Computing x+a is never faster than computing just x. So yes, VM will be slower. As to "how much slower"...that depends on too many things to give an easy answer. But either way it won't matter until the factory becomes larger. And when it becomes large you will want every UPS you can, and...

Any particular reason why you can't just run the headless server on the same machine without adding an extra VM layer? I thought I read somewhere that running the headless server and the client factorio doesn't work as two instances of factorio can't run at the same time in windows. Two parallel in...

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Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:07 pm

Any particular reason why you can't just run the headless server on the same machine without adding an extra VM layer?

I thought I read somewhere that running the headless server and the client factorio doesn't work as two instances of factorio can't run at the same time in windows.

Hey guys I was wanting to play factorio with 2 of my family members and was wondering if setting up a virtual machine (debian linux) using hyper-v would work or not. We plan on using about 100 mods or so. At most 3 of us will be connected at a time, with 2 of us on the same local network. My system ...