Auto Start

[jaschuu]

Hey,

Is it possible to have the server auto start using the latest save file if there is one?

my unraid server stops all the containers to auto update them and what not, and when the fsm container starts back up the server does not start.

thanks

[mroote]

Hi @jaschuu,

You should be able to specify the -autostart flag to automatically start the server and load the latest save.

[jaschuu]

Hi @jaschuu,

You should be able to specify the -autostart flag to automatically start the server and load the latest save.

where do I -autostart? in the conf.json ?

[mroote]

You can set it via environment variable or in conf.json. I think for conf.json you would add a "autostart": true config value in the file.

[jaschuu]

where do my auto saves / saves go, I can not find them?

[mroote]

It depends on where you are mapping the /opt/factorio/saves volume in the container on your host system.

[jaschuu]

It depends on where you are mapping the /opt/factorio/saves volume in the container on your host system.

factorio path = /mnt/user/appdata/fsm_factorio/
fsm data = /mnt/user/appdata/fsm_factorio/fsm_data

this is all I know, they are the folders I have checked,
I am running this on unraid via the dockers

5647.126 Info ServerMultiplayerManager.cpp:1212: Auto saving map as /opt/factorio/saves/Deathworld.zip
5647.142 Info AppManager.cpp:420: Saving game as /opt/factorio/saves/Deathworld.zip

i just left the default directories, but i have no idea where that is.

[knoxfighter]

If you have used our docker compose file, the saves are located in ./factorio-data/saves.
For exact information you would need to provide your docker-compose file / the command you have used to start the docker-container. Make sure to remove passwords :)

[mroote]

I haven't used unraid but it looks like there are config options you can set to map the volume to your host machine: https://wiki.unraid.net/index.php/UnRAID_6_2/Docker_Management#Volume_Mappings. You'll need to map the /opt/factorio/saves directory inside the container to somewhere on your host unraid system.

[jaschuu]

looks to already be mapped, -v '/mnt/user/appdata/fsm_factorio/':'/opt/factorio':'rw'

I can see the saves and mods folders but they are empty so i am not sure where those files went,

[knoxfighter]

If you have a console available, you can connect to the docker container, look into /opt/factorio and see if the saves are really there. If they are there, it is a problem with unraid and how they map volumes.

[jaschuu]

Yeah there seems to be a mapping problem, found the saves in the console,

just need to work out how to fix it now

[mroote]

Try adding another mount pointing directly to the saves/ directory.

Ex.

'/mnt/user/appdata/fsm_factorio/saves':'/opt/factorio/saves':'rw'

[VACInc]

Also seem to be having an issue where after adding "autostart": true to the config.json does not actually autostart the server/game

[VACInc]

I'm not super familiar with gocode but does the json key need to be populated here?
https://github.com/OpenFactorioServerManager/factorio-server-manager/blob/master/src/bootstrap/config.go#L61