Changelog

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Major Features:
    - First public release.
  Features:
    - Rover names now stay with the rover when it's picked up, stored, or shipped by rocket.
  Bugfixes:
    - Multiplayer: a player who leaves the game while driving a rover is returned to their own body first.
  Locale:
    - Added descriptions for the Rover Mk2 and Mk3 vehicles.

Version: 0.7.10
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - Trunk sizes are fixed per tier (20, 50 and 80); quality affects health and equipment grid size.

Version: 0.7.9
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - Moved the rover tier numerals to the bottom-left corner so they don't overlap item counts.

Version: 0.7.8
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - Rover icons now show I, II and III for Rover, Rover Mk2 and Rover Mk3.
    - New mod thumbnail.

Version: 0.7.7
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - Added a rover technology icon for all three Robot bodies research levels.

Version: 0.7.6
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - The VR link no longer lists Space Exploration's starmap or other mods' internal surfaces. Only planets and moons are listed (plus platforms if enabled, and any surface that already has a rover).

Version: 0.7.5
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed rover health in the VR link not updating while the window is open.
    - Damaged rovers no longer round up to 100% health.
  Features:
    - Hovering the rover list shows the selected rover's exact health.

Version: 0.7.4
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - The Disconnect button now points back toward Connect, so the button row mirrors the window's straight edges.

Version: 0.7.3
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - The VR link's Disconnect button now sits on the right and matches the Connect button's size.

Version: 0.7.2
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - The VR link's Deploy rover button is now hidden by default. Turn on the "Free rover deployment" map setting to bring it back.

Version: 0.7.1
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - Rovers can be renamed from the VR link with the pencil button next to the rover list.
  Balancing:
    - Rovers drive at half the speed of a car.

Version: 0.7.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Major Features:
    - Rover Mk2 (Robot bodies 2 research): 50 trunk slots, a 6x6 equipment grid and logistic requests.
    - Rover Mk3 (Robot bodies 3 research): 80 trunk slots and an 8x8 equipment grid.
  Features:
    - Higher quality rovers get bigger equipment grids (+1 width and height per quality level) and more health.
  Balancing:
    - The tier 1 rover no longer has logistic requests or trash slots; they come with Mk2.
    - Built-in alternator output: 250 kW (Rover), 500 kW (Mk2), 1 MW (Mk3).
  Changes:
    - Removed the "Rover inventory slots" startup setting; each tier has a fixed trunk size.

Version: 0.6.5
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - The VR link shortcut is re-enabled after changing surface, respawning or switching bodies, in case another mod hides it.

Version: 0.6.4
Date: 2026-11-10
  Balancing:
    - Rovers no longer stack; the stack size is now 1.

Version: 0.6.3
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - Space Exploration: rovers can't be used on space surfaces (orbits, asteroid belts and fields, spaceships). They can't be placed or deployed there, rockets don't unpack them there, and those surfaces aren't listed in the VR link.

Version: 0.6.2
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - The VR headset is now listed with military equipment.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed rovers unpacking on space platforms; rovers sent up to a platform now stay packed.

Version: 0.6.1
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - Space Exploration: rovers on a cargo rocket that lands without a landing pad unpack themselves next to their cargo pod.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed rovers not unpacking from Space Exploration landing pads.

Version: 0.6.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - Rovers dropped from a space platform unpack themselves on arrival, on a cargo landing pad or the ground (Space Age).
    - Rovers delivered to a rocket landing pad unpack themselves next to the pad (Space Exploration).
    - Added a map setting to turn rocket unpacking off.
  Changes:
    - Deployed rovers keep the equipment and quality of the rover item they came from.

Version: 0.5.4
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash when connecting to a rover on a different surface.
    - Fixed taking the headset off on a different surface from your body.

Version: 0.5.3
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - You can no longer climb into a rover in person; rovers can only be driven through the VR link.

Version: 0.5.2
Date: 2026-11-10
  Graphics:
    - Shrank the rover's wheel dust trail to fit the rover instead of the vanilla car.

Version: 0.5.1
Date: 2026-11-10
  Changes:
    - Items the rover's arm picks up now go straight into the trunk.
  Compatibility:
    - Krastorio 2 and Space Exploration no longer give the rover operator a huge extra inventory.

Version: 0.5.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - Rovers have a 4x4 equipment grid.
    - A built-in 250 kW alternator powers the grid, so it needs no generator equipment.

Version: 0.4.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - Rovers can make logistic requests and have 10 trash slots, so robots can supply and empty them.
  Changes:
    - The boarding debug line now goes to the log file instead of chat.

Version: 0.3.2
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed rovers refusing all drivers, which made every VR link connection fail.
  Changes:
    - Rovers are single-seat: anyone who climbs into the passenger seat is moved back out.

Version: 0.3.1
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed "Couldn't connect to that rover" when boarding a rover through the VR link.
    - If boarding still fails, a debug line is printed to help track it down.

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Features:
    - The VR headset is now 2x2 armor equipment. Equip it in your armor grid to open the VR link.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed connecting to a rover leaving the operator standing next to it instead of driving it.
    - If a rover can't be boarded, you now wake up back in your body instead of getting stuck.
  Graphics:
    - Added the VR headset icon and equipment sprite.

Version: 0.2.1
Date: 2026-11-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a load error ("No categories defined") for the rover operator when hand-crafting is disabled.

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Major Features:
    - Rovers are now vehicles. Place them like a car and mine them to pick them back up, trunk and all.
    - Rovers can be placed by construction robots and blueprints.
  Features:
    - Leaving the rover's seat takes the headset off; whatever the arm was holding goes into the trunk.
    - Added a startup setting to make rovers burn fuel. By default they need none.
  Graphics:
    - Added rover sprites, shadow and icon rendered in Blender.

Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2026-11-10
  Major Features:
    - Initial release.
    - Rovers: remote-operated bodies with a manipulator arm.
    - VR headset and VR link window: pick any revealed surface, then pick a rover on it and connect.
    - Surfaces with rovers are listed first; unlocked planets you haven't visited yet are listed too.
    - Remote deployment drops a rover from your inventory onto the chosen surface.
    - Your body is protected while you're away, and you wake up at home if your rover is destroyed.