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Whats the point of having a downloadable zip file with no installer in it? How am i supposed to install the game from that?

Nevermind - I found it buried in the 64x folder... why isnt it in the main folder?

If you want an installer, download the installer package, not the zip package.

I believe that the OP is referring to the changing convention of placing executable files under a "bin" folder instead of the top-level installation directory that has been common practice in Windows for as long as I can remember. Does knows why the convention has been changing, as I personally find it extremely frustrating and having a reason for it would be cool as opposed to "coz the compiler puts it there".

It's a habit coming from the Unix/Linux world, and I'm OK with it : it makes things cleaner, and if it's not the most common thing in windows world, it's not unique.

Koub wrote:it makes things cleaner

hmmm...
+bin
+x64
-factorio.exe
-factorio.pub
+config
-config.ini
seems to me that "cleaner" is not really the case when the folder count is the same as the file count.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the "bin" folder convention on Unix/Linux is really just for the /bin, /usr/bin etc folders with supporting files being stored under /lib & similar. 3rd party applications (usually stored under /opt IIRC) can use whatever structure they find is convenient.

Edit: A quick google search shows that the /opt/package/bin, /opt/package/lib etc structure is recommended for *nix.