Rusting Iron


Bringing a piece of Gleba to everyone. Iron plates, gears, sticks and engines spoil by rusting, then need to be derusted with stone.

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Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
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Changelog

Version: 1.2.3
Date: 2025-03-26
  Compatibility:
    - Fix impossible Cerys start
Version: 1.2.2
Date: 2025-03-20
  Compatibility:
    - Add compatibility for using sand from Crushing Industry in derusting recipes.
Version: 1.2.1
Date: 2025-03-15
  Changes:
    - Made derust_amount optional.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fix compatibility with AAI Industry.
Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2025-03-14
  Major Features:
    - Added new "No Mercy" setting that changes recipes to not refresh the rusting timer anymore. Would not recommend.
    - rocs-rusting-iron- prefix has been removed from internal names.
  Minor Features:
    - Mod has been refactored with a new API that auto-generates items, recipes, and unlocks.
    - Items are specified with a rusting timescale, derusting timescale, derust amount, and icon root.
    - Items can optionally be specified with a derust cost scalar.
    - Derusting recipes are specified with ingredients, a localisation key, a recipe category, and a derust timescale.
    - Recipes can optionally be specified with an overlay icon and crafting machine tints.
    - Localisation is now automatically generated from the base item.
  Changes:
    - Engine units now take longer to rust (+50%).
    - Iron sticks now derust 2 at a time.
    - Derusting with sulfuric acid now derusts 2x as many items.
  Compatibility:
    - While you still need to own the DLC since the mod requires spoiling, you can now use Rusting Iron without SA or Quality enabled!
Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2025-03-07
  Changes:
    - Internal code updates.
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2025-03-07
  Changes:
    - Fixed crash with Glass.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2025-03-07
  Changes:
    - Mod title changed to just Rusting Iron.
    - Added support for the mod Glass.
Version: 1.0.16
Date: 2025-03-04
  Changes:
    - Fix missing locale entry when AAI Industry is installed.
Version: 1.0.15
Date: 2025-02-02
  Changes:
    - Corrected recipe unlocks in technologies.
Version: 1.0.14
Date: 2025-02-02
  Changes:
    - Sulfuric acid derusting now also requires water.
Version: 1.0.13
Date: 2025-02-02
  Changes:
    - Derusting can now be performed by sulfuric acid.
Version: 1.0.12
Date: 2024-11-30
  Changes:
    - Information update.
Version: 1.0.11
Date: 2024-11-29
  Modding:
    - Mod compatibility.
Version: 1.0.8
Date: 18.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Default spoil time tweaked.
Version: 1.0.7
Date: 17.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Rusty item weights are hardcoded to match their non-rusted counterparts. Sadly Factorio weight logic is currently undocumented, so this will probably break in e.g. my Expensive Mode mod.
Version: 1.0.6
Date: 17.11.2024
  Changes:
    - 'engine-unit' now rusts, with a config option to disable this. (If you're using AAI Industry, this instead applies to 'motor'.)
    - Rusting tint adjusted.
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 17.11.2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Quick bugfix.
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 17.11.2024
  Changes:
    - If the AAI Industry mod is installed, derusting recipes use stone instead of sand.
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 17.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Minimum Factorio version adjusted.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 17.11.2024
  Changes:
    - Derusting recipe time reduced.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 17.11.2024
  Features:
    - Crafting iron gears and sticks now resets the iron's spoil timer.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 17.11.2024
  Features:
    - Iron plates, gears and sticks spoil by rusting, then need to be derusted with stone.
    - Recycling rusty materials gives their original ingredients, rusted.
    - Fulgora scrap and simple-entities now give the rusted versions of iron gears and sticks.