Changelog

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 23.08.2026
  Bugfixes:
    - Factorio-like mode: the glow no longer stays lit while the beacon is switched off for lack
      of usable plasma.
    - Factorio-like mode: new status "Not enough plasma". A beacon starved by its neighbours used
      to report "Plasma too cold" even when the plasma was hot enough.

Version: 2.0.0
Date: 22.08.2026
  Major Features:
    - New startup setting "Reactor layout", offering a second consumption model. In the new
      "Factorio-like" mode the beacon consumes plasma by energy content instead of by volume, so
      hotter plasma goes further - and plasma only gets hot from the neighbour bonus of adjacent
      fusion reactors. A lone reactor cannot run a beacon at all, two side by side can, and every
      further neighbour makes the beacons cheaper. At a 2x2 block the cost matches the old model
      exactly; below that it is higher, above it lower. The cluster has to keep running, though:
      a reactor standing still stops counting towards the bonus.
  Changes:
    - New beacon status "Plasma too cold", for when plasma is connected but carries too little
      energy to run the beacon - the state a lone reactor leaves it in.
    - In "Factorio-like" mode the plasma is drawn through an energy source rather than through a
      recipe - handled by the engine itself, the same way a fusion generator draws its plasma.
      The flow is smooth instead of arriving in lumps, so a reactor running below capacity no
      longer stutters. The "Operation buffer" setting has nothing left to damp in that mode.
  Info:
    - The new mode is the recommended one - it is the one that actually engages with Factorio's
      fusion mechanics. The old model stays as "simple" and remains the default, so updating
      changes nothing in a running base until the setting is switched.
    - Idea and persistence: sh4dow (https://mods.factorio.com/user/sh4dow), who argued for
      temperature scaled plasma across several rounds on the mod portal until it was clear that
      he was right. Thank you.

Version: 1.0.4
Date: 21.08.2026
  Features:
    - New startup setting "Operation buffer": how much plasma the beacon draws in one go. A larger
      buffer damps the stutter of a fusion reactor producing more plasma than is drawn from it, at
      the cost of a longer spin-up. Cleanest with a single beacon per reactor - several beacons
      keep the offset they were built at, so their cycles overlap. Consumption still averages
      1 plasma/s. Default 1 plasma.

Version: 1.0.3
Date: 15.08.2026
  Optimizations:
    - Beacon status checks are now spread across the update interval instead of all landing in the
      same tick. A base wide plasma outage no longer switches every beacon in one go.

Version: 1.0.2
Date: 14.08.2026
  Features:
    - New startup setting "Beacons required to craft": adds 2 beacons to the recipe. Off by
      default.
  Changes:
    - HD Plasma Duct is now a recommended dependency instead of a required one, so it can be
      disabled. Without it, connect the plasma beacon directly to a fusion reactor's plasma output.

Version: 1.0.1
Date: 13.08.2026
  Compatibility:
    - Updated for Factorio 2.1

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 13.08.2026
  Major Features:
    - Initial release