User talk:Mathmagician

Multiplayer LAN connection offline
Ok i've never done this so i'm sorry if this isn't the way to post this stuff. I just got this game abou 2-3 days ago and i want to play with my friend offline since we dont' have the internet, but when i type localhost into the IP so we can connect it doesn't ever fully connect. We just sit there with it saying "connecting to server" for hours. =( I'd really like some help with this, we can listen to each others music and stuff so i know its not the networking.

Danakun 20:04, March 4, 2012 (UTC)Danakun


 * Hey, I've never actually played Terraria multiplayer on a LAN before, so I'm not particularly knowledgeable in that area. I only play single player / occasionally online. Even if you can hear the music, if it just says "connecting to server" forever then there must be some networking issue, either on your end or by fault of the game. Terraria's multiplayer isn't exactly perfect. The only specific thing I can think of is that localhost may not be appropriate for LAN (depending on your set up), you may have to use your friend's internal IP if connecting through a router.


 * Dzylon or Pathogen may be be able to help you if you send them a message, as they are almost certainly more knowledgeable than me in the area of multiplayer. I would recommend making a blog post at User_blog:Danakun about your issue and then sending Dzylon and Pathogen a message to get them to comment on your blog. Also, if you make a blog, A LOT more people will see it as compared to a forum post at the Help Desk.

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 20:48, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, you could do a bit of research on the Terraria Online forums if you haven't already. For example, threads such as this one may or may not be helpful to you: http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/how-to-play-terraria-on-lan.35069/ . I'm sorry I couldn't be of much help.


 * Thank you for your reply i'll try that. I've done research on it already but found nothing but the "localhost" thing for the IP. I'll start a blog but i'm not really sure how to do stuff like that. I rarely use sites like this and blog and stuff. Again though Ty for your reply. ^^b Danakun 21:07, March 4, 2012 (UTC)

Useless Video
Hey math can I or can you remove the video on the Dungeon Guardian page? It's that vid for the Skeletron Prime and it has no reason to be there...

Furiion52 02:16, March 5, 2012 (UTC)Furiion52

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 23:09, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's useless? Sure there are other bosses in the video, but the dungeon guardian is certainly in there. In any case, we don't want to be removing any videos just yet. Let's wait for the video policy to go live, which it looks like it will be fairly soon. Once that's in order, we'll use the video discussion page to talk about outdated/incorrect/misplaced videos etc. There are quite a few outdated videos, and we'll certainly be listing those and suggesting replacements soon.
 * Ok yeah I see... It's just that I meant that it's a Dungeon Guardian page and so it should have a dungeon guardian video but we can take care of that later. Thx anyways :D
 * Furiion52 23:14, March 5, 2012 (UTC)Furiion52

version question
I was wondering why the items that are in the collecters edition are in the 1.1.2 category. Isnt 1.1.2 that last bugfix that added multi-language support? Also 1.1.2 is not in the main Nav menu. I just need a little clarification thanks!

P.S. looks like putting the poll on the main page was a very good idea!

Dak47922 talk contrib count 16:50, March 5, 2012 (UTC)

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 23:09, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page.

I kind of goofed.
Could you delete this for me? http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/File:Chest_Antibody.ico the image is messed up & doesn't show. Koggeh

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 23:09, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Taken care of

Vandal
http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:88.159.208.137 griefed the Home page Koggeh

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 23:09, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Taken care of

OK :D
OK. It's just that I find putting in catorgories for similar items is pretty useful. I mean some of the disambugation pages (I think thats what they're called I don't remember!?) don't contain everything. Like the one I did for the meteor there was no other page like it so yeah... Anyway I'm definetley listening to your advice and I'd love to listen and do whatever I can. (I have no idea why my font is like this)

Oh and off topic since your a math genius I need help... what is the formula for the volume of a sphere :) Furiion52 03:04, March 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I fixed your font =P. Also, the formula for the volume of a sphere is: $$V = \frac{4}{3}{\pi}r^{3}$$

Now about categories:
 * Category pages shouldn't look like Category:Meteor does. They should look more like Category:Craftable items. It's kinda silly to say "the pages in this category are..." because the entire point of a category is that it keeps track of that by itself. You just write a brief, general description of the category.
 * Category:Wings is unnecessary, because only Demon Wings and Angel Wings are in the category, and those 2 pages already link to each other. I'm not saying the category should be removed... I'm just saying I never would have made it in the first place.
 * Category:Meteor is not very descriptive. A better name would be "Items requiring meteorite."
 * It was decided previously that we don't want categories based on which materials are required to craft the items in the category, because it's too much work, creates too many pointless categories and clutter, and there's a better way to link items which require the same ingredient. By using the templates at the bottom of the page. For example, go to the Star Cannon page. At the bottom you'll see a collapsible table titled "Items Requiring Meteorite" which should already contain all of the relevant links.

About disambiguation pages:
 * This is a disambiguation page: Wings. It's entire purpose is NOT to give information, but to give a list of possible links to click on. For example, someone searching for "Wings" in the search bar may be looking for either Angel Wings or Demon Wings, so when they find the disambiguation page, they get links to both. Here's another example of a disambiguation page. Their purpose is to disambiguate a topic and guide readers to the appropriate resource.

Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 08:52, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Reborn Mod
Hey the Reborn mod is fast approaching release date and we haven't quite decided where to house info. We have a wiki ready if we need to use it. Does this wiki still have any interest in housing the info on the mod? let me know when you can. later Math.HeroGaming 07:06, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Hey Math. Yea we are ok with hosting the mod info here. To be honest the mod is going to be the closest thing to an official update as possible. We have been taking feedback from the developers of Terraria from the start. I basically found the 9 most talented modders in the community and had them team up on a group project. I am useless when it comes to modding but they are all genius level.

I think this wiki would still be a good home and since the mod is more of a community thing we will be patching it around community feedback. Whatever you guys wanna do we have another wiki ready if you guys don't want to handle the burden and I will just direct people there. If you guys do host the info then we should have a few of you guys beta test for us so you can give feedback. If you guys think it will confuse people I understand and we will fire up the other wiki. You could always have some sort of stub at the top of the articles telling people that it is part of the Reborn Mod. Also what did you think of the name? It was a tough one to pick but I felt it made sense in light of red quitting.--HeroGaming 09:35, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Reborn Mod & Nominations
I put my opinion on the Reborn mod blog page. And also what's the plan on wrapping up this round of Nominations? Sorry I know you are very busy.


 * Dak47922 talk contrib count 16:04, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

offer.
I probably wanted to make our ideas were in this fashion. I'm sure it would be great =) wip-mod-idea-proposal-to-create-a-unique-mod-for-mod-support-terraria-servers-with-friends