Please add UNIX time stamps to any entry in the console and let the client render those localized so we finally know when what happend.
I like to know when people connect / disconnect to my game because I often run the game idle in the background as a OP screen saver 🤣
(Watching trains doing their thing is kinda soothing)
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QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
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QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
Last edited by MrFaul on Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:55 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
You can do this with the ts utility from moreutils, as a piped command when launching the game, eg for a Headless Server.
Good luck!
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Re: QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
+1MrFaul wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:56 am Please add UNIX time stamps to any entry in the console and let the client render those localized so we finally now when what happend.
I like to know when people connect / disconnect to my game because I often run the game idle in the background as a OP screen saver
(Watching trains doing their thing is kinda soothing)
Also this might be a duplicate I only scanned the search results tersely because there were a lot of unrelated stuff.
If so please merge appropriately.

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Re: QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
+1
I don't use Factorio as a screen saver, but sounds like a good idea anyway!
I don't use Factorio as a screen saver, but sounds like a good idea anyway!
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Re: QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
Very valuable tip, not just for Factorio but for general server management. (That I already know)eugenekay wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:49 pm You can do this with the ts utility from moreutils, as a piped command when launching the game, eg for a Headless Server.
Good luck!
I just want that in-game for the log/console/chat ;-)
A toggable option would be a additional boon.
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Re: QOL: Time stamps for the ingame console.
+1 on that