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Looks like there's already a post on this issue so I'll just link it here:
viewtopic.php?f=66&t=37950
(It's not implemented but is in that sub-forum for some reason.)

Quick summary: Please add an option to limit number of players actively downloading the map.

Alternatively, could some kind of torrent approach be used in map download? That would speed up things nicely.

Essentially:

1. Map is downloaded in chunks.
2. Chunk is downloaded from whoever has a chunk, not necessarily the server.
3. At start of download, when only server has the map, it provides different chunks to different clients.

@Lav - That would be neat, but probably a lot more effort from the devs

I'm just asking for a very simple, OPTIONAL feature, that would even just tell the person trying to join: "Sorry, join queue is full, try again in a few minutes".

Would improve my server playability by a significant amount.

Oarc wrote:@Lav - That would be neat, but probably a lot more effort from the devs

Not that much actually - there are plenty of P2P libraries available.

But at this point even a basic solution would be good I guess.

Well, I think you cannot compare any "normal" p2p game with Factorio.

Added to viewtopic.php?f=80&t=32968 Collection of Of Ideas around Multiplayer: Lobby-Features, Joining, Mod&Game-Loading, ...

And see similar suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37950

Thanks!