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Koub wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:14 pm

bluerock wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:04 pm

I though 0.18 was coming soon(tm)? I am so confused.

In fact, it was sooner (TM)

Optera wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:33 pm

A Friday release would have been appreciated.
Now I'll get nag posts all week long to upgrade my mods.

netmand wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:59 pm

Optera wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:33 pm

A Friday release would have been appreciated.
Now I'll get nag posts all week long to upgrade my mods.

As how these things go, a Friday release may be in the cards.

Merssedes wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 5:17 pm

I'll repost my question (with some modifications) from FFF 330 thread.
From what I know, there is currently 3 types of players in multiplayer:
* users with Factorio account, not lincked to Steam account (they use non-Steam version);
* users with Factorio and Steam accounts linked, who uses non-Steam version;
* users with Factorio and Steam accounts linked, who uses Steam version.

Did you added 4th type:
* users with Steam account, not linked to Factorio account ("mini-accounts", they will use Steam version).
or you make Factorio account creation integrated into Steam version?

And do this change affect users of non-Steam version?

Fishy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:26 pm

Can I easily switch back and forth between versions through steam? I want to check out some of the changes, but also what to continue with a modded save.

kirazy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:38 pm

Where is that tool for modders to apply the color corrections and the like to our sprites?

Edit: For anyone else: https://github.com/wube/factorio-LUT-tool

New question: This is just a case of the colors are changed once, yes? I use color masks to match existing base assets, so I just need to tweak the RGB values I use to match the color-corrected base assets? Is there anything special I need to do for night?

Fishy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:26 pm

Can I easily switch back and forth between versions through steam? I want to check out some of the changes, but also what to continue with a modded save.

Squelch wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:48 pm

[...]
Sadly, this new major version renders all mods for 0.17 incompatible by version number, regardless of any functional incompatibilities. I raised the question in the Modding help forum and got a reply from @Klonan that the supported major versions for mods must be explicit. That's fair, but unfortunately has the consequence of either forcing all players using mods to switch to Experimental to continue using updated mods, and/or modders to support only one major version, or have to release copies of their mods that support each major version separately.

Would it not be easier all round if the latest stable version was 0.18 and any minor versions Experimental until the next major release to avoid unnecessary duplication in many cases?
[...]

Koub wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:30 pm

My advice is keep your Steam game as is, and DL the standalone version from the website.

T-A-R wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:00 pm

Make sure to backup your blueprint library (blueprint-storage.dat in the game files) if you plan to switch back to a older version. Not sure if still required, but better safe then sorry, if you care for those.

No guarantee to be working for you, because with my (huge) modlist some mods are really broken with 0.18 ! At your own risk!

// move to factorio mods dir. 
cd YOUR_FACTORIO_DIR/mods

# first unzip the files, that could not be updated
find . -not -newermt 2020-01-21 -name '*.zip'  -type f -exec unzip {} \;

# remove the zips, keep directories
find . -not -newermt 2020-01-21 -name '*.zip'  -type f -exec rm {} \;

# update info.json
find . -name info.json -exec sed -i -e 's/"factorio_version" *: *"0.17"/"factorio_version": "0.18"/g' {} \;

# cause I cannot guarantee, that this finds all occurences, check if all worked well:
grep '"factorio_version"' -r */*.json

ssilk wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:22 pm

Because most mods should work without problems, this is how to "convert" them from 0.17 by yourself.
..
What keeps - and what I currently don't want to make scripts about - is, that some modder dont care about the filename of the zipfile. But that are not so much, just renaming, or perhaps someone has another script to do that.



Tell me if this worked for you or not. HF