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Connection error, unable to log in normally
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Parts of factorio.com cannot be reached from china it seems: 107616.

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How long will it take to solve this problem

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a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:53 am
How long will it take to solve this problem
Well this type of filtering is entirely out of our control. Are you able to access https://direct.factorio.com ?
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可以正常访问
Can be accessed normally

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a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:24 am
可以正常访问
Can be accessed normally
Great, you can add this to your config.ini to let Factorio use the Cloudflare bypass.

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[servers]
auth-server=https://direct.auth.factorio.com
updater-server=https://direct.factorio.com
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vinzenz wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:58 pm
a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:24 am
可以正常访问
Can be accessed normally
Great, you can add this to your config.ini to let Factorio use the Cloudflare bypass.

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[servers]
auth-server=https://direct.auth.factorio.com
updater-server=https://direct.factorio.com
Configuration files on the c drive?
**AppData\Roaming\Factorio\config ?

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The config.ini location is described here: https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_directory
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vinzenz wrote:
Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:58 am
The config.ini location is described here: https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_directory
现在可以登录了 但是mod不能下载

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vinzenz wrote:
Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:58 am
The config.ini location is described here: https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_directory
测试https://mods.factorio.com/网站打开失败 ping在中国失败

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Unfortunately we can't provide a bypass for the mod portal at this time.
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vinzenz wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:41 am
a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:53 am
How long will it take to solve this problem
Well this type of filtering is entirely out of our control. Are you able to access https://direct.factorio.com ?
What is the reason for this? Will there be a fix later?

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gggthiopb6 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:37 pm
vinzenz wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:41 am
a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:53 am
How long will it take to solve this problem
Well this type of filtering is entirely out of our control. Are you able to access https://direct.factorio.com ?
What is the reason for this? Will there be a fix later?
Without knowing for sure I can only guess that some Government body in China blocked the webpage for some reason. China blocks a lot of websites.
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Rseding91 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:53 pm
gggthiopb6 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 6:37 pm
vinzenz wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:41 am
a12358920 wrote:
Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:53 am
How long will it take to solve this problem
Well this type of filtering is entirely out of our control. Are you able to access https://direct.factorio.com ?
What is the reason for this? Will there be a fix later?
Without knowing for sure I can only guess that some Govenernment body in China blocked the webpage for some reason. China blocks a lot of websites.
The reach covers the whole of China, and some Chinese players can't even access the Factorio website. Are you figuring out what the problem is? I want to know if it's really a government restriction, or something else that is the exact reason?

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gggthiopb6 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:59 pm
The reach covers the whole of China, and some Chinese players can't even access the Factorio website. Are you figuring out what the problem is? I want to know if it's really a government restriction, or something else that is the exact reason?
As far as I know; nobody is looking into it. We have no reports about issues outside of China which leads me to believe the issue is that and it’s between people living in China and the Chinese government blocking sites to deal with it.
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Rseding91 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:00 pm
gggthiopb6 wrote:
Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:59 pm
The reach covers the whole of China, and some Chinese players can't even access the Factorio website. Are you figuring out what the problem is? I want to know if it's really a government restriction, or something else that is the exact reason?
As far as I know; nobody is looking into it. We have no reports about issues outside of China which leads me to believe the issue is that and it’s between people living in China and the Chinese government blocking sites to deal with it.
Now the problem seems to have somehow disappeared? I don't know if it's just me, or if you guys solved the problem?

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Re: Error 520 trying to connect to authentication server from China

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We didn't change anything. Most likely it was some accidental overblocking by the chinese content filtering firewall.
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