Less grind. More factory.

I built Factorio Light for myself. I wanted to keep playing Factorio, but
spend less time grinding and more time designing and building. I enjoy working
out how a factory should run; I just want to get more of it built in the time
I have to play.

If that sounds like your kind of Space Age, this mod might be for you too.

What changes?

• Legendary benefits, without Quality. Machines, equipment and weapons get
  their legendary bonuses as standard. No quality rolls, no quality modules,
  no sorting through five versions of the same item. Research still unlocks
  your machinery as you progress.
• Nothing spoils. Stockpile food, nutrients and agricultural science, then
  work on Gleba at your own pace. Grow iron and copper bacteria through
  incubation and turn them into ore with isolation recipes. You can make your
  first nutrients from yumako mash by hand.
• Supply your ships from orbit. Barrel water, thruster fuel and oxidizer on
  one platform and send them to another. Build a fuel depot, keep your ships
  supplied, and send the empty barrels back. Barreling works on platforms for
  every fluid except steam and fusion plasma.
• Steel chests in space. Keep supplies close to the machines that need
  them, with chest storage on your platforms.
• Compact loaders. Four tiers of 1×1 loaders, adapted from Krastorio 2,
  unlock alongside their matching splitters.
• A better starting gun. Start with a submachine gun and a full stack of
  yellow ammo. The SMG is craftable from the start; the pistol is gone.

This makes the game easier on purpose. Enemies keep their normal stats, so
your improved equipment gives you an advantage there too.

Getting started

Requires Factorio 2.1.24+ in the 2.1 series and Space Age. Start a new game
with Space Age, Elevated Rails and Recycler enabled. Disable Quality and
No Quality, No Problem. Existing Quality saves aren't supported.

The mod is built around vanilla Space Age. Compatibility with large overhaul
mods isn't guaranteed, but bug reports are welcome.

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Source and documentation

Loader code and artwork by the Krastorio 2 authors, used under GNU LGPLv3.
Full credits.