Mega Bot Start (2.1 port)

by Ju92fr

Unofficial Factorio 2.1 port of 'Mega Bot Start' by ZeroSerenity, until an official 2.1 release exists. Not compatible with the original. Start with power armor, personal roboports, construction robots, portable fusion reactors, batteries, and more. Space Age gives Mech Armor instead. Krastorio 2 gives fuel. Bob's Warfare gives better armor, logistics gives fusion powered robots, personal equipment upgrades the module.

Tweaks
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2.1
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Changelog

Version: 2.1.1
Date: 07. 23. 2026
  Bugfixes:
    - Space Exploration when played with Krastorio 2 should work again.
Version: 2.1.0
Date: 06. 9. 2026
  Features:
    - Added a new setting to start with higher quality armor and equipment, with all five standard tiers of quality to choose from.
    - Added settings to start with or without shields and personal laser defense equipment.
    - Replaced given armor in Space Age with Mech Armor.
  Bugfixes:
    - Bob's Mods and Krastorio 2 unique upgrades should work again.
  Changes:
    - Code refactoring.
Version: 2.0.2
Date: 04. 06. 2025
  Bugfixes:
    - Update to allow Bob's to work again.
Version: 2.0.1
Date: 12. 12. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Cutscenes past the freeplay start should no longer crash the mod
  Changes:
    - Added storage data to prevent armor overwriting itself
Version: 2.0.0
Date: 10. 30. 2024
  Changes:
    - Compatibility for Space Age (Factorio Version 2.0)
  Info:
    - Krastorio 2 and Bob's Mods have not been updated to 2.0, therefore the unique upgrades usually in this mod no longer work.
Version: 0.20.3
Date: 8. 28. 2020
  Changes:
    - Force the shortcut bar to appear on startup
Version: 0.20.2
Date: 8. 24. 2020
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed speed research not working properly
Version: 0.20.1
Date: 8. 15. 2020
  Bugfixes:
    - Return to a classic auto-equip function
Version: 0.20.0
Date: 8. 15. 2020
  Bugfixes:
    - Compatabile with 1.0
Version: 0.18.1
Date: 5. 12. 2020
  Features:
    - Expanded functionality to work with Bob's mods and Krastorio 2
    - New user settings for more robots and researching robot speed
  Bugfixes:
    - Should not cause sandbox to crash due to a player being absent