I give up.

Nothing is working. Still can't get into my own server because I can't run 2 instances of Factorio, even though I'm really not. Steam doesn't even say I'm running it, but when I try to get in the game itself, whether that be through the package or through Steam, it'll say theirs still ...

I have to move on from in-game multiplayer because most of my friends who are playing with me are lagging 95% of the time, basically making the entire game unplayable for them.
Before saying it's your computer, have you checked that you have the network speed and stability available for doing so ...

If you intent to run a headless server on the same machine you are also playing on, you are not going to succeed, simply performance wise.
If you want to run a headless server on a dedicated machine see here for instructions: https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?title=Multiplayer#Dedicated ...

I'm having a lot of difficulties setting up a headless/dedicated server on Windows 10.
I have to move on from in-game multiplayer because most of my friends who are playing with me are lagging 95% of the time, basically making the entire game unplayable for them.

I can't find any up-to-date ...

Greetings,

I've had a Beta 13.9 Factorio world for a while now and I want to disable peaceful mode so monsters can start attacking me. However, I can't. Whenever I type in "/c game.peaceful_mode = false", it says that peaceful_mode isn't a LUAgameScript key. Is the command still in the game and it ...