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Hello all!

I'm trying to launch my server with the experimental files to take advantage of all the great new tweaks they have made. I've only managed to get it working via my home pc or the stable version for the dedicated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just pointing me in the right direction.
Sorry if this has been posted before, I could not find it.

Thanks!

Not to be mean, but what you have described is extremely vague.
You need to tell us more, for instance:
Are you trying to create a local or internet server?
What is your internet setup?
Are you connected to WiFi, or are you hardwired with Ethernet?
What machine are you running the server on?
Are you using any mods?
Who is trying to connect to your server, and what is their machine setup?

Those are just some of the examples you need to tell us so we can help you.
Also, always, ALWAYS remember to show us your last run system log.

Hope I helped!

Hey there!

Thanks for the reply, have been a little busy so only got to this now.

You're not being mean, you're right! I didn't give nearly enough info and will do my best to provide what you need now.

The server is located on a dedicated server located at a 3rd party provider. We have RDP access to the machine. It is running Windows Server OS.
I believe it is a gigabit line and the players connecting to it have various types of connections.
We are hardwired. (Hate wireless). We are spread across a city though.
The specs of the server are quite decent and should not have a problem running this game. It has hosted Ark, ARMA 3 and many other games before without any issues.
Mods, we'd like to.
Everyone trying to connect have machines more than capable.

So far one of the guys has started a local internet server that we can all connect to.

The issue we are having is not KNOWING how to install the experimental server files to a dedicated host that is not local. Would it work the same way as our own client? If you install the game using Steam Command you get the stable version. We'd like to know how to switch it over to the experimental version.

I'm sure it's something silly and small but we just can't figure it out.

Oh, the server has and IS running a server for Factorio right now. It just isn't the experimental version.

Hope that helps!? Thanks in advance.

Edit: There is no system log as we can't run the experimental version, THAT'S the issue