Running factorio directly from a pen drive??

[ficolas]

Is there any way to run factorio directly from a pen drive, without installing any programs in the computer?

[drs9999]

Yes it is possible . Use the *zip- package instead of the installer and you are fine.

Just to be sure i tested it and it works for me ( 32bit Windows-version)

[ficolas]

K thx

[1kftabove]

to note: the game save files will be left on the computer

[FreeER]

what do you mean they'll be saved on the computer? I know some of the older versions did but at least the new 2.10 is set by default to save within the current factorio directory (when using the zip). I know this because, the saves for the factorio I use for testing go into factorio\saves.

[drs9999]

Yes by default the saves are stored at Users/Name/AppData/Roaming/Factorio ("Installer- Version")
or in Factorio/saves (*zip- Package)

But you can change it by editing the config-path.cfg or the config.ini (not sure which one exactly and i didnt tried it)

[kovarex]

Important is the file config-path.cfg in the factorio root.
When the file is not there the game uses system directories for config and saves.
If it is there, it reads from this file where the config file is:

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config-path=__PATH__executable__/../../config
....

In the config, there are two important values:
When are these values set this way, the files are stored on the computer in C:\User ...

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[path]
read-data=__PATH__system-read-data__
write-data=__PATH__system-write-data__

But when they are set this way all data are local.

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read-data=__PATH__executable__\..\..\data
write-data=__PATH__executable__\..\..

The second one is standard in zip installation file and the first in exe file, but it can be changed manually.