already.
The background covers a lot of the sky, but it does indeed turn the sky green:
Except there is a reason: For atmosphere. The same reason why water changes color, and why we have different sky colors and backgrounds. Suddenly shifting backgrounds are definitely more jarring than changing lava, but we still have them.
You're definitely thinking too deep into this.. if we explain water with magic plankton, then we can explain lava with magic obsidianskin plankton, too.
Too lazy to get another screenshot?
The backgrounds and water are different from lava though (at least I feel they are). Although there are a few exceptions (mainly underground), Backgrounds are usually easy to ignore because they are in the background. For the most part, they are all pretty similar as well, with most of them having the same clouds and bluish sky. It’s not the same as when a block right in front of you suddenly changes into something else. And as for why water can change color and not lava, that’s because their completely different things. While lava has a very specific role of being a lethal liquid that sets you on fire and kills you in seconds, water is just a simple common liquid that can be found almost anywhere. It doesn’t have any specific abilities, and it makes sense for it to change color for its environment. Even in real life water comes in a variety of colors, in some places water is clear instead of blue, other places have yellow or brown water, some have pretty aquamarine color, and where I live the ocean is a gross greenish-teal color. On the other hand, lava is molten rock that is always shown as glowing bright orange or yellow like fire. Although it’s tint could change slightly, anything more than that and it’s no longer lava.
