Terraria

Terraria

Developer(s)	Re-Logic
Engine	XNA
First release date	May 16, 2011

General information

Official Terraria Website

Official Terraria Forums

List of Issues - Provided by the Terraria Developers.

Official Terraria Wiki

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Steam

Game data

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\Terraria
Windows (Steam)	C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\terraria

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Dropbox
GameSave Manager

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Custom Resolution Support

RomTerraria 2.0 is a launcher and trainer that provides support for widescreen/custom resolutions, plus many other features such as adding a local minimap, world map, cheat options, embed real-time clock, and more.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues and Fixes

The Official Terraria Website has various Issues and Fixes on their Issues Page.

If you're unable to find a fix there (or here), you can check the Official Support Forum for help.

Playing on Mac

Mac Wrapper • Link Using the Mac Wrapper posted on the Official Terraria Forums by user espes, you can play Terraria on a Mac.

Playing on Linux

Monogame • Link Terraria is not officially released on Linux, however an unofficial MonoGame port can be used to play the game natively.

WINE • Link Alternatively, the game also works under WINE with some tweaking.

Game running slowly/low framerate

Change Frame Skip and Lighting Settings • Link This usually happens when the game is running on an older PC. In Settings make sure Frame Skip is set to "On" and Lighting is set to "Retro". This should increase performance.

Game will not start

You may be missing required components • Link Download and install the following: Microsoft XNA Visual C# 2010 Express This should fix the problem.

XNA/.NET Installation Issues

Make sure to install .NET 4 before installing XNA 4. If that does not solve the issue, try uninstalling both of these and installing a clean copy of both.

Download them from their official websites • Link If you're having issues downloading either XNA or .NET try to install the files manually via their websites: Microsoft .NET 4 Download Microsoft XNA 4 Download

German version

The German (Steam) version of Terraria has currently lots of bugs and crashes (for example social slot items), the only fix is to set the language to English.

Teleporting mob lag in multiplayer

Limit FPS to 30 • Link This can happen even on high-end systems, real cause is unknown but it can be fixed by limiting the FPS to 30. The Terraria Forums have a working fix for this that does things automatically. Alternative link to the fix There are extra steps to fixing this on the Steam version: Navigate to your terraria directory Create a new text file called steam_appid.txt (NOTE: Make sure the file is called steam_appid.txt, NOT steam_appid.txt.txt) Open it and paste the appid for Terraria ((105600)) into the file Save and your fix should work

Graphics Cards Issues

Make sure you have the most recent updates to your system • Link Check to make sure you have the most recent updates to your graphics card. You can do this through Steam (in Windows) by pressing (in the top right corner) 'Steam' > 'Check for Video Driver Updates...'. Also check to make sure you have the most recent version of DirectX.

You should also check the list of XNA's Officially Supported Graphics Cards (XNA is the engine Terraria runs in) for your graphics card.

Control Configuration Issues (non-Steam)

Delete your config.dat • Link Some users are reporting that they have blanked all their controls and are unable to set them again. If you have the non-Steam version of Terraria this can be fixed by deleting the config.dat file found in your My Documents/My Games/Terraria folder.

Hosting Issues

Firewall/Network Access • Link Make sure your Firewall is off or that it allows Terraria Network Access. View this forum thread to get information on giving Terraria Network Access.

Use Hamachi • Link If all else fails, you can use the third party program Hamachi. This allows you to more simply host a server without having to forward your ports.

Game Crashes Immediately / Does Not Start

Set Steam and Terraria.exe to launch as administrator • Link Try launching again, and make sure you have set both Steam and Terraria.exe to launch as administrator (Windows Vista and Windows 7).

Can't change to Fullscreen via Settings

Alt + Enter • Link Pressing 'Alt' and 'Enter' at the same time toggles between Windowed Mode and Fullscreen mode.

Game has reverted to an older version (Steam)

Verify your Game Cache • Link To force the game to update itself you must Verify the Integrity of your Game Cache: Right click Terraria in your Steam Games Library and select 'Properties' In the new pop-up window, go to the 'Local Files' Tab Select 'Verify Integrity of Game Cache' This will make sure all of your game files are up to date and automatically replace any damaged files.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista /Windows 7	Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista /Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz Dual-core	1.6 GHz Dual-core
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	Capable of Shader Model 1.1 128MB of VRAM	Capable of Shader Model 1.1 128MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB free	200 MB free