[0.17.0] Error on start, file missing

[Brathahn]

Hi,
this must be the first bug report of 0.17...
i downloaded the zip file of 0.16.51 from the website and updated it to 0.17

when the game tries to start i get this error message:

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german text says: the system cannot find the specified file

please help!

[MasterWeldon]

Getting the same issue. Please advise...

[Loewchen]

Post your logs!!!!!

[Brathahn]

edit:
when you download the experimental release directly, it works fine.

[MasterWeldon]

Where can I find "your logs"? I will post them.

[DaveMcW]

Same problem for me. I used the in game updater to go from 0.16 to 0.17.

factorio-current.log

0.000 2019-02-26 12:43:53; Factorio 0.17.0 (build 42971, linux64, alpha)
0.041 Operating system: Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)
0.041 Program arguments: "/opt/factorio/bin/x64/factorio"
0.041 Read data path: /opt/factorio/data
0.041 Write data path: /home/davemcw/Documents/factorio [46617/180660MB]
0.041 Binaries path: /opt/factorio/bin
0.046 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz, 4 cores, RAM: 15993 MB]
0.046 Environment: DISPLAY=:0, WAYLAND_DISPLAY=<unset>
0.046 Display options: [FullScreen: 0] [VSync: 1] [UIScale: automatic (100.0%)] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 255] [Lang: en]
0.239 Available displays: 1
0.239 [0]: G227HQL 21" - {[0,0], 1920x1080, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888, 60Hz}
0.371 Initialised OpenGL:[0] GeForce GTX 745/PCIe/SSE2; driver: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 390.77
0.371 [Extensions] s3tc:yes; KHR_debug:yes; ARB_clear_texture:yes, ARB_copy_image:yes
0.371 [Version] 3.3
0.396 Graphics settings preset: very-high
0.396 Dedicated video memory size 4096 MB
0.396 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: high] [Video memory usage: all] [Light scale: 25%] [DXT: high-quality]
0.396 [Max load threads: 32] [Max texture size: 0] [Tex.Stream.: 0] [Low quality rotation: 0]
0.534 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.603 Loading mod base 0.17.0 (data.lua)
0.757 Loading mod base 0.17.0 (data-updates.lua)
0.830 Checksum for core: 3857511955
0.830 Checksum of base: 738832761
1.263 Loading sounds...
1.282 Info PlayerData.cpp:67: Local player-data.json available, timestamp 1551203003
1.282 Info PlayerData.cpp:74: Cloud player-data.json unavailable
1.285 Error Util.cpp:75: File __base__/campaigns/beta/description.json not found (No such file or directory)
4.318 Goodbye

[credomane]

I doubt logs are gonna help any.

The "beta" and "demo" campaigns no longer exist in 0.17. It seems like the factorio's internal-updater is not fully removing them. Resulting in the "beta" folder still existing after the update to 0.17 but the "description.json" file was removed.

Browsing out to your <factoriofolder>\data\base\campaigns\" then manually deleting both "beta" and "demo" folders will fix the issue. They have been replaced with the new "npe" campaign.

[petr.adamek]

The same issue on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

[DaveMcW]

Browsing out to your <factoriofolder>\data\base\campaigns\" then manually deleting both "beta" and "demo" folders will fix the issue. They have been replaced with the new "npe" campaign.

Thanks, that worked!

[Redmod]

I doubt logs are gonna help any.

The "beta" and "demo" campaigns no longer exist in 0.17. It seems like the factorio's internal-updater is not fully removing them. Resulting in the "beta" folder still existing after the update to 0.17 but the "description.json" file was removed.

Browsing out to your <factoriofolder>\data\base\campaigns\" then manually deleting both "beta" and "demo" folders will fix the issue. They have been replaced with the new "npe" campaign.

I do not have "beta" and "demo" file but I have the same error.
Where are theses files precisely ?

[Koub]

I do not have "beta" and "demo" file but I have the same error.
Where are theses files precisely ?

In the installation folder of your Factorio. It can be virtually anywhere, depending on if you're on Steam, where is your Steam folder, if you use the standalone version you have updated, ...
Get to your Factorio installation folder, then into data\base\campaigns\

[Redmod]

I found them!
Thank you so mush !

[kovarex]

Resolved for 0.17.1

[blucrunch]

I downloaded 17.1 within the last hour. I still got this message. The reason is that I had a save file from 0.16.x from this folder. Deleting the affected save fixed it, so this is something to look out for when upgrading.