Headless/Dedicated Server Help
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:22 am
I'm trying to set up a headless/dedicated server and I've been fighting through errors, and this is the one that I can't solve. It says "Key 'description' not found at property ROOT", I've checked time and time again that the description in the server settings.json is correct. Could it be that I have it in the wrong place? I have everything pointed in the correct folder and everything named correctly in my .bat.
I have the game installed on my B drive.
.bat file
When I launch the .bat this is what it says.
If I need to post this to a different board please let me know.
I have the game installed on my B drive.
.bat file
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@echo off
::==============================================================================================================
::==============================================================================================================
set FactorioExeLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\
set SaveFileName=TheSweatshop.zip
set SaveLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\
set ServerSettingsFileName=serversettings.json
set ServerSettingsLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\
set ServerConfigFileName=configserver.ini
set ServerConfigLocation=B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\
set MapConfigFileName=mapgen.json
set MapConfigLocation=B:\Program Files x64\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 close the server and save instead of simply closing this window ***
echo *** If asked to terminate the batch job, type y (yes) ***
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%" -c "%ServerConfigLocation%%ServerConfigFileName%"
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PREPARING TO LAUNCH FACTORIO SERVER...
Save to be loaded:
B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\TheSweatshop.zip
Server Settings to load:
B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\serversettings.json
*** Remember to use Ctrl+C to close the server and save instead of simply closing this window ***
*** If asked to terminate the batch job, type y (yes) ***
Press any key to continue . . .
0.054 2017-10-04 22:12:53; Factorio 0.15.34 (build 30875, win64, steam)
0.055 Operating system: Windows 10 (version 1607)
0.056 Program arguments: "factorio.exe" "--start-server" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\TheSweatshop.zip" "--server-settings" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\serversettings.json" "-c" "B:\Program Files x64\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\server\configserver.ini"
0.057 Read data path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
0.057 Write data path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/server
0.057 Binaries path: B:/Program Files x64/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
0.221 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4430 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 4 cores, RAM: 8129MB]
0.239 Running in headless mode
0.352 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.438 Loading mod base 0.15.34 (data.lua)
1.678 Loading mod base 0.15.34 (data-updates.lua)
1.796 Checksum for core: 1519575497
1.796 Checksum of base: 1503927233
2.208 Info PlayerData.cpp:58: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1507090889
2.208 Info PlayerData.cpp:65: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
2.359 Custom inputs active: 0
2.457 Factorio initialised
2.518 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:140: Quitting multiplayer connection.
2.519 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:671: mapTick(-1) changing state from(Ready) to(Closed)
2.562 Goodbye
0.000 Error Util.cpp:62: Key "description" not found in property tree at ROOT, please check data/server-settings.example.json for correct format.
Press any key to continue . . .