Standalone [1.3] tModLoader - A Modding API

Terra Branford said:
How to play tModLoader still despite the 1.3.3 update.

1.Install Gamelauncher
2.Download tModLoader
3.Rename the Terraria.exe in the tModLoader folder to something else (Like tModLoader.exe)
4.Drag contents of tModLoader folder to where Terraria is(in stean/steamapps/common/Terraria)
5.Open Terraria with Gamelauncher.
6.Add tModLoader.exe as an instance.
7.???
8.Profit

Gamelauncher lets you have tModLoader and Vanilla Terraria as seperate instances, you have to reinstall gamelauncher every time Terraria updates though, as the update replaces Gamelauncher.
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I just want to point out that this is still a valid way to play tModLoader despite the 1.3.3.1 hotfix being released.

Whenever terraria updates on steam, it will replace GameLauncer with a vanilla Terraria.exe so if you want it to work again, you will have to reinstall GameLauncher
 
Terra Branford said:
I just want to point out that this is still a valid way to play tModLoader despite the 1.3.3.1 hotfix being released.

Whenever terraria updates on steam, it will replace GameLauncer with a vanilla Terraria.exe so if you want it to work again, you will have to reinstall GameLauncher
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Really all you have to do is rename modded Terraria.exe to tModLoader.exe and make a desktop shortcut. Your tmodloader install will always be the version you last installed and Terraria will always be the latest.

Gamelauncher just adds more steps each time there is an update.
 
The original clothier said:
The actual version is working for 1.3.3?
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You can install tmodloader 0.8.3.2, which is based off of Terraria 1.3.2.1,(and it'll work fine, except no new desert stuff) but the next tmodloader is not released yet.

Jerrison >:) said:
I have a question...

How do you set the hardness of a tile? (the pickaxe power required to mine it)
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https://github.com/bluemagic123/tModLoader/wiki/ModTile#public-int-minpick

Maxwele1435 said:
when will you be testing tho?
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Just when I have time to do it.

Rathlon said:
Well looks like mods are going to take a while to update seeing that 1.3.3.1 just hit.
Not sure what's in this update to the game, but another set back to mods.
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No, the new changes are minimal, shouldn't push anything back.
 
Well I didn't know that it didn't change anything.
All I know is that the Game Launcher didn't work when I launched the game.
Though I'm wondering what it added/fixed?
I can't find anything on the current update/patch.
 
Am I the only one who thinks that theres alot of bots downloading these terraria mods?

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'cause I honestly believe 99.9% of these downloads are from bots, I don't even think that many people play tModLoader. >_>

I honestly think it legit more has like 10 DLs top.
 
Why would 'bots' download a mod?

Most likely, there are mod users beyond the membership of this forum using them. The links to tModLoader and mods are generally accessible to guests (lurkers without an account), and web searches for 'Terraria mods' likely find tModLoader near the top.

Also - you would have to ask the tModLoader devs how they calculate that number, if you doubt the accuracy. Perhaps they are counting multiple downloads by the same person.
 
Terra Branford said:
Am I the only one who thinks that theres alot of bots downloading these terraria mods?

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'cause I honestly believe 99.9% of these downloads are from bots, I don't even think that many people play tModLoader. >_>

I honestly think it legit more has like 10 DLs top.
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I can track ip addresses of downloads if abuse is suspected, but from my experience from some other metrics with a mod I published, the user count seems legit. Even mods with very little content get downloads because some users indiscriminately download all the mods.
 
Stupid question, i have see nothing for that, i think (or i search very bad):

In examplemod, we have that:
writer.Write(saveVersion);
I have also that in my mod, when i have deleted that, nothing happens when i build, what is that, for know?

Thank you.
 
Snrasha said:
Stupid question, i have see nothing for that, i think (or i search very bad):

In examplemod, we have that:
writer.Write(saveVersion);
I have also that in my mod, when i have deleted that, nothing happens when i build, what is that, for know?

Thank you.
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The idea of SaveVersion is so that when you update your mod later on you won't corrupt everyone's players.

Imagine with v1.0 of your mod, you want to save just 1 variable, but later on in v2.0 of your mod you save 2 variables. If you don't maintain backwards compatibility, when your users update from v1.0 to v2.0, all their players will be corrupted because your v2.0 code will attempt to load 2 variables from the v1.0 save.

Below is an example. It is a very good idea to do this for the sake of future-proofing your mods, since eventually you might want to save more than in your initial release.
Code: 
       // Code from v1.0 release
        private const int saveVersion = 0;
        public override void SaveCustomData(BinaryWriter writer)
        {
            writer.Write(saveVersion);
            writer.Write(score);
        }
        public override void LoadCustomData(BinaryReader reader)
        {
            int loadVersion = reader.ReadInt32();
            if (loadVersion == 0)
            {
                score = reader.ReadInt32();
            }
        }

      // Code from v2.0 release
        private const int saveVersion = 1;
        public override void SaveCustomData(BinaryWriter writer)
        {
            writer.Write(saveVersion);
            writer.Write(score);
            writer.Write(someNewVariable);
        }
        public override void LoadCustomData(BinaryReader reader)
        {
            int loadVersion = reader.ReadInt32();
            // here we maintain past code so we can read old saves. In some cases, you might also want to set new variables to a default value.
            if (loadVersion == 0)
            {
                score = reader.ReadInt32();
            }
            else if (loadVersion == 1)
            {
                score = reader.ReadInt32();
                someNewVariable = reader.ReadInt32();
            }
        }
 
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