This game's error messages: better notification than software designed for it

[Rohvin]

The first time I had this crash, I checked for driver updates using the software provided by hardware manufacturer's: Asus EZ Update and Armoury Crate. "No updates needed", they said.

When it happened a second time not long after, I put my faith in Wube and went to the linked website. Sure enough, there were both new chipset drivers and a BIOS update available, neither of which were reported by the manufacturer's software.

This might be more of a knock on Asus, but kudos to the devs for a game so well polished (and an extra-thorough crash message!) it did a better job telling me I needed updates than the software installed for that express purpose.

[Koub]

And you haven't seen the bug detected by Wube on AMD CPUs/BIOS firmware, reported to AMD, and fixed - at least to some extent - with Wube's help .
More on this here : https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-239
[Koub] Also moved to General Discussions.

[Bilka]

Just out of personal curiosity, what CPU do you have exactly?

[Rohvin]

And you haven't seen the bug detected by Wube on AMD CPUs/BIOS firmware, reported to AMD, and fixed - at least to some extent - with Wube's help .
More on this here : https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-239

Very impressive.

Just out of personal curiosity, what CPU do you have exactly?

Managed to get my hands on a 5950X.

[eradicator]

Are AMD CPUs still problematic with factorio :(?

[Rohvin]

I haven't had any issues since the driver update.