Changelog

Version: 0.3.2
Date: 2026-10-05
  Compatibility:
    - Factorio 2.0 backport of version 0.4.3 (see the 0.4.3 entry below for the full list of changes carried forward).

Version: 0.4.3
Date: 2026-10-03
  Compatibility:
    - Added defensive compatibility for other mods (e.g. Factorissimo) that add surface-condition restrictions directly to shared vanilla plants Simulacruis also relies on, such as yumako-tree/jellystem, which could otherwise make them unplantable there.

Version: 0.3.1
Date: 2026-09-28
  Compatibility:
    - Factorio 2.0 backport of version 0.4.2 (see the 0.4.0/0.4.1/0.4.2 entries below for the full list of changes carried forward).

Version: 0.4.2
Date: 2026-09-26
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed agricultural towers not planting yumako/jellynut seeds on Simulacruis's Gleba soil correctly.
    - Fixed the Fulgoran ruin lightning attractor's alerts when damaged or destroyed by demolishers.
    - Fixed sandbox mode failing to load into the game.

Version: 0.4.1
Date: 2026-09-20
  Compatibility:
    - Added optional compatibility with Any Planet Start: no longer crashes on load or on spawn when both are installed, and Any Planet Start's own starting-planet choice is respected (Simulacruis stays reachable later as a normal travel destination).
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the crash-site cutscene sometimes not running correctly.

Version: 0.4.0
Date: 2026-09-18
  Compatibility:
    - Porting mod version 0.3.0 to Factorio 2.1

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 2026-09-18
  Major Features:
    - Zone borders show a more organic border than a ring like shape

Version: 0.2.2
Date: 2026-09-18
  Features:
    - Zone 1/2/3 radii can now be adjusted per-map from the Map Generator's Terrain tab sliders.

Version: 0.2.1
Date: 2026-09-17
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a startup crash when another mod (e.g. More Casting, More Direct Casting) modifies foundation, landfill, ice-platform, or Gleba's soil-conversion items without their optional tile_condition field.

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 2026-09-16
  Major Features:
    - Add island mode for map generation. Islands are in their planet's biome.

Version: 0.1.1
Date: 2026-09-16
  Compatibility:
    - Correctly marking as Space Age Mod

Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2026-09-16
  Major Features:
    - Added Simulacruis, a new starting planet combining Nauvis, Vulcanus, Fulgora, Gleba and Aquilo's biomes, resources and enemies into zones radiating out from the center.
    - Removed almost all planet-specific crafting and building restrictions, so recipes and buildings from every planet are usable from the start.
    - De-gated the research tree's planet-discovery requirements, so non-Nauvis technologies can be researched without first physically visiting their origin planet.
    - Added a ground-craftable alternative recipe for the promethium science pack, substituting out promethium asteroid chunks.
  Features:
    - Added mod settings to configure each zone's radius, including setting a radius to 0 to skip that zone entirely.
    - Added a "Scrap from the start" setting that lets the Recycling technology complete by simply mining a Fulgoran ruin vault, skipping its normal prerequisites.
    - Added an optional guaranteed low-yield starter oil patch, off by default, as a safety net against an unlucky map roll leaving no reachable oil.
    - Exposed per-planet Terrain and per-zone Patch Size map generation controls, alongside each planet's own resource autoplace controls.
  Compatibility:
    - Requires PlanetsLib.