Why does the init script generate another save file instead of using the original? From what I understand: - If I start the server with save1.zip, a copy of that will be generated. - Play a few days. - Start the server with another save -> all recent progress of save1 is lost since it was in the dum...

Done!

Also... how will the init script update functionality differ from the update script by Narc if the latest-version-url-thingy is done? (in terms of updating functionality).
That is to say, why would I prefer one over the other?

Recently I had a problem with the updater script made by user Narc (and init script by Bisa) in which there was only one update available (from 0.12.28 to 0.12.29), so my 0.12.26 could not be updated that way. I had to manually update the software.

Having that type of url would be awesome

It seems that the factorio servers don't keep updates for older versions. One is forced to always keep the game to the latest version, otherwise a case like mine can occur. I have headless version 0.12.26 and the current update is for 0.12.28 to upgrade to 0.12.29. I guess I'll have to manually upda...