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Install guide

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Downloading

See Download and Installation.

Where are the save-files on hard disk then?

See Application Directory.

Windows

For windows you have 4 options.

32 or 64 bit

Technically you only have 2, as you either have a 32 or 64 bit computer.

To determine which category you fall into, use the search function from the start menu to look for "system information" and open it. Find System Type. This tell you if your system is a x32 or x64 based system.

After downloading you simply start the installer, which does the rest.

Installer or Zip-Package

This part is up to you. If you want install factorio like you would any other game from a disk or download, then get the EXE installer for your given system.

Otherwise, you can choose to get the zip package, which you can extract normally, and then play the game straight from that folder. This can also be copied to any USB device and be played from there.

Or it is also useful for modders, to have several installations of the game to test things working.

MacOS

For MacOS you download just a .dmg file. You can use that in two ways:

  • drag the downloaded dmg into the Applications-folder. This is the recommended way.
  • because a dmg is nothing than a special Zip, you can start the binary from there. This is not really recommended, cause the application directory does not change.

Linux

32 bit or 64 bit

  1. Download the "Generic Linux tar package" for 32 or 64 bit. (How to determine?)
  2. Extract the tar archive (right click->extract)
  3. Run the executable at bin/i386/factorio (or bin/x64/factorio)
  4. (Optional) You can add Factorio icon to your launcher (How to do it?)

Specialities

See also