What is "BZ"?

BZ is two letters that were unique enough on the Factorio mod portal to not collide with other mod collections. You can pronounce it B's, as in Brevven's, or BEE-ZEE. Yes, the Very BZ mod pack's name is a bit of a groan-inducing pun. To learn more about the full collection of mods, see the forum thread.

I want to play Aluminum, but don't want this mod.

Good news, there is now a setting for that. Turn on "Minimal mode" in the mod startup settings.

Factorio does not allow for optional dependencies with a default of being enabled, so in order to make this enabled by default for Aluminum, it needs to be a required dependency. However the minimal mode setting will turn off almost all of the behavior of this mod, including removing the foundry buildings entirely.

I wish a recipe was not changed.

There is now a "Bypass recipes" setting. You can decide which recipes you want this (or each) mod to bypass modifications for. It requires a comma-separated list of internal recipe names. Eg.:

transport-belt, underground-belt

You must use the "internal" recipe-name. If you're not sure how to find it, the easiest way is to use debug mode (F5) and mouse over the recipe in your handcrafting window. Find the recipe-name in the debug properties.

Details

• Adds a Foundry building and an Electric foundry building, and corresponding techs.
• (Optional) adds a Coke recipe that can be made in the foundry, or can choose to use solid fuel with a new early recipe made in foundry.
• Steel is now made in the foundry. It is made with coke (or, using a mod option: solid-fuel, coal, or no carbon)
• There is a new experimental option to enable advanced plate recipes that input and problematically output refractory materials.

BZ Mods:

• Tungsten carbide is now made in foundry with coke (or, using a mod option: solid-fuel, coal, or no carbon)
• Silicon is now made in the foundry with coke (or, using a mod option: solid-fuel, coal, or no carbon)
• Cermet (from Zirconium mod) is now made in the foundry.
• Crucibles (from Graphite & Diamonds mod) are made in foundry.