User Info: k darkfire k darkfire 9 years ago #1 !!!Darkfires Terraria Cloud Saving Guide!!!

Or: Allowing Terraria to go from simple late-night addiction to conquering your life

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Terraria



I've spent quite a few hours on this and I'm a little drunk, so please do me a favor and listen to the Real Adventures of Jonny Quest theme while you read this.



NOTE #1: I take no responsibility for any personal follies that could result in loss of your stuff. This entire process is nondestructive and if you follow my instructions you will automatically make a backup you can restore at any time if things go wrong.



NOTE #2: This does require some minor technical knowledge, but again, it's non-destructive. If you're capable of playing this game, you're almost definitely capable of doing it. If you understand what to do when I say "open a command prompt," you definitely are.



NOTE #3: This does require some minor technical knowledge, but again, it's non-destructive. If you're capable of playing this game, you're almost definitely capable of doing it. If you understand what to do when I say "open a command prompt," you definitely are.



NOTE #4: I take no responsibility for loss of productivity at work, potential breakup/divorce, and/or financial hardship that may result from being able to play this game more and more easily.



NOTE #4: This is not really my idea, all I did was apply the same principles as whoever came up with this solution for Minecraft. He or she is the one that deserves your thanks.



So what this allows you to do is store your characters and worlds in the cloud. You know. Out there. On the interwebs. This combined with Steam's "hey, we've already got your money" approach to DRM means that you can play your Terraria saves from any computer with an internet connection. Since the minimum requirements for this game are basically a TI-86 calculator, I can think of no better use for this trick. Granted, this will become obsolete if and when Steam Cloud Saving* becomes enabled for this game.



But until then... go forth! Pretend to listen to your boss while you build a third story onto your gold-brick castle from your work PC! Tell your girlfriend she can take all the time she needs to get ready while you use her laptop to grind out that new weapon, ninja-style. Find new value in that friend who can never decide what movie to watch after you already drag yourself over to his house!



This is tested and working.



This solution relies on two crucial components: Dropbox and symbolic links. Dropbox is, I promise, something you want anyway if you don't already have it. It's basically a cloud-linked folder you keep somewhere on your computer- anywhere else you install Dropbox you can access those files. whoa. the piggy bank in Terraria functions exactly the same way.



Symbolic links are a Windows shell trick, and they work the real magic here. Essentially, they're like shortcuts on steroids. Instead of just redirecting the user to the target folder, a symbolic link actual tricks whatever application looks at the link (even Windows Explorer) into thinking it is actually looking at the real thing. You've probably figured out where we're heading.



****** How-To ******

0. If you haven't already, open up Terraria on your main PC and choose custom cursor color from the settings menu. This is optional, but trust me.

1. Get Dropbox. It takes 5 minutes and again, you want it anyway, believe me. 2GB free. Anybody lists you as a referral, you both get an extra 250MB.

2. Copy your Terraria folder from <My Documents\My Games\> into your Dropbox.

3. Rename your original Terraria folder Terraria - Backup. This is now your backup (duh). If anything goes wrong, delete the symbolic link folder and rename this back to just "Terraria" and everything is back to normal.

4. This is where the magic happens: making a symbolic link. UC

http://i42.tinypic.com/2qsqihw.gif Or: Allowing Terraria to go from simple late-night addiction to conquering your lifeOr: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love TerrariaI've spent quite a few hours on this and I'm a little drunk, so please do me a favor and listen to the Real Adventures of Jonny Quest theme while you read this.NOTE #1: I take no responsibility for any personal follies that could result in loss of your stuff. This entire process is nondestructive and if you follow my instructions you will automatically make a backup you can restore at any time if things go wrong.NOTE #2: This does require some minor technical knowledge, but again, it's non-destructive. If you're capable of playing this game, you're almost definitely capable of doing it. If you understand what to do when I say "open a command prompt," you definitely are.NOTE #3: This does require some minor technical knowledge, but again, it's non-destructive. If you're capable of playing this game, you're almost definitely capable of doing it. If you understand what to do when I say "open a command prompt," you definitely are.NOTE #4: I take no responsibility for loss of productivity at work, potential breakup/divorce, and/or financial hardship that may result from being able to play this game more and more easily.NOTE #4: This is not really my idea, all I did was apply the same principles as whoever came up with this solution for Minecraft. He or she is the one that deserves your thanks.So what this allows you to do is store your characters and worlds in the cloud. You know. Out there. On the interwebs. This combined with Steam's "hey, we've already got your money" approach to DRM means that you can play your Terraria saves from any computer with an internet connection. Since the minimum requirements for this game are basically a TI-86 calculator, I can think of no better use for this trick. Granted, this will become obsolete if and when Steam Cloud Saving* becomes enabled for this game.But until then... go forth! Pretend to listen to your boss while you build a third story onto your gold-brick castle from your work PC! Tell your girlfriend she can take all the time she needs to get ready while you use her laptop to grind out that new weapon, ninja-style. Find new value in that friend who can never decide what movie to watch after you already drag yourself over to his house!This is tested and working.This solution relies on two crucial components: Dropbox and symbolic links. Dropbox is, I promise, something you want anyway if you don't already have it. It's basically a cloud-linked folder you keep somewhere on your computer- anywhere else you install Dropbox you can access those files. whoa. the piggy bank in Terraria functions exactly the same way.Symbolic links are a Windows shell trick, and they work the real magic here. Essentially, they're like shortcuts on steroids. Instead of just redirecting the user to the target folder, a symbolic link actual tricks whatever application looks at the link (even Windows Explorer) into thinking it is actually looking at the real thing. You've probably figured out where we're heading.****** How-To ******0. If you haven't already, open up Terraria on your main PC and choose custom cursor color from the settings menu. This is optional, but trust me.1. Get Dropbox. It takes 5 minutes and again, you want it anyway, believe me. 2GB free. Anybody lists you as a referral, you both get an extra 250MB.2. Copy your Terraria folder from into your Dropbox.3. Rename your original Terraria folder Terraria - Backup. This is now your backup (duh). If anything goes wrong, delete the symbolic link folder and rename this back to just "Terraria" and everything is back to normal.4. This is where the magic happens: making a symbolic link.