Truffle v5 runs out of gas but Truffle v4 deploys the contract

Question

Truffle v4 used to deploy the contract successfully, but Truffle v5 truffle migrate command fails.

My process to deploy:

1) delete buidl/ folder

2) truffle compile

3) truffle migrate

Truffle v5

The error I get is:

Error:  *** Deployment Failed ***
"ContractName" ran out of gas. Something in the constructor (ex: infinite loop) 
caused gas estimation to fail. Try:
* Making your contract constructor more efficient
* Setting the gas manually in your config or as a deployment parameter
* Using the solc optimizer settings in 'truffle.js'
* Setting a higher network block limit if you are on a
 private network or test client (like ganache).

at C:\Users\dziug\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\truffle-deployer\src\deployment.js:364:1
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
Truffle v5.0.0 (core: 5.0.0)
Node v10.4.0

My truffle-config.js looks like this:

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 8545,
      network_id: '*',
  compilers: {
    solc: { 
      version: "^0.4.24",
      optimizer: {
        enabled: true,
        runs: 200
      }
    }
  }

Then I installed truffle v4 and tried to migrate the same contract:

1) npm uninstall -g truffle

2) npm install -g [email protected]

3) delete buidl/ folder

4) truffle compile

5) truffle migrate

And it works. I can deploy it on the rinkeby too.

Remix doesn't deploy it with

javascript VM: "creation of ContractName errored: transaction execution failed"

However, I can deploy it to Rinkeby through Remix

I need this contract to be deployed with truffle v5, because I will develop Solidity 0.5.* contracts that will communicate with the one I am trying to deploy right now, otherwise I won't be able to test with javascript.

The contract I am trying to deploy is: https://github.com/cryptocopycats/awesome-cryptokitties/tree/master/contracts

with couple fixes and additions. Contract starts from KittyCore.sol

Answer 1

Check @goodvibration answer. It should work in most instances.

I don't recommend the answer that I will share below, it will ignore the EIP-170, hopefully there is a better answer

I was only able to make it migrate using: ganache-cli --gasLimit=0x1fffffffffffff --allowUnlimitedContractSize -e 1000000000

--allowUnlimitedContractSize: "Allows unlimited contract sizes while debugging. By enabling this flag, the check within the EVM for contract size limit of 24KB (see EIP-170) is bypassed. Enabling this flag will cause ganache-cli to behave differently than production environments."

-e {number}: gives that much ether to all 10 accounts

My truffle-config.js looks like this:

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 8545,
      network_id: '*',
      gas: 0x1fffffffffffff
    },
  }
}

Answer 2

Your truffle-config.js file is not correct. Have a look at: https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta.0#bring-your-own-compiler

For the correct format for the truffle-config.js file.

Answer 3

I think the problem is in your config:

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 8545,
      network_id: '*',
  compilers: {
    solc: { 
      version: "^0.4.24", // this line
      optimizer: {
        enabled: true,
        runs: 200
      }
    }
  }

If you want to use v5, you have to change to appropriate solc version, like 0.5.0

Answer 4

On Ganache, set Gas Limit as 8721975 and in Truffle config, set the gas as 8721974

   development: {
     host: "127.0.0.1",     // Localhost (default: none)
     port: 7545,            // Standard Ethereum port (default: none)
     network_id: "*",       // Any network (default: none)
     gas: 8721974
    },