Mining Upgrades and beams

🌿 Terrarium II — Major Update Summary Version .0.0.0.6 This update brings huge improvements to crafting, mining, visuals, and overall gameplay feel. Terrarium II continues to grow into a cozy, magical‑tech sandbox with deeper progression, more expressive tools, and smoother UI interactions.

🛠️ New Crafting Items & Recipes A full expansion to the crafting system with new materials and tech components:

Bronze Plate

Gold Plate

Copper Coils

Battery

Capacitor

Gold Lens

Fairy Lights (new decorative craftable item)

All items now have proper 3×3 crafting grid recipes and workbench requirements.

🔧 Mining Module Progression (Bronze → Electrium → Gold) Mining upgrades now follow a clear tier system:

Bronze Mining Module (Tier 1) Entry‑level upgrade

Slight mining damage boost

Crafted from bronze plates, coils, and capacitors

Electrium Mining Module (Tier 2) Stronger mining power

Uses electrium plates and batteries

Faster tile breaking

Now features a fully redesigned emerald‑green plasma beam theme

Gold Mining Module (Tier 3) Highest mining damage

Requires gold plates and gold lens

Unlocks the most powerful mining beam

Each tier feels meaningful and improves mining speed noticeably.

🎨 Epic Laser Beam Visual Overhaul Mining beams received a massive visual upgrade with tier‑based effects:

Bronze Beam 🔥 Molten metal glow 🔥 Dripping ember particles 🔥 Industrial orange aesthetic

Electrium Beam — NEW EMERALD THEME 💚 Deep emerald core 💚 Soft green glow 💚 Bright emerald energy flow 💚 Vivid emerald spiral wraps 💚 Pale green lightning arcs 💚 Unstable plasma jitter effects

Electrium now feels like enchanted emerald‑tech energy, giving it a distinct identity separate from the gold and bronze tiers.

Gold Beam 🌟 Blinding golden core 🌟 Solar flare glow 🌟 Supernova burst at impact 🌟 White‑hot lightning forks

All beams now include:

Flowing energy particles

Spiral vortex wraps

Impact spark bursts

Wiggle‑animated beam cores

Low‑graphics fallback mode

Mining now feels powerful, magical, and visually exciting.

📦 Crafting Menu Improvements The crafting menu now includes:

Hover tooltips for ingredients

Output item tooltips

Clearer layout

Workbench/Furnace requirement icons

Better readability and usability

Crafting feels smoother and more intuitive. 🧪 Backend & System Improvements Optimized tile HP and hardness calculations

Improved mining cooldown behavior

Better beam hit detection

Cleaned up background tile removal logic

Restructured internal timers for better readability in debug

Timers now display cleaner values

Easier to track cooldowns and beam timing

Debug output is more readable and organized