vastly improved start_server.sh

start_server.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Fetch variables from config.sh
-source config.sh
+# If config.sh exists, fetch variables from it
+if [ -f "config.sh" ]; then
+    source config.sh
+    echo "Loaded configuration from config.sh"
+else
+    # If config.sh doesn't exist, check if config.sh.example exists
+    if [ -f "config.sh.example" ]; then
+        # Fetch variables from config.sh.example
+        echo "WARNING: config.sh file does not exist, falling back on default configuration."
+        source config.sh.example
+        echo "Loaded configuration from config.example.sh"
+    else
+        # Handle the scenario when both files are missing
+        echo "FATAL: Configuration files are missing! Cannot start the Factorio server."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
 
 # Retrieves the script's directory and cd's into it.
 script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
@@ -10,15 +25,19 @@ cd ${script_dir}
 # Check if the current directory is inside a Git repository.
 if [ -d .git ] || git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     # Pull updated scripts from CoastalCommits.
+    echo "Updating scripts..."
     git pull
+    echo "Scripts updated!"
 else
-    # The current directory is not part of a Git repository.
     echo "WARNING: This directory is not a Git repository. Script updates will not be automatically fetched."
 fi
 
 # This handles automatically updating the Factorio binary.
+echo "Fetching Factorio binary..."
 wget https://factorio.com/get-download/stable/headless/linux64 -O factorio_headless.tar.xz
+echo "Extracting Factorio binary..."
 tar -xf factorio_headless.tar.xz --strip-components=1 --overwrite
+echo "Factorio binary updated!"
 rm -f factorio_headless.tar.xz
 
 # This checks if the ./saves/$save_name.zip save file exists or not...