Changelog

Version: 3.0.3
Date: 2024.11.20
  Thoughts & News:
    - [space-age] Time to balance the cargo capacities of the drills.
    - [item=quantum-processor] Some other bugfixes. (How lovely are item sounds?)
  Features:
    - [space-age] Cargo capacities were rebalanced:
  Modding:
    - I'm currently aware of this bug that's affecting multiple mods at the same time, and trying to work on a solution.
    - Since the Factorio steam version updates later than normal, I'll have to ask you to give me some feedback about this problem.
      (In other words, I can't replicate the bug by myself. I hope this update is enough to fix it.)
    - The mod_name variable is now an internal variable of each mod instead of it being a global one.
      (Never caused any bug, but better prevent it from causing problems.)
    - Now mining drill entities have a correct display in the blueprints and upgrade planners.

Version: 3.0.2
Date: 2024.10.25
  Thoughts & News:
    - [item=quantum-processor] Some other bugfixes.
  Modding:
    - Fixed additional resource drain (base productivity) stats for the drills, the base values are the following:
      - Mining drill mk1: 100%;
      - Mining drill mk2: 100%;
      - Mining drill mk3: 100%;
      - Mining drill mk4: 100%;
      - Mining drill mk5: 100%;
      - Mining drill mk6: 100%;

Version: 3.0.1
Date: 2024.10.25
  Thoughts & News:
    - [item=quantum-processor] Here you are the first bugfixes as expected.
      (I always forget something...)
    - [item=big-mining-drill] Also I'm starting to add some fresh new content for the Dlc.
  Space Age features:
    - [technology=electric-mining-drill-mk3] Now the mining drill mk3 is required to research the big mining drill you can obtain on Vulcanus.
    - Added a recipe that allows you to upgrade the mining drill mk3 to the big mining drill.
    - [item=big-mining-drill] Resprited the big mining drill: two tiers will be added in the future updates.
  Modding:
    - Mod settings and descriptions were updated.
    - [item=big-mining-drill] The thumbnail was updated.
    - Fixed a bug that made you crash if you had not ev refining or armors installed.
      (Thanks to daz96050 and AzureShark for the report on the mod page.)

Version: 3.0.0
Date: 2024.10.25
  Thoughts & News:
    - [item=quantum-processor] The mod has been fully updated to factorio 2.0.
      Now the balancement phase begins here too. :3
    - As the other mods, the base vanilla experience won't change.
    - What will change is the progression with SA.
  Major features:
    - The mod is now fully compatible with Factorio 2.0, both with and without SA enabled.
      - Ratios, technologies and everything else remains UNCHANGED for the base game if you don't enable the Dlc;
      - Optional dependences with other non-Ev mods (Krastorio, Brevven) only work for now in this sense;
        (I don't know when (and how) these modders will update their mods, so until then we stick to vanilla and EV.)
  Space Age features:
    - [technology=electric-mining-drill-mk3] Ev Mining drills are now limited to the mk3 tier, researchable right before space science.
    - 2 tiers of big mining drill are about to be released. Progression here is similar to Ev Logistics.
  Modding:
    - [item=electric-mining-drill-mk3] Icon sizes were reduced to 64x from 128x and updated to feel more fresh and match the modpack and vanila appearance.
    - [technology=electric-mining-drill-mk2] Electric mining drill mk2 now requires mk1 to be researched.
    - [technology=electric-mining-drill-mk3] Technology sprites were updated to match the vanilla one.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2024.03.18
  Features:
    - Introduced cross-mod compatibility with the Krastorio2 mod.
  Krastorio2 Compatibility:
    - All settings are still configurable.
    - The recipes and time required to craft the drills were balanced around Krastorio2.
    - All stand alone recipes cost even more. (Better do the full recipe chain imo.)
      (Didn't want to remove this feature entirely, but in a modpack like this having
      all this speed and base production at a cheap price is too op Imo.)
    - The Krastorio drills remain and become an interesting alternative to the ev drills in some cases.
      (No base production, but a wider area to mine on.)
  Modding:
    - Obviously fixed game crash if Krastorio 2 is installed.

Version: 2.0.0
Date: 2023.12.31
  Features:
    - You can now decide up to which tier you can unlock through the game.
    - You can now decide the crafting difficulty of each tier. (Multiplier from 1 to 10)
    - You can now decide the mining drill base stats as hps, mining speed, base productivity,
      emissions per minute and electric consumption. (Multiplier from 0.01 to 100)
  Balancing:
    - Drastically reduced crafting times.
    - Reduced the amount of resources needed to craft each tier of drills.
    - Now mining drill mk6 requires effectivity module mk3 to be researched, since it is required in its crafting.
    - Stats were rebalanced: (The custom settings allow you to apply a multiplier to these stats individually.)
      + Hps: from "350", "400", "500", "750", "1250" to "400", "500", "650", "800", "1000".
      + Speed: from "0.75", "1", "1.25", "1.5", "2.0" to "0.75", "1", "1.5", "2.0", "2.5".
      + Base prod.: from "0.10", "0.20", "0.35", "0.50", "0.75" to "0.05", "0.10", "0.20", "0.35", "0.50".
      + Emissions: from "15", "20", "30", "50", "75" to "15", "20", "30", "40", "20".
      + Cons.: from "150kW", "400kW", "750kW", "1MW", "1.5MW" to "150kW", "300kW", "500kW", "750kW", "500kW".
  Modding:
    - Created two dedicated subgroups for the mining drill crafting repices and for the upgrade chain.
    - Changed denomination of the "recycling" chain of craftings to make everything more clear.
    - Adapted the mining drill denomination to the normal vanilla style. (mk instead of MK, etc.)
  News:
    - What about quarrys and the famous heavily utilized denomination on modded factorio of "deep mining"?
      I'm currently evaluating some interesting mining concepts, expect some news next month.
      For now: Happy new year, have a good time, and thanks for all the support you gave me on this awelsome game!

Version: 1.4.0
Date: 2020.12.06
  Features:
    - Updated to 1.1!
    - Added the Electric Mining Drill Mk6:
      + Designed for the best late-game setups;
      + Base productivity: 75%;
      + Mining Speed: 2.0.
  Minor Features:
    - Differentiated the way you can craft the Electric Mining Drill mk5: now it can be crafted
      both with or without the previous mining drill.
  Balancing:
    - Changed the productivity per tier:
      + Mk2: From 25 to 20;
      + Mk3: From 30 to 35.
    - Changed the emissions per tier:
      + Mk2: 15 per minute;
      + Mk3: 20 per minute;
      + Mk4: 30 per minute;
      + Mk5: 50 per minute;
      + Mk6: 75 per minute.
    - Changed the number of module slots per tier:
      + Mk5: From 6 to 5.
  Modding:
    - Updated the item and technology descriptions.

Version: 1.3.2
Date: 2020.10.11
  Graphics:
    - Fixed the entity icons: now you won't see anymore the icons glitched on the planners and blueprints.

Version: 1.3.1
Date: 2020.10.11
  Info:
    - Updated the thumbnail.

Version: 1.3.0
Date: 2020.10.11
  Features:
    - Now mining drills can be crafted in two different ways:
      + Direct Crafting: Each mining drill has its own crafting that doesn't require the previous
        ones (the old normal crafting);
      + Recursive Crafting: The drills now have also an "upgrade" crafting that will allow you
        to recycle your old drills once you'll research a new tier. No more drill waste.
    - Upgrading a tier to another will be less expensive than directly craft the same drill,
      but will take more time.
  Graphics:
    - Created some new textures for the new upgrade recipes;
    - Minor changes to the tech icons;
    - Changed the item icons.

Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2020.09.26
  Bug-Fix:
    - Removed Mining productivity 4 as a prerequisite for Electric Mining Drill mk5 (I thought that this 
      research existed as "normal" and not "infinite") and so it's now unlockable.
        + Thanks to OldTownRoad's report on the discord page.

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2020.09.25
  Features:
    - Added the Electric mining drill mk5 for the most advanced and powerful endgame setups.
  Modding:
    - Slightly buffed the healths of the Electric mining drill mk2 and mk3.
    - Slightly reduced the base productivity of the Electric mining drill mk2.
  Optimisations:
    - Optimised the code with some clear, procedural methods, this should:
      + Simplify me the work;
      + Let me update the mod faster;
      + Speed up the loading process when you start the game.

Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2020.09.07
  Minor-Features:
    - Created an italian local file for the mod. / La mod può esser giocata anche in italiano adesso.

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2020.09.07
  Major-Features:
    - First release: added 3 new tiers of mining drills (specs on the modpage).