Hard Space


Tweaks to Space. Building undergrounds belts and pipes on platforms each require a special new technology. Asteroids spawn with quality. Promethium chunks decay after 5 minutes. Medium asteroids have some physical damage resistance. Asteroid reprocessing recipes no longer accept quality modules.

Tweaks
13 days ago
2.0
3.12K
Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
Transportation Logistics Environment

Changelog

Version: 2.1.3
Date: 2025-09-08
  Changes:
    - Removed Challenging Pack Logistics dependency (this is being moved to the top level pack).
Version: 2.1.2
Date: 2025-09-05
  Changes:
    - Removed 'Planetary Distance Adjustments' as it's conceptually a bit different to the modpack.
Version: 2.1.1
Date: 2025-09-05
  Changes:
    - New dependency Challenging Pack Logistics.
Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2025-09-04
  Changes:
    - The 'Underground pipes on space platforms' technology is now unlocked by any one of the V/F/G tech trees, not just Vulcanus.
    - 'Planetary Distance Adjustments' is now a hard dependency.
Version: 2.0.3
Date: 2025-08-14
  Changes:
    - New dependency: Railguns Require Fluoroketone.
Version: 2.0.2
Date: 2025-06-04
  Changes:
    - Renamed mod from 'Space Undergrounds Require Research' to the wider mod, 'Hard Space'. Existing space-related features in the top-level modpack have been moved to this mod.
    - Added new dependency No More Asteroid Quality.
    - Space routes are now 50% longer.
Version: 1.2.3
Date: 2025-04-03
  Info:
    - Added Space Age tag.
Version: 1.2.2
Date: 2025-03-08
  Changes:
    - Fixed that underground pipes on space platforms (and consequently the belts technology) was unavailable for research.
Version: 1.2.1
Date: 2025-02-20
  Changes:
    - Tweaked the cost of the 'Underground pipes on space platforms' technology.
Version: 1.2.0
Date: ????
  Changes:
    - 'Underground pipes on space platforms' technology moved to Vulcanus tech tree.
Version: 1.1.6
Date: 2025-01-02
  Locale:
    - Added Russian localization.
Version: 1.1.5
Date: 2024-11-30
  Changes:
    - Information update.
Version: 1.1.4
Date: 2024-11-30
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed one of the technology icons.
Version: 1.1.3
Date: 2024-11-30
  Graphics:
    - New icons for space platform underground technologies by Tserup.
Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2024-11-28
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed exploit in which undergrounds could be built in the process of super force building entities.
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2024-11-28
  Info:
    - Mod setting names updated.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 24.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Added technology to place undergrounds belts on space platforms, and for underground pipes, both needed by default.
    - Mod renamed.
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 18.11.2024
  Modding:
    - All changes apart from preventing undergrounds on platforms have been moved to the main Space Age: Hardcore Mode mod. This mod has been renamed. Apologies for the janky internal name.
  Features:
    - Setting for restricting underground pipes.
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 18.11.2024
  Ease of use:
    - Tweaked asteroid HP buff.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 18.11.2024
  Ease of use:
    - Tweaked asteroid HP buff.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 18.11.2024
  Ease of use:
    - Removed dependencies on other mods.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 18.11.2024
  Features:
    - Setting to prevent building undergrounds on space platforms.
    - Setting to adjust the weight multiplier of space platform foundations.
    - Setting to adjust the health multiplier of asteroids.