BerbCorp Upgrade Cargo Bay Slots

Upgrade every Space Age cargo bay from the vanilla 20 slots to 50 slots with one expensive Aquilo-era research.

Research progression

The mod adds one 50-slot capacity research. It costs 10,000 research units at 60 seconds each and consumes every science pack through Aquilo: automation, logistic, military, chemical, production, utility, space, metallurgic, agricultural, electromagnetic, and cryogenic science.

The research requires cryogenic science, so it is gated behind Aquilo. Promethium science is intentionally not required.

How it works

Completing the research upgrades every cargo bay belonging to the researching force. Newly placed cargo bays immediately receive that force's researched 50-slot capacity. The vanilla cargo bay item and recipe remain unchanged; no separate upgrade item is crafted.

The mod supports cargo bays attached to cargo landing pads and space platform hubs. It preserves cargo bay quality and uses event-driven replacement only when research completes, configuration changes, or a cargo bay is placed.

Updating from an earlier version downgrades existing 60- to 150-slot cargo bays to 50 slots when the research is completed, or to the vanilla 20 slots when it is not.

Compatibility

• Supports Factorio 2.0 and 2.1 with the Space Age expansion.
• Does not change cargo pod throughput, cargo bay graphics, cargo bay recipes, or the vanilla cargo bay item.
• Factorio has no native technology modifier for cargo-bay inventory capacity, so this mod uses hidden cargo-bay variants internally.
• Removing the mod from a save containing upgraded cargo bays is not recommended.