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Bought the game on Steam and want to run a headless server.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 10:44 pm
by lrolofson
The server runs fine, aside from some hiccups, but I'd really like to run a small server for my friends on my server box *without* Steam. Is there a way to get a copy of the game without the steam DRM so I can run a truly headless server?

Additionally, the way it's set up right now, I have to have Steam installed and be logged in to start Factorio and run the server, but when I log in from another machine Steam makes me log in again. It's annoying. Also as far as I can tell it's impossible to run a headless server and start another instance of Factorio with Steam running.

Feel free to call me an idiot and tell me I should have known what I was getting into when I bought from Steam, but please include some suggestions with your insults.

Re: Bought the game on Steam and want to run a headless server.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:19 pm
by DaveMcW
The linux headless server is completely free, download it here: http://www.factorio.com/download-headless/stable

Re: Bought the game on Steam and want to run a headless server.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:42 pm
by lrolofson
Oh sweet, thanks! This community is awesome.

edit: Oh no, I'm getting a 503. I'll try again later. Spoke too soon.