On a tModLoader server, the Config Editor lists the serverconfig.txt settings as named rows, plus one file for each mod that has a config. Locked rows are set by Loafhosts from other pages. Changes apply the next time the server starts.
This is the tModLoader side of the Terraria Config Editor. That guide lists every row. This one covers what is special about tModLoader. It applies to a Terraria server that runs tModLoader. The program is chosen on the World page.
Open it
- Open the server’s Config Editor tab.
- Choose a file from the row of buttons under the page title.
The buttons are:
- Server settings: the file
serverconfig.txt. - One button per mod config, named like “(Mod): (Config)”. The panel shows the first underscore in the file name as a colon and a space. A file
MyMod_ServerConfig.jsonintModLoader/ModConfigsshows as “MyMod: ServerConfig”. - Passwords: the join password.
The editor lists up to 60 mod config files, in alphabetical order.
Server settings
The rows are the same as on every Terraria server, and a row shows only when serverconfig.txt has its line:
- Server: Cheat protection, Server language, NPC updates.
- World: World backups kept, Slow liquids, Announcement boxes off, Announcement box range.
- Journey powers: fifteen rows for Journey worlds only, each set to Nobody, Nobody (host only) or Every player.
The Terraria guide describes each row.
- Cheat protection
- Server language
- NPC updates
The picture is from a TShock server, so its row of file buttons also has TShock. The rows of Server settings are the same on tModLoader.
One thing is different on tModLoader. tModLoader stable runs Terraria 1.4.4, so it cannot open a world that 1.4.5 saved. The World page marks such a world “Too new for tModLoader” (1). To switch a new server: choose tModLoader on the World page and confirm “Run tModLoader?”, then use New world to make a world (tModLoader makes it at the next start), or upload a 1.4.4 world and choose Play this world. Then restart. On tModLoader the world’s evil is random whatever World evil says: only TShock follows it.
- Too new for tModLoader
The locked rows
Thirteen rows sit under Set by Loafhosts. Each reads “The panel sets this every time the server starts, so it cannot be changed here.” The panel writes them from the server’s own settings at every start. This is why you will not find your player limit, world name, password or message of the day as editable rows. They are set here:
| Setting | Where to change it |
|---|---|
| World file, World name, new world size, difficulty, seed | The World page |
| Max players, Message of the day | The Startup page |
| Join password | Passwords |
| Port | The server’s network settings |
| Ban list file | The Players page |
| UPnP, Process priority | Not used here |
If you edit these lines in serverconfig.txt by hand in Files, the next start writes them again.
Mod config files
Many mods keep their own settings in a JSON file in tModLoader/ModConfigs. The editor shows each as its own file, with each setting as a row. What a setting does is up to the mod’s author. Read the mod’s page on the Steam Workshop.
To change a mod’s setting:
- Open the mod’s file button.
- Change the row and choose Save.
- Restart the server. A saved change applies at the next start. Warn players first: a restart drops everyone who is on.
If the file you want is not listed, the mod has not written it yet. The page says “(file) does not exist yet. The game creates it the first time the server starts.” Start the server once with the mod on, then look again.
Saving, and when it applies
After a change, a bar reads “Unsaved changes: (n)” with Discard and Save.
- Running server: the page says “Saved. Restart the server to apply the changes.” Use Restart at the top of the server page. A restart drops everyone who is on, so warn them first with Message everyone on the Players page.
- Stopped server: the page says “Saved. The changes apply when the server starts.”
If you only have read access, the page says “You can see these settings but not change them.”
If it does not work
- A mod’s file is missing. Start the server once with the mod on. If it still does not appear, open the Mods page and check the mod loaded.
- The page says the file cannot be read. Try again in a moment. A very large file is not listed at all.
- A row went back after a restart. It is one of the locked rows. Change it on the page named in the table above.
- The world will not open. Check the World page for “Too new for tModLoader”.
Sources: terraria.wiki.gg: Server