I absolutely love this idea!!! Please do this!! There aren't enough great non-violent video games available these days, and Factorio offers such a rich and enjoyable experience outside of wiping out Aliens that I don't feel it to be a crucial part of the experience. In my opinion, peaceful mode depr...

Agreed, 14.3 is night and day compared to the latest stable branch (13.20) as far as multiplayer stability goes...

Are you sure they aren't spawning? Sometimes it's hard to tell when you first login to a new map whether they are there or not. Sounds like you're starting your server correctly, but without Radar set up or any pollution being generated you might have to explore a bit before you encounter any aliens.

Hey Ratzap, Appreciate the reply. Among the four servers, two of them have the enemy base frequency set to "very-high" for a bit of an added challenge. The other two are vanilla. I'm not currently taking snapshots of the autosaves, but I could totally set that up so that at least once per ...

In my experience the absolute minimum you will need for a ~4 player server is 1gb which will be consumed quickly and you may experience some lag, especially as your factory grows. 2gb would be optimal.

Hey everyone, I wanted to announce four high end 24/7 dedicated servers I am hosting out of a data center in the eastern US. I'm investing a great deal of time and effort into monitoring the servers and ensuring I have the appropriate resources available to make the experience as seamless as possibl...