Linking more than 2 teleporters with the same wire
I've been doing a puzzle map where the player must go through a maze of teleporters.
I know that you can wire up a single teleporter with up to 6 different destinations, thanks to the 3 different wire colours, and that there's no limit to the distance of teleportation.
However, I'm not clear at all about the situation when 3 (or more) teleporters are linked with the same wire.
Is the destination random or not ?
If not, how is the destination chosen ?
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EDIT: Old answer based on initial trials like image in OP, it is not accurate. I wired this setup up. From the first teleporter I placed, I was sent to the second one, from there to the third one. Then it stopped. So I am guessing based on that the pattern is as follows:
source1 --> destination1(aka. source2) --> destination2(aka. source3) --> destination3(source 4) --X
I believe the pads give you a serial progression down the line up to 3 jumps. Therefore, with 3 pads it loops. It is not a random location as after 30 times it was the same sequence of destinations.
EDIT: Correct answer after human lab trials! The above was a fun guess, but wrong. 4 or more pads did not work no matter how I tried it, only three pads would work, and it is positional. Here is an image of my final test setup:
The platforms are setup with a switch on either side of the transporter. As you can see from the circuit diagram, the linking is in the middle of the pad with the switches connected from the pad.
So what happens is this. If I am in the middle, the switch sends me in the opposite direction of the switch. Left switch sends me to the right pad, and right switch to the left pad. If I am on the left pad, either switch sends me to the farthest pad away, the right pad. If I am on the right pad, either switch sends me to the farthest one away, the left pad. I tried making one connection longer than another, I tried changing the pad's distance from the middle physically, and I tried adding more pads in between (these pads with switches did not work), no difference in the pattern. I could not get to the middle from the outside pads.
EDIT 2: I looked at the wiki... the wiki said you could have two way by connecting the ends. That gave me an idea. So I wired up the below picture.
This one works as you would expect it too, where the switch in the line sends you to the next one. Then I tried 4 and 5... they worked correctly as well. The limiter to more than 3 platforms is that you can only go to the ones you are directly linked to in the chain, not to any another ones, as would be expected in a serial chain link this.
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Can you connect 3 teleporters in Terraria?
version, which only have three wire colors, each end of the Teleporter can be wired to three destinations each, for a total of six possible destinations (two red, two blue, and two green). With more than one Teleporter, the number of possible destinations from one spot becomes even larger.How do you connect two teleporters in Terraria?
The pressure plates and teleporters need to be connected to the same wire. You have red wire going to the teleporter but no destination connected on that circuit. Remove the red wire on both ends and run the green wire up to the pressure plate and it should work.Why is my teleporter not working Terraria?
The Rod of Discord allows short-range teleportation to anywhere on the screen, and in the endgame the Portal Gun adds its own idiosyncratic short-range options. Crafting and chests. Potion that always teleports the player to spawn point.Teleport Connect
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