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Game was working fine, randomly it's started crashing on start up during Building Prototypes...
I get the error "Error in assignID, item-sugroup with name 'fill-barrel' does not exist."
I'm not running any mods

Current file as follows
0.001 2017-05-02 14:09:39; Factorio 0.14.23 (build 25374, win64, steam)
0.001 Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
0.001 Program arguments: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64\Factorio.exe"
0.001 Read data path: D:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/data
0.001 Write data path: C:/Users/Moonie/AppData/Roaming/Factorio
0.001 Binaries path: D:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/bin
0.012 System info: [CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 8 cores, RAM: 16259MB]
0.012 Display options: [FullScreen: 0] [VSync: 0] [UIScale: 100%] [MultiSampling: OFF] [Screen: 1]
0.013 Available display adapters: 2
0.013 [0]: \\.\DISPLAY1 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 {0x01, [1920,0], 1280x1024, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.013 [1]: \\.\DISPLAY2 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 {0x05, [0,0], 1920x1080, 32bit, 60Hz}
0.013 Create display on adapter 1. Size 1280x720 at position [310, 162].
0.060 Initialised Direct3D:[0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970; driver: nvd3dumx.dll 21.21.13.7892
0.062 Video memory size (dedicated video/dedicated system/shared system/available): 4008/0/7873/3678 MB
0.082 DSound: Starting _dsound_update thread
0.082 DSound: Enter _dsound_update; tid=5592
0.082 Device reset internal.
0.096 Graphics options: [Graphics quality: normal] [Video memory usage: high] [Light scale: 100%] [DXT: false]
0.156 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
0.160 Loading mod base 0.14.23 (data.lua)
0.258 Loading mod base 0.14.23 (data-updates.lua)
0.313 Checksum for core: 1291735968
0.313 Checksum for mod base: 2602353443
0.586 Error Util.cpp:57: Error in assignID, item-subgroup with name 'fill-barrel' does not exist.

Did you already verify the game files on Steam?

That was the first thing we tried to fix this issue, googled, couldn't find anything and referred Zamf to post here with the log.

I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

Loewchen wrote:I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

It functioned on 15.5 and earlier, broke at 15.6

How does he fix the issue though?

Ziggarius wrote:

Loewchen wrote:I think steam only checks for stuff missing/changed, the problem you have is a defect update inserting .15 stuff into your 14.23 installation.

It functioned on 15.5 and earlier, broke at 15.6

Did he roll back to 14.23 from some 0.15 version?

So, After a lot of digging (and me cleaning my room) I found the problem. My computer had a hiccup with the drive that steam was installed on right before this happened. This hiccup made steam forget that I had opted into the .15, so as far as I can figure, steam tried to set my file to .14, even though I had the .15 exec.

Opted back into .15 beta and game launched fine.



I think Factorio was just telling me to clean my room? Lesson learned, always check to make sure you're still opted into the beta?

The real question now is, if rolling back to 14.23 from a .15 installation does brick the installation generally or just in this strange case.

DrZamf wrote:So, After a lot of digging (and me cleaning my room) I found the problem. My computer had a hiccup with the drive that steam was installed on right before this happened. This hiccup made steam forget that I had opted into the .15, so as far as I can figure, steam tried to set my file to .14, even though I had the .15 exec.

Opted back into .15 beta and game launched fine.



I think Factorio was just telling me to clean my room? Lesson learned, always check to make sure you're still opted into the beta?

Thanks, been looking for ages for a fix to this, i had the same issue (though i didnt have to clean my room!)