Can anyone point me to a list of available options for running a server? For example --start-server YOURSAVEGAME.zip' can be used to specify the save file to use when launching a server. I have searched everywhere and can not find a good reference to all the available server options. Particularly I ...

posila´s "solution" does not work, if you want the dedi running on the same pc youre playing, but.... if you log in to your steam account from a different pc ( like a notebook you may have ) and install factorio there again , close steam and start the dedi on the notebook then try to conn...

Well a 1 slot means that if you mess things up, you'll have no undo. I'd prefer a 10 slot, but I admit I'm not into all this multiplayer and servers at all. Kind of misathrop you might say :) I'll let people who practice a lot of multi answer, or you can use search function to fiddle around, there ...

Alright, thanks for the information. From the options you listed the best thing I can think to do would be to restrict the autosave slots to 1 and then just always create the server from autosave 1 then, unless anyone has a better recommendation?

Hi all, I just got my dedicated server working from my steam installation but when I launch the server no configuration window or anything stays open, it just disappears and runs in the background. That being the case how should I go about stopping and starting the server again? I had just ended the...

I can't get a server to work using the Steam version either. I have the port forwarded and the batch file set up correctly but when I launch the bat it just closes after 3 seconds and doesn't open the game or anything. If I could find a log I would know what was wrong. Open the task manager and see...

Thanks Posila, I will try that when I get home. Where are the saves and mods folders kept for the steam version by default? I don't remember seeing them in the bin directory with Factorio.exe. Once I figure out where that is I will create a server folder and place everything in there. Thanks again.

So it looks like the most recent patch on steam (.12.25 I think) is supposed to fix this issue by not requiring steam to run for the server but now I am getting a different error. If I run the server using a bat file as listed above when I try to launch the game in steam I get the following error: &...

Go to your Factorio.exe folder (Probably 'C:\Program Files\Factorio\bin\x64\') Create a text document and write into it 'Factorio.exe --start-server YOURSAVEGAME.zip' If you haven't already done, replace YOURSAVEGAME with your savegame name Save the file as server.bat. Important: At 'Save as type:'...

No unfortunately that link didn't help. As for Koubs response that download is for linux specifically but I am on a windows machine so that doesn't help either. Any other ideas?

Hi all, hoping someone can help me get a server going. I want to run a dedicated server for some friends and I. I am running windows and have purchased the game through steam. I have tried creating the bat file in the bin directory and also using the --start-server parameter within steam. I think th...