The Map page draws the world from its save file. It shows nothing when there is no save to draw, while a drawing is under way, or when a drawing failed. Find the message below. Most of them clear on their own.
The map is drawn by the panel, in the colours of the game’s own map. It is the world as of the last save. A small world draws in under a second.
The messages
- “The server has no world yet: it makes one at its first start.” There is no world file. A new server makes its world the first time it starts. Start the server and wait for it to finish. A large world takes a minute or two. Then open Map again. If you made a new world on the World page, it is made at the next start too.
- “The panel is drawing the world from its save. This takes a few seconds for a small world, longer for a large one.” Wait. The page updates by itself.
- “A newer save is being drawn and shows here when it is ready.” The map you see is an older save. The newer one replaces it when it is done.
- “Drawn by the panel from the world’s save of (a date)”. The map is ready. The page may say how long ago, such as “saved 4 minutes ago”, instead of a date.
- Drawn from the save
When the map is ready, the line under World (1) tells you which save it shows. The other states above replace the map with their message.
The map is old
The panel redraws after the game saves, and not more often than every 5 minutes. The game saves now and then, when the last player leaves, and when the server stops. A server that nobody is on does not run its world, so it may not have saved for a while. To get a fresh map now, use Save the world now on the Players page, then wait a few minutes. See save the world now.
The drawing failed
The panel says: “The map could not be drawn. It is tried again in 10 minutes.” The panel tries on its own. You do not need to do anything. If it keeps failing, check that the world file opens: the World page lists each world, and a file whose header cannot be read says “Its header could not be read”.
The world file is too large
The panel does not draw a world file over 160 MB. It answers that the world file is larger than the map reads. The server itself still plays the world. Only the map is missing. There is no setting to raise the limit.
If it does not work
- The page shows no markers for players. That is separate from the drawn map. See no live map on Vanilla.
- Chests and signs are missing. They show only to a role that allows seeing what players keep private. Ask the server’s owner.
- Nothing helps. Open Crashes and Console. A server that failed to load its world says so there.
More about the game: Terraria servers.
Sources: terraria.wiki.gg: Server