Changelog

Version: 1.2.1
Date: 2026.07.05
  Changes:
    - Added electric engines to rocket part recipe.
    - Adjusted rocket part recipe to take twice as many items but make 2 parts. (This is to allow engines to be used at half rate)
    - Rocket part recipe is slightly slower overall. (Following this mod's trend to make recipes slower)
    - Added a config to disable this change, as it affects ALL rocket launches and does break bases again. (Default enabled however)

Version: 1.2.0
Date: 2026.06.24
  Info:
    - Updated for 2.1, but also includes additional complexity. I'm starting a second playthrough for 2.1 and I desire *more.*
    - Existing factories won't break, but anything related to science may need to be *slightly* reworked.
    - If there is demand for a 2.1 version without these additions, I can look at creating an alternative "original" version. Please let me know.
  Changes:
    - Updated for 2.1
    - Techs: All technologies require x5 as many packs, though all packs are x5 as cheap.
    - - This brings pack amounts back in line with vanilla, as landing pad throughput is solved in 2.1.
    - Promethium: Asteroid byproduct is no longer affected by prod, to match the other recipes. Now also has a small iron ore byproduct.
    - Blank data: Recipe now takes copper cable, and fail rate increased. Density /5 to match science and data.
    - Space Slurry: Can now be barreled, and takes stone as a catalyst. Will require infrequent stone deliveries from surface.
    - Science Gel: All gel recipes now have a small water and spoilage byproduct to deal with. See below for changes to ingredients.
    - Automation science: Added beacon to data. Added explosive rockets to gel, and increased lube/acid slightly.
    - Metallurgic science: Added land mines to data. Added rail to gel, and increased concrete usage. Increased tungsten use in both.
    - Agricultural science: Replaced circuits with steam in data, and added piercing ammo. Gel now also takes eggs. Data craft makes just one card at a time, to allow for 1 egg per craft. (Takes just 20 gel per craft now)
    - - Pack spoils into garbage data again, but fixed at common quality. Due to density changes, pack craft is affected less by promethium freshness.
    - Electromagnetic science: Added pumpjack to data. Added holmium plate to gel. Other costs increased slightly. Data density relative to other sciences reduced 10x -> 4x. No longer requires extra rockets compared to Nauvis.
    - Starfrost Slurry: Also requires stone as a catalyst.
    - Cryogenic science: Added fluorine to data. Added concrete to gel. (Recommended to export bricks and craft concrete in space!)
    - Promethium science: Added railgun ammo to gel, and replaced p-eggs with spoilage. Other costs increased slightly. (Intended method for spoilage is from eggs)
    - Upcycling rework: Base quality massively increased to 100%, but craft time also significantly increased. Slurry usage to get packs to x quality should be unchanged, even with density changes.
    - - This means pre-speed modules, you will be *guaranteed* at least 1 quality increase. Though you will likely need speed modules to keep up, and (optionally) quality modules to remain over 100%.
    - Assembling machine 3 is now used as the main assembler. Stats are the same, only the texture is different.
    - Offshore pumps are now much slower.
    - Other minor fixes. See Github for all changes.

Version: 1.1.3
Date: 2026.06.15
  Changes:
    - Aquilo gel uses less lube and more acid, to reduce surplus of petroleum from lube production.
    - Aquilo data uses more ice platform. Recipe is still overall ice-positive.

Version: 1.1.2
Date: 2026.05.08
  Info:
    - Extra balance change, was supposed to be part of the last update.
  Changes:
    - Gleba plants no longer have reduced spores, but base attack cost of pentapods increased x2. Expect smaller waves, but larger spore clouds.

Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2026.05.04
  Info:
    - Minor balance changes. Contains a moderate nerf, so feel free to not update.
  Changes:
    - Prod techs now give 10% per level instead of 20%. Mining prod unaffected.
    - Fulgora gel plastic use reduced slightly, increased acid instead.

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026.02.08
  Info:
    - This update introduces a new method to upcycle science, as an extra way to encourage larger platforms.
    - Technically no breaking changes, but bumped to 1.1.0 anyway because platforms may want to be redesigned.
  Changes:
    - Science packs can be upcycled at the cost of a small amount of slurry.
    - Oil refineries have a base quality bonus of 20% to accomplish this. Should not affect any other vanilla recipes.
    - Quality packs are less effective than vanilla, due to ease of upcycling. Rare packs are the new baseline. (Repair packs affected unfortunately)
    - Automation card techs reduced in price to avoid being impacted by quality changes. (Also Kovarex is cheaper to unlock.)
    - Agricultural science packs spoil in 1h again due to addition of quality stuff. Result is now nutrients.
    - Quality modules now give a small energy efficiency penalty.
    - Space slurry ratios adjusted, overall slightly cheaper.
    - Minor changes to recipe ordering in crafting tab.
    - Updated tips and tricks.

Version: 1.0.8
Date: 2026.01.31
  Info:
    - This update aims to slow down science production and decrease the effect of late-game productivity.
    - Mostly nerfs, a single Gleba buff. Existing saves will work fine, just slower.
  Changes:
    - Most recipes added by NSO have had their base craft times doubled.
    - Research speed tech bonus halved. Researching the first pack tech no longer provides a free research speed boost. (Overall, labs are half as fast)
    - Productivity in slurry, data and pack recipes are capped to 100%. Tooltips added to recipes to show this. (Otherwise late game the packs can be CHEAPER than vanilla!)
    - Science gel is capped at 0%, preventing any base productivity from having an effect. Recipes adjusted so the cost per gel remains mostly the same.
    - Nauvis gel can no longer be made in biochambers. Nauvis gel craft time halved.
    - Prod module 3 now has 8% productivity instead of 10%. All prod modules speed penalties doubled.
    - Speed module 3 now has 40% boost instead of 50%.
    - Garbage data cards from pack crafting are now affected by productivity again and will show in production graph stats. Recycling garbage data gives 33% less material.
    - Agricultural science packs take twice as long to spoil. (Data spoil time is unchanged.)
    - Updated tips and tricks.
    - Blank data recipe tooltip now shows "Made in".

Version: 1.0.7
Date: 2026.01.09
  Changes:
    - Gleba data weight halved, and both pack and data now spoil into garbage data.
    - Gleba plant spores per harvest reduced from 15 to 10 due to larger amount needed for progression. May revisit this amount again later.
    - Fulgora data density doubled; Seemed a little too much.
    - Updated tips slightly
    - Added placeholder thumbnail to mod

Version: 1.0.6
Date: 2026.01.07
  Changes:
    - Disallowed prod modules in gel recipies. Mainly to keep science requirements more consistent for higher levels of productivity.
    - Gel craft times increased by 150%. (Partially to encourage speed modules now that prod is gone.)
    - Data craft times increased slightly. Vulcanus craft times 50% larger on top due to foundry base speed.
    - Fulgora science rebalanbce to require less bricks and more batteries.
    - Nauvis gel requires more uranium and flamethrower ammo.
    - Vulcanus gel requires more carbide and concrete.
    - Gleba gel requires more coal and nutrient.

Version: 1.0.5
Date: 2026.01.02
  Changes:
    - Blank data cost and craft time increaced, can now output duds.
    - Plastic costs for gels increased. Lube for Fulgora gel and acid for Vulcanus gel increased.
    - Fulgora science recipe tweaks, and data density significantly reduced. Additionally requires ~1.5x rocket launches.
    - Cryo science requires more rocket fuel, but solid fuel replaced with small amount of lube.
    - Stack size of most data cards halved.
    - Locale file names renamed from old placeholder names.

Version: 1.0.4
Date: 2026.01.01
  Changes:
    - Pack crafting now takes an additional simple ingredient unique to each pack.
    - Vulcanus gel now takes twice as much concrete.
    - Fixed years in previous changelog dates.

Version: 1.0.3
Date: 2025.12.28
  Changes:
    - Slurry now takes iron sticks instead of water, and requires more thruster fuel. Starfrost slurry output reduced.
    - Promethium 147 per chunk halved. Reverted oxide chunk ice output to normal levels.
    - Fluoroketone use increased in most relevant science recipes. Minor gel cost increaces.

Version: 1.0.2
Date: 2025.12.27
  Changes:
    - Nauvis space routes now only have small promethium asteroids. Now more resistant to lasers.

Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2025.12.17
  Changes:
    - Weight of data and science increased tenfold, to require more rocket parts per pack. (Cryo just x5)
    - Slightly longer gel craft times

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025.12.16
  Changes:
    - Changelog added, version 1.0 set