Word FactoriArchipelago randomizer mod

Playing with others

Session format and multiplayer behavior follow the maintainer documentation linked on this page.

Known scope and limitations

• Version 1.7.0 is a tester prerelease. Use the complete player ZIP, Archipelago 0.6.7 (manifest range0.6.7–0.6.8) and the installer-verified Word Factori Steam build 12616577. Keep the APWorld, client, native patch and tracker package paired; replacing only the APWorld does not install the game changes.
• Windows uses Install Word Factori Archipelago.cmd. Linux uses the native shell/Python installer with an explicitly selected native AP directory and Steam/Proton prefix; run the game once and close it before setup. Avoid running the Linux installer through Wine or sudo. Linux/Proton setup and Mail have supplied code/tests, with live platform/compositor acceptance still pending.
• Generate a new room and select a fresh empty mod save, then keep Word Factori Client running. Existing progressed saves cannot be automatically bound to a new room. Installation preserves user saves and the verified original-game backup; supported older patches upgrade through that backup, while unknown game hashes are rejected.
• Defaults provide 227 checks:40 custom factories plus 187 recipe discoveries. The smaller core campaign has 30 factories; recipe checks can be disabled and up to 20 selected Type-a-Word orders can be added. Complete 25 canonical campaign factories or choose Final Factory; labs, recipes and word orders do not increase the campaign-count goal.
• New seeds use machine access and shuffled six-level pages, with four completions opening the next page. Normal unlocks apply on factory re-entry. Progressive mode grants 1/2/3/4/unlimited placements per family and updates live; deleting machinery frees allowance. Challenge limits still apply, custom-building production is blocked, and imported/over-limit layouts remain editable.
• AP Mail now includes Items, Chat, Type-a-Word, Progress and Status. Progress separates the shuffled order, local page locks, server-confirmed checks and missing machinery. F8 opens Mail; the normal client remains the fallback. Use windowed/borderless mode for the Windows overlay; exclusive fullscreen and several DPI/password-room configurations remain outside completed live acceptance.
• Room-scoped sidecars preserve pending checks before transmission and remove them after server confirmation. Native save journals can be rescanned after reconnect. Victory is rechecked/resendable on reconnect, but an interrupted or guard-refused goal-send has no complete same-session retry acknowledgement; verify the room reports completion and reconnect if necessary.
• Use password prompts instead of password-bearing launch arguments or connection URLs. The AP framework defaults a bare host:port to ws://; use an explicit wss:// endpoint where supported for a protected connection. Native Mail carries presentation data rather than room passwords, and ordinary preferences do not persist them.
• The supplied patch transforms a verified original game file locally; the player ZIP contains no full game binary. Its complete literal-segment provenance is not independently established, and the standalone APWorld omits the root MIT notice present in the player ZIP. Link/hardlink checks exist, but pathname substitution protection and pre-parse size bounds are incomplete in parts of local I/O.