Headless/Dedicated Server Help

[GusTheAnt]

I'm trying to set up a headless/dedicated server and I've been fighting through errors, and this is the one that I can't solve. It says "Key 'description' not found at property ROOT", I've checked time and time again that the description in the server settings.json is correct. Could it be that I have it in the wrong place? I have everything pointed in the correct folder and everything named correctly in my .bat.

I have the game installed on my B drive.

.bat file

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@echo off
::==============================================================================================================
::==============================================================================================================

set FactorioExeLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\

set SaveFileName=TheSweatshop.zip
set SaveLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\

set ServerSettingsFileName=serversettings.json
set ServerSettingsLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\

set ServerConfigFileName=configserver.ini
set ServerConfigLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\

set MapConfigFileName=mapgen.json
set MapConfigLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\

::==============================================================================================================

cd %FactorioExeLocation%

echo.
echo.
echo PREPARING TO LAUNCH FACTORIO SERVER...
echo.
echo    Save to be loaded:
echo        %SaveLocation%%SaveFileName% 
echo.
echo    Server Settings to load: 
echo        %ServerSettingsLocation%%ServerSettingsFileName%
echo.
echo.
echo *** Remember to use Ctrl+C to close the server and save instead of simply closing this window           ***
echo *** If asked to terminate the batch job, type y (yes)                                                   ***
echo.
pause 3

::==============================================================================================================
:: ***NOTE: The line below launches factorio in headless mode with desired server settings, add any other
::          desired arguments to end of the line. Use "factorio.exe --help" for a list of all supported arguments.
::==============================================================================================================
factorio.exe --start-server "%SaveLocation%%SaveFileName%" --server-settings "%ServerSettingsLocation%%ServerSettingsFileName%" -c "%ServerConfigLocation%%ServerConfigFileName%"

pause 3

When I launch the .bat this is what it says.

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PREPARING TO LAUNCH FACTORIO SERVER...

   Save to be loaded:
       B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\TheSweatshop.zip

   Server Settings to load:
       B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\serversettings.json


*** Remember to use Ctrl+C to close the server and save instead of simply closing this window           ***
*** If asked to terminate the batch job, type y (yes)                                                   ***

Press any key to continue . . .
   0.054 2017-10-04 22:12:53; Factorio 0.15.34 (build 30875, win64, steam)
   0.055 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
   0.056 Program arguments: "factorio.exe" "--start-server" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\TheSweatshop.zip" "--server-settings" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\serversettings.json" "-c" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\configserver.ini"
   0.057 Read data path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
   0.057 Write data path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/server
   0.057 Binaries path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
   0.221 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4430 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 4 cores, RAM: 8129MB]
   0.239 Running in headless mode
   0.352 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
   0.438 Loading mod base 0.15.34 (data.lua)
   1.678 Loading mod base 0.15.34 (data-updates.lua)
   1.796 Checksum for core: 1519575497
   1.796 Checksum of base: 1503927233
   2.208 Info PlayerData.cpp:58: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1507090889
   2.208 Info PlayerData.cpp:65: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
   2.359 Custom inputs active: 0
   2.457 Factorio initialised
   2.518 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:140: Quitting multiplayer connection.
   2.519 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:671: mapTick(-1) changing state from(Ready) to(Closed)
   2.562 Goodbye
   0.000  Error Util.cpp:62: Key "description" not found in property tree at ROOT, please check data/server-settings.example.json for correct format.
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If I need to post this to a different board please let me know.

[Koub]

[Koub] Moved to technical help

[Loewchen]

Post your serversettings.json file, make sure to mask passwords.