Q: What does Advanced Fluid Infrastructure do?
A: It adds staged progression for pipes, pipe-to-ground, pumps, offshore pumps, and pipeline extent. The goal is to make fluid logistics develop over time instead of giving every factory full-strength pipe networks from the start.
Q: Does this require Space Age?
A: Yes. Advanced Fluid Infrastructure is built for Factorio 2.0 with Space Age enabled.
Q: Does this change vanilla pipes?
A: Yes. The early pipe tier is intentionally more constrained, and later tiers expand reach, throughput support, and pipeline extent.
Q: Why make early pipes weaker?
A: Vanilla pipes are very strong immediately. This mod makes early fluid builds more compact, then lets larger fluid networks become something you unlock and invest in.
Q: What kinds of pipe tiers are included?
A: The mod includes regular surface infrastructure, space-platform low-pressure infrastructure, Vulcanus heat-resistant and tungsten infrastructure, reinforced infrastructure, foundation infrastructure, and high-pressure foundation pumping.
Q: Does this affect pumps too?
A: Yes. Pumps and offshore pumps have staged upgrades that match the broader fluid infrastructure progression.
Q: Is this safe to add to an existing save?
A: It should load, but it changes fluid infrastructure progression and pipe behavior. Existing factories may need redesign if they rely on long early-game pipe runs.
Q: Is this safe to remove from an existing save?
A: Removing mods that add prototypes can break saves or remove entities. Back up your save before removing it.
Q: Does this work with other mods?
A: It should work with many mods, but compatibility depends on whether those mods also change pipes, pumps, technologies, recipes, or fluidbox behavior.
Q: What about Rampant Arsenal Fork?
A: When Rampant Arsenal Fork is present, this mod removes its reinforced pipe prototypes and related unlocks so fluid infrastructure progression has one owner.
Q: Does this use AI-generated content?
A: Yes. The thumbnail artwork and a significant amount of code and documentation were developed with AI assistance. The repository includes public governance files describing the guardrails used for AI-assisted development.