... right game for you. It's about finding engineering solutions. So go and find a new solution if the old one doesn't work any more.

Ever played a multiplayer game like a MMO? Every update, every nerf and buff is instantly hitting every player. There is just one game version. You cannot skip updates ...

... to 2.0.60, Factorio now runs at a locked 48.0 FPS & 60.0 UPS when the Metal (experimental) backend is used. This occurs on both Singleplayer and Multiplayer.

This behaviour was not experienced with the previous release 2.0.55, FPS and UPS were both 60.0 while using Metal (experimental).
UPS is not ...

From Wiki: Multiplayer
The headless package does not contain any files irrelevant for a pure server, such as graphics and sounds. It is also not linked against libraries that may not be present on a server machine, such as Xlib, libGL or libasound.
The Library linking is not a problem on windows ...

... Performance in-game will be exactly the same as they are both running the same Factorio engine (elsewise you instantly get a Desync between Multiplayer clients). There is no advantage to producing a "non GUI" Windows application; it will only add confusion.

You can delete the Graphics & Sound ...

Feature exists: Command Line Paramaeter --start-server will do exactly that.

You can download the ZIP Standalone version of the game from Factorio.com to install wherever. The major difference is that the “headless” build does not include graphics to save file size.

No, that's not what I meant ...

Feature exists: Command Line Paramaeter --start-server will do exactly that.

You can download the ZIP Standalone version of the game from Factorio.com to install wherever. The major difference is that the “headless” build does not include graphics to save file size.

game version: 2.0.55, space age (but disable all space age dlc), no mod, win64

what do I do:
1. connect to multiplayer game (there is another player in server)
2. try copy my blueprint book, game notify me need to wait upload blueprint to server
3. wait a few seconds, upload done
4. try copy ...

... report as requested:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwzKzgf0-R1hnEFbbhorGH0dWvKwLDz8/view?usp=sharing

To replicate the desync, start the multiplayer session from within the game and allow the other client to connect. Once the other client is in game they will desync as soon as either player ...

Boundingbox of Tank is missaligned in multiplayer.
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(the tank in the picture is moving!)

I know about the changes to car control in multiplayer in 2.0, but I'm not sure this is intended.

When driving a tank in multiplayer and having another tank in ...

... a lot of civilization and europa universalis, so i can relate to stellaris and comiting virtual atrocities, but i feel unless you are playing multiplayer or sharing screenshot of your empire to some other humans with actual feelings, no-one will be offended if you act immoraly in those games. It ...

... Maybe the context is important to understand why this is a major issue (even though it’s not a bug, it’s definitely a QOL issue):

We are in a multiplayer game, on Fulgora.
Each player took an island and made a base. Of all the players, only one already knew Fulgora, the others were beginners.
The ...

... able to stack items when at high mining productivity. (https://forums.factorio.com/129590)
Fixed a disconnect when viewing tips and tricks in multiplayer. (https://forums.factorio.com/129596)
Fixed quickbar selection getting stuck when trying to pick a blueprint book from the blueprint library ...

Factorio explicitly supports playing "Offline Multiplayer" games not signed-in with a Factorio.com account - on a LAN without an Internet connection, or to Internet-connected Servers with Username Validation disabled. The Server Browser is a set of HTTP API calls which could be re-created with some ...

... significant one would be no master server, and im sure wube would be willing to provide that if they went under. Or at the very least some sort of reference so we can create a new one if we needed to. Granted im not sure its required for even using the multiplayer functionality at all.


Great point.

... games, the only significant one would be no master server, and im sure wube would be willing to provide that if they went under. Or at the very least some sort of reference so we can create a new one if we needed to. Granted im not sure its required for even using the multiplayer functionality at all.

Hello, I have a multiplayer server and I'm trying to tweak blueprint permissions. I'm thinking of giving a little room for blueprints but not huge BP spam. How does this command work?

Thanks for the report however I don't believe we will be doing anything about this. Combat and combat related things were specifically never implemented in latency because there are too many moving parts to fake in the latency state.

Throwing capsules are done through the standard shooting logic ...

... max speed is high due to exoskeletons and concrete, and you want to position precisely your character.
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 2.0.58
Multiplayer compatible: Not tested since the remake
Locale: none
License: You are free to use and distribute this mod and also to modify it for personal ...

... 17.620 Warning Campaign.cpp:69: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/beta/description.json:
Value must be a bool in property tree at ROOT.multiplayer-compatible
17.639 Warning Campaign.cpp:69: Error while parsing __base__/campaigns/demo/description.json:
Value must be a bool in property tree ...

Factorio multiplayer games are self hosted. If the official public server list provided by wube goes down, multiplayer games will continue working.