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Lord wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:40 pm As the title says i can't import long strings such as books and some big other blueprints into the game.(I can import little ones)
The error it gives is Failed to import string: Decompression failed: Input is invalid or incomplete.

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:06 am https://factoriobin.com/post/9PHUOmc5 [long, can't import]

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:06 am I actually tried my blueprints on three different computers and at the other two they work but when i tried to import them into my game at my PC i got this problem so i know that the strings aren't broken or anything its just my computer having some issues i think. Just can't find what's the problem.
Anyways here's the blueprints i tried to import:
https://factorioprints.com/view/-N3P2xLkhvUpKTaWOhOh [The short one that i can import]
https://factoriobin.com/post/9PHUOmc5 [long, can't import]

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:13 am Yea its the same with what i copy.

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:35 am Yea you see everything seems normal but it gives me this error.
Justpaste link: https://justpaste.it/2as3d

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:27 pm Note, too, v1.1 of the game can only import strings made as of v0.18 or later. To get older strings, you need to setup a version of the game old enough to import it, and then progressively update it one or two major versions at a time until you are at 0.18 before you can make the final jump to v1.1.

lyvgbfh wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:42 am

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:35 am Yea you see everything seems normal but it gives me this error.
Justpaste link: https://justpaste.it/2as3d

Okay, oh wow. There's uh.. a lot getting changed here. Image (large).

Edit: So, this isn't a Factorio issue. I'm kind of concerned what would be modifying your clipboard in such a way though - if you would like to continue troubleshooting I would be happy to do so. My recommended steps are as follows:

Please note, these steps involve downloading and running (Microsoft) software on your computer. It is always recommended to read and understand what the programs are that you are opening and using.

1. Download autoruns from Microsoft here (click run now from Sysinternals Live).
2. Run the program once it downloads
3. File -> Run as Administrator
4. File -> Save and save the file somewhere you can upload from
5. Upload the saved .arn file somewhere. If you want it to be temporary, which I recommend, I would say use something like litterbox. You could also zip it and upload it here.

This file will contain a list of software that is set to run automatically on your PC. This includes things like scheduled tasks and drivers, so it covers the gamut of "things that may interfere with your clipboard". Once we have a list of suspects, we can go from there.

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:21 am Oh man , god bless you i figured it out with your help. I'm really thankful! It was one of the startup apps i closed them all and the problem fixed could have been troubleshooted further to find out which app was causin the problem but i just wanna play factorio right now. Again thanks a lot.

asheiduk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:57 am

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:27 pm Note, too, v1.1 of the game can only import strings made as of v0.18 or later. To get older strings, you need to setup a version of the game old enough to import it, and then progressively update it one or two major versions at a time until you are at 0.18 before you can make the final jump to v1.1.

Did the Factorio blueprint string format really change? My impression so far was, that before Factorio implemented that feature itself mods like Blueprint String (forum thread) did it. Of course this mod uses another format (Lua tables instead of JSON, gzip instead of zflate, ...)

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:21 am

lyvgbfh wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:42 am

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:35 am Yea you see everything seems normal but it gives me this error.
Justpaste link: https://justpaste.it/2as3d

Okay, oh wow. There's uh.. a lot getting changed here. Image (large).

Edit: So, this isn't a Factorio issue. I'm kind of concerned what would be modifying your clipboard in such a way though
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Oh man , god bless you i figured it out with your help. I'm really thankful! It was one of the startup apps i closed them all and the problem fixed could have been troubleshooted further to find out which app was causin the problem but i just wanna play factorio right now. Again thanks a lot.

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:29 pm

asheiduk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:57 am

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:27 pm Note, too, v1.1 of the game can only import strings made as of v0.18 or later. To get older strings, you need to setup a version of the game old enough to import it, and then progressively update it one or two major versions at a time until you are at 0.18 before you can make the final jump to v1.1.

Did the Factorio blueprint string format really change? My impression so far was, that before Factorio implemented that feature itself mods like Blueprint String (forum thread) did it. Of course this mod uses another format (Lua tables instead of JSON, gzip instead of zflate, ...)

I’m pretty sure, yes. I believe just about each major version after they first introduced it saw improvements somewhere that changed the logic. I had actually stopped playing after 0.17.60 for a couple years. I came back to this game late last year (November, maybe?), long after 1.1 had dropped. I had to incrementally update my game (0.17 -> 0.18 -> 1.1) in order to save my old blueprints. Not even an export to string/import from string worked.

Lord wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:21 am
Oh man , god bless you i figured it out with your help. I'm really thankful! It was one of the startup apps i closed them all and the problem fixed could have been troubleshooted further to find out which app was causin the problem but i just wanna play factorio right now. Again thanks a lot.

asheiduk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:18 pm

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:29 pm

asheiduk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:57 am

FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 9:27 pm Note, too, v1.1 of the game can only import strings made as of v0.18 or later. To get older strings, you need to setup a version of the game old enough to import it, and then progressively update it one or two major versions at a time until you are at 0.18 before you can make the final jump to v1.1.

Did the Factorio blueprint string format really change? My impression so far was, that before Factorio implemented that feature itself mods like Blueprint String (forum thread) did it. Of course this mod uses another format (Lua tables instead of JSON, gzip instead of zflate, ...)

I’m pretty sure, yes. I believe just about each major version after they first introduced it saw improvements somewhere that changed the logic. I had actually stopped playing after 0.17.60 for a couple years. I came back to this game late last year (November, maybe?), long after 1.1 had dropped. I had to incrementally update my game (0.17 -> 0.18 -> 1.1) in order to save my old blueprints. Not even an export to string/import from string worked.

I think you mix up the format of of the binary blueprint-storage.dat (your blueprint library) which indeed changes even for bugfix versions and the format of the export strings.