With the latest patch, the Steampunker now seems to be selling the Steampunk Wings on the server!

Server is now using TShock 4.3.5 for Terraria! This means we will have access to a lot more tools and options. Check out the TShock page for an idea of what the new server is capable of.

In the coming days, I am going to ask that everyone registers on the server with your Giant Bomb username - not your character name. Eventually this is going to be required, but it should only take you a few seconds. Thanks everyone.

Could I hop in? I would love to see the facilities

@mantonminnick: Sure, I'll send you an invite.

There is currently a known bug with this version of T-Shock where certain tiles aren't displaying properly for some players. Some graphics may look weird; this should be fixed soon.

Also, one of the best features of using T-Shock over the stock server: Knowing how many players are online without having to type in a command.

We've been putting lots of gear and life gems in chests so that new players on the server shouldn't have much difficulty jumping into hard mode. Then it's fairly easy to go and mine some of the hard mode ores to build some decent gear and get your armor up pretty high.

@nuclearwinter For brand new players who want to play and have absolutely nothing in the way of gear - we could always /give them a basic set of armor and a decent weapon and get their life bumped up a bit. What do you think? At least that way they would be able to survive for more than 2 seconds against a basic creature. This is easy to do now with Tshock.

Can I get in? My request got lost at the bottom of the previous page.

@moonshadow101: Sorry! I'll send you the info.

@mb: can I get the registration info?

Jessonica an i found some sort of portal to another dimension and kept getting kicked. Im scared

i think we killed the world. help

Alright I rolled it back 20 minutes. Let me know if that fixed it, otherwise we can go back a bit further.

The giant disconnect hole is still there though it doesn't always disconnect you. It's in the underground Crimson to the far east, just before the ocean. If you go down a ways past all the altars, you can't miss it. There are also quite a few of those graphical glitches you were talking about.

I tried to take a screenshot, but Terraria and alt-print screen do not cooperate.

@sinusoidal: Can you put a sign around the area or something so people don't go in there? Or maybe wall it off or something?

Also if you're looking for an alternative for taking screenshots, the MSI Afterburner overlay works well in virtually every game, and the screenshots are pretty high quality as well.

We are currently filling the chests with legitimately found gear faster than they are being taken by new players, so I don't think there's any need for that at the moment. There's enough Hallowed bars alone to craft 4 full sets of armor, plus a bunch of other ores.

The one thing that might be needed would be life crystals, since there's a limited number in each world.

@sinusoidal

I'll need you to show me where this giant disconnect hole is later so I can screenshot it and report it to the tshock guys.

I took a picture with my phone:

That's the eastern edge of the map. It's trippy as hell if you can get in without getting disconnected. Enemies constantly dying, teleporting around, money falling from the sky, bits of the world appearing randomly...

I'd love to get the server connect info, if you folks aren't too full on players at the moment. I just started replaying after Rorie showed off the server (looking super rad by the way!). I'm still trying to do a lot of progression on my own so I can learn all the new content... It's been a while since I last played, heh.

Does the lava generator still work? When I found out about that machine, I made one right away just so I could have a ton of building materials. Edit: I just realized that no one might know what I'm talking about. But basically it's a device that abuses how water and lava generates to create an infinite amount, all to create a limitless amount of obsidian.

Server crashed awhile ago. It'll be back up around 0700 Pacific.

Hey @mb, would love to get the registration info!

Permissions should now be fixed so that all users can again use summon boss items, the RoD and tell NPCs to move homes.

Please be aware that the Drill Containment Unit is still currently disabled and the server will automatically kick you if you try using it (just rejoin and don't use it).

I would like an invite to the server

It's been a while since I've played Terraria, but I'd like to hop back in, could I get an invite?

so is this open for use yet? i'm game for some gb fun.

So, do people start with a brand new character or do do they bring one that's already geared up?

Hey, I'd like to get in on this please.

I never got very far into Terraria, even though I've got 40 hours logged. Furthest I got was building a sky arena to summon and fight the Eye of Cthulhu.

@theht@beathor@halberdierv2 sent the info. Since we're in hard mode now, you can bring in your existing character or start a new one.

I would like to see some Terraria X Giantbomb fun.

Just a quick update. Things seem to be going pretty well using the new Tshock server, barring a couple of weird bugs especially centered around the Cultists and a weird sort of black hole thing that will disconnect you, but these are relatively minor. Hopefully there will be a Tshock update soon to address these things. With Tshock, we have a lot more tools and options at our disposal than we did under stock Terraria, and the automatic backup function is pretty slick. I had spend hours writing and perfecting a Python script to save incremental backups of our old Terraria server and it was working great, but now all of that is built right into Tshock. I am saving a hard backup every ten minutes and keeping all of those saves for 48 hours, and keeping at least 8 save states per day and keeping all of those for at least a month. That way there is no chance of all of your hard work being completely lost; at the most, if the server crashes and doesn't get to save a crash file then you're looking at less than ten minutes of data loss. More likely, it will be less than that.

Over the coming days and weeks as we become more familiar with this new server, @NuclearWinter and I will be testing out some different plugins for Tshock. There are a lot of cool plugins out there that can add a lot to Terraria, so if there is anything in particular you would like to see on the server going forward, please mention it in this thread and we'll take a look at it. Speaking of NuclearWinter, he has full administrator privileges for the server and access to almost all of the same tools that I do, and he and I have worked together moderating the site since day one, so if he asks you to do something or says something regarding server rules or something like that and I'm not around, I trust his judgment to do what's best for everyone and the server.

Speaking of administration, please make sure you are registering your Giant Bomb usernames on the server and setting a password for yourself. Note that this is not your character name. Soon, everyone is going to be required to log in with their GB usernames when playing. At first, this won't be more than just having access to a user group with possibly enhanced features and privileges, but eventually you won't be able to play at all unless you are logged in and authenticated under your GB username. Once you are connected to the server, type /login help for instructions on creating your login and password. Note that I do NOT have access to your passwords, so please make sure that you choose an easy password that you will remember and write it down somewhere. It doesn't have to be super secure unless you're an administrator, and right now that is only NuclearWinter and myself. Note: I realize that typing in terminal-like text commands may not be as easy as it sounds for some people, or maybe you can't get the syntax correct or something like that. In those cases, if you need help, I can register for you and then send you the password on Giant Bomb. You'll still need to log in manually though, of cours.

Thanks to everyone for making the server as awesome as it is, a lot of good times have been had there and we're just beginning! Again, please let one of us know if you have any ideas that you would like to see implemented on the server.

Also a note for new players who want to play but don't have the appropriate gear to survive in Hard mode: now that we have Tshock, we can quite easily gift you a set of appropriate armor and a decent weapon, enough to get you started anyway. Your health can also be increased to an appropriate level so you don't die in one hit from a slime, since evidently the items to permanently increase your health are now exceedingly rare.

Send me a PM and I'll sort you out. We may be on Hard mode, but this isn't hardcore MLG Terraria. We want everyone to have fun, and having the appropriate gear and stats on a new character will go a long way towards that.

@mb: I would like to play! I super love single-player Terrarria, but..... CHAOS!

Am I missing something? How do I join the server? Is there an IP Address I need or do I search Giant Bomb or something?

MB sends you the IP address and password in a private message. It's not posted anywhere, otherwise vandals would come in and blow everything up.

I'd love an invite to the server, playing with other people who love GiantBomb sounds like a blast

If this is still running I'd like to hop in!

I'd love an invite please suger top wtfbbqbagels

Can I get that info?

Terraria was updated to 1.3.0.6 today. Please keep in mind that if you patch then you'll not be able to connect to the server yet.

I would like to join the server, if at all possible.

Ooops. Mine updated automatically. Guess I won't be playing for a little while.

Server is now running a development build of TShock for Terraria 1.3.0.6, so if you auto-updated via the Steam client you should be good to go now.

If your Steam client is updating files even if you have marked them as read only, you can copy your entire Terraria installation directory over to another folder and Steam won't touch that one, and the old .exe will continue to work.

I'd love to hop onto the server, if possible!