User blog comment:Mathmagician/Installing Reborn Mod - Walkthrough/@comment-4674838-20120318231658

Let me see if I can explain a few things. I don't know if this will help anyone still having install issues, but here's the story: The install instructions I posted on this blog were for what we're calling v1.0 and v1.1 of the Reborn Mod, as released by Omnir on the Terraria Online thread.

Since then, Omnir has stepped down and essentially it's Hero is working on the mod, with some input from others. Hero's distribution method (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icDq5gLsbMI) is different from Omnir's. Hero = v1.2 = 1-click-install. Omnir = v1.0 and v1.1 = install tConfig + gamelauncher + Reborn separately. We still have very little clue what bugs were fixed in what version etc., due to the poor release planning.

At the time I first wrote this, tConfig was on version 22.5. It is now on version 22.8 (which I haven't upgraded to yet), and so it may not be compatible with Reborn due to the recent changes. Usually tConfig mods need to recompile for new versions of tConfig. If you're using the install method I posted on this blog (Omnir's release), you may want to try going to http://tconfig.wikia.com/wiki/Downloads, clicking the link where it says "Older versions are available here" and downloading an older version of tConfig (22.5) so that you know it's compatible with Reborn.

That, or I recommend waiting for v1.3, which will be Hero's next release. It should be a 1-click install, and so installing should be simpler compared to the method I wrote about.