Hey,

Unless I'm missing something I think the new update has soft locked science - The new recipe requires "Basic Circuit Boards" (Brown) to craft Automation Science. The issue is you need Automation Science to research the recipe for "Basic Circuit Boards" (Brown).

I feel this may be a bug unless there is a new step I am missing.

Thanks, LH

Basic circuit boards (brown) are unlocked by Basic electronics. This is a trigger tech, researched by crafting 10 Copper plates. Do you have some other mod enabled which is changing this?

Thanks for the quick reply! - I figured it must have been a conflict so I uninstalled every mod except Bob's, restarted my game, started a new world. The same soft lock still seems to be there.

Basic Electronics Research unlocks Yellow Inserters, Wooden Boards & Basic Circuits. It has a cost of 20x Automation Science.
Automation Science has a crafting cost of 1x Iron Gear, 1x Basic Circuit & 1x Glass

Other trigger techs are working as expected, so it seems to be an issue with just this research/recipe at the moment :)

Mod List:

Base Mod v2.0.72
Elevated Rails v2.0.72
Quality v2.0.72
Space Age v2.0.72
Bob's Adjustable Inserters v2.0.3
Bob's Assembling machines v2.0.4
Bob's Character classes and Multiple Characters v2.0.5
Bob's Electronics v2.0.5
Bob's Enemies v2.0.4
Bob's Functions Library v.2.0.3
Bob's Greenhouse v2.0.3
Bob's Locale Translations v2.0.1
Bob's Logistics v2.0.5
Bob's Metals, Chemicals and Intermediates v2.0.5
Bob's Mining v2.0.4
Bob's Modules v2.0.5
Bob's Ores v2.0.3
Bob's Personal Equipment v2.0.3
Bob's Power v2.0.3
Bob's Revamp v2.0.5
Bob's Technology v2.0.4
Bob's Vehicle Technology v2.0.4
Bob's Vehicle Equipment v2.0.4
Bob's Warfare v2.0.5

I've manually installed Bob's Technology v2.0.3 and the recipe for Automation Science has reverted back to 1x Iron Gear, 1x Glass & 1x Copper. This allows me to craft Automation Science manually and then progress the tech tree.

Although it is worth noting the cost of the Basic Electronics Research in v2.0.3 is still 20x Automation Science.

I've retried but I'm still not able to reproduce what you are seeing! I've enabled exactly the same mods / versions that you listed (with the exception of Bob's Vehicle Technology v2.0.4 I don't know what this is? )

https://imgur.com/a/5aOmP8A

Can you please start a new game, verify that you still have the issue, save your game, then upload the save for me please? Syncing to a save file is the easiest way of getting exactly the same enabled mods and settings.

I am getting the exact same bug, had to use console commands to get past the soft lock.

I am getting the exact same bug, had to use console commands to get past the soft lock.

Can you share a save file please? I can't fix the issue if I can't reproduce it!

Ooh, actually I think I might know what I'm missing. I was testing with Burner power phase setting disabled.

I'll see if I can reproduce the bug and provide a save file :) - What's the best way to share it with you?

Create a GitHub issue and attach it there?
https://github.com/modded-factorio/bobsmods

Or just upload it to something like Dropbox

Issue made here - https://github.com/modded-factorio/bobsmods/issues/518

Perfect, thank you!

Just gonna chime in with running into the exact same bug trying to play bobs for the first time, also didn't disable burner phase since you mentioned that. Not sure if you need multiple save files since it seems like a straightforward bug?

No need for multiple, thanks!