[0.15.6] Game crashing on startup

[DrZamf]

Game was working fine, randomly it's started crashing on start up during Building Prototypes...
I get the error "Error in assignID, item-sugroup with name 'fill-barrel' does not exist."
I'm not running any mods

Current file as follows
0.001 2017-05-02 14:09:39; Factorio 0.14.23 (build 25374, win64, steam)
0.001 Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
0.001 Program arguments: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe"
0.001 Read data path: D:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
0.001 Write data path: C:/Users/Moonie/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
0.001 Binaries path: D:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
0.012 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 8 cores, RAM: 16259MB]
0.012 Display options: [FullScreen: 0] [VSync: 0] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 1]
0.013 Available display adapters: 2
0.013 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 {0x01, [1920,0], 1280x1024, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.013 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 {0x05, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.013 Create display on adapter 1. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
0.060 Initialised Direct3D:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970; driver: nvd3dumx.dll 21.21.13.7892
0.062 Video memory size (dedicated video/dedicated system/shared system/available): 4008/0/7873/3678 MB
0.082 DSound: Starting _dsound_update thread
0.082 DSound: Enter _dsound_update; tid=5592
0.082 Device reset internal.
0.096 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 100%] [DXT: false]
0.156 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.160 Loading mod base 0.14.23 (data.lua)
0.258 Loading mod base 0.14.23 (data-updates.lua)
0.313 Checksum for core: 1291735968
0.313 Checksum for mod base: 2602353443
0.586 Error Util.cpp:57: Error in assignID, item-subgroup with name 'fill-barrel' does not exist.

[daniel34]

Did you already verify the game files on Steam?

[Ziggarius]

That was the first thing we tried to fix this issue, googled, couldn't find anything and referred Zamf to post here with the log.

[Loewchen]

I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

[Ziggarius]

I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

It functioned on 15.5 and earlier, broke at 15.6

How does he fix the issue though?

[Loewchen]

I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

It functioned on 15.5 and earlier, broke at 15.6

Did he roll back to 14.23 from some 0.15 version?

[DrZamf]

So, After a lot of digging (and me cleaning my room) I found the problem. My computer had a hiccup with the drive that steam was installed on right before this happened. This hiccup made steam forget that I had opted into the .15, so as far as I can figure, steam tried to set my file to .14, even though I had the .15 exec.

Opted back into .15 beta and game launched fine.



I think Factorio was just telling me to clean my room? Lesson learned, always check to make sure you're still opted into the beta?

[Loewchen]

The real question now is, if rolling back to 14.23 from a .15 installation does brick the installation generally or just in this strange case.

[Axo_lotl]

So, After a lot of digging (and me cleaning my room) I found the problem. My computer had a hiccup with the drive that steam was installed on right before this happened. This hiccup made steam forget that I had opted into the .15, so as far as I can figure, steam tried to set my file to .14, even though I had the .15 exec.

Opted back into .15 beta and game launched fine.



I think Factorio was just telling me to clean my room? Lesson learned, always check to make sure you're still opted into the beta?

Thanks, been looking for ages for a fix to this, i had the same issue (though i didnt have to clean my room!)