In Factorio 0.18.36, some sound files for flying robots have been removed, so the game will crash on loading. This can be fixed by executing lines 22-32 of prototypes/entity.lua only if the base mod has a version <0.18.35, or by removing those lines entirely.

Very thank you.

Thanks Pi-C, but it would be better to comment out or remove lines 21 through 32 inclusive. If you only eliminate 22-32, you leave an extra bracket and comma.

Wube did a bunch of sound stuff this update. There are 9 more construction robot sounds, and 13 less flying robot sounds. I can't help but think "flying-robot-1-1.ogg" through 1-9 from v0.18.35 are now "construction-robot-11.ogg" through 19 in v0.18.36.

Everyone make sure keep a backup of your saves from v0.18.35 in case you have to revert.

Thanks Pi-C, but it would be better to comment out or remove lines 21 through 32 inclusive. If you only eliminate 22-32, you leave an extra bracket and comma.

Sorry, I never was good at counting. It's easy for the small numbers, like one, two, five, four, six, but everything above 20 is really hard. :-D

Wube did a bunch of sound stuff this update. There are 9 more construction robot sounds, and 13 less flying robot sounds. I can't help but think "flying-robot-1-1.ogg" through 1-9 from v0.18.35 are now "construction-robot-11.ogg" through 19 in v0.18.36.

Could well be. I didn't really check the other sounds as I don't have time for playing anyway -- it was really just a quick and dirty hack to get the game to load successfully so I could do some testing on my own mods. :-)

Sorry, I never was good at counting. It's easy for the small numbers, like one, two, five, four, six, but everything above 20 is really hard. :-D

Been there. Anything past fingers and toes...right? Dealing with the big numbers is what computers are for. lol

...it was really just a quick and dirty hack to get the game to load successfully so I could do some testing on my own mods. :-)

Gotcha. Lua might allow the extra trailing comma, but an extra closing bracket would be a problem.

Just for a personal "test" fix, I just copied the "flying-robot-5.ogg" back into that folder as sounds 6-9, and the save game also loads fine. If Factorio wants to take files from me, I should be allowed to put them back :)

Just for a personal "test" fix, I just copied the "flying-robot-5.ogg" back into that folder as sounds 6-9, and the save game also loads fine. If Factorio wants to take files from me, I should be allowed to put them back :)

But you don't put them back! I think it's like with image variations: You provide a list of sounds to choose from, and one is picked at random. With copying flying-robot-5.ogg to the other 4 files, you just make it that this file will be played with a probability of 5:9 (instead 1:5 when the other files are removed). If you really want to restore the old sounds, download an earlier version of Factorio and copy over flying-robot-[6-9].ogg from there. Also, make sure to back up these files so you can easily replace them when you update again in the future. :-)

Hi!
Thanks for the awesome help and the hints with this changed behavior.
I just pushed a new version and it should be fixed in 1.5.1!

Have fun! :)

Works fine.
Thank you, jodli !

Yes, just updated and it works again. Thanks for fixing this bug! :-)

Thank you jodli for all your hard work!

Just for a personal "test" fix, I just copied the "flying-robot-5.ogg" back into that folder as sounds 6-9, and the save game also loads fine. If Factorio wants to take files from me, I should be allowed to put them back :)

But you don't put them back! I think it's like with image variations: You provide a list of sounds to choose from, and one is picked at random. With copying flying-robot-5.ogg to the other 4 files, you just make it that this file will be played with a probability of 5:9 (instead 1:5 when the other files are removed). If you really want to restore the old sounds, download an earlier version of Factorio and copy over flying-robot-[6-9].ogg from there. Also, make sure to back up these files so you can easily replace them when you update again in the future. :-)

I know I know :) its just meant to "stop the message and not have to modify files" and then only temporarily. I was going to kill the files again as soon as the mod was fixed up officially, and anyway, I do stuff like that just to see what happens