1.4.5 Compact Crafting Area & Chest Crafting Proximity Testing

Hi all,

I didn't see much out there in the way of compact storage areas, and with the 1.4.5 update releasing I wanted to create my very own, while also doing some testing the new "Craft from nearby chests" mechanic.

I should mention this upfront: In order for this design to work, your character must have consumed the Artisan Loaf (a consumable that permanently increases the range that the player can access crafting stations).

When you are standing in the spot shown in the picture, you are able to access all main progression crafting stations in the game. Your character is also able to craft using items in chests that are within ~36 tiles in any direction. This is an extremely large area, and you can fit an insane number of chests in this zone. This "chest zone" is the same size pre-Artisan Loaf.

Two interesting things to note for nerds:

1. The mechanism for detecting chests while crafting uses Euclidean distance (circular area w/ radius of 36 tiles), whereas most Terraria mechanics (such as most spawns or enemy aggro) use Manhattan distance. For crafting stations, the game employs a custom rectangular bounding box check, roughly ~8 tiles wide by 6 tiles tall, centered below the player's feet. (This is increased to 16 wide by 14 tall with the Artisan Loaf.)
2. The Hand of Creation (or any item that increases your "placement range") DOES increase the range that you are able to access crafting stations, but does NOT increase the range that you are able to use chests while crafting.