[2.0.73] Multiplayer Steam & Website compatible?

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[2.0.73] Multiplayer Steam & Website compatible?

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Hi everyone,

I would like to play Factorio together with a friend of mine. I bought the website version while she bought the steam version. We now intend play multiplayer via the steam feature, because we had technical problems previously (see here). I linked my accounts, so I have Factorio in my steam library as well. Now I have two questions:

1. Do I need to install the game via steam? Steam tells me the game is not installed, even though it is (just not via steam). I would really like to avoid re-installing the game, if possible.
2. If not, how do we start a multiplayer session?

Thanks for all the help in advance! :D
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Re: [2.0.73] Multiplayer Steam & Website compatible?

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If you want to connect via steam networking you need to install the game on steam.
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Re: [2.0.73] Multiplayer Steam & Website compatible?

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Okay, thanks for the info!
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