The Players page has a feed called What happened. It shows what players said in chat and what admins did on the server: kicks, bans, admin changes, commands. The newest line is at the top. The panel keeps 30 days of events and shows the latest 150.
Read the feed
- Open Players on your server.
- Find What happened. Its hint says “The game’s console log, newest first.”
- Read the lines. They look like these:
(name) joinedand(name) left.(name): (text): something a player said in chat.(name) to everyone: (text): a shout.(name) was kicked by (who), with the reason if there is one.(name) was banned by (who), and(name)'s ban was lifted by (who).(name) was made an admin by (who)and(name) was taken off the admin list by (who).(name) was muted by (who)and(name) was unmuted by (who).(name) ran a command: (text).
- What happened
- Show on the map
The feed (1) sits below Everyone who has played. A line with a ping carries Show on the map (2).
When a line comes from the panel or from the server console, the name of the actor reads the server (or The server at the start of a line). A message you send with Message everyone shows the same way, because it is said in chat from the server.
Pings on the map
A chat line that carries a map ping has a link, Show on the map. It shows the ping on the Map page. This needs a role that allows reading the live map.
What is kept
- The feed comes from the game’s console log. The game writes one console log for each start, and the panel reads it while the server runs.
- Events are kept for 30 days. After that they are removed.
- Only the latest 150 are shown on the page.
For the full text of a log, with every line, open Files and look in the logs folder. See server logs.
Say something to players
Use Message everyone above the Online list for a message to all, or the row menu More for (name), then Message, for one player only. The same menu holds Mute in chat, Unmute and Clear their chat. See message a player.
Not checked on 2.1.24 with real players as of 13 November 2026: the lines for joins, leaves, kicks, mutes and unmutes use the game’s own wording and were not seen with someone playing.
If it does not work
- The feed is empty. Nobody has chatted or been moderated since the panel started reading, or the events are older than 30 days.
- A chat line is missing. Only the latest 150 events show. Older ones are not on the page.
- Old chat from before the panel read the log is missing. Only what the panel has read is kept. Open the log files in Files for the rest.
More about the game: Factorio servers.
Sources: wiki.factorio.com: Console