I encountered an issue with an optional mod, (Lignumis)[https://mods.factorio.com/mod/lignumis]. This mod transports you to a new moon where gold plays a crucial role. However, the problem lies with another mod, (Common Prototypes)[https://mods.factorio.com/mod/common-prototypes], which is a dependency for the (Metal and Stars)[https://mods.factorio.com/mod/metal-and-stars] optional mod. Common Prototypes merges gold ore with gold chunks, particularly problematic on Lignumis' moon. These chunks are much harder to scale, rendering gold ore useless. Consequently, I can't smelt it to produce gold plates needed to escape the moon so I am stuck there unable to make inserters, assemblers, or science packs.

So is it harder or impossible? Lol—appears to be a personal problem.

It’s technically possible, but wildly impractical. You have to use the burner tree farmers from Gleba to harvest special gold-growing patches, hoping to get a single gold seed—which isn’t guaranteed. You need 10 of those seeds to craft just one gold chunk… in an assembler you can’t even build without already having gold. Then it takes 3 gold chunks to make a single gold plate, and you need several plates for basically anything. So sure, if you can get past the part where you need gold to make the machine that makes the gold, and then wait around hoping RNG blesses you with enough seeds... it’s possible. But "harder" is an understatement.

Will include the flora in the chunk merge in 1.1.87.

Just loaded it up and yes this is so much better.

One note is that the gold stromatolite does still give gold bacteria witch results in gold ore when it spoils and not the gold chunks but this is so much more doable.

Thank you for you quick response and fast fix to this issue.

Gold bacteria -> gold chunks in 1.1.88.

Thanks!
Also, just a heads-up I noticed while poking around the Factoriopedia: Lignumis only lists gold and stone as minable resources. I couldn’t find any way to acquire iron or copper on the moon—at least through natural patches or drops. That matters because the burner inserter (which you'd normally use early on) requires 1 iron plate to craft. I've been able to work around it by using AAI loaders, since those only require gold and wood, but I’m not sure if the lack of iron is intentional or an oversight. Just figured I’d flag it in case that was something you wanted to review.

Same with the burner assembler from AAI requiring copper. Although there is a steam assembling machine that just requires gold.

What does AAI industry add which is not a duplication of at least Exotic if not also Lignumis?

Alt recipe for burner & mechanical inserters using Gold / Wood in 1.1.88.

It was actually one of the optional mods for Lignumis. I just removed it and it fixed the copper issue for the burner assemblers. Although the inserters were unfortunately unaffected.
There are two options for assemblers now one from Lignumis > ESIR (Exotic Space Indus Remem) and the other just listed as from ESIR and requires copper. Not sure if you wanna modify that or just leave as is seeing as there is a wood & gold assembler alternative.

1.1.88 pushed.

Thanks!
Can't progress till that update to fix the bacteria issue so will keep playing and keeping you updated on any new issues when that launches.

Edit: 1.1.88 just launched so never mind lol

Gold bacteria from burner agricultural tower, and other sources, still spoiling to gold ore and not gold chunks. Also gold plants planted by the burner agricultural tower do not have any gold chunks in them only bacteria.

Also booted new save to make sure it's just not updating and got the same results.

Oh results ~= spoil_result ... 1.1.89

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Spoil is now gold chunks, thanks!

Tree seeds are unplantable on grass 1... 3 but can be planted on green grass 1... 4 and even the gold-infused soil that the gold plants grow on. Is this intentional?

Because Lignumis only has grass 1, 2, 3 and not any green grass.

Seed mechanics are untouched from this end.