Guide: Making a TShock server that feels like a normal Terraria server

[EdoanR]

Hi everyone, this guide is for people that just want to play with friends with no restrictions , but still have some cool commands to use on console. Of course, you may want to do that with trusted friends :)

So on the config.json (file created by tshock) you should change some of these values:

"SpawnProtection": false,
"AnnounceSave": false,
"DisableTombstones": false,
"EnableChatAboveHeads": true,
"TileKillThreshold": 200,
"TilePlaceThreshold": 200,
"TileLiquidThreshold": 200,
"ProjectileThreshold": 200,
"HealOtherThreshold": 200,
"TilePaintThreshold": 200,
"MaxDamage": 10000,
"MaxProjDamage": 10000,
"AllowIce": true,
"AllowCutTilesAndBreakables": true,

You may want to change some of it, information about these you can find here.

Now for permissions stuff.
Once you started the server, type on console this:

group addperm guest tshock.ignore.* tshock.world.modify tshock.partychat tshock.thirdperson tshock.canchat tshock.sendemoji tshock.world.movenpc tshock.npc.startinvasion tshock.npc.summonboss tshock.world.paint tshock.world.converthardmode tshock.tp.rod tshock.tp.pylon tshock.tp.wormhole tshock.npc.hurttown tshock.npc.startdd2 tshock.npc.spawnpets

Edit: Added permission to spawn pets

All these permissions are for guest group, so it's not necessary login to have them, you can change it to some other group if you want.

That's it!
I hope that helped some of you. Anything that should be considered? Reply on this discussion!

Also thanks for everyone working on TShock, it's awesome.

[zaneshaw]

Thank you so much. I've had so many issues with fountains, trapdoors, etc and this guide fixed them all. Thank you!

[zaneshaw]

tshock.ignore.* will not work on SSC enabled servers as it will skip SSC backups.
EDIT: I also understand that these permissions are supposed to emulate a vanilla Terraria server so I'll change the perms my self. Anyway thanks so much for this quick guide!

[bartico6]

The recommended approach is to use the official "Vanilliafier" plugin that overrides the server configuration (that is, usergroups etc.) with values that are fitted for a relatively vanilla-ish gameplay: https://github.com/Pryaxis/Vanillafier

Of course, changing stuff in config.json isn't a part of it, but I figure it'd make sense to use it, and report things that don't work as intended so it can be improved upon for everyone's use :)

[zaneshaw]

It's kind of funny because I found out about this last night after I had already followed this guide. The next time I make a server I won't forget to use this though.

[EdoanR]

I did not know that xD
Very useful, no need to manually give permission to a group

[Anner726]

Please help me disable the bypass for the superadmin of my terraria server, since the sscconfig.json folder is useless for them with the bypass enabled.

[sgkoishi]

Simple answer: don't use superadmin. Use owner instead.