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Sometimes when you are dropped and then reconnect the server will reject you for the insane reason of already being connected. Specifically, there already being a connected player with the same name.

This is patent nonsense, I am obviously not connected if I'm reconnecting.

I propose a simple fix: Have each instance of factorio create a random instance id at start. Then have the server check if the new connection is for an existing instance id. If so, replace the old and defunct connection with the new one.

henke37 wrote:I propose a simple fix: Have each instance of factorio create a random instance id at start. Then have the server check if the new connection is for an existing instance id. If so, replace the old and defunct connection with the new one.

That is actually a very simple solution that works even if you don't use the user verification server.

Implemented for the next version.