Koub wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:14 am @OP : Maybe you should try to get in touch with Wube via the general contact on this page :
https://www.factorio.com/contact

ty for the pointer. email already sent!

distortions864 wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:17 pm I think our most players ever was around 40.
5 to 15 is what we commonly see.

20-25 across a few factorio servers is common for us.

my friend group has only ever tried 5 ppl max, so its hard to load test at this time. ive never seen a map with up to 40, but thats exciting to see

You're asking permission for commercial use of their IP, addressing the company, in a public forum instead of contacting them directly and privately.



I admit it was forward of me to ask openly on the public forum, and I'm sorry that this does not belong here.

My original intent was to ...

I have servers that use as much as 5-6GB of virtual, and 4gb resident memory on Linux.
That is only after 3 days game time, with no mods.

A brand-new map is about 150m resident and about 600mb virtual.
I wouldn't even attempt to play on a server with 512mb ram.


That's a good point. whats the ...

just a tip: factorio requires minimum of 4GB ram (as said on steam store page), so I don't think it's wise to offer someone a server with 512MB of memory


Well the server software probably doesn't have the same hardware requirements as the client, which as you mentioned is 4GB of ram. But I ...

Dear Wube Software Team,

First of all, thank you for all your terrific work on Factorio. This game has been very enjoyable for myself and my friends during these times of global lockdown.

I'm trying to make it easier for players to host their own Factorio servers, since my friends and I faced many ...