Torchlight

Template:Infobox Torchlight (series)

Key points

Linux version only available through Ubuntu Software Centre.

Amazing modding capabilities

General Information

Official Forum

Runic Games Fansite

Torchlight Wiki

Steam Users' Forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

The demo is available on the official website.

Best Version

For Windows users, the GOG.com version of Torchlight is the best because it is DRM-free and includes extra downloads including artwork, soundtrack and a level editor.

For Mac users, the retail version of Torchlight is the best, it is still DRM-free, but only includes an artbook, which is comparable to the GOG.com version.

For Linux users, the Ubuntu Software Centre version of Torchlight is the only version available, and therefore the best. WINE emulation also works very well.

Improvements

Official patch

• The latest official patch is v1.15. It can be found on the official website.

Mods

Torchlight is designed to be extremely friendly and open to modders and has an extensive and strong modding community. Almost everything can be modded in; from translations, graphics and sound to maps, classes and conversions.

TorchED level editor can be found at GameFront.

Most mods are found on the Runic Games Fansite.

Mods are located in game's application data.

HotSpot

This is a portable Torchlight mod manager for Windows. Using this tool, users can immediately download and install mods from Runic Games Fansite directly into the mods directory.

Currently in beta, v2.0.

Planned for future:

• Mac and Linux compatibility
• Mod packaging ability
• Torchlight II support

Full features list is available on the RGF forums.

Obsolete mod managers

• Torchlight Mod Manager
• TorchLeech
• HotSpot 1.0

Recommended mods

These are all conservative mods that only change the game in small areas and essentially conserve the original gameplay.

• SSS Torchlight Texture Project - Retextures most of Torchlight
• GenderMod - Adds opposite gender variants of existing classes
• Merchant Pack - Adds additional merchants
• Better Balanced Sale Prices - Balances the amount of gold acquired when selling
• Respec Mod - Adds a respec potion into the game for rebuilding character's abilities.

Utilities

Utilities can be found at Runic Games Fansite.

These are not mods so don't download them with HotSpot.

TorchKit

This is a Windows-only portable settings and mod configuration editor for Torchlight which uncovers all hidden settings from "settings.txt", (but not local_settings.txt or Ogre) configuration file which includes camera shake, blood, keybindings, automap zoom etc.

Other notable utilities

• TorchlightCam - Enables camera control
• Torchlight Multiplayer - Enables Internet and LAN multiplayer (only works on Steam; possibly obsolete)

Game data

Save game/Configuration files/Mods location

This game does not support XDG on Linux.

Issues fixed

If you have an issue, be sure to check the knowledgebase first.

Torchlight game executable has stopped working fix

Instructions