Thanks for the help with this! I won't be downgrading to 0.16 for any reason that I can think of, so we should be all set!

Try to open config.ini and add at the bottom of the file
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dxgi-presentation-model=copy

Adding in that line made the game start up normally. Thanks!

Will I have to change this each time a new version is released, or should I be good to go from here?

Just for completionist's sake, I tried to launch 0.17.48 with all mods disabled, and I still got the crash on startup. Here's the Vanilla log.

Updated all drivers, and still having the same issue on 0.17.48

0.17.45 is still working fine.

Log attached.

Log attached.

It's got all of Py's mods, but it doesn't seem to me like any of those would be causing this issue.

The quick reproduction of my issue is right after I loaded this save, I constructed two more Destructive Distillation Columns to mirror the setup you see on screen. When I tried to build them just to ...

Log attached.

factorio-current.log

Happens each time I try to place a building next to an existing fluid system. First time trying to place gives "can't mix fluids." Second time trying to place crashes the game.

It's a valid area on the map for the building, but it has to be rotated to have ...

--gfx-safe-mode

Using that in launch options has worked smoothly each time. Thanks!

As the title suggests, sometimes the game fails to load on startup. It crashes anywhere between 25 and 45%. I do have some mods active now, but the behavior persists without mods as well.

I can't find a rhyme or reason to why it sometimes starts or doesn't start.

Playing on PC
Launch options ...

This should be it, I think.

For what it's worth, I'm having the exact same issue. Happy to help verify if there's anything I can do to help.

Edit: was able to launch the game fine with the code from above: --force-d3d

But I'm still running into the issue I posted about yesterday here: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio ...