Talk:Upcoming features

Proof
Where has these Banners been mentioned?

"Rainbow Campfire"
What if that's just a normal campfire with a new "living rainbow" dye? --84.3.26.53
 * Dyes can only be applied to equipped items. An animated Paint is a possibility, but there currently are none of those, and we haven't seen anything like that announced yet. Equazcion  ( talk ) 05:08, 1 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * You're right, of course; i was thinking about Paint, not Dyes. Well, time will tell what it is then. --84.3.26.53 20:56, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

"tree"
this better not be the transparent unobservant/kneejerk "omg pink trees" thing from the forum, hoping that citation doesn't go where it seems to go
 * Unfortunately it did. It's clearly just one of the variant boreal trees painted pink. Thanks for pointing this out, I've taken care of it. Gearzein (talk) 23:29, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

"Leaked Images"
I was able to find the album containing the gif in question. Nothing from here was previously referenced. Now that some of this content has been officially revealed in spoilers, we may need to reevaluate whether this source is reliable or not. I have went ahead and added a couple things to the upcoming features. Feel free to remove them or start a discussion if you'd like. :)  Chrisf1020  (talk)  22:33, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I mainly removed them because there's no hard connection between those leaked images and the spoiler released today. I knew they existed, but consider the following:
 * Martian Engineer and Tesla Turret aren't actually seen in today's spoiler. Gigazapper appears, and other similar units clearly resemble the Martian Engineer, but there's nothing like the Tesla Turret in the spoiler.
 * The nameless tripod enemy is moused over for a short while, revealing it to have 2000 HP, but that's the only value displayed. It visibly has no official name yet, as those elements are still in development and names have not been finalized.
 * Regarding the Meowmere and other items, the developers have frequently clarified that spoiler values are unofficial and subject to change.
 * Taking these into account, there's not even any evidence that the old entities seen in a spoiler from months ago formally exist. I treated them in the same way the spoiler image containing the Meowmere's stats has been handled. I'm not going to remove them, as even I have to acknowledge that it's highly likely they're related in some way, but I'm questioning the validity of that image given today's new information. Gearzein (talk) 23:18, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Obviously, names and stats are not finalized and subject to change.
 * But I wouldn't say that there isn't any evidence that the old entities exist. Both the Martian Engineer and Tesla Turret (though they may no longer be named as such) were in today's spoiler. Their names didn't flash, but they were certainly there. If you watch closely (I'd recommend 1/4 speed on Youtube), both of them are visible between the :30 and :33 time intervals, with the exact sprites as in the earlier leak. For the Engineer, the most obvious thing differentiating it from the Gigazapper is whatever it has on its back.  Chrisf1020  (talk)  00:02, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I found some images in that forum topic's last pages showing what Chris is saying. Yeah, that definitely looks like the Tesla Turret. Morenohijazo (talk) 23:18, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I can't believe I missed that. Guess I was wrong- Martian Engineer and Tesla Turret are pretty clearly still there. Gearzein (talk) 01:17, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Album was wiped due to a DMCA request by Re-Logic :( Bleiix (talk) 09:05, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

"unknown event"!?
I do not understand why the picture of the Lunar Event is labeled "unknown event". I guess maybe Redigit and friends event LITERALLY related the picture to the event, but it is pretty obvious. Or maybe they have mentioned that the picture is NOT related to the Lunar Event but is a completely different one? Can anyone explain, please?
 * Seeming "pretty obvious" doesn't make it factual; if we can't source a claim directly it's removed. The developers never linked this image with the lunar event, and it's intentionally obscured. All we do is compile and present the images, not speculate on them. Gearzein (talk) 14:45, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

1.3 Unidentified Entities
The big worm shadow in "Unidentified Entities" is the Solar Pillar from the most recent video. Starts around 2 minutes in. Source: http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/good-bad-im-the-guy-with-the-yoyo-the-terraria-1-3-official-trailer.20072/ - Shakyr (talk) 02:10, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The screenshot of that silhouette is taken from the lunar variation of the event, which currently doesn't have a known name. The Solar Pillar is already listed in another category. --KM100 (talk) 04:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Since it's no longer entirely unidentified (we do now have its visuals, as well as some inkling of its mechanic and perhaps even part of its name), I split off that piece from the silhouette collection. Equazcion  ( talk ) 05:52, 24 Jun 2015 (UTC)

Expert Mode
It appears that many monsters (seen in the Zombies in the Meowmere reveal, or Vampires in the 1.3 trailer) have inflated stats during expert mode. While listing new features of expert mode AI would be easy, the stats are listed in the infobox, and thus would be harder to change. Having each stat listed with a normal and expert mode variant seems like it would get messy and confusing, while having two different infoboxes for each NPC would be even more messy and confusing.

My suggestion is to have some button that allows switching between displaying expert and normal stats, but I'm not sure if that's possible to do without overhauling the infoboxes. Does anyone else have other ideas? --KM100 (talk) 18:27, 25 June 2015 (UTC)


 * We could do something like the admin noticeboard's admin list box, where a second section is hidden initially and displayed via click (the "show inactive" link). I think that might be the simplest option, at least if we were to go with a "dynamic" (live click-to-change, javascript) solution. Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:44, 25 Jun 2015 (UTC)


 * ...that's just one preliminary thought. I'm hoping there's an even simpler solution. Maybe if all stats are changed in Expert mode via a flat percentage or other algorithm it'll be more feasible to just state that somewhere central. Equazcion  ( talk ) 18:47, 25 Jun 2015 (UTC)


 * It would be useful to have them in the infobox, alongside normal stats, though. Shakyr (talk) 01:08, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for my ignorance, but...
... since now the upcoming features are no more upcoming because they have come, shouldn't this page be cleaned?

I remember a list of "possible future features" that contained "Volcanoes, alien worlds etc.". Where can I find it and where it originated from? I guess it was here before 1.2.

"Unfulfilled features"
Just throwing this out there, but a recent edit made me think of the many things that were promised for 1.3 but not entirely delivered on. I think that a Prospective Features list, used as a compilation of things the developers have formally acknowledged but that haven't been added to the game or replaced with other content, could be both interesting and constructive. It's not like Upcoming Features is being used for much else.

I realize this runs the risk of becoming a "wishlist" of sorts, but I think that if it were properly sourced and curated as UF was before 1.3's release, it could work out. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Gearzein (talk) 01:34, 25 July 2015 (UTC)