Creating a Multi-Player Server for Terraria (v 1.0.3)

With the new version of Terraria you can now run a dedicated server and use a server configuration file to automatically load the world you want, password, number of players, etc. Here's how to do it since the included instructions aren't that helpful.

1. Navigate to your Terraria folder which if you are on Windows 7 is probably here --> C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\terraria\
2. Edit the serverconfig.txt file with the options you'd like it to load. The file has some sample entries to help you set the options you'd like to have start when the server fires up. Save the file with the same name.
3. Create a shortcut on your desktop or taskbar and append this information to the end so that it looks like this --> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\terraria\TerrariaServer.exe" -config serverconfig.txt
4. Run the short-cut and voila! In a few seconds you'll have a MP server up and running!
5. Don't close the window (looks like a DOS window) as it will kill your server. You can minimize it though.

Ah, what about the port you say? That's fairly easy to fix as well. Navigate to your firewall/router admin page and Port Forward the port you set in the config file (by default it's port 7777). To test to see if your port is open you can use this site - http://canyouseeme.org/ - and it will verify if you've opened up the right port or not.

To make things easier setup a Dynamic DNS entry (I use DynDNS.org) that will map to your IP address. This will keep server management easier as you won't have to remember the IP address all the time (especially if it changes a lot).

Good luck and have fun! Terraria is a blast on multi-player.

Christian College Scholarships blog is now live!

A project that a friend and I have been working on is now live -- ChristianCollegeScholarships.info. We've seen the need for a good information resource for Christian high school students that are looking to attend college and find the right financial aid.

So check it out and let us know what you think! Content will be growing!

My 1st Open Source Code.

Well, I have released my 1st open sourced code. It's a jQuery tool that I developed for a Q/A form. For all the seasoned developers out there they will probably not be impressed but I'm excited because it's something I've never done before and wanted to give back.

So check it out and improve it!

https://bitbucket.org/allenv/jquery-based-q-a-form-template/

South Carolina Gun Enthusiast Forums!

I've always been a fan of firearms ever since I was a kid. Recently I've been doing a lot of research into buying a new handgun as I recently gave my dad his Makarov back (it was on loan for the last 15 years while they were overseas).

While doing my research I came across a number of nice community forums but didn't find anything that related to us South Carolina folks. That sparked the idea so I ran with it and the result is -

www.scguntalk.com

It's a community forum for firearm enthusiasts that live, work, play, and shoot in South Carolina. It's pretty sparse right now cause I've not done any marketing. Hopefully as word gets out it will garner some traffic and solid information.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

~Allen

Processor Editorial Quote

I got quote in Processor Magazine today.

http://processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3206/28p06/28p06/28p06.asp&guid=3DF4CD49C2B343E38E9BFDFC0622529C

So check your print copies! Autographs to follow along with a book and movie deal as well. ;)

E-mail issues - is it about you or me?

I'm normally not a big re-poster of blog articles, etc but one I read today was pretty good. It's by Daniel Waldschmidt, sales guru and partner at Gnoso. He talks (rants?) about e-mail and how too many times we focus on ourselves and not the customer.

Go check it out - Your email just punched me in the eye

I know for one am guilty of this from time to time. Crafting good e-mails is a skill that's not learned overnight that's for sure!

Follow me.

Since I tend to be a sporadic blogger here and on my other sites the best way to 'find' out what is going on is to follow me on Twitter and to add me to your network on LinkedIn. I'm a big fan of professional networking and I use LinkedIn quite a bit. So feel free to connect to me there I have also been using Twitter a good bit as it's fast, simple, and actually pretty neat. So I tend to 'micro-blog' there more on a daily basis than post here. Look me up there as well.

Other than that, thanks for dropping by. :) See you on the webz!