terraria serverconfig.txt what should i change

Question

here is what i have so far:

#this is an example config file for TerrariaServer.exe
#use the command 'TerrariaServer.exe -config serverconfig.txt to use this configuration

#the following is a list of available command line parameters:

#-config <config file>                Specifies the configuration file to use.
#-port <port number>                Specifies the port to listen on.
#-players <number> / -maxplayers <number>    Sets the max number of players
#-pass <password> / -password <password>    Sets the server password
#-world <world file>                Load a world and automatically start the server.

#Set’s the max number of players allowed on a server.  Value must be between 1 and 255
maxplayers=8

#Load a world and automatically start the server.
#world=C:\Users\Defaults\My Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds\world1.wld

#Set the port number
port=7777

#Set the server password
password=p@55w0rd

#Set the message of the day
motd=Please don’t cut the purple trees!

#Sets the folder where world files will be stored
#worldpath=C:\Users\Defaults\My Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds\

Answer 1

You don't really need to do much more than that, but you should also know that you can do all those things manually from the server.exe when it starts up. Right now servers are limited unless you have third party plugins, which is basically hacking.

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