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mocury-moto · 9 months ago

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okokok so this is definitely the most weirdly specific question ive ever asked but does anyone know if the symmetrical worm enemies in terraria (eater of worlds, destroyer, bone serpent, etc.) flip to stay upright in the same way the asymmetrical ones (wyvern, blood eel, and phantasm dragon) do and we just cant tell bc their designs are symmetrical

#amicus.txt #terraria #ive been brainstorming some texture pack ideas and this is very important info that i dont have time/energy/ability to test #like to try and explain it differently:#in terraria the wyvern enemy's textures will often get mirrored while youre fighting it #this is because the wyverns texture is drawn from a side-view perspective; so theres a correct “up” orientation for it #so when it flips its doing that to prevent itself from being upside-down #which would obviously look weird for it to be flying around like that #this same principle applies to the blood eel and phantasm dragon enemies and the stardust dragon minion #the wiki lists these enemies as having the same ai type (Worm AI) as terrarias worm enemies. such as the Eater of Worlds boss #Eater of Worlds is drawn from a top-down perspective and not a side-view perspective. it also happens that it is symmetrical #so its left half looks the exact same as its right half #which also means that with the way it is drawn it cant really be “upside-down” in the same way a wyvern could #so if the Eater of Worlds was flipped in the same way the wyvern is then we wouldnt be able to notice #BUT since they are both listed as having the Worm AI type which would presumably contain the directions to have it flip #that might mean that its still flipping to keep itself “upright” even though it doesnt change anything #to prove this you would have to make a custom texture pack where the Eater of Worlds' texture is asymmetrical #and then test it by fighting it in a world #so for example if you drew a big R on each texture of Eater of Worlds' segments (head body and tail)#if it doesnt flip like the wyvern does then itll just look like an R at all times just at different rotations #but if it DOES flip then it would look like a Я at some points in the fight

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