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Terraria 1.4.5.3 patch notes

Content & Additions

  • Added a Portraits Styles options to the Interface menu, with four distinct options: Detailed, Profile, Retro and Disabled.
  • Added an Inventory Effects toggle to the Interface menu (disables the item flash when crafting).
  • Added a Screen Shake toggle to the Video -> Effects menu.
  • Added a Thunder Effects toggle to the Video -> Effects menu, which disables visual flashes from lightning (does not disable lightning strikes).
  • Improved clipboard support on Linux.

Balance

  • Storm lightning strike changes:
  • Reduced damage to players from 200/300/400 on Classic/Expert/Master difficulty to 80/160/240. Legendary difficulty damage unchanged.
  • Strike delay increased from 3.5 seconds to 4 seconds.
  • Reduced player attachment range from three tiles to slightly less than one tile. Does not apply to Legendary difficulty.
  • Strikes will no longer spawn directly in the path of fast moving players.
  • Improved visuals of impending strike effect.
  • Reduced the likelihood of lightning striking bodies of water.
  • Strike frequency reduced when fishing, sleeping or fighting a boss.
  • No longer appear during blizzards.
  • Pylons no longer attract lightning.
  • Visual effect intensity reduced for players who are behind walls.
  • Villagers and pets now stay inside during thunderstorms.
  • Lightning can now strike further from the player.
  • Increased the appearance rate of Cattiva and Foxparks by 50%. Adjusted the ratio of 70% Cattiva - 30% Foxparks to 60% Cattiva - 40% Foxparks.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a multiplayer crash involving waterfalls.
  • Fixed a duplication glitch involving certain transformation mounts.
  • Fixed .ZIP file based resource packs no longer working.
  • Fixed the game being stuck in Halloween mode for the rest of the session once it becomes active. Spooky!
  • Fixed distressed Foxparks' mouseover hitbox being much larger than intended.
  • Fixed Music Boxes playing their record scratch sound effect when trying to record an unrecordable track (e.g. Rainbow Boulder).
  • Fixed Toybreaker Bricks not breaking Sticky Glowsticks and certain Kites.
  • Fixed petting, sleeping or sitting not resetting the Kite AFK timer.
  • Fixed sloped Rainbow Bricks not using the correct sprite.
  • Linux now automatically falls back to OpenGL where Vulkan is not fully supported
  • If the game doesn't launch/black screen, try /gldevice:OpenGL (or try repairing your Vulkan drivers)
  • If the audio is dropping out, try /audiodriver:pulseaudio or /audiodriver:alsa (or try repairing your pipewire drivers)
  • If none of those work, please submit a bug on the terraia community forums
  • Proton is not supported or recommended, please submit a bug report before resorting to Proton

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