Chemical Complex

An endgame chemical plant. 5x5, six pipe connections, a large module bay, 50% built-in productivity.

Entity

• Size 5x5
• 3 fluid inputs, 3 fluid outputs
• Crafting speed 4, 5 module slots, +50% base productivity (all configurable)
• Crafts everything a chemical plant crafts, including categories added by other mods
• Optionally crafts rocket fuel
• Optionally crafts all oil refinery recipes

Technology

• Chemical complex — 1000 x automation / logistic / chemical / production / utility science
• After Oil processing, Production science pack, Utility science pack
• Space Age: additionally space, metallurgic, electromagnetic and agricultural science

Recipe

• 40 refined concrete, 20 processing units, 20 electric engine units, 50 steel plates, 50 pipes
• Space Age: + 20 tungsten plates, 20 superconductors, 20 carbon fiber; also craftable in the foundry

Settings (startup)

Power consumption and pollution scales with the crafting speed setting.

For mod authors

The mod adds the recipe category complex-chemistry. Add it to a recipe to make it craftable in the Chemical Complex:

if mods["chemical-complex"] then
  table.insert(data.raw.recipe["my-recipe"].categories, "complex-chemistry")
end

Do this in data-updates or later.

Compatibility

• Base game 2.1, Space Age optional

Recommended mods

• Assembling Plant — an endgame assembling machine
• Nuclear Furnace — an endgame furnace that burns uranium fuel

AI

Mod concept & design by Morlot.
Implementation developed with the help of Claude (AI assistant by Anthropic).