The server comes with Space Age. Turn it on or off on the Mods page, in the box called Wube’s own. While it is on, every player needs the Space Age expansion to join. The change takes effect at the next start.
What comes with the game
The box Wube’s own lists four mods by Wube Software, the makers of Factorio:
- Space Age
- Quality
- Elevated rails
- Recycler
The box says: “They come with the game. Space Age needs the other three.” The server’s game build includes them. With no mod list on the server, the game loads all four.
Turn Space Age on or off
- Open the Mods page.
- In Wube’s own, find Space Age.
- Use its switch. The switch is named Turn Space Age on or Turn Space Age off.
- Restart the server with Restart at the top of the page. This drops everyone who is on, so warn them first with Message everyone on the Players page.
- Space Age note
- Wube's own
Nothing changes in a running game. The panel keeps your choice and the game reads it at the next start.
The other three go with it
- Turning Space Age on also turns on Quality, Elevated rails and Recycler.
- Turning one of those three off turns Space Age off, because it needs them.
Check the box after each change so you see what is on.
Players need the expansion
When Space Age is on, the page shows: “Space Age is on: players need the expansion to join.” Everyone who joins also needs the same game version and the same mods as the server. If a friend does not own the expansion, turn Space Age off before they join. See Factorio server mods.
Space Age and other mods
Some mods need a Wube mod turned on. If you try to install one, the panel refuses with a message such as “(mod) needs Wube’s (name) turned on (Mods page, Wube’s mods)”. Turn that mod on, then install again. See install mods.
Planets come with Space Age. See planets and surfaces.
If it does not work
- The server did not start after the change. The game may refuse a mod set. Open Crashes and read the finding. Turn the mod off, or put the choice back.
- A player cannot join. They may not own Space Age, or their game version differs. Players need the same version to join.
- Space Age turned itself off. You turned off Quality, Elevated rails or Recycler. Turn Space Age on again and it turns the other three on.
More about the game: Factorio servers.
Sources: wiki.factorio.com: Multiplayer