Changelog

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 2026-08-30
  Graphics:
    - Replaced the fallback base-game icons with custom tech-industrial icons for all added items
      and technologies, so the mod now has a consistent visual identity and reads clearly in-game.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the mod failing to load entirely when Space Age is not enabled: ancient-alloy and
      Prospector's Charge no longer reference space-age-only icons, and the ancient-alloy-synthesis
      recipe now falls back to base-game-only ingredients when space-age isn't present.
    - Fixed crude-oil being completely unobtainable (autoplace was zeroed on every planet with no
      fallback), which permanently blocked the vanilla oil-processing trigger technology and
      everything downstream of it. Crude-oil is now included in Nauvis's and Aquilo's hidden
      micro-deposit pool (and, by extension, Prospector's Charge), with a much larger deposit size
      than solid ores get.

Version: 0.2.2
Date: 2026-08-30
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the mod failing to load entirely when Space Age is not enabled: ancient-alloy and
      Prospector's Charge no longer reference space-age-only icons, and the ancient-alloy-synthesis
      recipe now falls back to base-game-only ingredients when space-age isn't present.
    - Fixed crude-oil being completely unobtainable (autoplace was zeroed on every planet with no
      fallback), which permanently blocked the vanilla oil-processing trigger technology and
      everything downstream of it. Crude-oil is now included in Nauvis's and Aquilo's hidden
      micro-deposit pool (and, by extension, Prospector's Charge), with a much larger deposit size
      than solid ores get.

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 2026-07-26
  Features:
    - Added Prospector's Charge: an expensive selection-tool that guarantees a rich deposit of every
      ore type native to the current planet near the chosen spot -- a reliable answer to a bad-luck
      run, at the cost of materials and a bit of Ancient Alloy.
    - Added the Prospecting technology (unlocks Prospector's Charge), branching off Deep Scanning.

Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2026-07-26
  Features:
    - Initial release. No normal ore fields on any of the 5 Space Age planets -- only water is
      guaranteed. Progress by exploring: loot crates, rare hidden micro-deposits, and guarded vault
      mini-dungeons appear as you uncover new chunks, and mining big rocks has a chance of bonus loot.
    - Loot quality scales with distance from your landing point on every planet.
    - Added the Scavenger Operations technology branch: Scavenging (Signal Flare), Deep Scanning
      (Vault Detector), Vault Cracking (Breaching Charge, and sealed vaults with no entrance), and
      Precursor Engineering (a synthesis recipe for Ancient Alloy).
    - Ancient Alloy is a loot-exclusive material (found in vaults, rarely elsewhere) required to
      craft rocket parts, so leaving Nauvis requires actually exploring, not just production
      throughput.
    - Five vault layouts, per-planet loot tables, and full English and Ukrainian localization.