Burning Cargo Pods


Start on each planet afresh! Dropping cargo safely from space platforms requires pods made out of materials native to the planet in question, forcing rockets before drops. This also adds a cost to orbital logistics.

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Changelog

Version: 1.3.2
Date: 2024-12-23
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when changing the minimum drop count setting using the text field.
Version: 1.3.1
Date: 2024-12-18
  Changes:
    - Stack size of cargo pods increased to 20, though rocket capacity is still 1.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed crash in the blueprint sandbox environment.
Version: 1.3.0
Date: 2024-12-18
  Changes:
    - Reduced the steel plate, holmium plate and tungsten plate costs of cargo pods.
    - Expensive Mode no longer increases metallic ore available in space.
Version: 1.2.16
Date: 2024-12-16
  Info:
    - Clarify tooltip description for 'Cargo drops destroy player weapons and armor' setting.
Version: 1.2.15
Date: 2024-12-16
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed multiple versions of the space platform GUI appearing.
Version: 1.2.14
Date: 2024-12-15
  Changes:
    - Drop configuration GUI now updates when open when other players in your multiplayer session modify the settings.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a corner case crash related to the checkbox in the GUI.
Version: 1.2.13
Date: 2024-12-14
  Changes:
    - GUI compatibility with previous version of the mod.
Version: 1.2.12
Date: 2024-12-14
  Changes:
    - GUI compatibility with previous version of the mod.
Version: 1.2.11
Date: 2024-12-13
  Graphics:
    - Graphical improvement for canceled pods.
Version: 1.2.10
Date: 2024-12-13
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash due to the new space platform GUI when opening entities with no name.
Version: 1.2.4
Date: 2024-12-12
  Changes:
    - Bugfix when using the checkbox.
Version: 1.2.3
Date: 2024-12-12
  Changes:
    - Tooltip added to the minimum drop setting for clarity.
Version: 1.2.2
Date: 2024-12-12
  Changes:
    - Fixed a crash when launching rockets from planets.
Version: 1.2.1
Date: 2024-12-12
  Modding:
    - Code cleanup.
Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2024-12-12
  Changes:
    - Added setting to the space platform hub GUI to control the minimum stack of items allowed in drops.
Version: 1.1.15
Date: 2024-11-30
  Changes:
    - Gleban cargo pods no longer spoil.
    - Information update.
Version: 1.1.14
Date: 2024-11-28
  Bugfixes:
    - Gleban cargo pods are now craftable in space as intended.
Version: 1.1.13
Date: 2024-11-28
  Changes:
    - Players no longer have a respawn timer after dying in a cargo pod.
Version: 1.1.12
Date: 2024-11-28
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed spoil time of Gleban cargo pod items.
Version: 1.1.11
Date: 2024-11-28
  Changes:
    - Added setting to disable the entire mod, for use by Space Age: Hardcore Mode players.
Version: 1.1.10
Date: 2024-11-28
  Features:
    - Added compatibility with Expensive Mode.
Version: 1.1.9
Date: 2024-11-27
  Changes:
    - Reduced the steel cost of cargo pods by half.
Version: 1.1.8
Date: 2024-11-27
  Changes:
    - Reverted Nauvis cargo drop pod recipe back to uranium-238 instead of depleted uranium fuel cells.
Version: 1.1.7
Date: 25.11.2024
  Changes:
    - space_travel_required turned on
Version: 1.1.6
Date: 25.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Mod name changed once more!
Version: 1.1.5
Date: 24.11.2024
  Features:
    - Gleban cargo pods now spoil at the same rate as bioflux and can be restored by adding more bioflux.
    - Cargo pods can now optionally be made in their special production building of their respective planets.
  Changes:
    - Certain localized planet names are now possessive.
Version: 1.1.4
Date: 24.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Mod description updated.
Version: 1.1.3
Date: 24.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Mod description updated.
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 24.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Mod name updated.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 23.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Added Nauvis, Vulcanus, Fulgora Gleba and Aquilo cargo pod items to encode the drop costs.
Version: 1.0.26
Date: 23.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Hotfixed a case where the platform leaves a space location before one of its cargo pods has finished being canceled.
Version: 1.0.25
Date: 23.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Cargo drop corpses now avoid landing in large bodies of liquid.
Version: 1.0.24
Date: 23.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Unprotected players' bodies are now left behind at their explosion point.
Version: 1.0.23
Date: 22.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Rework: By default, cargo pods simply fail to launch if protective materials aren't present (unless a player is riding the pod).
Version: 1.0.13
Date: 22.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Fixed a bug where cargo pods launched up to platforms try to pay the cost.
    - Turned off the 'return items to hub' setting for now, as it causes automation problems.
Version: 1.0.12
Date: 20.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Bioflux is now required to drop onto Gleba.
  Minor Features:
    - Audiovisual effects on pod destruction.
  Optimizations:
    - No longer calls find_entities_filtered on non-platform surfaces.
Version: 1.0.11
Date: 20.11.2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed multiple players dropping in on top of each other.
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 19.11.2024
  Changes:
    - 'Super hardcore' mode introduced, where player armor and guns are destroyed when their cargo pods burn up.
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 19.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Fixed a bug in 1.0.3 preventing cargo pods from burning up.
    - Settings introduced to control the number of protective materials required.
    - Setting introduced to allow cargo pods to carry construction robots for free.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 19.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Optional setting to return items to the space platform hub when the cargo pods burn up.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 19.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Players in burnt cargo pods end up at {0, 0} as they would do if the pod landed successfully.
    - Cargo pod destruction procession tick timed for a better visual effect.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 18.11.2024
  Features:
    - Dropping cargo pods expends material native to that planet, ensuring the player starts on Vulcanus, Fulgora and Gleba afresh.