Real Steam adds subtle steam ambience to Factorio without turning your factory into a smoke cloud.

This mod gives working steam engines, steam turbines, boilers, heat exchangers, and steam pipes small white/grey vapour effects to make steam power feel more alive. The goal is light visual flair: tiny puffs, soft vapour, and small random pipe leaks that add atmosphere without affecting gameplay or overwhelming the screen.

Features:
- Subtle steam vapour around working steam engines
- Light turbine mist
- Small boiler pressure puffs
- Soft heat exchanger vapour
- Tiny random dribble-style leaks from pipes carrying steam
- Pipe-to-ground steam leak support
- Runtime setting for steam density
- Runtime toggle for boiler effects
- Runtime toggle for pipe leaks
- Optional startup setting to replace vanilla boiler exhaust smoke
- Lightweight timed effects
- Factorio 2.0 / Space Age compatible

Recommended settings:
- Steam density: Low
- Include boilers: On
- Include steam pipes: On
- Replace boiler smoke: Off

Real Steam is designed to be a small atmosphere/QOL visual mod. It does not change recipes, power production, machine balance, or gameplay progression. It simply adds a bit more life to steam setups so early power plants, turbine builds, and steam pipe networks feel less static.

The default tuning is intentionally subtle. Pipe leaks are tiny and random-looking, machine steam is soft, and the mod is meant to blend into the factory rather than dominate it.

Works nicely alongside darker lighting and visual atmosphere mods such as True Real Lighting.