Need help with setting up a DS

[Spychotic]

Hi,

I am trying to set up a dedicated server using the Windows command line. I am following this set of instructions;

https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?title=Multiplayer

However, it isn't working. I am not an expert with the Windows command line and I am clearly missing something. Attached here is a copy paste of the commands I entered into the command console - expecting it to work - and the error messages it returned.

Can someone please enlighten me on what I have missed here? I am guessing I have missed something with defining the path which whomever wrote the wiki article presumed would be common knowledge which I do not have?

Regards,

Spike

[valneq]

Please note that a lot of the instructions in the Wiki are for the POSIX / LINUX command line. In particular note the slashes separating folders. On POSIX / LINUX they are "/" while on Windows they are "\".
Therefore, while on Linux you write

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./bin/x64/factorio

to start the game, on Windows you need to execute

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.\bin\x64\factorio.exe

The other arguments following the command should remain the same (apart from explicit references to files where you still need to write \ instead of /).

[edit] in your case, the first line you have tried to execute should have been

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.\bin\x64\factorio.exe --create .\saves\spike-server.zip --map-gen-settings .\data\map-gen-settings.json --map-settings .\data\map-settings.json

Note the consistent use of \ instead of /.

[Spychotic]

That worked. Thanks for taking the time to help me out