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{{--}} Heavy CPU usage due to poor optimization, UI included, and the limitation of 2 core usage results in a GPU bottleneck.<ref name="perf"/><ref>[http://forum.teratoday.com/topic/785-easy-fix-it-guide-to-99-of-techy-gaming-problems/ Tera Today Forums :: Easy Fix-it Guide to 99% of Techy Gaming Problems]</ref><ref>[http://board.tera.gameforge.com/board2-tera-en/board687-en-forum-archive/90400-the-graphics-engine-could-use-an-overhaul/ Tera EU Forums :: The graphics engine could use an overhaul]</ref><ref>[https://tera-forums.enmasse.com/forums/general-discussion/topics/Will-upgrading-my-gpu-help-my-performance Tera EnMasse Forums :: Will upgrading my gpu help my performance?]</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 20:26, 16 July 2015

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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
TERA
TERA cover
Developers
Bluehole Studio
Publishers
NHN Entertainment
Enmasse Entertainment
Gameforge 4D
Destiny Development
Kalends
MacroWell OMG Digital Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows January 25, 2011
TERA on Wikipedia

Key points

TERA is a free to play title in the US, Europe, and Korea.
Hot-pluggable, well-designed in-game controller support with appropriate icons for both controllers and keyboard/mouse input.
Heavy CPU usage due to poor optimization, UI included, and the limitation of 2 core usage results in a GPU bottleneck.[1][2][3][4]

General information

Official Forums (United States)
Official Forums (Europe)
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website United States.
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Official website Europe.
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Official website Russia.
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Official website Korea.
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Official website Japan.
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Official website China.
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Official website Taiwan.
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Steam
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United States publisher. Europe and Russia blocked by request of their publishers for further downloads of the Steam version.[5]
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The US version requires a En Masse account.
The EU version requires a Gameforge account.
The Russia version requires a Destiny ID.
The Korea version requires a Hangame account.
The Japan version requires a NHN PlayArt account.
The China version requires a Kunlun account.
The Taiwan version requires a OMG account.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Modifications

Editing INI Files And Terms Of Service

The terms of service forbids the modification of the ini files (amongst other things) and can result in the suspension of one's game account.[6] However, a community manager has stated that "for the sake of clarification, you won't get banned for changing a line in a .ini file".[7]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/323370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

High frame rate

Frame rate cap can be removed by editing S1Engine.ini.
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Launcher gets stuck on "Applying Patch"

Instructions


Or try downloading the patch manually here and then extracting the game.version into your Tera folder. You will need to extract the top level archive first and then extract the game.version from the second archive.

Unable to Login to Launcher

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Dual core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 3870
Geforce 8800GT

Notes

  1. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References