Changelog

Version: 0.4.32
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Starting supplies use passive provider chests. Add three full material providers with iron, steel, electronic circuits and advanced circuits.

Version: 0.4.31
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Add nine accessible oil wells in a seeded irregular cluster near the silo without changing terrain.

Version: 0.4.30
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Starting base gains shared roboport coverage, 50 construction robots and 100 repair packs per port, plus solar power and charged accumulators.

Version: 0.4.29
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Add 50 roboports to shared starting supplies after the existing threefold multiplier.

Version: 0.4.28
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Triple shared starting chest supplies and grant all twelve classes themed 400-item starter kits.

Version: 0.4.27
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Halve Intern and Apprentice enemy budgets, trickle rates, meteor multipliers and remaining demolisher counts again.

Version: 0.4.26
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - No strafers/stompers in waves 1-10; small in 11-20 and medium in 21-30. Wrigglers unchanged.

Version: 0.4.25
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Halve regular enemy counts, continuous swarm rate, meteor showers and demolisher compositions on every difficulty. Fractional counts round down.

Version: 0.4.24
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Include the orbital laser sound in portal packages; check packaged runtime assets.

Version: 0.4.23
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Orbital bombardment follows the dragged rectangle instead of a fixed-radius circle.

Version: 0.4.22
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Move the orbital laser to the combat crafting tab alongside turrets.

Version: 0.4.21
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Use native localized names for rocket and railgun turret recipes.

Version: 0.4.20
Date: 2026-09-11
  Graphics:
    - Raise the outgoing orbital beam to compensate for its enlarged end sprite and align with the emitter.

Version: 0.4.19
Date: 2026-09-11
  Graphics:
    - Orbital lasers emit an upward beam on the platform during active planetary firing.

Version: 0.4.18
Date: 2026-09-11
  Graphics:
    - Original orbital launcher and laser models, icons and firing animations.
  Sounds:
    - Custom orbital laser sound at both the platform emitter and ground target.

Version: 0.4.17
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Vatborn Hardened Broods: five ranks, +40% health per rank for newly spawned friendly wrigglers of every size.

Version: 0.4.16
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Refreshed the scenario template to remove retired recipe records and fresh-game migration warnings.

Version: 0.4.15
Date: 2026-09-11
  Features:
    - Artificer Expert Modules capstone replaces Precision Fabrication.
    - Shareable mass production and overclocking modules combine tier-three modules; both work in beacons.
    - Module Engineering strengthens their benefits without increasing penalties.
    - Removed retired discounted module recipes.

Version: 0.4.14
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Mechanic free rail infrastructure crafts effectively instantly (0.002-second recipes).

Version: 0.4.13
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Rocket turrets are common to all classes, using gun turret ingredients plus 10 advanced circuits and 5 processing units.
    - Bastion siege unlock now grants only railgun turrets and ammunition; rocket turret bonuses remain.

Version: 0.4.12
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Removed demolisher wave popups; chat and forecast warnings remain.
    - Gleba budgets reserve 15 percent each for strafers and stompers, minimum one each.
    - Meteor forecast shows arrival from north instead of estimated impact time.

Version: 0.4.11
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Demolishers spawn an additional random 0-160 tiles east, never closer than before.

Version: 0.4.10
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Distant waves use path-checked land spawn anchors instead of unchecked projected coordinates.
    - Scheduled attack groups depart immediately.

Version: 0.4.9
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Tripled trickle rate; randomized spawn distance and angle with distributed approach points.
    - After wave 30 starts, trickle rate compounds another 10 percent every ten seconds.

Version: 0.4.8
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Demolisher sizes cap at small on Intern/Apprentice and medium on Normal, preserving encounter counts.

Version: 0.4.7
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Biter and Gleba wave reinforcements spawn four times farther from the silo.
    - Tripled the continuous swarm rate and moved its spawn ring from 220 to 880 tiles.

Version: 0.4.6
Date: 2026-09-11
  Balancing:
    - Halved Gleba budgets; early waves reduced a further 30 percent, late waves increased 50 percent.
    - Strafers and stompers no longer randomly upgrade a tier.
    - Demolishers move at one-third native speed in every movement state.

Version: 0.4.5
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Gleba force budget tripled again; at least 30 percent each reserved for strafers and stompers.
    - Scheduled units have 10/20/30 percent chances to upgrade one tier by wave band.
    - Wave 15 starts a difficulty-scaled small biter/spitter trickle, growing 15 percent each wave.
  Bugfixes:
    - Scheduled demolishers stay awake and enraged at the launch silo.

Version: 0.4.4
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Pentapod and orbital remotes stay usable in remote/map view and after returning to character view.

Version: 0.4.3
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Orbital launchers choose distinct targets per volley, retrying after half a second when targets are exhausted.
    - Laser commands fire one charged weapon, rotating between available lasers; no automatic sequence or delayed charge queue.

Version: 0.4.2
Date: 2026-09-11
  Features:
    - Added Class guide inside the skills menu, with a short team-focused guide for every commander.

Version: 0.4.1
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Remove five obsolete Beacon Mastery copies; native transmission refreshes existing beacons in place after the engine's update delay on 2.1.17.
    - Remove retired Ranger ammunition discount recipes and their generated Quartermaster copies; retain one ordinary-cost railgun ammunition recipe.
    - Beacon power and range still use static variants. Other unsupported static properties and ammunition-only crafting speed retain their existing behavior.

Version: 0.4.0
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Requires Factorio 2.1.17 experimental. Start a fresh mission after updating.
    - Production and mining skill bonuses use native local effects without rank replacements.
    - Module and beacon effects stack additively with machine skill effects.
    - Remove retired weapon, turret, storage and machine generations; retain one resource-drill type per specialization.
    - Share equivalent power-generation variants and hide internal building entries from Factoriopedia.
    - Update recipe categories, product freshness, activation and fluid access for Factorio 2.1.

Version: 0.3.19
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Orbital launchers use stationary artillery graphics, facing west, with synchronized recoil and muzzle flashes.

Version: 0.3.18
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Supply depot route reduced to 9,000 km.
    - Scheduled Gleba enemies spawn in groups of five per roster purchase, including wave 30.

Version: 0.3.17
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Orbital lasers tolerate sub-joule rounding at full charge, fixing sequences that waited forever.

Version: 0.3.16
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Supply depot expanded to twelve speed-module silos, twenty-four speed beacons and 1,200 logistic robots.
    - Supply route extended from 3,000 to 30,000 km.
  Bugfixes:
    - Laser targeting uses a direct left mouse binding with a selection-event fallback.

Version: 0.3.15
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Supply depot stock doubled to 1,600 advanced circuits and 800 processing units.
    - Orbital test save includes three supplied thrusters, gun-turret asteroid defenses, repair supplies and a paused depot round-trip schedule.

Version: 0.3.14
Date: 2026-09-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Orbital test save uses a 200 MW primary-output generator instead of an accumulator-priority interface.
    - Save generation verifies all three lasers charge from empty through the electrical network.

Version: 0.3.13
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Restored the orbital laser's original 3-tile damage radius and circular warning.
    - Retained wider beam visuals and faster orbital launchers and shells.

Version: 0.3.12
Date: 2026-09-11
  Changes:
    - Orbital launchers fire every 2 seconds; descending shells travel five times faster.
    - Orbital laser graphics enlarged tenfold, with a 3-by-3-tile damage area and matching warning.

Version: 0.3.11
Date: 2026-09-10
  Changes:
    - Added Orbital laser targeting: left-click selects a ground target for all owned lasers in home orbit.
    - Lasers fire sequentially, with further clicks steering the active beam and updating queued targets.
    - Orbital bombardment retains drag targeting for all launchers.

Version: 0.3.10
Date: 2026-09-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Orbital targeting reads the native selection event surface correctly.
  Changes:
    - Ground targeting directs all owned launchers in home orbit without selecting them.
    - Added bombardment markers and launcher/ammunition feedback; left-drag and right-drag are supported.
    - Reopening the remote clears laser selection and returns to all-launcher mode.

Version: 0.3.9
Date: 2026-09-10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash opening Astronaut skills caused by missing branch headings.
    - Skill menus safely fall back to generic headings if a class label is missing.

Version: 0.3.8
Date: 2026-09-10
  Changes:
    - Removed the Last debrief toolbar button.
    - Mechanic Rolling Workshops unlocks equipped Gun wagons with tank-sized equipment grids.

Version: 0.3.7
Date: 2026-09-10
  Graphics:
    - Moved the Gun wagon mounting collar into the turret graphics and removed the separate chassis slot.
    - Collar stays fixed beneath the rotating weapon and follows the turret on curves.

Version: 0.3.6
Date: 2026-09-10
  Graphics:
    - Replaced generated Gun wagon views with 128 consistent frames rendered from a single 3D chassis.
    - Fixed chassis rotation geometry and a shared turret mounting origin.

Version: 0.3.5
Date: 2026-09-10
  Graphics:
    - Experimental AI-generated Gun wagon chassis with 16 directional frames; native mounted turret retained.

Version: 0.3.4
Date: 2026-09-10
  Changes:
    - Mechanic Rail Infrastructure now has five ranks costing 1 through 5 skill points.
    - All existing unlocks arrive at rank 1; each rank grants 20% Gun wagon turret damage.
    - Rolling Workshops requires Rail Infrastructure rank 2.

Version: 0.3.3
Date: 2026-09-10
  Changes:
    - Doubled Gun wagon range to 36 tiles.
    - Removed cargo hatch overlays and their opening/closing sounds from Gun wagons.

Version: 0.3.2
Date: 2026-09-10
  Features:
    - Mechanic Rail Infrastructure unlocks a Gun wagon with native turret graphics and automatic magazine fire while moving.
    - Gun wagons return mounted ammunition when mined.

Version: 0.3.1
Date: 2026-09-10
  Changes:
    - Orbital laser now fires a steerable beam for thirty seconds per charge.
    - Electric damage can defeat demolishers; body segments do not multiply damage.
    - Recharge begins after firing; leaving home orbit cancels the beam.

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 2026-09-10
  Major Features:
    - Added Astronaut: orbital construction, bombardment and a manually targeted orbital laser.
    - Added fuel-only cargo rockets, native supply-planet trips and one-minute depot restocking.
    - Added fuel productivity, stronger thrusters and reinforced cargo bays.
  Changes:
    - Defense surface now supports native orbital logistics; round resets wait for surface deletion.
    - Start a fresh mission after updating. Cross-version save compatibility is not supported.

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 2026-09-10
  Major Features:
    - First portal-ready experimental package with eleven commanders and sixty-six passive skills.
    - Thirty-wave cooperative survival scenario with five difficulties and Space Age encounters.
    - Vatborn breeding, captive nests and controllable pentapods.
  Packaging:
    - Release archive excludes test scenarios and test hooks; includes licensing and player instructions.