This game's error messages: better notification than software designed for it

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This game's error messages: better notification than software designed for it

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The first time I had this crash, I checked for driver updates using the software provided by hardware manufacturer's: Asus EZ Update and Armoury Crate. "No updates needed", they said.

When it happened a second time not long after, I put my faith in Wube and went to the linked website. Sure enough, there were both new chipset drivers and a BIOS update available, neither of which were reported by the manufacturer's software.

This might be more of a knock on Asus, but kudos to the devs for a game so well polished (and an extra-thorough crash message!) it did a better job telling me I needed updates than the software installed for that express purpose.

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And you haven't seen the bug detected by Wube on AMD CPUs/BIOS firmware, reported to AMD, and fixed - at least to some extent - with Wube's help :).
More on this here : https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-239
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Just out of personal curiosity, what CPU do you have exactly?
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Koub wrote:
Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:40 am
And you haven't seen the bug detected by Wube on AMD CPUs/BIOS firmware, reported to AMD, and fixed - at least to some extent - with Wube's help :).
More on this here : https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-239
Very impressive. :D
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Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:05 am
Just out of personal curiosity, what CPU do you have exactly?
Managed to get my hands on a 5950X.

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Are AMD CPUs still problematic with factorio :(?
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I haven't had any issues since the driver update.

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