Changelog

Version: 1.9.2
Date: 2026-07-07

  Compatibility:

    - Backported the tested More Infinite Research 2.2.0 source snapshot to Factorio 2.0.
    - Legacy metadata targets Factorio 2.0 with `base >= 2.0`.
    - Kept Quality hidden and optional, and kept Space Age optional without a Factorio 2.1 dependency floor.
    - Removed Factorio 2.1-only cargo logistics technology modifiers from legacy.
    - Added compatible Air Scrubbing clean-filter productivity support.
    - Added compatible ATAN Ash separation productivity support.
    - Added compatible AAI-style loader, big mining drill, and ATAN-style nuclear science support.
    - Added progression-aware official and modded science-pack ingredient policies.

  Internal:

    - Backported typed prototype facts, capability diagnostics, loop-risk reports, and lab-matrix reports.
    - Backported generated-stream manifests, compatibility claim data, and report diff tooling.

Version: 2.2.0
Date: 2026-07-07

  Compatibility:

    - Added a typed prototype fact registry for recipes, technologies, machines, labs, owners, and rule surfaces.
    - Added compiler decision rows for generated technologies, rejected loop risks, and observed rule surfaces.
    - Added loop-risk reports for recycling, cleaning, voiding, barrel/container, transmutation, and self-return recipes.
    - Added lab-matrix reports so each generated technology can be checked against labs that accept its science set.
    - Added useful-level estimates to recipe productivity cap reports.
    - Added Air Scrubbing clean-filter productivity for exact pollution and spore filter crafting recipes.
    - Kept Air Scrubbing scrubbing, cleaning, recovery, and environmental-removal recipes diagnostic-only.
    - Added ATAN Ash separation productivity for the exact ash separation recipe.
    - Kept ATAN Ash landfill, brick, nutrient, foundation, tile, and recovery-style ash sinks outside MIR streams.
    - Added AAI-style loader recipe coverage to transport belt productivity.
    - Added Big Mining Drill coverage through mining drill productivity.
    - Added ATAN-style Nuclear Science coverage through science-pack productivity.
    - Added compatibility coverage for Fluid Must Flow, Robot Attrition, Jetpack, and Equipment Gantry.
    - Added compatibility coverage for AAI Containers and AAI Industry.
    - Added capability diagnostics for entity-backed loader crafting recipes.
    - Added capability diagnostics for entity-backed mining-drill crafting recipes.
    - Added native modifier ownership diagnostics for selected lab, mining, logistics, and robot modifiers.
    - Added negative capability coverage for loop risks, hidden recipes, cap-zero recipes, and loader/drill structural decoys.

  Internal:

    - Kept the new compiler path report-only so broad unknown mod behavior remains observed before it is emitted.
    - Added compatibility safeguards for AAI-style loaders, standalone big mining drills, and ATAN-style nuclear science packs.
    - Added progression-aware science-pack ingredient policies for official and modded science-pack chains.
    - Extended compatibility observation output with compiler, decision, capability, loop-risk, rule-surface, and lab-matrix rows.
    - Added schema helpers, a resolver contract, capability policy, and compatibility claims.
    - Added generated-stream manifest linting and planner report diff tooling.

Version: 2.1.5
Date: 2026-07-05

  Compatibility:

    - Added known-competitor profiles for exact recipe-productivity overlaps found in the local idea-mod audit.
    - Skipped MIR lab productivity when a matching infinite native laboratory-productivity owner is active.
    - Skipped MIR worker robot battery when Better Bot Battery-style infinite native robot battery owner is active.
    - Added diagnostics-only compatibility planner rows for active audit roles and deliberate non-actions.
    - Added recipe productivity cap diagnostics for non-default recipe maximum productivity values.

  Internal:

    - Fixed local audits so official built-ins include required official dependencies such as Recycler for Quality.
    - Fixed offline dependency closure for Factorio `~` dependencies such as Mini Machines' shared settings mod.
    - Kept generated local scenarios rooted in configured root zips instead of dependency-only library zips.
    - Allowed generated and baseline local audit scenarios with no root mods.
    - Shortened audit user-data paths to avoid Windows path-length false negatives.
    - Added optional hardlink and symlink staging for local compatibility audit mod zips.
    - Added reviewed expected-failure rules for external 2.1 local-library stress failures.
    - Added downloaded dependency-cache support to local 2.1 audit profiles.
    - Tightened load-failure grouping to classify Factorio error excerpts instead of MIR audit-row text.
    - Made mir.ps1 profile-driven for release, overnight, and local-audit commands with simple path overrides.
    - Added compatibility observation artifacts and a report command for planner and recipe-cap diagnostics.
    - Added PowerShell script checks for parsing, duplicate parameters, ignored outputs, and secret-output guards.
    - Added Factorio 2.0 and 2.1 run profiles for release gates, overnight sweeps, and local audits.
    - Made compatibility audits select Factorio line, local scenario defaults, and available official built-ins.
    - Added a docs-only release check command for release-note and documentation refreshes after a clean full gate.
    - Trimmed release archives so extra repository files are not shipped in the mod zip.

Version: 1.9.1
Date: 2026-07-05

  Compatibility:

    - Backported the tested More Infinite Research 2.1.0 source snapshot to Factorio 2.0.
    - Kept Quality hidden and optional, and kept Space Age optional without a Factorio 2.1 dependency floor.
    - Removed Factorio 2.1-only cargo logistics technology modifiers from legacy.
    - Kept compatible 2.1.0 recipe-productivity ownership safeguards.
    - Kept compatible vanilla productivity-family adoption and fluid-output productivity streams.

  Internal:

    - Fixed local audits so official built-ins include required official dependencies such as Recycler for Quality.
    - Tightened load-failure grouping to classify Factorio error excerpts.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 2026-07-03

  Features:

    - Added fluid productivity research for oil processing, cracking, lubricant, sulfuric acid, acid neutralization, and thrusters.
    - Added Space Age material productivity research for landfill, artificial soil, molten metals, carbon, ice, and bacteria.
    - Added lithium-from-brine productivity coverage to Lithium Productivity.
    - Rail Productivity now covers Elevated Rails supports and ramps when Elevated Rails is active.
    - Split Stone Product Productivity into Landfill, Artificial Soil, and Molten Metals research lines.
    - Updated Space Age science-pack requirements for fluid, agriculture, bacteria, breeding, and shooting-speed research.
    - Updated cargo logistics technology icons to better match their Space Age unlocks.
    - Added an opt-in pipeline extent startup multiplier; default 100% leaves prototypes unchanged.

  Compatibility:

    - Vanilla Space Age productivity technologies can adopt safe residual recipes from compatible planet-style mods.
    - Existing saves refresh technology effects when adopted vanilla-family recipe signatures change.
    - Known competing productivity technologies are replaced only when MIR fully matches their recipes and effect values.
    - Unknown external recipe-productivity owners make MIR suppress matching effects instead of duplicating ownership.
    - Elevated Rails and Quality remain hidden load-order dependencies without separate visible requirements.

  Migration:

    - Retired Stone Product Productivity progress migrates into Landfill Productivity.
    - Artificial Soil Productivity and Molten Metals Productivity start as new separate research lines.

Version: 1.9.0
Date: 2026-07-02

  Compatibility:

    - Published the Factorio 2.0 legacy backport from the tested More Infinite Research 2.0.5 source snapshot.
    - Legacy metadata targets Factorio 2.0 with `base >= 2.0`.
    - Quality remains a hidden optional dependency, and Quality module recipes can still be discovered when active.
    - Removed Factorio 2.1-only cargo logistics research from legacy.

Version: 2.0.5
Date: 2026-07-01

  Features:

    - Expanded Electric Shooting Speed to cover base electric weapons and Space Age Tesla weapons.
    - Mining Drill Productivity now covers Omega Drill-style and broader modded mining-drill recipes.
    - Added optional Spoilage Preservation and Agricultural Growth Speed research, disabled by default.
    - Agricultural Growth Speed affects newly planted tower crops and does not rescan existing crops.
    - Combined Character Logistic Trash Slot bonuses into Character Inventory Slot research.
    - Renamed Heavy Ammunition Productivity to Cannon Shell Productivity and broadened shell/ammo coverage.
    - Added base-game Research Productivity using the native laboratory productivity modifier.
    - Refreshed generated technology icons, effect badges, settings labels, and localized descriptions.
    - Added diagnostic overlap reporting for generated direct-effect technologies.

  Compatibility:

    - Improved generated weapon-speed ownership so vanilla finite rocket, cannon, and tank bonuses stay intact.
    - Improved recipe-productivity ownership detection so MIR does not duplicate other infinite productivity techs.
    - Space Age keeps vanilla productivity ownership for processing units, low-density structures, plastic, and rocket fuel.
    - Quality module productivity recipes can be discovered when Quality is active without a visible dependency.

  Migration:

    - Existing trash-slot progress now moves into the combined Character Inventory Slot technology.
    - No other existing generated technology IDs were renamed.

Version: 2.0.0
Date: 2026-06-30

  Features:

    - Updated More Infinite Research for Factorio 2.1.
    - Added Space Age cargo logistics research for unloading distance and optional landing pad count.
    - Added lab-compatible science-pack selection for generated technologies.
    - Added flexible science-pack policies for configured, space, promethium, official, and active lab packs.
    - Added startup diagnostics for generated and skipped streams, recipe matches, and base extensions.
    - Added Factorio 2.1 recipe-category support and late data-final-fixes generation.
    - Added layered icons, effect badges, localized descriptions, and normal effect text for generated research.
    - Added startup settings for optional vanilla weapon shooting speed cleanup.

  Generator changes:

    - Improved science-pack inheritance, prerequisites, max-level, availability, and continuation checks.
    - Improved recipe matching for hidden, recycling, lab-input, biochamber, and modded science-pack recipes.
    - Improved base-technology extension generation so vanilla and other-mod technologies remain unchanged.
    - Added compatibility profile support for stream items, patterns, exclusions, and groups.

  Compatibility:

    - Raised the base dependency to Factorio 2.1.8 or newer.
    - Added optional official DLC ordering floors for Elevated Rails, Recycler, Quality, and Space Age.
    - Added cleanup for compatible competing base extensions and recipe-productivity technologies.
    - Added Better Robots Extended compatibility for competing worker robot storage research.
    - Added a startup setting to prefer MIR over selected competing infinite technologies.
    - Added opportunistic compatibility for several popular productivity and recipe mods.
    - Improved optional Space Age behavior, including Space Age installs without Quality.

  Locale:

    - Replaced placeholder text in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Simplified Chinese.
    - Updated Russian localization coverage and terminology to match current English locale keys.
    - Updated in-game descriptions for productivity, direct-effect, and Space Age cargo logistics research.
    - Moved Spanish localization to Factorio's supported es-ES locale code.
    - Removed empty placeholder locale folders so only complete locale packs are shipped.

  Migration:

    - No existing prototype IDs were renamed. No migration is required.

Version: 1.2.9
Date: 2025-10-30

  Changes:

    - Enabled Character Logistic Trash Slot research by default.
    - Disabled Character Reach research by default.
    - Character Reach research no longer grants item pickup distance.
    - Character Reach research still grants reach, build distance, resource reach, and item drop distance.
    - Increased the default Inserter Capacity extension curve.
    - The optional Inserter Capacity infinite continuation is now more expensive.

Version: 1.2.5
Date: 2025-10-29

  Features:

    - Added direct-effect infinite research for character mining speed, crafting speed, walking speed, reach, and build distance.
    - Added direct-effect infinite research for character logistic trash slots.
    - Added per-stream research time startup settings.
    - Added max-level startup settings for generated base-tech extensions.
    - Added support for stream-provided custom icons and icon tinting.

  Changes:

    - Character Inventory Slot research now uses explicit utility, military, and agricultural science packs.
    - Character Logistic Trash Slot research was introduced disabled by default.
    - Base-tech extension research time settings now allow 0 to reuse the configured default.

Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2025-10-28

  Features:

    - Added infinite extensions for braking force, research speed, worker robot storage, inserter capacity, and weapon speed.
    - Added startup settings for enabling and tuning base-tech extensions.
    - Added direct-effect rocket, cannon-shell, flamethrower, and electric weapon shooting speed research.
    - Added max-level enforcement for generated infinite stream technologies.
    - Added vanilla weapon shooting speed adjustment support.
    - Dedicated generated speed researches can own selected vanilla weapon speed bonuses.

  Changes:

    - Added default cost and science-pack profiles for each generated base-tech extension.
    - Added dedicated locale keys and setting descriptions for base-tech extension settings.
    - Corrected the promethium science pack spelling in English locale text.

Version: 1.1.5
Date: 2025-10-27

  Features:

    - Added per-stream base cost, growth factor, and max-level defaults and startup settings.
    - Added English locale support for mod name, mod description, technology names, and setting text.
    - Added locale files for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
    - Added direct-effect Character Inventory Slot and Worker Robot Battery research.
    - Added broad productivity coverage for science packs, infrastructure, weapons, intermediates, and Space Age materials.
    - Added grouped productivity streams for modules, belts, inserters, bullets, and rockets.

  Changes:

    - Added item prototype lookup for modules and science packs when selecting icons and matching outputs.
    - Added recipe exclusions for common unwanted scrap and asteroid byproducts.
    - Added Quality module coverage to Module Productivity.
    - Refined belt tiers to cover turbo and hyper transport belt families.
    - Rail Productivity now avoids unrelated rail-like outputs.
    - Added a startup gate setting for holding generated technologies behind space or promethium science.

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2025-10-25

  Features:

    - Added support for hiding generated productivity research when Space Age provides the vanilla equivalent.
    - Added direct-effect technology generation support for non-productivity infinite bonuses.
    - Added early Character Inventory Slot and Worker Robot Battery infinite research.
    - Added early Science Pack, Wall, Grenade, Rail, Electric Energy, Concrete, Furnace, and Drill productivity.

  Changes:

    - Expanded item lookup for generated icons and recipe matching.
    - Item lookup can use ammo, capsules, modules, and science pack prototypes where appropriate.
    - Added Space Age-aware science-pack selection with optional promethium or space-science gating.

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-10-25

  Features:

    - Initial public release for Factorio 2.0 with optional Space Age support.
    - Added generated infinite recipe productivity technologies for many intermediate items and resources.
    - Generated productivity technologies cover resources not covered by vanilla productivity research.
    - Added per-technology startup enable switches for every generated research stream.
    - Added automatic recipe scanning for covered outputs and generation of matching productivity effects.
    - Added conflict trimming so recipes already covered by existing productivity technologies are skipped.
    - Added Space Age-aware science-pack selection and prerequisites for generated technologies.
    - Added a default infinite research cost curve of `8000 * 2^(L-1)` with 60-second research units.

  Initial research coverage:

    - Added productivity streams for vanilla intermediates, infrastructure, ammunition, and science packs.
    - Added Space Age and overhaul-oriented productivity streams for advanced materials.
    - Added grouped productivity streams for modules, belts, inserters, bullets, and rockets.
    - Grouped productivity streams use lower per-level gains for higher-tier items inside those groups.

  Notes:

    - The technologies are intentionally infinite, but Factorio's recipe productivity cap still applies.
    - The mod was created to make megabasing easier on lower-end hardware.
    - The mod still preserves Factorio's normal production and logistics constraints.