Are there more biters in multiplayer?
In Factorio do more biters spawn in multiplayer versus singleplayer?
I've been running a server and it seems like there are a ton more bugs to the point where it is dangerous to play on the server alone. Did we just get spawned into a rough neighborhood or do MP servers generally have more biters?
The settings for the server are for the "normal" amount of biters:
{ "coal": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "copper-ore": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "crude-oil": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "enemy-base": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "iron-ore": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "stone": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"}, "uranium-ore": {"frequency": "normal", "size": "normal", "richness": "normal"} },
Best Answer
How many Biters spawn is determined by the evolution factor, as is stated in the wiki:
Besides choosing what kind of biter will be spawned, the evolution factor also influences the spawning interval. This interval (spawning_cooldown in the enemy-spawner definition) is interpolated between 360 (0 evolution) and 150 (1 evolution) game ticks (= 6 to 2.5 seconds)
There are 3 things that can increase evolution:
- The passage of time very slightly increases the evolution factor.
- The global pollution production increases the evolution factor.
- Destroying nests significantly increases the evolution factor.
If you want to find what evolution factor you have you can run the following command in the console:
/evolution
Keep in mind the evolution factor is in a range of 0 (lowest) to 1 (highest).
You can find more information on evolution here: https://wiki.factorio.com/Enemies#Evolution
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Answer 2
Biter and spitter nests consume pollution, and when they consumed enough, they spawn a new enemy. So the number of biter spawns is a function of how much pollution the player(s) generate.
More players are usually more productive and thus create more pollution which in turn results in more biters getting spawned.
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