Well, I have a bug today after updating factorio. It pops up right after I have logged into the game. Here are the two errors:

autofill/autofill/sets.lua:73:attempt to index field 'forces' (a nil value)
autofill/changes.lua:34: bad argument #0 to 'log' (Wrong number of arguments.)

And after I place a vanilla turret down, it gives this error:

autofill/autofill/autofill.lua:53:attempt to index local 'pdata' (a nil value)

I get the same error, including when I place other entities (such as splitters).

Same here

same with 16.6

Ditto, it's not working at all for me.

Will be addressed soon

Thanks.

Thanks.

bump

Just wanted to see if there was any progress fixing this issue.

Issue still occurs in 0.16.36

Issue still occurs in 0.16.36.

Still occurs in 0.16.41. :(

Still present, hoping for an update!

This issue can be fixed by modifying the autofill/autofill.lua source file. Add this line at the top of the file:

local Player = require("stdlib.event.player")

Then you need to add a few lines in the autofill function:

local function autofill(event)
local entity = event.created_entity
local player, pdata = game.players[event.player_index], global.players[event.player_index]
-- NEW LINES BELOW!!
if pdata == nil then
Player.init(nil, false)
player, pdata = game.players[event.player_index], global.players[event.player_index]
end

@Lundis999 thank you, that worked

As a side note on this bug, it only happens for me when I open an old save, does not occur on a new game. Also thanks @Lundis999, fix worked like a charm.