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Setup guides, diagnostics and practical decisions for running games on your own VPS.
Terraria
Terraria TShock region protection and anti-griefing: pickaxe boundary selection, /region define and allow commands, behavioral flags, and tshock.sqlite database schema.
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Role-based access control and group management in Terraria TShock: auth token bootstrapping, superadmin roles, permission inheritance, and SQLite backups.
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Check which Terraria platforms and versions can share a server, including tModLoader and TShock.
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Start TShock and configure an administrator account, groups and permissions without exposing login credentials.
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Prepare a tModLoader server on Linux with matching game, mod and client versions and a separate world copy.
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Find the cause of Terraria startup errors on Linux: executable, permissions, dependencies or memory termination.
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Start Terraria after a VPS reboot with the intended world, service account and verified saving.
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Back up Terraria world and configuration, keep an off-host copy and verify restoration in a separate instance.
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Check the address, TCP port, Terraria process and network boundaries before changing the world or game version.
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Move a Terraria world to Linux: preserve the original, select the intended file and verify progress after a restart.
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Compare PC Terraria client and running-server versions, distinguish vanilla from modded servers and protect the world before updating.
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Install a Terraria 1.4.5.8 PC server on Ubuntu, select its world, allow TCP7777 and preserve data with console shutdown and off-VPS backups.
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