Factorio update 1.1.79 is rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Factorio patch notes, the latest update addressed a crash when maximum-sounds is set below 16. Apart from this, Factorio patch 1.1.79 also includes various other tweaks and fixes.
Previously, a major update 1.1.75 added various fixes for crashes and more. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues since the last major patch. Today’s Factorio patch 1.1.79 will address a few of these errors.
Read more details below.
Factorio Update Patch Notes – March 30, 2023
Bugfixes
- Fixed a crash when maximum-sounds is set below 16, for example by using –disable-audio or on failed audio initialization.
- Fixed that some effects would sometimes be performed twice in multiplayer when FPS is lower than UPS.
- Fixed LuaSurface::find_entities_filtered would not accept force indexes.
- Fixed that solar panels on multiple surfaces would all produce electricity based on a daytime of one of the surfaces when they were part of a single electric network with a script created wire between surfaces.
- Fixed that loaders would spill their items when fast-replaced or upgraded.
- Fixed valid path searches failing because a previously failed path with a wider bounding box was cached.
Scripting
- Added LuaRendering::use_target_orientation for Sprite, Animation, and Polygon.
- Added on_gui_hover, on_gui_leave.
- Added LuaGuiElement::raise_hover_events read/write.
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