Ok, I guess. Despite having no problems with any other games, it must be my hardware. I'd blame AMD drivers for being terrible in certain situations, but only Factorio has this problem. In all honesty, it's probably the drivers. AMD acts like you should use your manufacturer drivers from 10 years ...

I'm using a Lenovo Y-40 laptop with switchable graphics. The Intel graphics work like a treat, but the dedicated ones really, really don't like Factorio.

"Various Crashes" might not seem helpful, but that's really what happens. Sometimes the game crashes on launch, sometimes it waits until you try ...