The game crashes repetedly when hovering over a yellow magazine in my inventory (happens with other items such as walls too and also placed gun turrets, apparently), my RAM should be fine (I bought it recently, but I'll check with memtest later anyways). I can't try an older version becuse it says "Map version 2.1.17-0 cannot be loaded because it is higher than the game version (2.0.72-0)." (however in 500 hours of Factorio it is the first time something like this happens to me).
Happens with or without mods (initially the save file had mods)
I attached the log and save file in the post.
[2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
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[2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
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- spaceage_003.zip
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Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
Thanks for the report however I'm not able to reproduce any kind of crash. Does it happen every time for you? After computer restarts and game restarts?
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Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
Well actually that is strange, it seems that after a couple of restarts everything is fine and nothing crashes. However, before restarting the computer, happened 100% of the time on that save (I made it crash like at least 10 times to make sure). That is odd and the first time something like that happens in 500 hours of playtime. Now the save file seems to be working with or without mods. Is that a problem with my pc?
Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
It’s possible that it was hardware related.
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Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
I checked with memtest, it is not a ram issue. So which component could it be?
Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
Unfortunately, memtest can’t guarantee it’s not memory. The only two components it could be are RAM or CPU. Or the two, RAM is far more likely.
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Re: [2.1.17] Crash hovering items/buildings (DamageEntityTriggerEffectItem.cpp (136): addToDescription)
Is there a better way to check both?
