Open the Players page, find Event in the block The world, choose one under Pick an event, and press Start. You need TShock or tModLoader, and at least one player online. Vanilla cannot do this.
What you need
- TShock or tModLoader. Events are started by the panel’s tools inside the game. The page says it: “Events need the panel’s tools in the game (TShock or tModLoader) and someone on.” Vanilla runs none of the panel’s tools. See the three programs.
- Someone on the server. An empty server is paused, and the panel refuses with “Nobody is on the server, so the world is paused and the game does nothing until someone joins.”
- A role that allows game actions. Roles are changed on the organization page: Settings, Access, Manage roles.
Start an event
- Open the Players page.
- In The world, open Event.
- Choose one under Pick an event.
- Press Start.
The events you can pick:
- Blood Moon
- Solar Eclipse
- Rain
- Slime rain
- Party
- Goblin Army
- Frost Legion
- Pirate Invasion
- Martian Madness
Three more entries end things:
- Stop the rain ends rain.
- Call off the invasion ends an invasion.
- End every event ends everything that is going.
The page lists what is happening now: “Under way: (list).”
Good to know
- The panel signs each command. A command that waits more than two minutes is never run, so a stale click cannot start something later.
- Each event start is written to the server’s Activity.
If it does not work
- “The panel’s tools run on TShock and tModLoader servers; this server runs Vanilla.” Vanilla has no tools. Change the software on the World page.
- “The panel’s tools get their key at the server’s next start.” Restart the server once. A restart disconnects everyone who is on, so choose a quiet moment or use Message everyone on the Players page first.
- “The panel’s tools are not running yet.” They load when the server starts. Wait for it to finish starting.
- “Nobody is on the server.” Wait for a player, then press Start again.
- Nothing happens at once. The game did not answer. Try again, and see panel tools not running.
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