Sounds nice for new players. I was browsing the forums looking for some advanced scenarios so I won't try it, but I just wanted to say (since nobody else replied yet) that it sounds like a nice introduction to the game!

Steps to reproduce: 1. Host a Factorio server or find an existing one. Note its IP address and port. 2. Launch Factorio with `--mp-connect IP:port` Expected result: Factorio will authenticate itself through the auth system and connects to the server. Actual result: Factorio refuses to connect. It se...

Am I the only one who does not feel like downloading every mod separately, for every server again and again? You don't have to anymore :) http://serverlist.lgms.nl/screenshot-modpackdownloader.png serverlist.lgms.nl/#downloadMods The mod pack downloader From this website you can download all popular...

http://serverlist.lgms.nl/screenshot-modpackdownloader.png serverlist.lgms.nl/#downloadMods New: the mod pack downloader Instead of downloading each mod individually for every server, you can now download all the popular mods in one zip file. It collects popular mods (played by 2 or more players) p...

Mods always need to be downloaded.

Server-side mods can be kind-of implemented using scenario maps, but these server-only mods would not show as mods anyway.

Breaking: multiplayer games are now required to be equipped with face masks.

I was absently reading the top post but had to back up a little when I came across this one :D Im running a watercooled and overclocked I7, 16 gigs of fairly fast ram and a decent graphics card. [...] Base is far from complete but we are running about 500 MW of constant power drain increasing fairly...

Just open the server browser and find a game with a few players in it ;). If the server browser is frustrating (it shows all versions, even if you can't join them), you could use the one I made . Fair warning though: not everyone is nice to new players. When I went online first, I had already played...

Many people are pushing for "turn it on already" or "please no" but we seem to be iterating over the following two points again and again: - Tapatalk is annoying with all the popups. If those can be turned off, it's just an extra option which is not in the way for anyone. - A mob...

The problem with the custom skin is that the contrast is too low. Same on mods.factorio.com, the description on a mod page is hard to read. The default is not in Factorio style (thanks a lot for keeping it available btw) which is too bad, but it's so much easier to read.

Hmm there are two issues and one "but" with that: - "But you can already do that", as you mentioned. - The latest stable version changes regularly, it would have to be fetched and cached from factorio's website (or maybe the auto-update API, not sure how easy that is to figure ou...

Oh it seems like the sort by distance is indeed better idea than the sort by country, but I see you implemented both, which is nice! Thanks :) I had my doubts about how it might work for some reason but yes, sort by distance actually finds Finnish, Russian, Swedish and Norwegian servers for me firs...

New version! Lots of big and small improvements, I'll list the bigger ones here: - Sort by distance from you! https://i.snag.gy/8bqJxB.jpg - Loading time improved hugely. For me it went from 2.8 seconds to 150ms (network traffic time not included, though that's improved too). - You can now find mod...

It wouldn't be a complete replacement, only something that runs in the background to provide the website (upon loading the page) with ping times to all servers. Even if I would make a full client, which would be a lot of double work, I'm not sure it could launch Factorio and connect to a server dire...

I wanted to do that, but unfortunately this is only possible from a client, not from a website. Factorio does not communicate over HTTP, or even TCP (the underlaying layer of HTTP) so there is no way to communicate with Factorio game servers from your browser. And of course the measurement must be d...

Trains are fun till you get ran over Seconded. I was crossing tracks like two wagon's lengths ahead of a train (saw it coming, it drove slowly, I could easily make it)... then got killed by lag. Lost lots of resources I was carrying to craft the last gen armor. What a pain in the ass that was. Cost...

Thanks!

Thinking about the suggestions... maybe I have an even better idea: sort by distance. It would obtain your location from your IP address and compute how far each server is away. How does that sound?

It's natural tech-tree progression, stone furnace>steel furnace>>>electric furnace. *realization hits* :shock: It all makes sense now! "Steel" in "steel furnace" doesn't refer to its purpose but to itself. It's not a furnace to make steel, it's a furnace made of steel! When I st...

Post in feature requests, if there isn't a topic already ;) I like having a server browser outside of the game though. Makes it a lot easier to just open a tab, check if someone's online that you want to play with, and then decide whether to open up (and load) the game. In another game that had a se...

After this I reconnected to the same server without problems. Spawned right back where I was and was able to complete what I was doing. Played for another 2-3 hours, no crash. I'll let you know if this occurs again of course, but otherwise I'm afraid I have no steps to reproduce. Like I said: This i...