Experimental branch with SteamCMD?

[JakenVeina]

Does anyone else use SteamCMD for server management, and have you been able to update to the experimental branch?

I've tried every iteration I can think of and steamcmd always just reports "App is up to date".

"app_update 247520 -beta experimental"
"app_update 247520 -beta beta"
"app_update 247520 -beta 0.13.5"

etc.

I've had to just zip up the files on my desktop and upload them manually at every patch.

[ChainsLunatic]

I do, but nope, I neither can't update to experimental.

[ChainsLunatic]

Does anyone else use SteamCMD for server management, and have you been able to update to the experimental branch?

I've tried every iteration I can think of and steamcmd always just reports "App is up to date".

"app_update 247520 -beta experimental"
"app_update 247520 -beta beta"
"app_update 247520 -beta 0.13.5"

etc.

I've had to just zip up the files on my desktop and upload them manually at every patch.

I just got it working. Try:

call steamcmd.exe +login JakenVeina +force_install_dir ..\Factorio\ "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

[PlasmatikSteak]

Does anyone else use SteamCMD for server management, and have you been able to update to the experimental branch?

I've tried every iteration I can think of and steamcmd always just reports "App is up to date".

"app_update 247520 -beta experimental"
"app_update 247520 -beta beta"
"app_update 247520 -beta 0.13.5"

etc.

I've had to just zip up the files on my desktop and upload them manually at every patch.

I just got it working. Try:

call steamcmd.exe +login JakenVeina +force_install_dir ..\Factorio\ "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

I've tried

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call steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir c:\factorio_steam "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

but it just keeps telling me that it is up to date even though it's not installing any experimental version.

When I start factorio from commandline it tells me it's 0.14.23

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 0.054 Running in headless mode
 0.064 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
 0.086 Loading mod base 0.14.23 (data.lua)

Anybody know what i'm doing wrong here?

[daniel34]

I've tried

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call steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir c:\factorio_steam "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

but it just keeps telling me that it is up to date even though it's not installing any experimental version.

Try -beta 0.15.x
I also don't think you need the quotes.

[PlasmatikSteak]

I've tried

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call steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir c:\factorio_steam "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

but it just keeps telling me that it is up to date even though it's not installing any experimental version.

Try -beta 0.15.x
I also don't think you need the quotes.

Nice!
It worked, with the quotes. Thanks.

[Caennanu]

i have just used this update, for the first time.
It updated fine, but server won't start after.

@echo off
start "" steamcmd.exe +login REMOVED +force_install_dir +force_install_dir C:\Servers\Factorio_0.15.3 +app_update 427520 -beta 0.15.x +quit

I am getting the error now tho, that level.dat is missing when i start the server.
I did not have this issue prior to the update from 15.3.

I can slightly remember reading a similar issue, but cannot find it.
Redownloaded the zip file from factorio.com, it does not contain that file either?

[Caennanu]

i have it working, but not thru the CMD update.
When i download from the site unpack and copy the json and bat file over, it works just fine.

[daniel34]

I am getting the error now tho, that level.dat is missing when i start the server.
I did not have this issue prior to the update from 15.3.

I can slightly remember reading a similar issue, but cannot find it.
Redownloaded the zip file from factorio.com, it does not contain that file either?

level.dat doesn't come with Factorio, it's part of the savegame zip. Check if you can open the savefile with a graphical Factorio instance or try another savefile.

[Caennanu]

level.dat doesn't come with Factorio, it's part of the savegame zip. Check if you can open the savefile with a graphical Factorio instance or try another savefile.

funny thing, i have done that. it refuses to load up in the list of save files.
However, when i do a clean 'install' from the zip file, all the issues are gone.

i'm thinking there is something wrong with the update part of steamCMD. maybe that it changes file paths or something of the sorts that do not reflect in the config files.
if you want, i have both broken and fixed versions on my server in zip format, i can supply if you wish to investigate.

[Soul]

Is the SteamCMD version identical to the headless version? I didn't even think about using Steam to manage my server (I've done it in the past with other games). I've been wget'ing the headless .tar.xz the whole time...

[daniel34]

Is the SteamCMD version identical to the headless version? I didn't even think about using Steam to manage my server (I've done it in the past with other games). I've been wget'ing the headless .tar.xz the whole time...

I'm not that experienced with SteamCMD, but I think it just downloads the same files as the standard Steam client would. Since Factorio starts headless when using any of the --start-server command line arguments it should behave just like the headless server.

If you e.g. wanted to run a headless server on WIndows you'd get a full installation or zip-version (even the Steam version works without any Steam connection), and if you start it with --start-server it should behave like a headless server.

[Caennanu]

Is the SteamCMD version identical to the headless version?

Yes, the steam version is the actual version, as you specify in the update file which version you wish to download.
It then checks which version you have and then downloads and updates the game in sequence (so from 15.3 to 15.6 you get 3x download and installation), this is obviously a bit inefficiënt.

What steam does do, it creates additional folders and files. Such as steamapp and some library thing, when you remove that it won't start up the game-client.

So yes, it seems to be the same version, with the addition of steam added plugins.
Even tho headless-client won't run when starting the game-client itsself it will start up just fine and you can generate a map and play it locally.

[Wezz]

I've tried

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call steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir c:\factorio_steam "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

but it just keeps telling me that it is up to date even though it's not installing any experimental version.

Try -beta 0.15.x
I also don't think you need the quotes.

Nice!
It worked, with the quotes. Thanks.

For me it only sais:
ERROR! Failed to install app '427520' (No subscription)

I'm also using the login anonymous

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steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir "C:\Game servers\Factorio" "+app_update 427520 -beta 0.15.x validate"

Any ideas?

[Soul]

I've tried

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call steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir c:\factorio_steam "+app_update 427520 -beta experimental validate" +quit

but it just keeps telling me that it is up to date even though it's not installing any experimental version.

Try -beta 0.15.x
I also don't think you need the quotes.

Nice!
It worked, with the quotes. Thanks.

For me it only sais:
ERROR! Failed to install app '427520' (No subscription)

I'm also using the login anonymous

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steamcmd.exe +login anonymous +force_install_dir "C:\Game servers\Factorio" "+app_update 427520 -beta 0.15.x validate"

Any ideas?

You might need to login with your steam credentials

SteamCMD Login

Anonymous

To download most game servers, you can login anonymously.

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login anonymous

With a Steam account

Some servers require you to login with a Steam Account.

• Note: For security reasons it is recommended that you create a new Steam account just for your dedicated servers.
• Note: A user can only be logged in once at any time (counting both graphical client as well as SteamCMD logins).

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login <username>

Next enter your password.
If Steam Guard is activated on the user account, check your e-mail for a Steam Guard access code and enter it. This is only required the first time you log in (as well as when you delete the files where SteamCMD stores the login information).
You should see a message stating that you have successfully logged in with your account.

For a game that requires logins

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steamcmd +login <username> <password>

via https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

[Wezz]

Doesn't work. Also tried logging in manually but steamCMD always hangs. I'm using Steam guard

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Logging in user '' to Steam Public...Login Failure: Invalid Password
FAILED with result code 5

Gonna try to reinstall steamCMD

EDIT:
No need to reinstall steamCMD.

Turns out the password needs to be written, not pasted. Then it asked for the Steam guard code.
The script doesn't work though since it seem to ask for my steam guard code every time.


Well, it's still much faster than downloading and extracting the 600+MB zip file after every update