The problem is the bottleneck mod, please disable it until the developer has a chance to fix it.
See here for a duplicate report: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=65307


Thank you. Although I never would have connected the two (due to the timing of the crash), you're right.

I ...

Thanks for the explanation of the biters. That puts them in a different perspective for me in overall gameplay, not only in here.

As for the intro campaign - it crashed for at the end of the first part, so I can't see the bit everyone's complaining about. ;)

Still, I think a few of those people ...

I just had the same problem.

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