Terraria State of the Game - May 2019

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I will, sadly, be at school when the PC Gaming Show will live. In an exam none the less. Still hope for the best update possible !
And for me and my friend, I guess it is now time to start giving up on playing Terraria on switch at school this (school) year :/

Amazing state of the game nonetheless ! Hope to see more in the near future !
 
I for one am glad to see all the Mobile content go, they are really out of place and are really unbalanced. I don't really watch E3, but I will definitely see what Re Logic has in store :dryadsmile:
 
We were literally asked by a large group of folks (Discord, Email, Twitter, FB, even support tickets lol) the day of the E3 "inclusion" news going out (which also included the Epic sponsorship of the PC Gaming Show) if we were going to be the latest group to go down the exclusive road. I guess because of Rocket League? Who knows?

This is an acceptable explanation, thank you. I guess I kind of just got too excited and tied that into the way Cenx strongly worded her statement about selling the company's soul, or Redigit's comments in the discord rather than what was actually said in the post. I apologize.

I'll keep it civil since I have too much respect for this forum to go on an anti-Epic rant, but this comment annoys me. There is nothing entitled or childish about the large percentage of the PC gaming community angry with Epic and their awful software/business practices. The company and its scummy CEO are an embarrassment to the industry, and I say good for Re-Logic for distancing themselves from those creeps.

I never said there was anything entitled and childish about it. The steamheads thing was about unpredicatable rabid fanboyism. I will admit that I said what I said way too harshly and I'm sorry about wording things that way.

I will say that it seems weird that the whole thing would be about Epic's scummy business tactics though, since the whole thing is in defense of Valve, which is also a scummy money-grubbing company with no soul. One with market hegemony at that.

I'll drop it there since continuing down that road will make it really difficult for us to stay at least somewhat civil.
 
The fact that they haven't already made Terraria Mobile work on ChromeOS is ticking me off. It runs Android apps, better than most android devices now that it has the google play store fully built in. I don't even care if it doesn't have keyboard/mouse support, most google play compatible Chromebooks have a touch screen.

Alright, I have ranted... Hopefully, a dev will notice this.
 
This is an acceptable explanation, thank you. I guess I kind of just got too excited and tied that into the way Cenx strongly worded her statement about selling the company's soul, or Redigit's comments in the discord rather than what was actually said in the post. I apologize.



I never said there was anything entitled and childish about it. The steamheads thing was about unpredicatable rabid fanboyism. I will admit that I said what I said way too harshly and I'm sorry about wording things that way.

I will say that it seems weird that the whole thing would be about Epic's scummy business tactics though, since the whole thing is in defense of Valve, which is also a scummy money-grubbing company with no soul. One with market hegemony at that.

I'll drop it there since continuing down that road will make it really difficult for us to stay at least somewhat civil.



Personally the whole thing for me is exclusives, consoles are already a lost cause regarding this and a lot of people simply don't want it to spread to pcs. it completely kills competition because why bother improving the service if you are legally not allowed to compete, be a better platform or better pricing, that's all irrelevant now because you can just buy exclusives and people won't have a choice to purchase through your store and your store alone. doesn't matter epic's launcher has 1/10 of the features (a lot of them deal breaking like reviews and achievements) if the game you want to buy can only be purchased there.

i'm not a fanboy of valve (i think they do :red: up from time to time) and i would change service if another one came with better deals and a bigger variety of useful features all the while improving the existing ones. heck i would have been supporting epic if they only have the better dev deal and all the steam features, but as it stands i fear the pc market will just became a battle of exclusives, with no improvements to the actual service being made.

anyways. that's just my opinion, hopefully i wasn't too aggressive or anything.
 
odd that they would include legacy items in the console but decide to completely remove it in mobile.
I think they all should be removed, or (some) kept and brought to PC and others.
Will 1.3 will change the current icon app or it will still be the same
[doublepost=1558128441,1558128410][/doublepost]Will 1.3 will change the current icon app or it will still be the same
It changed every update when it still was getting updates, wouldnt doubt it will change now.

I for one am glad to see all the Mobile content go, they are really out of place and are really unbalanced. I don't really watch E3, but I will definitely see what Re Logic has in store :dryadsmile:
I dont think it was unbalanced, but removing heart arrows was the best choice one could make. I didnt even know about them and i beat the whole game, getting all the best stuff too. No one will ever beat duke fishron if they are so used to cheating with those arrows.
 

Greetings Terrarians!

Welcome to the the latest Terraria community update on development progress across all active platforms! A ton of progress is being made, and things are really starting to come together - we are hopeful that we will be able to have some of this in your hands soon. That said, on with the latest news....


PlayStation 4 & XBOX ONE - PIPEWORKS

For anyone that may have missed the news, we’re happy to share that 1.3.1 is available to download on PlayStation 4 & Xbox One!

You can check out the full patch notes HERE.

The team has also been monitoring bug reports by the community, and will be working to address any nagging issues that were introduced in this new update. If you do manage to come across a bug, please use this contact form.

After we get any additional needed hotfixes out to everyone, our focus will shift towards the next wave of content additions. Speaking of content, we have some good news on that front! Our current plan is to combine the next several updates including 1.3.5 into one patch - making the leap to try and get PS4/XB1 much closer to parity with PC! It’s very early, but we’ve already begun work integrating those pieces in the background.



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SWITCH - PIPEWORKS

Next, let's look at a quick update on Switch. For this month's news item, we wanted to take the opportunity to give an overview on what we have planned in regards to touch support functionality for Terraria on Switch.

The team has poured a lot of time and effort and attention into really making touch a great experience. There are so many functions that you can use touch to control.

For example, you can:
  • Interact with the main menu, adjust settings, browse accomplishments, and customize your character.
  • In-game, you can....
  • Pinch to adjust zoom (be careful, this will use the item currently selected in the hotbar!)
  • Press to use the item currently selected in the hotbar
  • Press the minimap to instantly activate the full-screen map
  • Press any item on the hotbar to select it
  • Double-tap the hotbar to open the inventory
  • Press to select any item in the inventory
  • Double-tap on any inventory item to activate build mode
  • Press and hold + drag on any item to move it around the inventory/move it to a chest or shop/equip it/throw it in the trash
  • Press any in-inventory button or interactable text (quick stack, sort, loot all, crafting menu, map display types)
  • Press and hold up or down on the crafting wheel to scroll through it
  • Press and hold on an item in the crafting wheel to craft, then drag to place it in the inventory
  • Press on any of the accessory info buttons to toggle visibility
  • Double-tap any of the accessory slots to toggly visibility

  • You can also adjust the in-game settings with touch!


Want to see it an action? Don’t worry, we’ll be covering this in a video showcase very soon!

Quite a list, eh? We’re looking forward to getting this in your hands to try! As always, thanks for your patience and support!



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MOBILE - DR STUDIOS


First off, we figured that we might show off something that you all could be, maybe, just a little bit interested in seeing: the first glimpse at multiplayer for Terraria Mobile 1.3!



Pretty cool stuff, huh? Terraria really shines in multiplayer, and we are so excited to be able to show it off at long last! We know people will have tons of questions about the ins and outs of Terraria Mobile 1.3 multiplayer, and we will do the best we can to answer them - but do know that not everything is fully set in stone as of yet, so some things will remain a mystery for now.

What you see above, though:
  • Local MP in action!
  • Text Chat in multiplayer
  • PvP/Teams/etc. all working well

It is so much fun to play Terraria with friends, so we are really happy that this is ready for you to see. Still a lot of work to go here on optimizing and tweaking and getting it just right... and we are planning to share even more details about the inner workings of Terraria Mobile 1.3 multiplayer in the near future. Definitely stay tuned for that! ;) :cool:

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Second, we wanted to take a second to address some widespread confusion around the status of Console/Mobile exclusive content and how it intersects with Terraria Mobile 1.3.

The short version here is that all exclusive content - whether it originated from Console or current Mobile - will be removed from Terraria Mobile 1.3. No vanity/legacy items will remain - which is different from what occurred when PS4/XB1 moved to 1.3. Where possible, items will be swapped for tier-appropriate gear from the core game. Where this is not feasible, some other compensation will be made in-game (for example, Gold Bunnies or coins).

We (Re-Logic & DR Studios) understand that this will be a controversial decision - and perhaps an unpopular one with some folks. However, we would ask that the community understand that this choice is all a part of a broader plan, part of which is centralizing gameplay across the multiple platforms to a more consistent experience. This will pay off down the road, but exactly how and when any/all of that can take place is still very much in flux. In the end, the desire here is to provide a better core game experience rather than relying on exclusives that were never a great fit with the progression and style of the core game. We hope everyone understands. :)

We are going to be making some big announcements regarding the mobile 1.3 Beta in the near future, so be ready!




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PC - RE-LOGIC
Happy start-of-summer everyone! The PC team is hard at work on quite a few things that are, quite frankly, pretty darned awesome. What are those things, you may ask? Well, you will have to wait and see like everyone else. :)

We don't have anything big to share this month - however, we would say that everyone should tune in to the 2019 PC Gaming Show coming up from E3 in a few weeks. More information can be found HERE. You never know, you might see something interesting there....

(To go ahead and squash the conspiracy theories before they get started: no, we are not going to be the latest Epic exclusive - Terraria has been on Steam since the beginning, and it will stay that way)


We would also like to share that, as of the first few months of 2019, Terraria has officially broken the 27 Million copies sold barrier - with 12 million on PC alone! To say that your ongoing support is just astounding would be putting it very mildly. Thank you all - and here is to a bright future!

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COMMUNITY
The Terraria family wants to give a big digital hug to everyone who joined us for the eighth-year anniversary festivities. The turnout was so overwhelming that our Discord server and forums briefly crashed from the legendary turnout. If you happen to miss the occasion, fear not, we are going to be recapping some of the excitement that took place.

We started the Terraria birthday by announcing three fun community events open to everyone. There is still time to submit your entries! Come by the forums and read all of the details here: Official - Terraria's 8th Anniversary! Contest and more, come join in!

Afterwards, for the first time ever we gave the Terraria community a glimpse of the official Terraria lore! This is the story behind Terraria and the background of the adventure we all love. If you are interested in reading every word then you can check it out here: Terraria 8th Anniversary Lore Event

To mark the occasion we released, for the first time, the official Terraria Bot! This amazing community creation lives within the official Terraria Discord server and has many worthwhile community features. The Terraria Bot launched with the Trivia Guide Bot and the Prize Merchant Bot. The Trivia Guide Bot will ask Terraria related trivia questions and award community points to those who successful guess the correct answer. The Prize Merchant Bot is a digital store that functions as a prize shop where Terrarians can redeem their community points for exclusive prizes. Click the link below to join the Terraria Discord community and test your Terraria knowledge.



Finally, for those truly passionate Terrarians, who actively participate in our community events, we are releasing an exclusive Terraria community hoodie that you will only be able to win through community events. Come check out the Terraria Discord for more details on how to win this limited-edition prize!

Will mobile 1.3 come out at the same time for amazon?
 
This is an acceptable explanation, thank you. I guess I kind of just got too excited and tied that into the way Cenx strongly worded her statement about selling the company's soul, or Redigit's comments in the discord rather than what was actually said in the post. I apologize.



I never said there was anything entitled and childish about it. The steamheads thing was about unpredicatable rabid fanboyism. I will admit that I said what I said way too harshly and I'm sorry about wording things that way.

I will say that it seems weird that the whole thing would be about Epic's scummy business tactics though, since the whole thing is in defense of Valve, which is also a scummy money-grubbing company with no soul. One with market hegemony at that.

I'll drop it there since continuing down that road will make it really difficult for us to stay at least somewhat civil.
I doubt Re-Logic would agree with your depiction of Valve considering Steam and its support have played a pivotal role in Terraria's success.
 
Personally the whole thing for me is exclusives, consoles are already a lost cause regarding this and a lot of people simply don't want it to spread to pcs. it completely kills competition because why bother improving the service if you are legally not allowed to compete, be a better platform or better pricing, that's all irrelevant now because you can just buy exclusives and people won't have a choice to purchase through your store and your store alone. doesn't matter epic's launcher has 1/10 of the features (a lot of them deal breaking like reviews and achievements) if the game you want to buy can only be purchased there.

I don't really use most Steam features, and Steam reviews are... bad atm, so I can't really relate in that regard. Aside from achievements I guess, but they really just do the bare minimum, unlike uPlay where the achievements actually do something. I'm fine with Steam in general though.

If exclusives are the problem though, think how many game store and launcher platforms there are. GoG, uPlay, Origin, Battlenet, Paradox has even started work on a launcher, and Epic of course, Discord too. Now, look at all of those launchers, and think of how many games are de-facto Steam exclusives.

I'd prefer if there were one launcher for anything, but as it is, exclusives and a new "console wars" are just what's bound to happen due to the nature of competition in markets like this. It's annoying imo, and it's gonna suck, but when I look at this all I see is console wars 2, except this time you don't have to actually buy the consoles. Just saying I have no reason to side with steam over anyone else is all.

Hope that helps you kind of understand where I'm coming from.
 
The discord link won’t work. It says invalid or out of date. I’m also perm banned, for no known reason. The mods are a bit jumpy, and multiple times I got muted with no warning. I didn’t even get a message as to what the perm ban was about. I should at least get a warning or be told what I did wrong, rather than instant mute. I figure I deserved about 3-4 of the maybe 15 mutes. Also, this has nothing to do with why the link won’t work, as I tried a different account and it still didn’t work. If someone could reach out to one of the admins for me that would be great.
 
The discord link won’t work. It says invalid or out of date. I’m also perm banned, for no known reason. The mods are a bit jumpy, and multiple times I got muted with no warning. I didn’t even get a message as to what the perm ban was about. I should at least get a warning or be told what I did wrong, rather than instant mute. I figure I deserved about 3-4 of the maybe 15 mutes. Also, this has nothing to do with why the link won’t work, as I tried a different account and it still didn’t work. If someone could reach out to one of the admins for me that would be great.
I will PM you some information. Whatever happens on Discord is out of the hands of the staff here, so please don't bring it up again here.
 
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