Epicmafia

Settle an argument thread

over 7 years

Foxie and I were having a... "debate" over terraria again and i want to appeal to the masses

Click here for a bigger version of the image: http://i.imgur.com/XYdpALH.png

There is a teleporter that connected to 4 locations: one directly east and west, and two below (one higher, one lower). There are 4 switches that are pressed to tell the teleporter where to go. The location of the switches is indicated in the picture.

Now please refer to the poll. I'm not saying who's layout is which to avoid any bias.

Which layout of switches makes more logical sense for nagivation?

Right Image

Left Image

sl0nderman

over 7 years

but there's still a feeling of inaccuracy because you obviously teleport downward

cub

over 7 years

those circles are centered on the teleporters also

cub

over 7 years

when your workspace is a ~5x5 wall, you make it as accurate as possible, and this is as accurate as possible

sl0nderman

over 7 years

but obviously a player will not be moving to the same location if they move down

cub

over 7 years

sl0nderman says

dont put words in my mouth. I want switches to represent where players expect to go relative to themselves

well no better way to represent that than the most accurate possible map at that scale

view

over 7 years

sl0nderman

over 7 years

dont put words in my mouth. I want switches to represent where players expect to go relative to themselves

cub

over 7 years

the teleporter itself and surface dungeon teleporter both merge when you get that small so thats why theres only 4 dots

cub

over 7 years

you want the switches to represent a compressed map of teleporter locations

that's literally a compressed map of teleporter locations

sl0nderman

over 7 years

cub says

i reduced the image of the actual teleporter locations down to this size

i dont even know what this is supposed to represent

cub

over 7 years

thats the real positions at 3 pixel height

sl0nderman

over 7 years

yes but the east and west switches are consistent across all teleporters in being that they bring the user to the next surface teleporter in that direction

cub

over 7 years

i reduced the image of the actual teleporter locations down to this size

Christopherzilla

over 7 years

I vote for option C

cub

over 7 years

in fact the tundra teleporter is almost perfectly centered between this teleporter and the surface dungeon location

cub

over 7 years

sl0nderman says

cub says

sl0nderman says

cub says

that's further off center yet the switch is in the middle in that picture

???

it's a single teleporter up isntead of multiple vertical locations. If there were two things above one of those two, I would orient them both up and then relative left or right

the thing is

the dungeon teleporters arent both underground, one is surface level just like every other teleporter

they are both relative negative to the teleporter's location

so is the tundra teleporter

it's actually lower than this one

cub

over 7 years

Christopherzilla says

do all the hubs have to have the exact same button layout

every other teleport has at most 3 buttons which are positioned with non-horizontal teleporters centered

sl0nderman

over 7 years

cub says

sl0nderman says

cub says

that's further off center yet the switch is in the middle in that picture

???

it's a single teleporter up isntead of multiple vertical locations. If there were two things above one of those two, I would orient them both up and then relative left or right

the thing is

the dungeon teleporters arent both underground, one is surface level just like every other teleporter

they are both relative negative to the teleporter's location

sl0nderman

over 7 years

Christopherzilla says

do all the hubs have to have the exact same button layout

shouldn't they for consistency's sake

cub

over 7 years

sl0nderman says

cub says

that's further off center yet the switch is in the middle in that picture

???

it's a single teleporter up isntead of multiple vertical locations. If there were two things above one of those two, I would orient them both up and then relative left or right

the thing is

the dungeon teleporters arent both underground, one is surface level just like every other teleporter

deletedover 7 years

i cannot switch alignments now or i shall look like a right fearsome fellow so i hope to god sl0nderman knows what he's talking about

Christopherzilla

over 7 years

do all the hubs have to have the exact same button layout

sl0nderman

over 7 years

cub says

that's further off center yet the switch is in the middle in that picture

???

it's a single teleporter up isntead of multiple vertical locations. If there were two things above one of those two, I would orient them both up and then relative left or right

cub

over 7 years

sl0nderman says

cub says

bulla says

since you are an INTP i believe you would place your image as the left side therefore i am going to pick the opposite as cub is usually right about these sorts of things

the left is my layout

i guess there is no point in subtly anymore

well that person just outright said they were voting what they thought was mine even though their personal preference was left

sl0nderman

over 7 years

cub says

bulla says

since you are an INTP i believe you would place your image as the left side therefore i am going to pick the opposite as cub is usually right about these sorts of things

the left is my layout

i guess there is no point in subtly anymore