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Single-player, no mods enabled, default keybindings, new map generated in 0.15.3

Pressing TAB to switch weapons has no effect. So, I can make a pickaxe but can't switch to it.
Pressing SPACE to fire weapon (e.g. at nearby rock or tree) has no effect.

I've tried rebinding these actions to other keys, but the actions never trigger. The keybinding dialog seems to read the keypresses just fine, but in-game the player just stands idle.

Removing the pistol and ammo entirely and re-equipping the pickaxe doesn't activate its weapon slot.

742 hours into Factorio, and I can't figure out how to chop a tree in 0.15. XD

You don't have to equip a pickaxe to use it - it's automatically equipped. Tab switches weapons if you have multiple weapons otherwise it just sits on the same weapon (the pistol).

Space is "fire at enemy", "C" is "fire selected".

Hi, thanks for the report.
When did you play the game last time before 0.15?

This just shows how our user interface sucks and any argument "people who play the game for hundreds of hours are used to this and they don't mind, so we can't change it" is not best way to go about things.

Hmm... last game I started in 0.14 was 6 days ago. Been a while since I've shot a tree or rock though.

Uninstalling, deleting the appdata/factorio folder, and reinstalling seems to have fixed mining. It's possible I swapped the L/R click mine settings a long time ago and 0.15's auto config reset switched it back. When all else fails, go nuke something.