Headless Server: writing Permission denied [Solved]

[Brick]

So i was trying to set up a headless server when i encountered a wild writing permission error:

Main problem

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1.394 Error Main.cpp:44 Couldn't load the game for MP: Error when opening C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\currently-playing\locale\af\. for writing: Permission denied

While i can clearly tell that it isn't capable of writing to a file i have no clue to what the only thing that it says that is possibly related to this is:

Probably related

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   1.486 Error MultiplayerManager.cpp:129: MultiplayerManager failed: "Error when opening C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\currently-playing\locale\af\. for writing: Permission denied"

Does anyone here know how to solve this?

Note:
The map is based off a scenario yet it does not have any script with it only some neutral and/or indestructible stuff.
Also yes i'm aware that it probably was extra information but might as well be safe then possibly sorry i suppose.
Before anyone starts about administrator mode i already tried that and made the server not even start at at all.

Edit:
Found out that it is because the start.bat is IN the factorio\bin\x64 which steam makes a read-only. Yet i still have the problem that i can't open it since it keeps linking me back tot he steam directory.

[Brick]

I hate to bump a topic but since it hasn't been solve yet i see not other option.

I might at this point just give anything that could possibly be related and hope someone knows how to fix this.

Errors

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0.826 Error MultiplayerManager.cpp:129: MultiplayerManager failed: "Error when opening C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\currently-playing\locale\af\. for writing: Permission denied"

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0.826 Error MultiplayerManager.cpp:129: MultiplayerManager failed: "Error when opening C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\currently-playing\locale\af\. for writing: Permission denied"

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0.826 Error MultiplayerManager.cpp:129: MultiplayerManager failed: "Error when opening C:\Users\Eelco\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp\currently-playing\locale\af\. for writing: Permission denied"

Start.bat

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@echo off
start /W factorio.exe. --start-server ".\saves\server.zip" --server-settings ".\data\server-settings.json"
pause>nul

Location of Factorio server is IN the steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64 (which is on a separate hard-drive)

Please do note that i tried to set it to a normal folder yet something sets it back every time which doesn't really help me at all. If anyone has any clue on how to solve this please post it here.

[posila]

Hi, can you post full log here, please? Also if the save is not from freeplay scenario, upload the save too, so we can test it locally.

Well, first delete C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp folder. Something in it might be read-only by accident, so better get rid of it.

Second, I am unclear about what you try to achieve.

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start /W factorio.exe. --start-server ".\saves\server.zip" --server-settings ".\data\server-settings.json"

Looks like you want to start server with save located at:
steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\saves\server.zip and server setting located at steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\server-settings.json
It might be best if you just specify full paths to those files (both the save and server-settings.json) ... for example --start-server "C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\server.zip", or --start-server "C:\My Factorio Saves\server.zip" ... wherever you put it.

[Brick]

Hi, can you post full log here, please? Also if the save is not from freeplay scenario, upload the save too, so we can test it locally.

Well, first delete C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\temp folder. Something in it might be read-only by accident, so better get rid of it.

Second, I am unclear about what you try to achieve.

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start /W factorio.exe. --start-server ".\saves\server.zip" --server-settings ".\data\server-settings.json"

Looks like you want to start server with save located at:
steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\saves\server.zip and server setting located at steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\server-settings.json
It might be best if you just specify full paths to those files (both the save and server-settings.json) ... for example --start-server "C:\Users\Brick\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\server.zip", or --start-server "C:\My Factorio Saves\server.zip" ... wherever you put it.

For one thanks for the reply, I just went down the list of stuff you had written and so far it does sadly not change anything. Also on the note of the save and server settings location i did move it into the Factorio\bin\x64 folder mainly because it meant that i didn't have to put the full address in Start.bat and that i could be lazy by using the ".\save\[filename].zip". At the cost of just making a copy of the saves IN the x64 folder.


Having tested if it makes a difference even the very location of start.bat or the save files for that matter. It does not seem to make a difference what so ever. Also i have never had any files IN the temp directory i checked it multiple times, either they are hidden or it is just empty.

Therefor i will add a zip file(With the log from the server) with all the contents of the server including the map since it was a scenario that was saved from however i did try to load a normal map which gave me the same error as reported earlier.

[posila]

Ah ... I see the problem. You unzipped a save, changes something in it and zipped it again. That produces save that is not currently loadable (should be fixed in next release).

I attached save that is re-zipped in a way that is loadable.

[Brick]

Yep that fixed the problem alright. Thanks for the help
And just out of wild curiosity what does change then? given that in theory the files stay the same.

[posila]

It is folders in the zip. Zip stores folders as files that have name with "/" as last character and Factorio didn't like this. But folders don't need to be in a ZIP at all, because file names already contain full path.

[Brick]

Hmm Interesting so the only reason why it was in a zip file was most likely to compress it then or is it just easier to work with this way?