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When I launch the game (through steam or file explorer) I am given the error message "Invalid value "none" of BoolWithAuto at ROOT.graphics.texture-compression" in a message window. No fullscreen factorio window opens, and the program stops running when I close the error message.

I have tried restarting my computer, reinstalling the game and running the game as administrator, but nothing has fixed the error so far.

Hello, either opt back into 0.17.x beta branch, launch the game, reset graphics options; then you'll be able to opt out of the beta branch and go back to 0.16.
Or hit Win + R, type in %APPDATA%\Factorio, click OK. File Explorer should open, go to config folder and delete file config.ini.

By the way, what led you to disable texture compression in 0.17?

posila wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:22 am

By the way, what led you to disable texture compression in 0.17?

Texture compression can speed up the load times significantly if you have enough VRAM.
FYI if you toggle a setting the key does not get removed (commented) again.
So he could have toggled that setting off and on again and it would lead to this. Had a similar crash before.

SuperSandro2000 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:10 am

Texture compression can speed up the load times significantly if you have enough VRAM.

That was in 0.16. In 0.17, compression is GPU-accelerated, so it doesn't slow down startup time usually. And if it does, the GPU is not good enough to work with uncompressed textures anyway.

posila wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:25 am

That was in 0.16. In 0.17, compression is GPU-accelerated, so it doesn't slow down startup time usually. And if it does, the GPU is not good enough to work with uncompressed textures anyway.

Then I can turn that back on. 1060 should be good enough for that.
I admit: I didn't read the 0.17 changelog.

You don't read every Friday Facts religiously? How dare you to even post to this forum!

posila wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:17 am

You don't read every Friday Facts religiously? How dare you to even post to this forum!

I do but after 13 months or so I forget on or two things.

Hi, thanks for the quick reply, all errors fixed

I had assumed that uncompressed textures would give better image quality, no loss of details etc. Also just trying out the new 0.17 settings, didn't occur to me that it would mess with 0.16 settings