Add early-game crusher variants for crushing sand to smelt into glass, and crushing ore and coal for more efficient smelting
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Version: 0.4.15
Date: 2025-10-27
Bugfixes:
- Fix load error when Space Age is not enabled
Version: 0.4.14
Date: 2025-10-26
Minor Features:
- Crushers freeze on Aquilo
Version: 0.4.13
Date: 2025-10-08
Bugfixes:
- Fix error with space crusher setting
Version: 0.4.12
Date: 2025-10-07
Changes:
- Space crusher quality bonus can now be toggled
Version: 0.4.11
Date: 2025-08-01
Changes:
- Fix big crusher recycling recipe
Version: 0.4.10
Date: 2025-07-27
Compatibility:
- Cerys: Fulgoran crusher can now crush asteroids again
Version: 0.4.9
Date: 2025-07-26
Bugfixes:
- Fix incorrect internal recipe name
Version: 0.4.8
Date: 2025-07-26
Changes:
- Remove coal from stone crushing (sand) byproducts
Compatibility:
- AAI Industry: Electric crusher now more closely recipe convention
- Cerys: Space crusher balance changes are now applied to Cerys' Fulgoran crusher
- Cerys: Carbonic asteroid and stone crushing are now unbanned from Cerys
Version: 0.4.7
Date: 2025-07-08
Compatibility:
- Scrappy Industry: Remove superfluous version check
Version: 0.4.6
Date: 2025-07-07
Compatibility:
- Krastorio 2 + Moshine: Unhide glass if it is hidden
- Krastorio 2 Spaced Out: Fix typo in dependencies
Version: 0.4.5
Date: 2025-06-19
Changes:
- Use the Multi-spoil library for concrete mix barrels spoiling into concrete
- Big crusher now costs an Electric crusher even without SA
Compatibility:
- AAI Industry: Burner crusher now uses motors instead of gear wheels (electric crusher recipe will be adjusted soon(TM))
- Krastorio 2: Compatibility mode that merges sand and glass recipes (not finished, but a good start)
Version: 0.4.4
Date: 2025-06-13
Changes:
- Buff burner crusher crafting speed from 0.5 to 0.75
- Buff electric crusher crafting speed from 0.75 to 1
- Fix alt icon location to match other 2x2 machines like furnaces
- Don't generate concrete mix barrel recipes unless concrete mix is enabled
Version: 0.4.2
Date: 2025-06-08
Changes:
- Concrete mix barrels now spoil into 5x the amount of concrete
- Concrete mix barrels now spoil 3x faster
Locale:
- Add RU locale (credit: onseshigo)
Compatibility:
- Use additional_categories where possible to reduce mod compatibility issues
Version: 0.4.1
Date: 2025-05-31
Minor Features:
- Add Tungsten carbide from crushed ore recipe
Version: 0.4.0
Date: 2025-05-20
Changes:
- Reduce cost scale for crushed tungsten ore in tungsten plates from 2.5 to 2
- Reduce cost scale for crushed iron ore in advanced thruster fuel from 2.5 to 2
Compatibility:
- Add settings for BZ Tin and BZ Carbon compatibility (enabled by default)
Version: 0.3.15
Date: 2025-05-11
Changes:
- Prevent all productivity bonuses from being applied to asteroid reprocessing recipes
Version: 0.3.14
Date: 2025-05-11
Changes:
- Electric crusher is now always unlocked by researching engines
- Crushed ores are no longer added to asteroid crushing when byproducts are disabled
Compatibility:
- BZ Lead: Fix load error when Space Age is not enabled
- BZ Tin: Tin is now a byproduct from cupric asteroids if enabled (and otherwise carbonic asteroids)
- BZ Carbon: Flake graphite is now preferred over coal for carbonic asteroid crushing
- BZ Carbon: Advanced carbonic asteroid crushing now yields rough diamonds
Version: 0.3.13
Date: 2025-04-24
Compatibility:
- Don't modify Nuclear science pack recipe with concrete mix
Version: 0.3.12
Date: 2025-04-24
Compatibility:
- When BZ Lead is installed, iron ore is added as byproduct for metallic asteroid crushing
- When BZ Tin is installed, tin ore is added as byproduct for carbonic asteroid crushing
- Add compatibility for Science Bottles
Version: 0.3.11
Date: 2025-04-19
Changes:
- Make Big crusher a metallurgy recipe and set the crafting time to not 0.5 seconds
- Update molten glass and concrete mix graphics to match v2.0.44
- Refined concrete no longer costs Concrete and increase concrete mix cost from 100 to 200
- Rebalance molten glass cost: 75 sand from 50, yields 250 from 200 (-17%)
Version: 0.3.10
Date: 2025-04-19
Changes:
- Un-break technology changes not being applied oops
Version: 0.3.9
Date: 2025-04-19
Changes:
- Tweak byproduct amounts from asteroids and only add if enabled
- Only add glass to space science pack if byproducts are enabled
- Add CN translation (#5) (thank you to Houraiji-Kyuusyou!)
- Add big crusher technology icon for other mods to use
- Allow upgrading burner crusher into electric crusher
Version: 0.3.8
Date: 2025-04-05
Bugfixes:
- Allow concrete to be recycled by not modifying recycling recipes to use concrete mix
Compatibility:
- Fix crushed coal not being accessible on Gleba start, and fix
Version: 0.3.7
Date: 2025-04-03
Compatibility:
- Fix crushed coal not being accessible on Vulcanus and Fulgora start
Version: 0.3.6
Date: 2025-04-01
Changes:
- Add 1 Glass to Rail signal and Rail chain signal recipes
- Properly credit MeteorSwarm for basic crusher icon (modified and kitbashed from base SA but still, thanks!)
- Reduce cost for plastic and explosives from 3 to 2 crushed coal (from +100% relative cost compared to vanilla to +33%)
Version: 0.3.5
Date: 2025-03-29
Balancing:
- Casting glass now takes 2x as long
Compatibility:
- Increased crushed tin ore cost for molten tin from 100 to 125 (+25%) so it still ends in 5
Version: 0.3.4
Compatibility:
- Typo
- Slightly better Lignumis compat (let Lignumis handle unlock for burner crusher)
Version: 0.3.3
Compatibility:
- Better vulcanus start: burner crusher and stone crushing are now unlocked with steel processing
- Better fulgora start: burner crusher is now unlocked with automation
Version: 0.3.2
Bugfixes:
- Add Iron ore crushing to unlock for Concrete, to resolve softlock when starting on Vulcanus (thanks cackling.fiend!)
- Fix load error if spoiling is not enabled
Version: 0.3.1
Locale:
- Fix missing locale key for casting-glass
Version: 0.3.0
Minor Features:
- Add lithium crushing when Scrappy Industry is installed
- Add recipe for Concrete mix from molten iron
Balancing:
- Byproducts from asteroid crushing are affected by productivity again
Changes:
- Items that benefit from quality no longer use concrete mix instead of refined concrete
- Recycler still costs concrete to make Fulgora and Cerys starts possible
Bugfixes:
- Fix make_crushing_byproduct not setting ignored_by_productivity to the right amount
- Fix concrete mix barrels not actually spoiling
Version: 0.2.4
Changes:
- Don't leave concrete mix in barrels too long!
Bugfixes:
- Revert changes to recipe result order for aesthetic reasons
Version: 0.2.3
Changes:
- Increase crushed ore productivity from +25% to +50% for all ores to match iron/copper ore crushing
- Add CrushingIndustry.make_crushing_byproduct() helper function
- Rebalanced byproducts from asteroid crushing
- Byproducts are no longer affected by productivity
Bugfixes:
- [HOTFIX] Foundry, recycler, and electric kiln are now crafted with concrete items instead of mix
Compatibility:
- Marked Rocky Asteroids as incompatible to simplify obtuse compatibility code.
Version: 0.2.2
Compatibility:
- Add support for molten tungsten
Version: 0.2.0
Major Features:
- Add concrete mix, a new fluid that replaces water in the recipes for concrete and refined concrete
- Concrete mix costs water, crushed iron, and sand (making it a good sink for sand byproducts)
- Concrete mix replaces concrete and refined concrete in other recipes
Changes:
- Increase holmium solution cost from 1/2 sand/powder to 2/3 sand/powder
- Increase electrolyte cost from 1 to 3 sand
Compatibility:
- Add compatibility for Rocket-Silo Construction
Version: 0.1.8
Changes:
- Crushed smelting recipes are no longer hidden from player crafting unless enabled with a setting
Version: 0.1.7
Compatibility:
- Fix compat with Muluna
Version: 0.1.6
Compatibility:
- Muluna: Change ingredient for Space crusher 1 from Quality module 2s to QM1s
Version: 0.1.5
Bugfixes:
- Basic crushing or hand crafting wasn't added to character crushing
Version: 0.1.4
Minor Features:
- Add minor API, to allow public access to the "make_crushing_icons" helper function
Balancing:
- Increased weight of big crushers to 100kg, reducing big crushers per rocket from 20 to 10
Version: 0.1.3
Balancing:
- Increase Coal crushing recipe time from 1 -> 1.2 seconds (+20%) to match ore crushing recipes
Version: 0.1.2
Compatibility:
- Fixed ingredients for Crushed titanium smelting (only available with SA disabled)
Version: 0.1.1
Balancing:
- Space crusher crafting speed has been reduced to 1.25
- Non-space crushers are no longer able to use quality modules when SC changes are enabled
Bugfixes:
- Mining burner crushers gave electric crushers instead
- Molten lead now takes 75 Crushed lead ore (+50%) to parity other ore melting recipes
- Casting titanium now takes 2x the Crushed titanium ore
- Burner crushers can now be connected to circuit networks
Graphics:
- Update crushing icons to use desaturated asteroid-crushing gears
- Change Crushed tungsten ore to match Tungsten ores colors slightly better
Locale:
- Change how crushed resources are localised for better support across languages
Changes:
- Compatibility work has been moved into separate files in prototypes/compat
Compatibility:
- Improve compatibility for Muluna (thanks to MeteorSwarm for collaborating on this!)
- Muluna: Space crusher technology is omitted when Muluna is installed, deferring to its tech changes
- Muluna: Crusher 2 is renamed to Space crusher 2 and buffed, though is more expensive to craft
- Lead: Alternative metallic asteroid crushing can now be crafted in assembling machines and advanced crushers
- Silica: Hide basic crusher from BZ mods if installed
Version: 0.1.0
Major Features:
- Initial release