Server help

[Xoni]

Hi guys. I created a server to play with my cousin. When I want to run factorio I cant because it says that its already running. Can someone help me with this problem? Thank you...

[xavizus]

I guess you are trying to host the server at the same computer you want to play at.

That won't do.

There are two ways to host a server.

1. You launch Factorio and you press Play -> Multiplayer -> New game
Choose your settings and generate a map.

Now, your cousin can connect to your IP and join the game.

2. The second way are to host a Virual Machine on your computer through VirtualBox or VMware Workstation 12 Player (Both are free) or Hyper-V Manager (You need Windows 7 Pro, Enterprise or Ultimate or Windows 10 Home, Pro ro Enterprise)
And the you download CentOS or Ubuntu and host the Factorio server in there.

[orzelek]

From what I know you don't need to use VM really.
You should be able to grap a zipped Factorio version and start a server from it under windows along with otehr zipped version or steam one for playing on the server.

[xavizus]

From what I know you don't need to use VM really.
You should be able to grap a zipped Factorio version and start a server from it under windows along with otehr zipped version or steam one for playing on the server.

I should apologize - you are right, tho you need to change som settings if you copy the Factorio from steam.

(For other users)
Copy Factorio folder from your steamapps folder to example:

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C:\Factorio\

In the config-path.cfg file, copy paste following:

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config-path=C:\Factorio\config

#This value specifies the way the aplication generates default values for path.read-data and path.write-data
#When set to true, it will use system directories (Users/Name/AppData/Roaming/Factorio on windows), this is set to true
#for the installer versions of Factorio, as people will usualy install it in program files, and the aplication can't write
#to program files by default (without UAC turned off), similar with osx/linux packages.
#When set to false (default value for zip package), it will use application root directory, this is usable to create self-sustainable
#Factorio directory that can be copied anywhere needed (on usb etc), also for people, who don't like to manipulate saves
#in the windows users directory structure (as me, kovarex).
#Note, that once the values in config are generated, this value has no effects (unless you delete config, or the path.read-data/path.write-data values)
use-system-read-write-data-directories=false

Now you will be able to run the server on your client while playing in your client Factorio.