Underhaul

by luiseeo

Re-balances recipes, technologies and ratios for a faster and smoother playthrough. Lessens the difficulty spikes of mid-game and end-game (but doesn't remove them!). Most overhaul mods add complexity, this one reduces it: an UNDERHAUL If you like Factorio but you ain't got time for the grinding, this mod is for you!

Overhaul
4 months ago
1.1
423
Manufacturing

Changelog

Version: 0.4.0
Date: 08. 10. 2024
  Balancing:
    - Labs research speed increased from 1.0 to 1.5.
    - Removed iron sticks as an ingredient from all (vanilla) recipes, simplifying many recipes. Replaced iron stick cost with similar iron plate or steel cost.
    - Reduce cost of automation research. From 10Red at 10s to 5Red at 5s.
    - Replaced copper plates with copper wires in electric poles recipes. Now all electric poles (small, medium, big) use copper wire.
    - Reduce crafting time for burner mining drill, electric mining drill and gun turret.
Version: 0.3.1
Date: 07. 15. 2024
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the "Unknown interface: freeplay" error when trying to launch a game mode other than freeplay
Version: 0.3.0
Date: 05. 24. 2024
  Features:
    - Added Heavy Armor+, an early-game armor with an small equipment grid
    - Added additional items in the Space ship debris. Including a basic construction robot kit (that can be used with Heavy Armor+)
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed the recipe for Uranium
Version: 0.2.0
Date: 05. 06. 2024
  Features:
    - Added mod settings to enable or disable some of the technologies: Combat robots, Discharge defense, beacons
    - Reduced the collision box of solar panels so that dealing with solar farms is less tedious
  Balancing:
    - Reduced the number of rails required for Purple Science recipe
    - Reduce cost of the fluid wagon tech
    - Increased the cost of Modules 2 tech (in the previous version it was reduced too much)
Version: 0.1.0
Date: 04. 25. 2024
  Features:
    - This is the first version of the mod
  Balancing:
    - Reduced cost of steel plates from 5 to 3 iron plates
    - Reduced cost of Red Circuits from 2GreenCircuit+3CopperWire+2PlasticBar to 2GreenCircuit+2CopperWire+1PlasticBar
    - Reduced crafting time of Red Circuits from 6 to 3 seconds
    - Changed the ratio of Copper wire to Green Circuit assemblers from 3:2 to 1:1
    - Changed the ratio of Science (Red:Green:Gray:Blue:Purple:Yellow) assemblers from 5:6:5:12:7:7 to 5:5:5:6:6:6
    - Reduced the number of Bonus Technologies. They are now fewer, but their bonus are more meaningful
    - Reduced the costs for many recipes to feel less grindy
    - Reduced the crafting time for many recipes
    - Made the ratios for many related items easier to remember
    - Reduced the costs for many technologies to feel less grindy
    - Removes some technologies that most people don't use (like combat robots)
    - Reworked the modules. Overall, they offer more bonuses and less drawbacks. HOWEVER, Beacons are disabled