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Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:17 pm
by limmek
Hello everyone!

I was looking for a dedicated server tool to suit my needs, but unfortunately i couldn't find any so i decide to make one my one.

Factorio Server Launcher is a tool to run a Dedicated Factorio server.
This tool allow you to host a dedicated server on the same machine the game is running and still be able to connect and play.

Supports ONLY Steam and SteamCMD installation of Factorio!

Download
Get the last version https://github.com/Limmek/Factorio-Serv ... uncher.exe
Source code https://github.com/Limmek/Factorio-Server-Launcher

Features
* Run the server and play the game on same computer
* Download and install both SteamCMD and Factorio
* Steam 2 way authentication
* Map Generator
* Client updater
* Auto detects Steam/Factorio install folder
* Added mod support

Tested on Windows 10 and Windows server 2016.

Changelog
[1.0.1.0]
* Mod support

[1.0.2.0]
* Run server and a game client on the same computer --no-log-rotation as default

Screenshots
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Edit
* Added mod support. Enable mod and it will load from the default mods location or add a custom path.
* Added --no-log-rotation support.

For help contact me.
Cya :D

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 8:09 am
by Corbinm3
Your dedicated server launcher is really great! The only issue I have is that the mods don’t seem to load. I can’t seem to figure it out. I have them in the appdata directory under mods, I can load them fine in a normal multiplayer game but I can’t get them to load through the launcher. It’s actually only one mod, trying to make it as simple as possible :)

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:25 pm
by limmek
limmek wrote: Edit
* Added mod support. Enable mod and it will load from the default mods location or add a custom path.
Thanks for the feedback mate! :D

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:57 am
by john0113@gmail.com
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hello does the application still work? I have this problem. and even if I want to created a map the generated button stays off
Thx for help

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:19 am
by papasmocks
Made an account to post here. The tool is nonfunctional now, it never makes it past "starting server" and trying more than once results in an unhandled exception and crash. I just spent 4 hours trying to setup the server with SteamCMD, which I'm experienced with, but was completely unable to. I tried this tool and it also did not work, I don't understand what I'm doing wrong and I give up, I just set up servers for 3 other games with no problems but Factorio wants me to go fuck myself.

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:17 am
by limmek
john0113@gmail.com wrote:
Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:57 am
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hello does the application still work? I have this problem. and even if I want to created a map the generated button stays off
Thx for help
Hello!
Yes it still works and i also updated it with the ability to run a server and a game client on the same computer.
limmek wrote:
Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:17 pm
[1.0.2.0]
* Run server and a game client on the same computer --no-log-rotation as default
https://github.com/Limmek/Factorio-Serv ... uncher.exe

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 1:51 am
by iNSiPiD1
Hey, just wanted to chime in saying I can't play the game from the same computer I'm launching the server on.

My friend is able to connect to the server without any issue, but I get the error message:
Couldn't establish network communication with the server.

Is there anything special I need to set up to get this to work?

Thanks!

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:35 am
by ImTheRealSlayer
Oh man, this thing looks awesome! I can see you've put a lot of effort into this and I respect that as a programmer 8-)
I really wish I checked the forums for this kind of stuff, because I ended up making a batch program to do this for me (whoopsies)
Which language did you make this in? How difficult was it to make? I'm interested in the programming side of things (as well as running over some spawners with a tank)

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:25 pm
by Jap2.0
ImTheRealSlayer wrote:
Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:35 am
Oh man, this thing looks awesome! I can see you've put a lot of effort into this and I respect that as a programmer 8-)
I really wish I checked the forums for this kind of stuff, because I ended up making a batch program to do this for me (whoopsies)
Which language did you make this in? How difficult was it to make? I'm interested in the programming side of things (as well as running over some spawners with a tank)
Looking at the github, it's C#.

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:25 pm
by iltaen
oh, thanks for this great tool! I tried few ways to start my own server on Win 10, and only your soft works for me. Sometimes it shows bug as described above, but continue works.

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:04 pm
by Suplexinator
I'm running Windows 10 and I receive this error. What am I doing wrong?

https://imgur.com/a/HvIsD28

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:04 pm
by Bear67
Looks like the Launcher can't handle that the Main steam Library is on Drive (C:), and Most of my Common files (games) are on a 3 TB drive (H:).

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:57 pm
by Bear67
I got this to work on Win 7 Home. (after moving my factorio install directory back to drive c:)

Re: Factorio Server Launcher [Windows Tool]

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 3:08 pm
by RustoKomuska
getting a couple of issues
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also, though I set the steam path in the program, it wont change the path the program actually uses
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one of my friends who I want to play with lives in a country where he can only connect to games running on dedicated servers or something