RomTerraria 3 Preview Release Here

[Update 6/30/2015 7:09pm] Updated v4 version here for use with Steam and GOG 1.3.x and above.

I've released RomTerraria 3 as a preview release.  This release should ONLY be used by people who want to play at resolutions greater than 2048 in either direction (up to 8192).

Features in this release:

- RomTerraria generates a new executable in your <My Documents>/My Games/Terraria named Terraria.Rewritten.exe.  This executable is custom created based on the settings you select.
- RomTerraria's settings file is saved to <My Documents>/My Games/Terraria/config.rt so it won't impact your settings from stock Terraria.
- Force XNA into HiDef profile instead of Reach so that it will take advantage of Shader Model 3.0 spritebatches.
- Eliminates the depth buffer on render targets, reducing video card memory usage by half.
- Enhanced lighting (and its accompanying performance increases) will work at resolutions over 1920x1080 (up to 8192x8192). I found a workaround for XNA's RenderTarget2D size limitations.


Possible issues:

- If your system doesn't meet the HiDef profile, you'll fail miserably.
- May not work on the Collector's Edition.

[Update 1/19/2015 9:10p] Starting to add back in single player functions, like "Always Daylight" and "Spawn NPCs Fast."
v0.99.1 (deprecated) download here.

Unzip this to someplace OTHER than your Terraria install folder. 

Screenshots

Note: If you encounter any crashes, hit Ctrl-C in the dialog that pops up with the stack trace, and paste the stack trace into a reply to this post.

Note #2: I can't accept donations or any sort of financial compensation for RomTerraria. If you want to show some support for RomTerraria, please donate to support survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.

Note #3: If you are getting an error that says "Unable to find Terraria," make sure Steam is running.  If it still can't find Terraria, uninstall and reinstall the game.  I rely on metadata that Steam provides to find Terraria in alternate install locations.  If it still can't find the game, add me as a friend on Steam and I'll see what I can find.

[Update 11/12 7:35p] v0.96 released.  No bug fixes, but pops up a prompt if you drop RomTerraria 3 in the same folder as Terraria to prevent an error.

[Update 11/13 10:56a] Added donation link for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, cleaned up the page.

[Update 11/29 4:15p] v0.97 released.  Additional code for people who are having problems patching.

[Update 12/19 10:27p] This works with no modification on the new v1.2.2 release.  If you had previously patched v1.2.1, just rerun the patcher and it will update Terraria.Rewritten.exe for you.

[Update 2/19/2014 10:12p] This works with no modification on the new v1.2.3.1 release.  If you had previously patched v1.2.1, just rerun the patcher and it will update Terraria.Rewritten.exe for you.

[Update 1/18/2015 11:45a] This version now works with the GOG.com version and puts no files in the Terraria folder.

[Update 1/19/2015 9:10p] This version is starting to add in single player hooks.

[Update 2/3/2015] Cleaning up some ancient comments so relevant topics bubble up.