[qwertyuiop924]

World Anchors have long been a feature of many mods, which let you keep map segments loaded while you're away.

Mind, you still can't simulate the entire map, and it's generally rough around the edges, but it mostly works.

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Speaking as someone who managed plenty of Minecraft servers back in the days, it really doesn't compare. Factorio is able to handle several orders of magnitudes more circuitry than Minecraft ever could, on far weaker hardware at that.

[qwertyuiop924]

That's totally fair, and I would expect it.

So there's a major benefit for server owners...