Keep server running with zero players active

[Tybs]

Greetings all,

Recently I got hold of a virtual server, on which I decided to keep a dedicated Factorio headless server running: I thought it would give an extra challenge to keep base defenses intact while the base is attacked overnight, with all the players being gone. However, this morning I discovered that the game did not continue from the point where we left off. I guess this makes sense in a technical way, since it seems useless to keep a server active when there is no one playing: however, in our case, we actually want the game to continue at that time. Is there a setting of some sort to make the server behave in this way? Thanks in advance for the help!

Greetz,
Tybs

[voyta]

workaround: connect with another client from the server machine that just stands at 0,0 and keeps the game "alive"

[Tybs]

workaround: connect with another client from the server machine that just stands at 0,0 and keeps the game "alive"

Thought of that: it's definitely a nice idea, but my server is purely console based and does not support graphical interfaces. Another issue there is that my linux knowledge is extremely limited, so it doesn't seem to be an option for me at the moment . Still, thanks for the helping thought!

[Kane]

I asked this about a week ago also no answers. This might be better under suggestions.

[Tybs]

Thanks for the response: I found your topic after a bit of digging. I'll make a suggestion out of it indeed

[Oxyd]

This isn't possible, as auto-pausing the server when no one is on was one of the requirements for the dedicated server feature.

But since there's interest, adding an option to keep the world running shouldn't be too difficult.

[Kane]

This isn't possible, as auto-pausing the server when no one is on was one of the requirements for the dedicated server feature.

But since there's interest, adding an option to keep the world running shouldn't be too difficult.

Thank you

[Tybs]

This isn't possible, as auto-pausing the server when no one is on was one of the requirements for the dedicated server feature.

But since there's interest, adding an option to keep the world running shouldn't be too difficult.

Awesome: thx for the response

[Peter34]

Thanks for the response: I found your topic after a bit of digging. I'll make a suggestion out of it indeed

Since Ssilk is AWOL, I'll post the link:
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... =6&t=16777