Hi guys and gals. Not sure this is the right place to ask, but if not I assume someone will move my post.
I am currently a couple of hundred hours into a 0.15 version play-thru of Sea Block. I am enjoying myself thoroughly. I'd rather not update the game/save to 0.16, mainly because with this much time into the game I just want to finish it as I started it. No problems there. Except, I'd love to start a new vanilla game in 0.16. Is there a convenient/easy way to have multiple versions of Factorio installed and working? If it makes any difference my copy is on Steam. Perhaps, I could buy another copy directly from the devs and do a separate install somehow?
Multi-version Factorio ?
Multi-version Factorio ?
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Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
Download the zip version of the installer, unzip it to wherever. Use the exe in the bin folder inside that unzipped version. That is a different version of the game, not technically installed.
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Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
At the risk of sounding like a dolt... so, place the zip version in an alternate directory and simply launch the executable in the bin folder and it will load the version in the alternate directory -- completely ignorant of the previously existing version, correct? Practically sounds too good to be true. Never guessed it would be that easy.
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Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
Yes, the .zip installation only uses files inside its folder and all files it generates, like saves, settings or mods are created in its folder.Mr. Tact wrote:(...) so, place the zip version in an alternate directory and simply launch the executable in the bin folder and it will load the version in the alternate directory -- completely ignorant of the previously existing version (...)
Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
Handy. That works well as a portable version then, you could load it from an USB stick and play on any system.
Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
Wait, even the stuff that the Steam version generates in %appdata%/Factorio (logs etc.)?Loewchen wrote:Yes, the .zip installation only uses files inside its folder and all files it generates, like saves, settings or mods are created in its folder.Mr. Tact wrote:(...) so, place the zip version in an alternate directory and simply launch the executable in the bin folder and it will load the version in the alternate directory -- completely ignorant of the previously existing version (...)
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Re: Multi-version Factorio ?
Maybe Steam version is worse also in this aspect and only non-Steam Factorio keeps to its folder?Jap2.0 wrote:Wait, even the stuff that the Steam version generates in %appdata%/Factorio (logs etc.)?Loewchen wrote:Yes, the .zip installation only uses files inside its folder and all files it generates, like saves, settings or mods are created in its folder.Mr. Tact wrote:(...) so, place the zip version in an alternate directory and simply launch the executable in the bin folder and it will load the version in the alternate directory -- completely ignorant of the previously existing version (...)