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				[0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:59 pm
				by hailstone
				I downloaded the game through Steam, and verified integrity of the files.  It tells me to check saves, mods, logs, etc., but I don't have any of that.  I can't find a log file anywhere.  Based on the page about the log file, I should be looking in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\bin\x64, correct? (that's where I found the version number).
I am on Windows 7 Home, 64-bit.  I am not sure what to try next or where to look to figure out what is going wrong.
			 
			
					
				Re: [0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:46 pm
				by Loewchen
				RMB on factorio in steam library > properties > local files > browse local files. factorio-current.log
			 
			
					
				Re: [0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:53 pm
				by hailstone
				I saved out a dump file using Task Manager while the error message was displayed, in case that gives any pointers as to what might have caused this problem.  I was able to run Factorio after I tried rebooting my laptop (I forgot that it usually goes to sleep / wakes up rather than restarting Windows.)  However, I don't know why this would have made a difference, and I'm somewhat concerned that it might happen again in the future.
I was able to find a log file after the game decided to run, but it was in AppData\Roaming\Factorio rather than the steam local files directory.
Edit: Steam updated itself after I rebooted, so perhaps there was something out of date with Steam itself causing the problem?
			 
			
					
				Re: [0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:59 pm
				by Jap2.0
				hailstone wrote:I saved out a dump file using Task Manager while the error message was displayed, in case that gives any pointers as to what might have caused this problem.  I was able to run Factorio after I tried rebooting my laptop (I forgot that it usually goes to sleep / wakes up rather than restarting Windows.)  However, I don't know why this would have made a difference, and I'm somewhat concerned that it might happen again in the future.
I was able to find a log file after the game decided to run, but it was in AppData\Roaming\Factorio rather than the steam local files directory.
Edit: Steam updated itself after I rebooted, so perhaps there was something out of date with Steam itself causing the problem?
Yes, that is the correct directory for the log.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: [0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:03 pm
				by Loewchen
				So it's working now?
			 
			
					
				Re: [0.16.36]Unexpected error occured, game does not launch
				Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:32 pm
				by hailstone
				Loewchen wrote:So it's working now?
Yes, it is working now.