More Direct Casting

by Kryzeth

Adds and modifies casting of certain items directly from molten metals, skipping their intermediate requirements.

Tweaks
a month ago
2.0 - 2.1
348
Manufacturing

Changelog

Version: 1.1.1
Date: August 27, 2026
  Minor Features:
    - Added setting to include space platform casting.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the molten iron cost for medium/big electric poles being way too low.
      I was accidentally using the cost of iron casting instead of steel casting for the math here.
    - Fixed red ammo result amount. Forgot this recipe crafts in pairs.
  Changes:
    - Modified cheaper casting setting to only apply to recipes that actually needed the boost.
      This list currently includes standard belts, underground belts, engines, and electric poles (if enabled), as these are the only items that can normally receive multiple productivity boosts.
Version: 1.1.0
Date: August 26, 2026
  Info:
    - Updated to Factorio 2.1
Version: 0.0.5
Date: August 1, 2026
  Changes:
    - Fixed accidentally allowing casting recipe without having unlocked the original recipe.
      Casting recipes for some non-required techs, are now unlocked with the base tech instead.
Version: 0.0.4
Date: January 4, 2026
  Info:
    - Converted all instances of Data:copy to Data:krycopy, allowing compatibility with Pymods.
      No functional changes. Necessary to avoid function overlap with PyPostProcessing.
    - Updated all instances of recipe_ingredient to use ingredients table of just name/count.
Version: 0.0.3
Date: December 28, 2025
  Major Features:
    - Added direct casting recipes for yellow/red ammo and medium/big power poles (with settings)
    - Added direct casting recipes for EST: Tiny Storage Tanks and Storage Tank Mk2.0
  Changes:
    - Moved casting recipe logic to data step instead of final-fixes.
    - Renamed casting recipes from "Casting of [item-name]" to just "Casting [item-name]" for consistency.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed composite casting icon not using the original item's icon_size property when detected.
Version: 0.0.2
Date: December 26, 2025
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixer error on load when item icons field was defined.
Version: 0.0.1
Date: December 26, 2025
  Info:
    - Initial release, see main page (Information) for full features.