Changelog

Version: 3.0.1
Date: 01. 07. 2026
  Info:
    - Stability and balance patch for System Restoration Victory.

  Balance:
    - Greatly reduced automatic world-visual tile updates so terrain feedback no longer fires every few seconds.
    - Disabled new automatic water placement by default. Water visuals are now opt-in through the runtime setting pc-enable-water-visuals.
    - Reduced stage-burst visual intensity so restoration feedback is visible without turning large areas into blocked terrain.
    - Biomass sample recipes no longer require raw fish, making early biomass progression possible on barren Nauvis.
    - Terraform rocket launches no longer grant the generic +2000 all-stat fallback unless a real Planet Crafter terraform payload is launched.

  Fixes:
    - Prevented visual tile conversion from replacing ore/resource fields.
    - Oxygen Distributors now require Oxygen Canisters in their inventory before they provide suit-oxygen refill coverage.
    - Climate towers, salvage chests, walls, and ruin props now search for clear nearby positions to avoid spawning on top of each other.
    - Reduced jarring hitches from frequent terrain tile placement.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/3.0.1.lua.
    - Existing saves preserve terraforming totals, campaign progress, ruins, towers, Space Age progress, and victory state.

Version: 3.0.0
Date: 28. 06. 2026
  Info:
    - System Restoration Victory.

  Major Features:
    - Added the final System Restoration Victory layer across Nauvis, Asterra, Vulcanus, Fulgora, Gleba, and Aquilo.
    - Added a global restoration tracker with missing-worlds reporting and a one-time final restoration network reward.
    - Folded Planetary Feedback Polish into this major release: clearer dashboard guidance, compact HUD status, and better next-objective feedback.
    - Folded the safe Environmental Transformation work into this major release: visible staged restoration pockets without overwriting player floors, starter areas, or active factory entities.
    - Folded Planet-Specific Machines into this major release with dedicated Vulcanus, Fulgora, Gleba, and Aquilo stabilization machines, icons, sprites, and machine role panels.
    - Folded Soft Planetary Instability Events into this major release with non-destructive pushback events, containment bonuses, and softer attrition if events are uncontained.
    - Folded the Planet Identity / Codex pass into this major release with restoration doctrine, hazard identity, and signature infrastructure text for each major world.

  Changes:
    - Consolidated the planned 3.1.0 through 3.5.0 work into the 3.0.0 release line instead of shipping separate intermediate versions.
    - Kept the 2.5.0 first-launch UI cleanup and all-unlocks onboarding fixes.
    - Kept the 2.6.0 Vulcanus Stabilization, 2.7.0 Fulgora Recovery Grid, and 2.8.0 Gleba/Aquilo combined campaign work.
    - Kept Space Age worlds distinct: Vulcanus remains volcanic, Fulgora remains storm-scarred, Gleba remains fungal and wet, and Aquilo remains frozen.

  Fixes:
    - Retained the instability grace-period crash fix introduced after 2.6.0.
    - Hardened upgraded saves so missing system-victory, instability, visual-feedback, identity, and planet-machine state is rebuilt safely.
    - Ensured existing saves with already researched planet technologies receive the relevant planet-specific machine recipe unlocks.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/3.0.0.lua.
    - Existing 2.8.0 saves preserve terraforming totals, oxygen state, Asterra progress, Space Age planet campaigns, environmental visuals, planet-machine state, instability state, dashboard state, and victory progress.
    - No destructive migration is required.

Version: 2.8.0
Date: 24. 05. 2026
  Info:
    - Gleba Biocontainment and Aquilo Thermal Survival.

  Features:
    - Combined the planned 2.8.0 and 2.9.0 planet work into one public 2.8.0 patch.
    - Added the dedicated six-step Gleba Biocontainment campaign: spore bloom containment, rot-cycle control, biofilter wetland network, swamp gas capture, nutrient overgrowth stabilization, and Gleba Stabilized.
    - Added the dedicated six-step Aquilo Thermal Survival campaign: thermal refuge, ice shelf anchoring, brine reserve extraction, antifreeze processing, cryogenic logistics, and Aquilo Stabilized.
    - Added dashboard and compact HUD guidance for Gleba and Aquilo campaign objectives once those planet surfaces become relevant.
    - Added one-time stabilization rewards for each Gleba and Aquilo objective.
    - Added safe Gleba and Aquilo environmental feedback for completed objectives without overwriting player floors, starter areas, or active factory entities.

  Fixes:
    - Retained the 2.6.0 instability grace-period crash fix from the 2.7.0 release line.
    - Hardened Gleba and Aquilo upgrade state so old broad objective keys are mapped into the dedicated campaign chains.
    - Ensured existing saves with already researched Gleba or Aquilo terraforming technologies receive the matching planet-specific machine recipe unlocks.

  Changes:
    - Kept Gleba alien, wet, fungal, and biologically hazardous rather than turning it into a generic green Nauvis clone.
    - Kept Aquilo frozen and survival-focused rather than turning it into a warm garden world.
    - Preserved the 2.5.0 first-launch UI cleanup, 2.6.0 Vulcanus Stabilization, and 2.7.0 Fulgora Recovery Grid work.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/2.8.0.lua.
    - Existing 2.7.0 saves preserve terraforming totals, Vulcanus progress, Fulgora progress, Gleba progress, Aquilo progress, Space Age objective progress, world visuals, dashboard state, and victory state.
    - Older broad Gleba and Aquilo progress keys are mapped into the dedicated 2.8.0 campaign objective chains.

Version: 2.7.0
Date: 24. 05. 2026
  Info:
    - Fulgora Recovery Grid.

  Features:
    - Added the second focused Space Age planet stabilization release for Fulgora.
    - Added the dedicated six-step Fulgora campaign: lightning control grid, scrapfield reclamation, charged dust mitigation, electromagnetic grid grounding, ancient vault stabilization, and Fulgora Stabilized.
    - Added dashboard and compact HUD guidance for Fulgora recovery objectives once Fulgora restoration becomes relevant.
    - Added one-time recovery rewards for each Fulgora objective.
    - Added safe Fulgora environmental feedback for completed recovery objectives without overwriting player floors, starter areas, or active factory entities.

  Fixes:
    - Fixed a soft-instability crash from 2.6.0 where campaign grace checks could compare the current tick against a nil grace constant or missing campaign timestamp.
    - Hardened upgraded instability state so missing event counters, stability values, or next-event ticks are rebuilt safely.

  Changes:
    - Kept Fulgora storm-scarred and industrial rather than converting it into a generic green Nauvis clone.
    - Preserved the 2.5.0 first-launch UI cleanup and 2.6.0 Vulcanus Stabilization work.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/2.7.0.lua.
    - Existing 2.6.0 saves preserve terraforming totals, Vulcanus progress, Fulgora progress, Space Age objective progress, world visuals, dashboard state, and victory state.
    - Older broad Fulgora progress keys are mapped into the dedicated 2.7.0 Fulgora Recovery Grid objective chain.

Version: 2.6.0
Date: 24. 05. 2026
  Info:
    - Vulcanus Stabilization.

  Features:
    - Added the first focused Space Age planet stabilization release for Vulcanus.
    - Added a dedicated six-step Vulcanus campaign: heat shielding, pressure venting, ash/sulfur scrubbing, cooled crust anchoring, geothermal refuge grid, and Vulcanus Stabilized.
    - Added dashboard and compact HUD guidance for Vulcanus stabilization objectives once Vulcanus restoration becomes relevant.
    - Added one-time stabilization rewards for each Vulcanus objective.
    - Added safe Vulcanus environmental feedback for completed stabilization objectives without overwriting player floors, starter areas, or active factory entities.

  Changes:
    - Kept Vulcanus volcanic and industrial rather than converting it into a generic green Nauvis clone.
    - Preserved the 2.5.0 first-launch UI cleanup, all-unlocks onboarding fixes, and compact starter-loop guidance.
    - Kept Fulgora, Gleba, and Aquilo framework data in place for compatibility, but this release foregrounds Vulcanus as the first dedicated Space Age stabilization campaign.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/2.6.0.lua.
    - Existing 2.5.0 saves preserve terraforming totals, oxygen state, Asterra progress, Space Age objective progress, world visuals, dashboard state, and victory state.
    - Older broad Vulcanus progress keys are mapped into the dedicated 2.6.0 Vulcanus objective chain.
    - No destructive migration is required.

Version: 2.5.0
Date: 24. 05. 2026
  Info:
    - Full Restoration Release Candidate.

  Major Features:
    - Prepared the Full Restoration Release Candidate as the Mod Portal 2.5.0 release line.
    - Consolidated the Asterra dead-world campaign, Space Age restoration framework, and final restoration victory framework into one public upload.
    - Added dedicated restoration guidance for Vulcanus, Fulgora, Gleba, and Aquilo while preserving each planet's original identity.
    - Added planet-specific restoration machines, icons, machine role panels, and material-use guidance.
    - Added safe environmental transformation depth for Space Age worlds with factory-safe protections.
    - Added soft planetary instability events with containment bonuses and non-destructive stat attrition.
    - Added centralized campaign-flow guidance, including compact HUD next actions, full dashboard priority panels, and /pc-next.

  Fixes:
    - Fixed duplicate locale section crashes.
    - Hardened planet identity lookup so dashboard feedback accepts Factorio surface userdata.
    - Cleaned the first-launch UI flow so the full dashboard no longer opens on spawn.
    - Improved all-unlocks onboarding so early Nauvis stays focused on building the starter terraform loop.
    - Reduced chat spam and hid late-game dashboard rows until relevant progression is established.

  Migration:
    - Added migrations/2.5.0.lua.
    - Existing 2.3.1 saves preserve terraforming totals, oxygen state, Asterra progress, Space Age objective progress, world visuals, victory state, and UI state.
    - No destructive migration is required.

Version: 2.3.1
Date: 19. 05. 2026
  Changes:
    - Prepared the 2.3.1 Mod Portal release package on the Forgeworks Core 0.2.4 baseline.
    - Converted the runtime event registration layer to Forgeworks Core.
    - Added a hard dependency on Forgeworks Core >= 0.2.4.
    - Routed lifecycle, GUI, chunk, tick, rocket launch, and custom-input handlers through the shared Core event dispatcher.
    - Hardened dashboard GUI click handling with Forgeworks Core safe-element helpers.

  Migration:
    - Added a non-destructive 2.3.1 migration marker for the Forgeworks Core integration baseline.
    - Existing terraforming, Asterra, oxygen, victory, ruin, and network storage is preserved.

Version: 2.3.0
Date: 09. 05. 2026
  Major Features:
    - Added Asterra Gameplay Expansion systems on top of the 2.2.0 dead-world release.
    - Added Asterra restoration phases for Heat ignition, pressure lock, oxygen seeding, biomass anchoring, first refuge, and living-world threshold.
    - Added Asterra-specific seed vault ruin sites and dead-world salvage generation.
    - Added Asterra dashboard tracking for restoration phase progress and seed vault discovery.

  Changes:
    - Asterra now has a clearer long-form gameplay path after discovery instead of only being a destination framework.
    - Asterra milestones grant small terraform reserve bonuses when each dead-world phase is stabilized.
    - Nauvis remains the starting surface with the intended barren-start profile, and existing Space Age planet challenge profiles are preserved.

  Notes:
    - This release keeps the normal Space Age-style Asterra travel direction and does not add debug teleport shortcuts.

Version: 2.2.0
Date: 09. 05. 2026
  Features:
    - Added Asterra, the Dead World, as the headline interplanetary terraforming challenge.
    - Added conditional Space Age-style Asterra planet and Nauvis-to-Asterra space connection prototypes.
    - Added Asterra Dead-World Survey as the normal starmap discovery path when Space Age planet prototypes are available.
    - Added Asterra challenge identity, harsh dead-world modifiers, barren chunk conversion, world transformation profile, and restoration tracking.

  Changes:
    - Updated Asterra to use a custom dead-world icon for both the discovery technology and the planet icon.
    - Nauvis remains the starting surface; the barren-world sterilizer now targets both Nauvis and Asterra.
    - Multi-planet restoration victory text now includes Asterra.
    - No debug teleport, no CTRL + SHIFT + A shortcut, and no fake travel button are included.

  Migration:
    - Added a non-destructive 2.2.0 migration placeholder; runtime storage is initialized lazily.

Version: 2.1.0
Date: 06. 05. 2026
  Features:
    - Added the Advanced Terraforming Network release line.
    - Added weighted relay/core network scoring for clearer planet-scale infrastructure feedback.
    - Added network efficiency, relay coverage, core strength, and repair support summaries to the dashboard.
    - Added improved network bottleneck guidance so players can see whether relays, cores, or repaired climate towers are the next best upgrade.

  Changes:
    - Relay and core tiers now contribute to visible network metrics in a clearer weighted way.
    - The dashboard now exposes network quality instead of only raw relay/core counts.
    - Existing saves rebuild derived network metrics automatically on the next network tick.

  Fixes:
    - Rebuilt Asterra map generation using the Nauvis map-gen pattern with a strict dead-world resource allowlist.
    - Hardened network summary fallbacks for upgraded saves that lack new 2.1.0 derived fields.

Version: 2.0.0
Date: 02. 05. 2026
  Features:
    - Added the Full Terraforming Overhaul milestone release line.
    - Added restoration victory tracking for individual surfaces once Heat, Pressure, Oxygen, and Biomass are all meaningfully established.
    - Added multi-planet restoration tracking for Nauvis, Vulcanus, Gleba, Fulgora, and Aquilo.
    - Added dashboard restoration progress text so late-game goals are visible in-game.
    - Consolidated oxygen survival, recovery objectives, terraforming networks, planet-specific variants, rocket payloads, and world transformation into the 2.0.0 release milestone.

  Changes:
    - Kept all 1.9.0 planet visual transformation logic and 1.8.x planet identity tuning intact.
    - Kept all 1.7.x graphics, Mk2/Mk3, and planet-specific machine variant content intact.
    - No destructive save migration required.

  Fixes:
    - Added versioned storage initialization for restoration-victory state on existing saves.

Version: 1.7.0
Date: 26. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added new Fulgora-specific prototypes for Atmospheric Processor, Biodome, Incubator, Thermal Injector, Pressure Array, Oxygen Distributor, and Biosphere Seeder.
    - Added the progression coach release line for the Terraform dashboard and compact Planet Stats panel.
    - Added next research, next build target, and current tech-path guidance for smoother early and mid-game onboarding.
    - Added stronger technology descriptions across the main terraforming chain and planet-specialization branches.
    - Integrated all four planet-specific prototype passes: Aquilo, Vulcanus, Gleba, and Fulgora.
    - Added final cleanup checks for missing graphics, duplicate locale keys, dead unlocks, and adaptation ordering.
    - Added new Aquilo-specific prototypes for Atmospheric Processor, Biodome, Incubator, Thermal Injector, Pressure Array, Oxygen Distributor, and Biosphere Seeder.
    - Added matching Vulcanus-specific prototypes for the same extended planet-adaptation lineup.

  Graphics:
    - Included the clean Nauvis Reborn graphics replacement pass for entities, items, payloads, technologies, thumbnails, and UI preview art.
    - Replaced the portal thumbnail with a more native Factorio-style terrain-and-machine composition.
    - Normalized entity sprites, icons, and thumbnails to the dimensions expected by the prototypes.
    - Removed baked preview backgrounds from the generated art and kept the replacement PNGs on real transparent backgrounds.
    - Added bottom-left Roman numeral tier badges to relevant Mk I, Mk II, and Mk III machine icons.

  Fixes:
    - Corrected large-machine collision and selection boxes so placement footprints match the visible graphics more closely.
    - Clamped fluid pipe connection points inside generated entity bounding boxes to avoid Factorio prototype-load errors.
    - Fixed container sprite scale lookup so relays, cores, towers, and payload-style container entities use their own sprite calibration.
    - Re-sorted Planet Crafter items and recipes into cleaner Production, Consumers, Network, Adaptations, and Materials groups.

  Changes:
    - Fulgora adaptation now favors pressure throughput with storm/electric flavored variants.
    - Kept recipe names, entity names, item names, technologies, runtime data, and save schema compatible.
    - Folded the local graphics/footprint/icon cleanup work into this clean 1.7.0 mod portal build.
    - Aquilo adaptation now branches into a broader frozen-surface machine lineup with dedicated art and runtime support.
    - Vulcanus adaptation now branches into a heat-shielded machine lineup with stronger heat/pressure bias and weaker life-support conversion.
    - No migration required.

Version: 1.6.0
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added a full planet identity pass with explicit surface strengths, weaknesses, and hazards in the UI.
    - Planet-specific machine modifiers now affect real terraforming conversion output instead of only being displayed.
    - Milestone completions now grant planet-flavored stat bursts based on the current surface.
    - Oxygen survival pressure now scales with each surface's identity profile.

  Changes:
    - Nauvis remains balanced.
    - Vulcanus now strongly favors Heat and Pressure while punishing Oxygen and Biomass.
    - Gleba now strongly favors Oxygen and Biomass.
    - Fulgora now strongly favors Pressure.
    - Aquilo is now the harshest general survival environment with weaker life-support scaling.

Version: 1.5.0
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added Terraform Relay Mk2 / Mk3.
    - Added Terraform Core Mk2 / Mk3.
    - Added clearer network health and bottleneck warnings to the dashboard.
    - Added richer network summaries showing tiered relay/core counts.

  Changes:
    - Relay bonuses now scale by tier and radius instead of treating all relays the same.
    - Core bonuses now scale by tier for stronger late-game surface-wide conversion.
    - Machine-side hints now explain the role of higher-tier relays and cores more clearly.

Version: 1.4.0
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added an exploration and recovery expansion with more ruin-site variants.
    - Added major ruins and relay wrecks with richer salvage tables.
    - Added objective guidance to the dashboard and Planet Stats panel so players can see the nearest meaningful exploration target.
    - Added stronger climate tower restoration rewards, including a terraforming stat burst on repair.

  Changes:
    - Increased relic-fragment and advanced salvage density in rarer recovery sites.
    - Recovery now tracks active objectives on each surface and marks depleted sites as cleared.

Version: 1.3.0
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added a full visual world transformation pass with stronger stage-based greening, ponds, forests, and fish.
    - Added one-time milestone world bursts so stage unlocks cause a more dramatic visible change.
    - Added world-state text to the Terraform dashboard so players can see how the surface should be reacting.

  Changes:
    - Increased visual intensity across later stages so terraforming is easier to feel, not just measure.
    - Improved visual safety around player bases, built areas, and the central start zone.
    - Milestone celebrations now more clearly communicate that the world itself is changing.

Version: 1.2.7
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added an always-visible Planet Stats panel in the top UI.
    - The panel shows Heat, Pressure, Oxygen, Biomass, next milestone, and recommended focus.
    - The panel tooltip explains the current broad strategy without requiring hidden ratio knowledge.

  Changes:
    - Improved onboarding text to explicitly tell players where the stats are and how to interpret them.
    - Reduced the need to guess whether the answer is "heat more" or "run everything" by surfacing recommended focus directly in the UI.

Version: 1.2.6
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Fixes:
    - Fixed malformed prototypes/categories.lua syntax introduced in the Burner Greenhouse patch.
    - Restored proper loading of the pc-greenhouse recipe category.

Version: 1.2.5
Date: 04. 04. 2026
  Fixes:
    - Fixed oxygen refill/drain checks using map-view position instead of the player's real body position.
    - Oxygen zones now use the player's physical controller location, so hovering the map over a safe zone no longer refills oxygen from anywhere.

Version: 1.2.2
Date: 02. 04. 2026
  Features:
    - Added a visible Terraform button in the top UI so the dashboard is always discoverable.
    - New players now get automatic dashboard onboarding and an in-game explanation of the intended loop.
    - Added dashboard guidance for recommended focus and general terraforming strategy.

  Changes:
    - The dashboard now explicitly tells players there is no hidden exact-ratio puzzle.
    - Guidance now points players toward keeping all four lines running and expanding the slowest stat first.

  Fixes:
    - Reduced the “there is no UI” / “what am I supposed to aim for?” confusion for first-time players.

Version: 1.2.1
Date: 02. 04. 2026
  Fixes:
    - Changed oxygen depletion from direct health subtraction to real character damage.
    - Suffocation damage now properly interrupts normal regeneration behavior.
    - Increased oxygen-empty damage pressure so ignoring oxygen early is no longer trivial.

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 02. 04. 2026
  Info:
    - Producer/consumer terraforming update.

  Features:
    - Added dedicated terraform consumer buildings:
      - Thermal Injector
      - Pressure Array
      - Oxygen Distributor
      - Biosphere Seeder
    - Producer machines now generate terraform materials that must be consumed by dedicated
      converter structures to create permanent planetary progress.
    - Added icons, entity art, recipes, crafting groups, and descriptions for the new consumer buildings.
    - Oxygen Distributor now contributes to local oxygen survival support.

  Changes:
    - Terraform outputs now have a real gameplay purpose.
    - Heat Cells are consumed for Heat progression.
    - Pressure Canisters are consumed for Pressure progression.
    - Oxygen Canisters are consumed for Oxygen progression.
    - Biomass Samples are consumed for Biomass progression.
    - Terraform gains per tick are now tied to actual consumer activity rather than producer crafting alone.

  Fixes:
    - Fixed the issue where produced terraform items felt like cosmetic outputs with no real effect.
    - Fixed progression flow so material logistics now matter for terraforming.
    - Updated release metadata author to Szentigrade.