Noble Metals

by brevven

(Alpha release, anything can change, more to come, etc) Adds silver, gold, platinum, palladium and more to the base game. Reworks processing units. Compatible with Krastorio 2 and Space Exploration. A standalone piece of BZ Mods.

Content
4 months ago
1.1
11.2K
Mining Fluids Manufacturing

Changelog

Version: 0.0.16
Date: 2023-12-30
  Features:
    - K2: Add platinum and palladium matter recipes. (Might need further balancing)
  Changes:
    - Catalyst production can use prod modules
    - Catalyst recipe icons show which metal they are made from
    - K2: Tweaked matter conversion values for gold.
    - K2: Tweak matter icons
  Fixes:
    - K2: Fix some matter locale strings
  Localization:
    - ja locale, thanks to Sakuro
Version: 0.0.15
Date: 2023-12-29
  Fixes:
    - Silver brazing alloy can now be handcrafted even when foundry is available.
      This addresses some awkward progressions.
    - SE + K2 + Bob's: Fix some electronics recipes including silver alternates and circuit boards.
      Unfortunately, this means "mainboard" items will end up deleted from savegames using all 3 of
      those mods, as there's no good way to migrate them.
  Changes:
    - SE: Meteor/umbrella defense tech requires rocket science packs
    - Bob's: Merge CPU/CPUs items into one. (Might need further balancing or progression changes.)
Version: 0.0.14
Date: 2023-04-16
  Fixes:
    - SE: Fix holmium cable mainboard recipe to use correct ingredients
  Changes:
    - Processing unit recipe time has been further halved
    - K2: Rare metals are now used in mainbord recipes, not processing units
    - SE: Lifesupport canisters no longer require processing units
Version: 0.0.13
Date: 2023-04-10
  Changes:
    - Catalyzed oil recipes can now use prod modules.
  Localization:
    - zh-CN thanks to Klarkxy
Version: 0.0.12
Date: 2023-04-02
  Changes:
    - Silver brazing alloy will use foundry if enabled.
    - SE: Fix some possible tech/recipe deadlocks
Version: 0.0.11
Date: 2023-03-29
  Fixes:
    - Several en locale strings added or fixed
Version: 0.0.10
Date: 2023-03-28
  Fixes:
    - Correctly scale low res rich copper entity sprites
Version: 0.0.9
Date: 2023-03-27
  Fixes:
    - When silver is disabled, do not enable an alternate electronic circuit recipe
    - Alternate electronic circuit recipe now unlocks at appropriate time in certain mod loadouts
    - Some fixes around platinum, palladium settings
  Changes:
    - Tweak silver wire icon
    - Tweak electronic circuit recipe icons
    - When used with Bob's electronics, provide alternate basic electronic components recipe
    - When used with AAI Industry (and not Natural Gas) provide alt-alt electronic circuit recipe
Version: 0.0.8
Date: 2023-03-27
  Fixes:
    - Researching Advanced Electronics 2 unlocks now correctly unlocks CPUs in most mod loadouts.
Version: 0.0.7
Date: 2023-03-26
  Fixes:
    - Compatibility fixes for some loadouts
    - Fix silicon in CPUs in some loadouts
  Features:
    - SE: Added setting to output a very small amount of ore in Nauvis core mining, default zero.
Version: 0.0.6
Date: 2023-03-22
  Features:
    - Basic compatility with 248k, unified gold ingot items and production lines.
  Fixes:
    - SE: Satellite rocket silo no longer requires palladium, due to tech deadlock
Version: 0.0.5
Date: 2023-03-19
  Features:
    - Compatible with ModMash Splinter Gold
Version: 0.0.4
Date: 2023-03-18
  Fixes:
    - More locale strings (en)
    - K2, SE: Prod modules for alternate smelting chains
  Changes:
    - Recipe balance changes
    - K2: Early rare metals recipe does not output noble metals
    - SE: Post-rocket techs require rocket science packs
Version: 0.0.3
Date: 2023-03-14
  Changes:
    - K2: Fix some recipes
    - SE: A bit more minor smoothing of progression
    - K2SE: Matter updates
  Fixes:
    - SE: Fix some recipe building issues, eg alternate solid fuel recipes
    - Fix some more mod load issues, as well as further playability compatibility
Version: 0.0.2
Date: 2023-03-13
  Fixes:
    - Fix and add several en locale strings
  Changes:
    - Rebalance silver brazing alloy
    - SE: Smooth progression around processing units and switch around some recipes
    - SE: Alternate production chain for processing units using holmium
Version: 0.0.1
Date: 2023-03-10
  Features:
    - Early alpha release, incomplete.
    - Adds gold, silver, platinum and palladium
    - Adds some intermediate items
    - Updates processing units production chain
    - Optionally adds catalysis recipes
    - Compatible with Krastorio 2 (more to come)
    - Compatible with Space Exploration (more to come)
    - Compatible with Bob's Electronics
    - Compatible with deadlock stacking/crating
    - Compatible with many other mods
  Known issues:
    - Gameplay balance is not tuned.
    - In Space Exploration, gold ore (and rich copper ore, without K2) will show up on Nauvis
      They should eventually only show up off of Nauvis.
    - Enriched ores need better graphics.
    - Some mod setting configurations don't currently work.