Guides · Factorio
Running a Factorio headless server
The headless build, server-settings.json, admins and whitelists, UDP 34197, mod sync and Space Age, a systemd unit, and updating without losing the map.
· 4 min read
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Updating a modded server without losing the world
The world stores references to mods that are gone. Why the unit of update is the pack, and the step everyone skips because it feels redundant.
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Guides · Counter-Strike 1.6
Warcraft Mod: RPG Levelling Inside Counter-Strike
Races, levels and abilities bolted onto Counter-Strike, still busy after twenty years. What the races do, why it works, and what arriving is like.
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Modpacks and version pinning, for servers that stay up
A hundred dependencies that all have to agree. What pinning means, why client and server must match, and when not to update at all.
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Joining a Modded Minecraft Server Without Losing an Evening
Mods are not plugins, the pack picks the loader, and the install is shorter than its reputation. How to join a modded server without losing an evening.
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The Half-Life Mods That Never Stopped
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Guides · Left 4 Dead 2
Custom Campaigns Are Why Left 4 Dead 2 Is Still Alive
The community built more campaigns than Valve did and kept building after Valve stopped. What makes a good one, how to install them, and where they run.
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Hide and Seek Servers
The playground game inside a shooter, taken more seriously than it has any right to be. One of the easiest community servers to walk into.
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Sandbox Servers Explained
No objective, no score, and the mode that made Garry's Mod. What people actually do on them, and what separates a build server from chaos.
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Databases for Game Servers: When You Need One and What Breaks
SQLite until it is not enough, MySQL after that. What plugins actually store, and the three failures that lose player data.
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Prop Hunt Servers Explained
Hide as a chair, or find the chair that is a person. The mode's variants across games, and what separates a good server from a frustrating one.
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