Post by roy7 » Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:33 pm

I'd like a way to change the mod directory Factorio uses on the command line. Right now I have 9 "local folder" versions of Factorio installed on my desktop. The reason is I sometimes play on various public servers, or with friends, etc, and each has a different mix of mods. So what I do is make a folder for each group I play with. That way I can just run the game from the right folder, and the right mods are good to go plus the server name is saved on the connect dialog box.



If I had a --mod-directory command line override, I could use a single install of Factorio (my steam copy) and just have the mods for each server in a directory just for that server, and make .bat files instead of separate full folders for each server. Would save me a lot of disk space, and not needing to keep updating all of the different installations.



Yes I could manually juggle mod directories around each time I play, but I prefer a single "setup and click to play" system which this allows.



Bonus points if I could set the default MP server to connect to (the one that appears in the dialog box) via a command line option as well. Then a single .bat file would truly give me the same benefits as a separate install per server does.