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I'm trying to continue a game the way i normally do by pressing "Continue Host Dilbe" right after starting the game through steam. But then i get an error "unknown key: "failed to reach auth server. Code 520. Error: Unknown error."". I understand why it fails, because today I have no internet because of maintenance. But i thought Factorio was supposed to work offline too.

Is this because i host a game instead of create a single player game? Is there something i can do to still play today? (I host when playing solo because then the game doesn't pause when looking at research screen)

Thanks in advance for any possible replies.

Is this because i host a game instead of create a single player game?

Yes

Is there something i can do to still play today?

Yes. I'm not at my personal laptop so not 100% sure of the menu items. But you would have to go "Single Player" -> "Load Game" and then find your save-file named "Dilbe".

It will also be possible to later host it yourself again when you have internet by going "Multiplayer" -> "Host existing game" or something like that.

Thanks you! Such a simple solution, i didn't know i could load a multiplayer game as single player. This works