Hexi's Scaling Science Cost


Makes technology research costs scale based on the number of science packs and if they're required for the silo, planets, or promethium science.

Tweaks
18 days ago
1.1 - 2.0
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Owner:
Hexicube
Source:
N/A
Homepage:
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License:
MIT
Created:
1 year, 1 month ago
Latest Version:
0.1.5 (18 days ago)
Factorio version:
1.1 - 2.0
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61 users

Makes technology research costs scale based on the number of science packs and if they're required for the silo.

Technology is split into 3 groups:
- Important technologies, which are user-specified
- On-path technologies, which are prerequisites for important technologies (no matter how far down)
- Off-path technologies, which aren't in the above two

Based on the group and how many unique science packs are required, costs for that tech are multiplied.
On-path and off-path technologies get their own multipliers, important technologies are considered on-path but also get an extra multiplier on top.

Default settings:
- Scaling on-path science costs: 1,10,25,100,250,350,400,500,750,1000
- Scaling off-path science costs: 1,5,10,25,50,100,250,300,400,500
- Use essential technologies for important technologies: off
- Important technologies: rocket-silo,planet-discovery-gleba,planet-discovery-fulgora,planet-discovery-vulcanus,planet-discovery-aquilo,promethium-science-pack
- Important tech added scaling: 5
- Use alternative science scaling: off (turn this on if you have issues with inserters getting stuck or don't want labs holding lots of science packs)

Old default scaling:
- On-path: 1,10,25,100,1000
- Off-path: 1,5,10,25,100,250
- Important: rocket-silo

Examples for defaults:
- All automation science technologies are untouched (both settings are 1x for single pack)
- Automation 2 is 10x (on-path), but Military Science Pack is 5x (off-path)
- Rocket silo is 125x (25x on-path and 5x important added scaling)
- - Without Space Age, this is instead 1250x (250x and 5x) since it has 5 science packs and not 3
- Follower robot count 7+ is 250x (tech AFTER important tech is off-path)