... updates installed.

It is not purely my system causing the connection issue, since I am able to read the server list JSON in my browser (at multiplayer.factorio.com).

I attached the log file and a screenshot of the error message.

There are several suggestions for this (or a very similar) issue ...

This isn’t likely to happen since files outside of active mods are not guaranteed to exist on all players computers and as such would cause desyncs if used in multiplayer.

You are playing Factorio: Space Age, but your Factorio.com user account only has Factorio base game ownership recorded. For this reason, the update distribution server does not offer updates to your Factorio: Space Age installation.

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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with joining a multiplayer game. This concerns the game version 2.0.73, build 84377 expansion win 64.

A couple of days ago, I joined a friend's multiplayer game. At first, I was not able to join, but then I learned that I had to open port 34197 (and choose UDP). That ...

... that cloning resource entities would remove some trees at the destination. (https://forums.factorio.com/132405)
Fixed flying text spam when a multiplayer peer was obstructed from building an underground belt. (https://forums.factorio.com/132373)
Fixed that items with rocket launch products didn't ...

... that you pick from when starting the game.

factorio.exe --mod-directory "mods-testing"

I have three different shortcuts to start Factorio: multiplayer, testing, and "normal". If you attempt to start a save with the wrong mods directory, the game will warn you. If you proceed, the save will ...

You are playing Factorio: Space Age, but your Factorio.com user account only has Factorio base game ownership recorded. For this reason, the update distribution server does not offer updates to your Factorio: Space Age installation.

Please follow the instructions to retrieve your Factorio: Space ...

I believe this will be fixed by 132373

Hey there,

I have been trying to join a Dedicated Multiplayer Server, after downloading (before loading). I got the message "Downloading map from other peers failed. Please try again.". This is a common problem for me but usually it works on the next try. But this time it doesn't, this problem ...

... it later.

Current Features (Work in Progress)

Auto-upgrade marking on build

works for player-built entities
works for robot-built entities

Multiplayer friendly approach

per-player enable/disable toggle
server controls category settings
No on_tick logic → event-driven and low overhead

Hotkey ...

... the size of the file when writing to disk is mostly meaningless (disk speed is never the bottleneck in any modern computer).

You can set the multiplayer compression to be higher, but it still doesn't make a huge difference in save size. There's a finite amount saves can be compressed and with the ...

For autosaving I'd say keep current compression level but for multiplayer it would be nice to have higher compression and for manual save maybe max compression?

The switch version is only updated every few months, nintendos verification process alone can already take several weeks. Generally if you want to play cross platform the non console players can either subscribe to the "Console" beta in steam or keep an installation that follows the console version ...

Hi Factorio team,
Could you please update Factorio on Nintendo Switch 2 to the same version currently available on PC?

Right now, the Switch 2 build is 2.0.72, while PC is 2.0.73. This small version mismatch has a real impact: my friends who play on PC opened and saved our shared world on 2.0.73 ...

Confirmed this is makes driving on straight "roads" much easier and doesn't interfere with any off grid driving that I've seen.

(Not to mention you can properly drive a car in multiplayer now, an unrelated bonus feature)

Great work for something seemingly so minor

... satisfied" and "Station is (not) full") should just show at "X" in the dropdown and then have a yes/no toggle once they have been selected. For multiplayer, it might even interesting to turn "Passenger (not) present" into "Passenger count" and make it a comparison like "Item count".
Merge "Empty ...

Are you really sure it's literally no matter which, even the big dedicated ones ?

Does the ping line says «Cannot reach» ?

It might be because, (from my experience on PC, rather than Switch), since matchmaking through Steam was added as an option, a lot of people do not bother to properly set up ...

... Savefile name ("Earf").
Then there is a list of Mods (starting with "base") with their Versions and some separators.
Further down you will find the Startup Settings, map generation data, and a lot more...

Multiplayer Servers can access this using RCON + In-Game LUA code, eg active_mods .

Good Luck!

... especially in combat oriented maps). An early and cheap way to leave notes for other players would be useful.
2. When inviting friends to play multiplayer to introduce them to factorio. My favorite way to play that is by letting friends work on science automation while only providing tips/hints ...

... crash when attempting to load, though older saves in the same world appear to load fine. This crash occurs when loading singleplayer or multiplayer, and I've tried various combinations of disabling/enabling mods with seemingly no change in behaviour.

I was in the middle of redesigning how ...