Lightning rod equipment

by teemu

Get struck by lightning to charge your batteries

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15 days ago
2.0 - 2.1
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Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
Armor

Changelog

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026-06-29
  Features:
    - Updated to Factorio 2.1.
    - Added locales.
  Changes:
    - Renamed to lightning rod equipment.
  Balancing:
    - Research moved from depending on electromagnetic science to a becoming available after crafting superconductors.
    - Recipe changed to use lightning rods instead of a lightning collector.
    - Now crafted in an assembling machine instead of an electromagnetic plant.
    - Equipment form factor shrunk from 2×6 to 1×5 so that it fits in a regular modular armor.
    - Range elongation reduced from 25 to 20.
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 2025-06-03
  Fixes:
    - Fixed a crash in map load
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2025-05-22
  Fixes:
    - optimized for UPS
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2025-05-13
  Features:
    - Added range information to tooltip
  Fixes:
    - Fixed the invisible lightning collector being able to be destroyed in some cases, e.g. by worm acid
    - Fixed stack size being 19
  Changes:
    - Item pickup and move sounds changed
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-05-09
  Features:
    - Added a toggle shortcut for the lightning collector equipment
  Fixes:
    - Properly hid the quality icon of the entity (or maybe Factorio changed that in an update? I don't know but it's gone either way)
  Changes:
    - Now updates every 8th tick to save ups
Version: 0.1.1
Date: 2024-11-11
  Fixes:
    - Marked space_travel_required into info.json