mapversion 0.17.79-0

[SalK]

Hi!

I have a game that I put alot of time in to that now gets a error message saying mapversion 0.17.79-0 could not load because the lowest version is 0.18.0-0

Is it possible to fix this in some way or is my save lost?

Thanks in advance and thanks for a fantastic game!

/SalK

[boskid]

We intentionally drop support for loading older save files so we can clean the code from a legacy migrations and weird artifacts of loading such save files as they increase code complexity, slow down loading of save files due to extra map version checks and in certain cases increase memory usage due to need of holding dummy data. If you want to load your save file from 0.17.79-0, you can download Factorio of any version from 0.18.0 up to 1.0 which will be able to open that save file, then you can resave it in the game which will give you a save file which current stable is able to open.

[SalK]

We intentionally drop support for loading older save files so we can clean the code from a legacy migrations and weird artifacts of loading such save files as they increase code complexity, slow down loading of save files due to extra map version checks and in certain cases increase memory usage due to need of holding dummy data. If you want to load your save file from 0.17.79-0, you can download Factorio of any version from 0.18.0 up to 1.0 which will be able to open that save file, then you can resave it in the game which will give you a save file which current stable is able to open.

I must say that is fantastic in so many ways!

• fast response

• in depth and good explanation

• a way to solve my problem in a easy, fast and correct way

Goldstar to you! You are the best!