[0.17.18] no updates available for auto update

[Amarula]

Playing Factorio on my new linux laptop from direct download, not via Steam. I missed a couple of days while off using the old Windows laptop playing via Steam, and when I came back, I seem to be stuck at version 18 - the auto updater tells me there are no available updates. Is there any way to get the update automatically, or do I have to download the whole game manually again?

[DaleStan]

I'm guessing you don't have "Enable experimental updates" checked in the settings.

[Amarula]

I did have experimental checked, to do the updates from 12 to 18, but sure enough somehow it got unchecked... thanks!

[ev21]

I have the same problem, so i just download the new archive and run my quick and dirty update-script.

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#!/bin/sh

# Make shure you have the latest Factorio-Archive.
echo "Moving factorio to factorio_bak"
mv factorio factorio_bak

echo "Extracting Archive"
# The next line has to be edit each time you want to update!
tar xf factorio_alpha_x64_0.17.23.tar.xz

echo "Copy save-files"
cp -R factorio_bak/saves factorio/

echo "Copy mod-files"
cp -R factorio_bak/mods factorio/

echo "Copy blueprint-storage.dat"
cp factorio_bak/blueprint-storage.dat factorio/

echo "Copy player-data.json with login and shortcut-bar settings"
cp factorio_bak/player-data.json factorio/

echo "Copy config directory"
cp -R factorio_bak/config factorio/

echo "If everything works fine delete factorio_bak and the archive"