Changelog



Version: 2.3.0
Date: 07/25/2026
  Locale:
    - Added full German, French, and Dutch translations for mod settings, the rank-up alert, the Informatron wiki pages, mod name/description, and the attack-bonus modifier descriptions (previously empty, falling back to English)

Version: 2.2.0
Date: 07/25/2026
  Features:
    - Added in-game wiki pages for the Informatron mod (optional dependency): Ranks & Promotion, Rank Bonuses, Ranking Up, Picking Up Ranked Turrets, and Turret & Mod Compatibility, including a row of rank badge icons on the Ranks page
  Changes:
    - Filled in readme.md with a full player-facing description of ranking, rank bonuses, the rank-up moment, pickup/ghost/blueprint behavior, turret and mod compatibility, and mod lineage credits

Version: 2.1.2
Date: 07/25/2026
  Changes:
    - Normalized changelog.txt category names to Factorio's officially recognized set (Fixes -> Bugfixes, Internal/Breaking Changes -> Changes), merging any resulting duplicate category within a version

Version: 2.1.1
Date: 07/25/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed .gitattributes export-ignore pattern for "scripts" matching at any depth, which stripped prototypes/scripts (including types.lua) from git-archive based publish packaging and broke mod loading via a require failure in data-final-fixes.lua

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 07/25/2026
  Features:
    - Added turret rank-up notifications: optional global alert or local sound, with per-player settings for enabling, mode, sound, and visual flash (enabled by default, defaulting to local mode with sound), with the mode/sound/flash settings indented in the mod settings menu to show they depend on the main toggle
    - Added an original rank-up fanfare sound, inspired by the Red Alert 2 promotion jingle but generated from scratch via MIDI (General MIDI trumpet) rather than using any game audio, so it ships free of third-party assets
    - Added an animated rank-up flash effect: the turret's new rank pulses in below it while the turret sprite blinks with a soft light, both gradually fading out over 5 seconds; tracked per turret and per player so a rapid re-promotion resets the effect instead of stacking duplicates
  Changes:
    - Added scripts/generate-rankup-sound.py and scripts/compare-rankup-sound.py for regenerating and tuning the rank-up sound

Version: 2.0.0
Date: 07/22/2026
  Changes:
    - Mod identity changed to HeroTurretsReduxFork (separate mod from HeroTurretRedux)
    - Refactored turret state capture/restore logic into a dedicated module
  Compatibility:
    - Updated mod metadata for Factorio 2.1
    - Added configuration-change detection for HeroTurret, HeroTurretRedux, and HeroTurretsReduxFork names
    - Added fast-replace-first turret rank-up flow for Factorio 2.1, with safe fallback when replacement is not possible
    - Improved modded turret handling by using capability checks for ammo/fluid/energy transfer behavior
    - Ensured ranked turret prototypes consistently set fast_replaceable_group so fast_replace can apply reliably
  Bugfixes:
    - Hardened configuration-change version detection to avoid nil access during upgrade edge cases
    - Hardened create_entity/can_fast_replace calls with guarded handling to avoid runtime exceptions in upgrade flow
    - Improved turret rank-up state continuity (ammo slot order, energy restore, and guarded fallback fluid restore)
    - Excluded .tmp and other dot-directories from local deploy packaging and git-archive based publish packaging

Version: 1.0.38
Date: 03/11/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed bug with prio targets

Version: 1.0.37
Date: 03/07/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - made ammo range changes an experimental setting, Set to false by default.

Version: 1.0.36
Date: 03/07/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - added artillery turret ammo to use max range

Version: 1.0.35
Date: 03/05/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - fixed bug with priorities for ghosts not sticking if they were from a ranked turret
    - tweaked the energy capacity of energy based weapons to accomadate their shooting speed
    - Added turrets max range to ammo that uses range 
    - fixed Yuoki Turrets not working correctly with the mod

Version: 1.0.34
Date: 02/17/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - bug fixes.

Version: 1.0.33
Date: 02/17/2026
  Bugfixes:
    - various bug fixes.
  Features:
    - setting to remove turret ranks from ghost view
    - setting to stop ranked turrets from being copy /pasted and instead use their base verison

Version: 1.0.32
Date: 12/22/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - fixed an issue with turrets having multiple base visualtion layers causing a crash 
    - fixed an issue with fluid turrets on rank up using up all the oil on their fluid network

Version: 1.0.30
Date: 07/06/2025
  Tweaks:
    - removed ranked turrets from Factoriopedia for Hoochie

Version: 1.0.29
Date: 07/06/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - added compatability with Bigger Artillery mod

Version: 1.0.28
Date: 07/03/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - added an additional check in the entity validation check for some edge cases

Version: 1.0.27
Date: 07/02/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - added a normalization for selection boxes for compatibility with Kuxynator mods (Thanks Kuxynator!)
    - added Water turrets to the ignore list of turrets

Version: 1.0.26
Date: 05/27/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - Removed turret recipes from factoriopedia to clean it up. They couldn't be crafted anyway (Thanks Hoochie)
    - Made the custom ranks default to six instead of 10 (thanks Dune 1411 for the suggestion)
    - Removed Space Age rail gun range modifier as once it was past the projectile range, the turret would waste ammo.

Version: 1.0.25
Date: 05/10/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed issue with the main is_valid check failing if the entity wasn't valid
  Features:
    - added a setting to set the newly ranked turrets health to max instead of using the previous health amount

Version: 1.0.24
Date: 03/30/2025
  Features:
    - Added new settings to allow you to set your own buff percentages for Attack Speed and rotation per rank. Similar to custom buff percentage. Will default to what the overall buff percentage is if not enabled.

Version: 1.0.23
Date: 03/30/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - added mising nil check

Version: 1.0.22
Date: 03/30/2025
  Tweaks:
    - updated the locale file to be more in line with what it is actually changing

Version: 1.0.21
Date: 03/30/2025
  Features:
    - Added new settings to allow you to set your own buff percentages for Max Health, Range and Cooldown per rank. Will add more at a later date. Similar to custom buff percentage. Will default to what the overall buff percentage is if not enabled.
  Tweaks:
    - Changed the max custom buffs from 500% to 1000%. Be warned high values can break your game, but for those with super computers, have at it.
  Balance:
    - Updated the cooldown modifier calcuation to be more in line with the actual buff being applied. Was WAY too powerful. Your turrets rate of fire at later ranks will be severly nerfed compared to what it was. Use the custom firerate setting if you want to boost it back to what it was

Version: 1.0.20
Date: 03/27/2025
  Tweaks:
    - Changed the max custom buffs from 200% to 500%. Be warned high values can break your game, but for those with super computers, have at it.

Version: 1.0.19
Date: 03/25/2025
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed bug with having a custom names that were more than 12 values causing the mod to crash on startup
  Tweaks:
    - Reverted rank icon change. 
    - removed the minimum number for custom ranks from 6 to 1

Version: 1.0.18
Date: 03/25/2025
  Tweaks:
    - Updated locale file for setting tool tip to show the new maximum of 200% instead of 999%.

Version: 1.0.17
Date: 03/25/2025
  Tweaks:
    - Changed maximum buff from 999% to 200%. This is to protect users from bricking their games if they get wild.

Version: 1.0.16
Date: 03/25/2025
  Features:
    - Added new settings to allow you to set your own buff percentages per rank. Similar to custom rank names / kill / damage.

Version: 1.0.15
Date: 03/24/2025
  Features:
    - Added new settings to allow you to set your own kill / damage ranks. Similar to the custom rank names
    - changed the max threshold of the inidividual turret rank settings from 20 to 100

Version: 1.0.14
  Info::

  Tweaks:
    - Reworded some of the setting descriptions to be more clear on what they do.
    - changed the setting for the Artillery Turret Modifier setting to be 1.5 to be more balanced.
  Balancing:
    - Rebalanced the kills / damaged needed for ranking. Previously it felt too easy to get the first couple of levels and then took a long time to get to the final rank. I have flattened this a bit and increased the amount of kills needed to get the first couple of ranks. New values can be found on the mod home page.
  Features:
    - Added two new Prestige ranks which each give a 5% increase to the total buffs applied for a total of a 60% buff at max rank (previously 50%). The previous final rank still gives the same amount of buffs at 50%.

Version: 1.0.13
  Features:
    - Added in the functionality for turrets to keep their circuit connections when they are promoted

Version: 1.0.12
  Compatibility:
    - Added a check for nil on data load for compatibility with mods that do not contain "gun" prototypes

Version: 1.0.11
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an issue with control behavior settings not checking if the entity was valid

Version: 1.0.10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an issue with the entity not being valid before building out the priority targeting settings

Version: 1.0.9
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an issue where the priority targeting settings were not being copied over to the newly leveled turret
    - also fixed a related issue with circuit settings not copying over. Found an issue with circuit connections not copying over but have not found a good solution just yet.

Version: 1.0.8
  Bugfixes:
    - added a nil check for entity.maxhealth for turrets like laser walls

Version: 1.0.7
  Tweaks:
    - Updated the level badge placement logic 
  Compatibility:
    - skipping Zeus Turret mod and disabled

Version: 1.0.5
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an issue with Concentrated solar mod not working correctly. Just disabled for this mod for now
    - Fixed an issue with a nil value found for some modded turrets

Version: 1.0.2
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed path in info.json

Version: 1.0.0
  Compatibility:
    - Ported HeroTurrets to Factorio 2.0. Added Space Age compatibility