Add ability to run headless server in 'Light' mode
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:05 am
I am unsure if this functionality would be easily added, however
It would be usefull if it were possible to run a factorio server, that didn't actually run the save like normal, but simply hosted the file, and was able to pass said save to the first user to connect to it, and then direct further clients to connect to that inital user as the host.
Currently I have maps running with friends that have been running for a few months on and off, however rather then paying $$ for good hosting, we simply use one person consistently as the host for a save, OR cloud storage to pass the save around.
Being able to use a version of the factorio server that could manage that for us would be very conveniant, and idealy could run on almost any hardware/virtual provided it had enough storage for the full save.
It would be usefull if it were possible to run a factorio server, that didn't actually run the save like normal, but simply hosted the file, and was able to pass said save to the first user to connect to it, and then direct further clients to connect to that inital user as the host.
Currently I have maps running with friends that have been running for a few months on and off, however rather then paying $$ for good hosting, we simply use one person consistently as the host for a save, OR cloud storage to pass the save around.
Being able to use a version of the factorio server that could manage that for us would be very conveniant, and idealy could run on almost any hardware/virtual provided it had enough storage for the full save.