As far as I can tell power is a blocker for any planet start. You need power to unlock (and use) pumpjacks to directly pull steam out of the vents, or you need intense plasma and coolant to make the molybdenum Miner. To get intense plasma/coolant you need a chemical plant, either to make it directly or to provide lube for a Miner, which leads back to needing power to both research and use it.e

Hey, thanks for the report! I'll try to address what you've brought up, in the meanwhile, you shouldn't be hardblocked completely, if you're still playing, you should be able to find intense chunks in the debris to help you get by until you get the proper research. Meanwhile, you should probably aim for the Carnan Molybdenum Miners as they don't need electricity to function. They can grab steam from the vents without the need of another fluid.

I can't see a way to use the intense chunks without power. To convert them into the liquid you need a chemical plant. I spent like 2 hours mining to try to get enough salvage to get the processing molybdenum but only actually got 3 of the 25 necessary chunks out of it since the chunks you get from mining the various structures don't count. However the recipes it unlocks for the Miner and Core both require liquid intense plasma/coolant which leads right back to the chemical plant problem even should i spent another 10 hours trying to get them. I stopped by on a different file without APS and it doesn't require those so I for some reason APS settings are what make this blocked.

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Ah, I see what happened! While I was organizing and trying to unify Factoriopedia, I accidentally removed a recipe from the host assembler that converted chunks into fluids. Thanks very much for bringing this to my attention.

Thanks for the fix. With that I was able to get an early base started. Since it is slow going it is definitely going to be a once in a while thing but I'll report any other issues I find since I think APS is my favorite way to experience a new planet so I don't mind being a light beta tester on it.

Ah, well thanks very much. Any suggestions will be helpful since the APS start is just barely implemented and unrefined.