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Posted: **Sat May 06, 2017 4:39 am**

Hi there,

New to Factorio (only have 100 hrs in so far). I have been trying all night to setup a windows based server. I can get the server to run without pointing the batch file to a server-settings file. Whenever I put in a link to the server settings i get a crash.

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0.001 2017-05-06 00:32:47; Factorio 0.15.9 (build 29504, win64, steam)
0.001 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.001 Program arguments: "factorio.exe" "--start-server" "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\ MP.zip" "--server-settings" "server-settings.json set ServerSettingsLocation=D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Factorio\data""
0.001 Read data path: D:/Steam/SteamApps/common/Factorio/data
0.001 Write data path: C:/Users/Adam/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
0.001 Binaries path: D:/Steam/SteamApps/common/Factorio/bin
0.008 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 8 cores, RAM: 16321MB]
0.008 Running in headless mode
0.013 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.018 Loading mod base 0.15.9 (data.lua)
0.117 Loading mod base 0.15.9 (data-updates.lua)
0.179 Checksum for core: 3409166051
0.180 Checksum of base: 3769930138
0.291 Info PlayerData.cpp:55: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1494044520
0.291 Info PlayerData.cpp:62: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
0.293 Custom inputs active: 0
0.298 Factorio initialised
0.299 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:139: Quitting multiplayer connection.
0.299 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:663: mapTick(-1) changing state from(Ready) to(Closed)
0.317 Goodbye
0.000 Error Util.cpp:58: Error when opening server-settings.json set ServerSettingsLocation=D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Factorio\data" for reading: Invalid argument

Here is a copy of my server file. It was a direct copy from the sample, but in attempts to get this working I have cleaned out stuff I wasn't using. The error is exactly the same.

{
"name": "Khameleon21",
"description": "My Game",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"max_players": "4",

"visibility": "public",

"username": "Khameleon21",
"password": "Something",

"game_password": "test",

"verify_user_identity": "true",
}

The example I found in the forum had no "" or a , on the true statement on the verify user identity. I have tried it both ways.

Here is my server batch file.

@echo off
::==============================================================================================================
:: Replace the appropriate entries below to suit your installation (Default install example shown) ::==============================================================================================================
set FactorioExeLocation=D:\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\Factorio\bin\x64\
set SaveFileName=MP.zip
set SaveLocation=C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\
set ServerSettingsFileName=server-settings.json set ServerSettingsLocation=D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Factorio\data\
::==============================================================================================================
cd %FactorioExeLocation%
echo.
echo.
echo PREPARING TO LAUNCH FACTORIO SERVER...
echo.
echo Save to be loaded:
echo %SaveLocation%%SaveFileName%
echo.
echo Server Settings to load:
echo %ServerSettingsLocation%%ServerSettingsFileName%
echo.
echo.
echo *** Remember to use Ctrl+C to ensure saving when finished instead of simply closing this window ***
echo.
echo.
pause 3
::==============================================================================================================
:: ***NOTE: The line below launches factorio in headless mode with desired server settings, add any other
:: desired arguments to end of the line. Use "factorio.exe --help" for a list of all supported arguments.
::==============================================================================================================
factorio.exe --start-server "%SaveLocation%%SaveFileName%" --server-settings "%ServerSettingsLocation%%ServerSettingsFileName%"
pause 3

It will work if I comment out the server settings.

I am using 15.9. I have also tried this a stand alone download of the game from this site, and always the same error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks in advanced

Posted: **Sun May 07, 2017 2:07 pm**

Khameleon21 wrote:
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  "visibility": "public",

Visibility should be defined like this (changed sometime in 0.14.x):

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  "visibility":
  {
    "public": true,
    "lan": true
  },

Posted: **Mon May 08, 2017 1:48 am**

I am not at home for right now, will try it tomorrow. \\

Thank you very much for helping

Posted: **Mon May 08, 2017 11:10 pm**

Did what you said and exact same error.

{
"name": "Khameleon21",
"description": "My Game",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"max_players": "4",

"visibility":
{
"public": true,
"lan": true
}
"username": "Khameleon",
"password": "test",

"game_password": "password",

"verify_user_identity": true
}

Any other thoughts?

Posted: **Tue May 09, 2017 4:33 pm**

Put a comma after the closing curly brace of the "visibility" block.

Posted: **Tue May 09, 2017 8:37 pm**

Wish I could say it work, but no joy! does anyone have a working one with a current version they could share?

Here is the lastest attempt.

{
"name": "Khameleon21",
"description": "My Game",
"tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
"max_players": "4",

"visibility":
{
"public": true,
"lan": true
},
"username": "Khameleon",
"password": "test",

"game_password": test",

"verify_user_identity": true
}

Posted: **Tue May 09, 2017 8:40 pm**

"game_password": test",

Now there's a double quote missing...

Posted: **Wed May 10, 2017 3:37 pm**

Sorry that was my fault, I erased the password i was using and put test for the post The original did have the password in quotes,

Posted: **Wed May 10, 2017 5:14 pm**

Okay, just read your first post again.

0.001 Program arguments: "factorio.exe" "--start-server" "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\ MP.zip" "--server-settings" "server-settings.json set ServerSettingsLocation=D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Factorio\data""

The thing after "--server-settings" should probably just be something like "D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Factorio\data\server-settings.json" or wherever you put that file.

Posted: **Wed May 10, 2017 7:21 pm**

Thanks so much! I just took out the set commands and after server settings I put the actual location and file name instead of the %ServerSettingsLocation%%ServerSettingsFileName%..

Thanks again!

Posted: **Thu May 11, 2017 10:41 pm**

spaces in mapname or inside wont work too. keep that in mind

Posted: **Fri May 12, 2017 5:32 pm**

Spaces in file names work fine if they are properly quoted or escaped. You just need to pass the actual file name instead of some gibberish.

Posted: **Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:15 am**

I'm having a problem getting my server going again. giving me an 'invalid arguement' error with the server settings command line.

This is my serverstart.bat

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 start /wait Factorio.exe --start-server C:\Users\Dyne\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves\server.zip --server-settings E:\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\server.json\ --no-log-rotation

and the error itself

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Error when opening E:\Steam\Steamapps\common\Factorio\data\server.json for reading: invalid arguement

can anyone help?

Posted: **Sun Mar 04, 2018 4:47 am**

Make a new topic in technical help please.

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