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The in-game automatic updater does not work for me.

I am currently running Factorio on Windows 7. Being unable to use Steam, I went with the direct download from the main site (when I was able to use Steam, it updated just fine, in-game mod updates work fine, too - it's just the .exe patch that seems broken)

I log into my user account (once) and the game assets load. When I reach the main title screen with automatic updates enabled, I get the following error: While it is preferred to use the latest version, this bug has existed for me well before the 1.0.0 release. Given the age of my PC, I can almost guarantee it is a config issue on my end or a service I have disabled / stripped down. This report was prompted by a comment I made in another thread:

vinzenz wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:32 pm

Danjen wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 8:56 am How does the Galaxy of Fame feature work? I run Windows 7, which means no Steam, so I use the standalone version of the game. But even if I log into the standalone client, it fails to connect to the update server

please create thread in the bug reports forums with your log file

118.149 Error HttpSharedState.cpp:178: CURL failed: code:35, 23; schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: SEC_E_ILLEGAL_MESSAGE (0x80090326) - This error usually occurs when a fatal SSL/TLS alert is received (e.g. handshake failed). More detail may be available in the Windows System event log.

Attached is my game log. I also took a look through my System Events, but I don't think I saw anything around the timestamp related to the game. As I mentioned above, I'm fairly certain this is a user config thing and not a problem with the game itself

I'm not a dev, but I have a feeling this might be due to an SSL root certificate being expired, since Windows 7 no longer receives updates. The Factorio website uses Let's Encrypt, and their root certificate was renewed back in 2021. Assuming Factorio uses the Windows TLS stack, that would definitely cause it to not work. You might be able to fix it by manually adding the new root certificates to your system.

This is not a bug in Factorio so I moved this thread to technical help. You might also want to check out this thread viewtopic.php?f=49&t=99521