Age of Production


Adding new machines to Space Age for more variety and bigger production!

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g [explained]Why is the Biochemical Facility being removed?

4 days ago

I was wondering why the Biochemical Facility is being removed, as its one of my favorite buildings from this mod. I feel like it's a decent upgrade to the biochamber, without being too powerful.

It was also a really cool challenge figuring out how to automate the machine, considering it requires two types of eggs. I'm a bit sad knowing that i might have to tear down the circuit contraption that i came up with.

4 days ago

It was way too powerful, a biochamber shouldnt be able to run without nutrients.
Also, it didnt have anything unique going for it except that which isnt good

4 days ago

I guess that's a fair point, but you could always just add a fuel requirement, so that it's a proper "MK2 Biochamber". You could even crank it real high to make it extra hungry for balance. Like i said, it's a bit of a shame to see it gone, because i really liked the visuals of the machine and i had a lot of fun figuring out how to safely automate the machine without risking a biter outbreak on Gleba.

4 days ago

I may still do something that could lead to biter outbreaks on gleba in the next updates then if its a challenge you liked

4 days ago

Well, that particular challenge will be there regardless, due to the overgrowth soils and golden biter eggs from Frozeta. It's the combination of both biter and pentapod eggs that made the automation interesting, because i had to make sure the pentapod eggs aren't delivered too soon, since they have the shorter spoil time. The whole system uses AAI Signal Transmission as a framework, to ensure proper coordination between Nauvis, Gleba, and the associated freighter.

I'm still looking forward to the upcoming updates, as long as they add some new challenges similar to this one. I really like challenges that allow me to broaden my knowledge on circuits, especially since i'll probably need it for Planet Tellus, which i'm planning to conquer soon.

4 days ago

Mhm
Ive outlines roughly how the major update will work in the aop channel on the foundry discord if you want to know what to expect

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