Resolved Terraria refuses to open

Gman11020

Gman11020

Terrarian
Im having a bit of trouble with my Terraria game. Its on steam and whenever i click on the play button, it will specify that its running for a second or two, then stop running it. I've reinstalled the game, did a bit of messing with the files that other guides have told me to do, (reliable ones) and even then it still wont work. I've looked in the crash logs and nothing has appeared. I'm hoping someone on here can help me. XP
 
Well between yesterday and today ive restarted my computer around 11 times now. Still not working. Any other fix to this?
 
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  • OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
  • Processor: 2.0 Ghz (Single Core)
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It is important to make sure that your Operating System (Windows, Linux, or MAC) are updated to the latest version, you can use their respected update services (Windows Update, iOS Update, etc). If they are not up-to-date with drivers and patches you may experience issues with Terraria. Newer operating system will most likely require the latest patches and hotfixes order to run certain applications.

Please consider double checking your Operating System version number and last update added. If you are missing updates, consider downloading them first and checking they have been installed before reporting an issue with Terraria. Reports with the latest software, drivers, patches, and system updates will allow us to determine the issue better.
Troubleshooting Your Problem with TerrariaServer.exe
In order to figure out what your problem is with the game, we require that you run the Terraria Server Client (TerrariaServer.exe). This will display any errors or successes on launch. Should there be any errors from the program itself, use the command prompt and copy the error to display it here.
  1. Right click within the Command Prompt.
  2. In the drop-down menu, select Mark.
  3. Once you made a selection, Right Click or Press Enter to copy.
  4. Paste your results in your thread.
If you have trouble with the above instructions, your system might be showing "Not Responding" or your System may need to be rebooted to start clean.

Before proceeding any further, please delete the config.json file located in your Terraria Folder under My Documents/My Games. Then start Terraria again, this may fix some unexplained issues, but we wish to make sure you are running a nice and clean installation:
  1. Locate My Documents Folder.
  2. Open My Games Folder.
  3. Open Terraria Folder.
  4. Delete Config.json file from this location.
Verify Terraria's Steam Cache
If your game is unresponsive at times it is recommended you do a Verify Steam Cache with the game provided for Steam (This does not include GOG Version).
  1. Goto My Library on Steam.
  2. Right-Click Terraria and Select Properties.
  3. Goto Local Files Tab.
  4. Now Select Verify Integrity of Game Cache.
If you have trouble with the above instructions, you may be using a different provider or retailer.
Frequently Asked Questions

Q: My world has corrupted somehow and will not load properly, what can I do?
A: You may have corrupted the world by using modded clients, computer shutdown before the world could complete the save, or system failure within Terraria that caused the problem. You can try attempting to load your world using TEdit (Download).

Q: My game is not launching, or I get errors regarding XNA/.NET Framework!
A: You can attempt to make sure you have all Game Dependencies first, then try attempting this solution:

If you don't feel like sifting through all that, it's basically to do with the framework permissions.

This is how you change the right to use Framework/XNA:
  1. Right-Click the specific directory (Listed Below).
  2. Select Properties.
  3. Select the Security Tab
  4. Click on Advanced Option
  5. Select the Owner Tab
  6. Click on the bottom button to Edit.
  7. On this window select the Administrator in the row and make sure to select the Checkboxes below.
  8. Hit Apply and close all the windows.
  9. Try running the game again.
Do the above for all of the following FOLDERS:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32:
Microsoft.Xna.Framework\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL:
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Touch\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Video\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553

Q: Steam has reported that one (1) file has failed verification and was downloaded?
A: This file is known as the serverconfig.txt file. Originally this file shouldn't be packed with the game as Terraria should create this file automatically on launch if it is missing or out of date. Due to it being changed and updated by server owners, the file will constantly fail the verification process. This has no effect on playing the game, and can be ignored.

Q: I am experiencing low frame rate for Terraria, but the machine passes as recommended?
A: If you are using nVidia Control Panel, you can select Terraria.exe process and change the specifications on how your graphic card handles the game. Follow these instructions:
  1. Open nVidia Control Panel.
  2. Select Manage 3D Settings.
  3. Choose Program Settings Tab.
  4. Select Terraria as current program.
  5. Turn Triple buffering and Vertical sync to On.
  6. Run Terraria and turn Frame Skip to Off.
  7. The application should be running better than your current setup.
 
Well I would like to say that other games are starting to be unable to run so i think it may be a problem on Steams end. With the holidays coming around and people coming home for Christmas and playing games are most likely stressing their servers, causing some errors to occur. I can only assume so because before this started, Terraria worked fine 100% no problems for me.
 
Gman11020 said:
Well I would like to say that other games are starting to be unable to run so i think it may be a problem on Steams end. With the holidays coming around and people coming home for Christmas and playing games are most likely stressing their servers, causing some errors to occur. I can only assume so because before this started, Terraria worked fine 100% no problems for me.
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Steam running in the background has rarely any performance issues. You are looking at something that changed on your system by you during the time of the change till now.
 
Between me closing Terraria on Saturday and it not working on Sunday, all i did was shut my computer down and booted it up. I'm looking at other things i could do and hopefully it will fix this.
 
I went through all my games to see what other games had the same problem. The list is: Terraria, FEZ, Steamworld Dig, Speedrunners, and ibb & obb. The only similarity i noticed with all of them is that they are all 2D. That's it. I've updated my drivers, antivirus, ran a scan and found nothing, updated windows, updated Java. Have tons of memory left to store game memory in my hard drive. Is there anything else im potentially missing?
 
My Terraria recently stopped working, updated, and started working again. Have you got the newest update for it on Steam?
[DOUBLEPOST=1450827185,1450827051][/DOUBLEPOST]The other thing I'd suggest is that you go to your Steam library, right click Terraria and click "Delete Local Game Content" or whatever. I wouldn't recommend doing this though. Even if you have your things saved on the cloud and have a backup, it might bug and delete your game recovery stuff.
[DOUBLEPOST=1450827264][/DOUBLEPOST]Or try contacting Steam support? https://support.steampowered.com/

I'll tell you if I find anything.
[DOUBLEPOST=1450827397][/DOUBLEPOST]By any chance, what are your PC specs? (Operating system, graphics card, etc)
A recent Windows update might have interfered with the steam files and corrupted some.
[DOUBLEPOST=1450827445][/DOUBLEPOST][EDIT ON LAST MESSAGE] I'm asking this since a lot of people are unable to open Steam games on Windows 10.
 
Well i got impatient and did a system restore, lost all my Google Chrome bookmarks and have to install about 40 games once more but i installed Terraria first and it worked fine. Guess there was some setting i changed and didnt realize. Thanks for the help you gave me msummers2002 and Marcus101RR!
 
Gman11020 said:
Well i got impatient and did a system restore, lost all my Google Chrome bookmarks and have to install about 40 games once more but i installed Terraria first and it worked fine. Guess there was some setting i changed and didnt realize. Thanks for the help you gave me msummers2002 and Marcus101RR!
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No worries! Slightly odd that there was no easy fix for it though.
 
I'm having a similar issue like gman's, except when I click play it'll show me the preparing to launch box but that'll go away and nothing else will come up after that. And when I look at my game list, beside terraria it says running but it's nowhere to be found on my laptop. I'm currently using the razer blade pro with Windows 10. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Gman11020 said:
Well i got impatient and did a system restore, lost all my Google Chrome bookmarks and have to install about 40 games once more but i installed Terraria first and it worked fine. Guess there was some setting i changed and didnt realize. Thanks for the help you gave me msummers2002 and Marcus101RR!
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Frustrating sacrifice to make, but I'm glad it resolved your issue. I wish we knew what caused it!
 
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