factotum 0.0.19

A tool to control a headless factorio server.

# Headless Factorio Server Scripts Scripts for a headless factorio By: Brian Ballsun-Stanton and James Zhao

Installation:

• `sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3-pip -y && sudo pip3 install factotum && sudo mkdir -p /opt/factorio && sudo chown $USER /opt/factorio && factotum install && source $HOME/.bashrc && echo /opt/factorio > $HOME/.factorioPath`

Usage:

• FactoryFactotum –help

  • This provides all Factory Factotum commands.

• FactoryFactotum COMMAND –help

  • This provides help for each Factory Factotum command.

• FactoryFactotum install

  • Installs factorio (default /opt/factorio, override with a new path in ~/.factorioPath)

• FactoryFactotum authenticate –username <Username>

  • Gets your authentication token from factorio servers so your password isn’t stored in plaintext.

• FactoryFactotum newmap

  • Generates a new map from a config file in FACTORIOHOME/config/mapsettings.json

• FactoryFactotum setup –servername “Server Name Here” –description “Server Description Here” –tag “Tag 1” –tag “Tag n”

  • Configures the settings.json file including setting a password of 4 diceware words.

• FactoryFactotum factorio start

  • This starts the factorio headless server in daemon mode with latest save.

• FactoryFactotum factorio stop

  • This asks the headless server to stop. Politely. It will take some time and will likely report failed.

• FactoryFactotum factorio status

  • This reports on the status of the server.

• FactoryFactotum rcon /help

  • This sends commands into an already running server.