Factorio

This tutorial explains how to set up a Factorio server in the Cobalt dashboard.

Adding a token

Immediately after creating the server, you may see the message Error when creating server game: Missing token in the console. This token is required for the server to appear in the game's search results.

TIP

This is an optional setting, you will still be able to connect to the server using IP.

1. Log in to your Factorio account.

2. Go to the profile page.

3. Copy the username and token values.

4. Go to the Cobalt dashboard.

5. Open the servers page.

6. Find the server you want to add token in the table and click the first button in the actions column.

7. Click the stop button in the control block.

8. Open the files tab at the top.

9. Open the data/server-settings.json file in the file editor.

10. Insert the values for username and token into the appropriate fields.

11. Click the save button in the bottom left corner.

12. Open the overview tab at the top.

13. Click the restart button in the control block.

Changing configs

1. Open the servers page.

2. Find the server you want to change settings in the table and click the first button in the actions column.

3. Click the stop button in the control block.

4. Open the files tab at the top.

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   map-gen-settings.json

   1. Open the data/map-gen-settings.json file in the file editor.

   2. Update the settings.

   List of settings

   This table refers to version 2.0.77. Some settings may not be available in earlier versions.

   Key	Type	Default	Description
   width	integer	0	Width of the map, in tiles. 0 means infinite.
   height	integer	0	Height of the map, in tiles. 0 means infinite.
   starting_area	number	1	Multiplier for the "biter free zone radius".
   peaceful_mode	boolean	false	Enables peaceful mode. true - enabled false - disabled
   autoplace_controls.coal.frequency	number	1	Frequency of coal ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.coal.size	number	1	Size of coal ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.coal.richness	number	1	Richness of coal ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.stone.frequency	number	1	Frequency of stone ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.stone.size	number	1	Size of stone ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.stone.richness	number	1	Richness of stone ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.copper-ore.frequency	number	1	Frequency of copper ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.copper-ore.size	number	1	Size of copper ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.copper-ore.richness	number	1	Richness of copper ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.iron-ore.frequency	number	1	Frequency of iron ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.iron-ore.size	number	1	Size of iron ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.iron-ore.richness	number	1	Richness of iron ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.uranium-ore.frequency	number	1	Frequency of uranium ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.uranium-ore.size	number	1	Size of uranium ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.uranium-ore.richness	number	1	Richness of uranium ore patches.
   autoplace_controls.crude-oil.frequency	number	1	Frequency of crude oil patches.
   autoplace_controls.crude-oil.size	number	1	Size of crude oil patches.
   autoplace_controls.crude-oil.richness	number	1	Richness of crude oil patches.
   autoplace_controls.water.frequency	number	1	Frequency of water.
   autoplace_controls.water.size	number	1	Size of water bodies.
   autoplace_controls.trees.frequency	number	1	Frequency of trees.
   autoplace_controls.trees.size	number	1	Size of tree clusters.
   autoplace_controls.enemy-base.frequency	number	1	Frequency of enemy bases.
   autoplace_controls.enemy-base.size	number	1	Size of enemy bases.
   cliff_settings.name	string	cliff	Name of the cliff prototype.
   cliff_settings.cliff_elevation_0	number	10	Elevation of the first row of cliffs.
   cliff_settings.cliff_elevation_interval	number	40	Elevation difference between successive rows of cliffs. Inversely proportional to "frequency" in the map generation GUI - when set from the GUI, the value is 40 / frequency.
   cliff_settings.richness	number	1	Called "cliff continuity" in the map generator GUI. 0 results in no cliffs, 10 makes all cliff rows completely solid.
   property_expression_names.control:moisture:frequency	string	1	Inverse of the "moisture scale" in the map generator GUI.
   property_expression_names.control:moisture:bias	string	0	The "moisture bias" in the map generator GUI.
   property_expression_names.control:aux:frequency	string	1	Inverse of the "terrain type scale" in the map generator GUI.
   property_expression_names.control:aux:bias	string	0	The "terrain type bias" in the map generator GUI.
   starting_points	array	[{"x": 0, "y": 0}]	List of starting point coordinates for players.
   seed	integer	null	World seed. Use null for a random seed, or a number for a specific seed.

   WARNING

   After changing the settings, delete the saves/map.zip file so that the map will be regenerated when the server restarts.

   3. Click the save button in the bottom left corner.

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   map-settings.json

   1. Open the data/map-settings.json file in the file editor.

   2. Update the settings.

   List of settings

   This table refers to version 2.0.77. Some settings may not be available in earlier versions.

   Key	Type	Default	Description
   difficulty_settings.technology_price_multiplier	number	1
   difficulty_settings.spoil_time_modifier	number	1
   pollution.enabled	boolean	true
   pollution.diffusion_ratio	number	0.02
   pollution.min_to_diffuse	number	15
   pollution.ageing	number	1
   pollution.expected_max_per_chunk	number	150
   pollution.min_to_show_per_chunk	number	50
   pollution.min_pollution_to_damage_trees	number	60
   pollution.pollution_with_max_forest_damage	number	150
   pollution.pollution_per_tree_damage	number	50
   pollution.pollution_restored_per_tree_damage	number	10
   pollution.max_pollution_to_restore_trees	number	20
   pollution.enemy_attack_pollution_consumption_modifier	number	1
   enemy_evolution.enabled	boolean	true
   enemy_evolution.time_factor	number	0.000004
   enemy_evolution.destroy_factor	number	0.002
   enemy_evolution.pollution_factor	number	0.0000009
   enemy_expansion.enabled	boolean	true
   enemy_expansion.max_expansion_distance	number	7
   enemy_expansion.friendly_base_influence_radius	number	2
   enemy_expansion.enemy_building_influence_radius	number	2
   enemy_expansion.building_coefficient	number	0.1
   enemy_expansion.other_base_coefficient	number	2.0
   enemy_expansion.neighbouring_chunk_coefficient	number	0.5
   enemy_expansion.neighbouring_base_chunk_coefficient	number	0.4
   enemy_expansion.max_colliding_tiles_coefficient	number	0.9
   enemy_expansion.settler_group_min_size	number	5
   enemy_expansion.settler_group_max_size	number	20
   enemy_expansion.min_expansion_cooldown	number	14400
   enemy_expansion.max_expansion_cooldown	number	216000
   unit_group.min_group_gathering_time	number	3600
   unit_group.max_group_gathering_time	number	36000
   unit_group.max_wait_time_for_late_members	number	7200
   unit_group.max_group_radius	number	30.0
   unit_group.min_group_radius	number	5.0
   unit_group.max_member_speedup_when_behind	number	1.4
   unit_group.max_member_slowdown_when_ahead	number	0.6
   unit_group.max_group_slowdown_factor	number	0.3
   unit_group.max_group_member_fallback_factor	number	3
   unit_group.member_disown_distance	number	10
   unit_group.tick_tolerance_when_member_arrives	number	60
   unit_group.max_gathering_unit_groups	number	30
   unit_group.max_unit_group_size	number	200
   steering.default.radius	number	1.2
   steering.default.separation_force	number	0.005
   steering.default.separation_factor	number	1.2
   steering.default.force_unit_fuzzy_goto_behavior	boolean	false
   steering.moving.radius	number	3
   steering.moving.separation_force	number	0.01
   steering.moving.separation_factor	number	3
   steering.moving.force_unit_fuzzy_goto_behavior	boolean	false
   path_finder.fwd2bwd_ratio	number	5
   path_finder.goal_pressure_ratio	number	2
   path_finder.max_steps_worked_per_tick	number	1000
   path_finder.max_work_done_per_tick	number	8000
   path_finder.use_path_cache	boolean	true
   path_finder.short_cache_size	number	5
   path_finder.long_cache_size	number	25
   path_finder.short_cache_min_cacheable_distance	number	10
   path_finder.short_cache_min_algo_steps_to_cache	number	50
   path_finder.long_cache_min_cacheable_distance	number	30
   path_finder.cache_max_connect_to_cache_steps_multiplier	number	100
   path_finder.cache_accept_path_start_distance_ratio	number	0.2
   path_finder.cache_accept_path_end_distance_ratio	number	0.15
   path_finder.negative_cache_accept_path_start_distance_ratio	number	0.3
   path_finder.negative_cache_accept_path_end_distance_ratio	number	0.3
   path_finder.cache_path_start_distance_rating_multiplier	number	10
   path_finder.cache_path_end_distance_rating_multiplier	number	20
   path_finder.stale_enemy_with_same_destination_collision_penalty	number	30
   path_finder.ignore_moving_enemy_collision_distance	number	5
   path_finder.enemy_with_different_destination_collision_penalty	number	30
   path_finder.general_entity_collision_penalty	number	10
   path_finder.general_entity_subsequent_collision_penalty	number	3
   path_finder.extended_collision_penalty	number	3
   path_finder.max_clients_to_accept_any_new_request	number	10
   path_finder.max_clients_to_accept_short_new_request	number	100
   path_finder.direct_distance_to_consider_short_request	number	100
   path_finder.short_request_max_steps	number	1000
   path_finder.short_request_ratio	number	0.5
   path_finder.min_steps_to_check_path_find_termination	number	2000
   path_finder.start_to_goal_cost_multiplier_to_terminate_path_find	number	2000.0
   path_finder.overload_levels	array	[0, 100, 500]
   path_finder.overload_multipliers	array	[2, 3, 4]
   path_finder.negative_path_cache_delay_interval	number	20
   asteroids.spawning_rate	number	1
   asteroids.max_ray_portals_expanded_per_tick	number	100
   max_failed_behavior_count	number	3

   3. Click the save button in the bottom left corner.

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   server-settings.json

   1. Open the data/server-settings.json file in the file editor.

   2. Update the settings.

   List of settings

   This table refers to version 2.0.77. Some settings may not be available in earlier versions. Cobalt overrides some default values when a server is created.

   Key	Type	Default	Description
   name	string	(blank)	Name of the game as it will appear in the game listing.
   description	string	(blank)	Description of the game that will appear in the listing.
   tags	array	["game", "tags"]	Tags for the game listing.
   max_players	integer	0	Maximum number of players allowed, admins can join even a full server. 0 means unlimited.
   visibility.public	boolean	true	Game will be published on the official Factorio matching server.
   visibility.lan	boolean	true	Game will be broadcast on LAN.
   username	string	(blank)	Your factorio.com login credentials. Required for games with visibility public.
   password	string	(blank)	Your factorio.com login credentials. Required for games with visibility public.
   token	string	(blank)	Authentication token. May be used instead of password above.
   game_password	string	(blank)	The password required for players to join the game.
   require_user_verification	boolean	true	When set to true, the server will only allow clients that have a valid Factorio.com account.
   max_upload_in_kilobytes_per_second	integer	0	Optional, default value is 0. 0 means unlimited.
   max_upload_slots	integer	5	Optional, default value is 5. 0 means unlimited.
   minimum_latency_in_ticks	integer	0	Optional, one tick is 16ms at default speed. Default value is 0. 0 means no minimum.
   max_heartbeats_per_second	integer	60	Network tick rate. Maximum rate game update packets are sent at before bundling them together. Minimum value is 6, maximum value is 240.
   ignore_player_limit_for_returning_players	boolean	false	Players that already played on this map can join even when the max player limit was reached.
   allow_commands	string	admins-only	Possible values are true, false, and admins-only.
   autosave_interval	integer	10	Autosave interval, in minutes.
   autosave_slots	integer	5	Server autosave slots. Cycled through when the server autosaves.
   afk_autokick_interval	integer	0	How many minutes until someone is kicked for doing nothing. 0 for never.
   auto_pause	boolean	true	Whether the server should be paused when no players are present.
   auto_pause_when_players_connect	boolean	false	Whether the server should be paused when someone is connecting to the server.
   only_admins_can_pause_the_game	boolean	true	Whether only admins are allowed to pause the game.
   autosave_only_on_server	boolean	true	Whether autosaves should be saved only on the server or also on all connected clients. Default is true.
   non_blocking_saving	boolean	false	Highly experimental feature, enable only at your own risk of losing your saves. On UNIX systems, the server will fork itself to create an autosave. Autosaving on connected Windows clients will be disabled regardless of the autosave_only_on_server option.
   minimum_segment_size	integer	25	Long network messages are split into segments sent over multiple ticks. Their size depends on the number of peers currently connected. Increasing the segment size increases upload bandwidth requirements for the server and download bandwidth requirements for clients. This setting only affects server outbound messages. Changing these settings can negatively impact connection stability for some clients.
   minimum_segment_size_peer_count	integer	20	See minimum_segment_size above.
   maximum_segment_size	integer	100	See minimum_segment_size above.
   maximum_segment_size_peer_count	integer	10	See minimum_segment_size above.

   3. Click the save button in the bottom left corner.

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5. Open the overview tab at the top.

6. Click the restart button in the control block.

Adding mods

1. Open the servers page.

2. Find the server you want to add mods in the table and click the first button in the actions column.

3. Click the stop button in the control block.

4. Upload mods using one of the following methods:

File manager

1. Open the files tab at the top.

2. Open the mods folder in the file manager.

3. Click the upload button in the bottom left corner.

4. Select the mods files from your device.

TIP

You can find mods on the Factorio Mods Portal.

5. Click the upload button in the bottom right corner.

5. Open the overview tab at the top.

6. Click the restart button in the control block.