[2.0.47] Error when trying to load 1.0.0 save

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[2.0.47] Error when trying to load 1.0.0 save

Post by ODRAN »

Stayed on version 1.0.0 until now to avoid any unnecessary bugs. Major changes of 2.0 made me want to update, and I have read 1.0.0 saves should be available with 2.0 versions. I have tried to load the 1.0.0 save into multiple 2.0 versions with no success. Also tried to convert the 1.0.0 save to various 1.1 versions to then try opening in 2.0, nothing worked.

Error:

The scenario level caused a non-recoverable error.
Please report this error to the scenario author.

Error while running event level::on_configuration_changed
__level__/control.lua:40: attempt to index global 'global' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
__level__/control.lua:40: in function <__level__/control.lua:39>
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Re: [2.0.47] Error when trying to load 1.0.0 save

Post by Loewchen »

Sounds like you are trying to load a save of a scenario that just does not work with a version greater 1.0.0.
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Re: [2.0.47] Error when trying to load 1.0.0 save

Post by ODRAN »

Found Fix:
Apparently as I read in other posts 'global' was renamed to 'storage' in 2.0 game files.

To make save/scenario work:

-Unzip related save/scenario in %appdata%/factorio/saves (or /scenarios)

-Open the file reported in the error message. In my case this was control.lua

-Using a text editor replace all instances of 'global' with 'storage'

-save, zip the folder and replace the old one.
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