Uploading a single-player world to a Factorio server allows players to continue their progress in the game with friends. Connecting to a server can offer new opportunities for collaboration and teamwork with other players. They can share resources and work together to build more complex and efficient factories, which can be a rewarding experience for those looking for a more social aspect of the game.
1. From the desktop, search %appdata% and hit enter.
2. Find the following directory: AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves .
3. Minimize the folder to use later in the tutorial.
4. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
5. Stop the server.
6. Go to the Files tab.
7. Press the SFTP button and connect to the server with SFTP. Learn how to here.
8. From the SFTP client, go to the saves folder.
9. Drag and drop the desired save file from step 3.
10. Return to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
11. Go to the Startup tab.
12. On the Save Name field, input the name of the .zip file from step 9.
Note: The file name must not have any special characters or spaces.
13. Start the server.