FIXED!
I just added .tar.gz after the filename. It works now. Thanks for helping!

I'm not very good with tar commands, sorry. How would I go about doing that? What's the output of "file" for that file? If it's "POSIX tar archive", you just run tar xf factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16 Tried that. The terminal sat there without outputting anything for a little while,...

I extract the file "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16" and get a file called "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", which gives me that error whenever I try to do anything with it. How did you extract it? The file you downloaded is supposed to be a gzipped tarball, the .tar.gz ending must hav...

You have to extract it first. Then you go into the folder "factorio/bin/i386/ and double click Factorio and this should start the game. I extract the file "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16" and get a file called "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", which gives me that error whenever I...

I downloaded the Linux version, since the Windows version won't run properly and nobody seems to want to help me resolve that issue. Whenever I try to run the installer with "[home directory]/Downloads/Linux-x64-x86/factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", it returns the following: "bash: [home ...

Jhonny wrote:Why are you using a windows version on Ubuntu? There is a linux version for 32 bit and 64 bit, which work smooth because I use them as well. Just unpack it and go into factorio/bin/.../ folder and double click to run factorio.

It worked perfectly well on another machine that I used.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. 0.038 Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Also try using the Linux version with that, not the Windows version in wine (or what are you doing there?) I'm using the Windows version on Wine because it is most convenient for me. It worked perfectly fine on another, o...

Here's my log (/Application Data/Factorio/factorio-current.log): 0.038 2015-11-06 09:19:22; Factorio 0.12.3 (Build 16287, win32) 0.038 Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 3 0.038 Program arguments: "C:\Program Files\Factorio\bin\Win32\Factorio.exe" 0.038 Read data path: C:/Program Fi...

I managed to get Factorio to run on my machine, but whenever I try to generate a new world, it does nothing after I hit "generate". It just stops. The game doesn't crash or anything. It just stops.
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Update: After a little while, it gives me the following error message:
"Couldn't create atlas bitmap (61656048x1114248)."

Hi. Whenever I try to play Factorio, it launches, says it's "Loading mods", goes to 2%, 5%, then 10%, and just stops. The window doesn't freeze, the game doesn't crash, it just stops. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a laptop with 1.9GiB of RAM. Any suggestions as to how to fix this?