Hello, I am sorry for very late response. Try to open Factorio properties in Steam Library and set launch options to --single-thread-loading Initialization error 01 means that the game failed to initialize graphics API (Direct3D 9 in this case), which seems to often happen when computer is not rebo...

Anyone have a thought on this? Love the game but hate having to reinstall it everytime i want to play.

Computer specs if it helps from speccy (Lenovo Legion Y520 laptop) Operating System Windows 10 Home 64-bit CPU Intel Core i7 7700HQ @ 2.80GHz 54 °C Kaby Lake 14nm Technology RAM 8.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1196MHz (17-17-17-39) Motherboard LENOVO LNVNB161216 (U3E1) Graphics Generic PnP Monitor (...

https://pastebin.com/5WbYTJgB log after freezing at 40% then trying to open game and getting approx 3 screen flashes then "initialization failed. error code: 01"

So for a while ive played with no issues at all. took a break for a few weeks and came back to factorio and it crashes when i try to start the game at loading sprites 40%. if i uninstall and install it will load one time but if i close the game and try to open again it locks up. after it locks up an...