Nicer Fuel Glow (2.1 fork)

by VortiK

Adds a subtle tint to the glow of burner entities depending on what fuel they're using. Factorio 2.1 fork of Nicer Fuel Glow by FlamingCarrot, wretlaw120 and Grillex.

Tweaks
5 days ago
2.1
42
Manufacturing

Changelog

Version: 1.1.0
Date: 2026-10-25
  Info:
    - Factorio 2.1 fork of Nicer Fuel Glow for Space Age by Grillex (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/NicerFuelGlow-Fixed), itself based on Nicer Fuel Glow by FlamingCarrot and the fixes of wretlaw120. GPLv3 license.
  Changes:
    - Updated for Factorio 2.1.
    - Setting names are now prefixed (vtk-nfg-) to avoid collisions with other mods: settings changed in the original mod must be set again.
    - Marked as incompatible with the previous versions of Nicer Fuel Glow.
    - Removed unused heat pipe, heat exchanger and nuclear reactor images (smaller download).
  Bugfixes:
    - Restored the orange glow of electric furnaces, lost since Factorio 2.0.
Version: 1.0.18
  Changes:
    - Fixed red reactor glow with Planet Maraxsis (fix by starblaster64).
Version: 1.0.17
  Changes:
    - Forked for 2.0 by Grillex
Version: 1.0.16
  Changes:
    - Fix typo in dependencies.
    - Make vanilla reactor glow green.
Version: 1.0.15
  Changes:
    - Reactors won't glow purple now.
Version: 1.0.14
  Changes:
    - Forked for 1.1 by wretlaw120
Version: 1.0.13
  Changes:
    - Updated version references to 1.0.
Version: 1.0.10
  Changes:
    - Dimmed glow of electric furnaces, added orange glow to oil refinery flames.
Version: 1.0.7
  Changes:
    - Added failsafe: Fuels with non-standard units now default to red; no longer cause error.
    - Changed spectrum from [n]rt/[n]rt to log[n] scale for extra nerd cred, didn't like it, changed it back.
Version: 1.0.4
  Changes:
    - Changed settings to strings so users don't have to convert xJ to Joules in their head.
Version: 1.0.1
  Changes:
    - Added electric furnace support, modded fuel support.
Version: 0.9.0
  Changes:
    - Initial experimental release for latest experimental (0.18), latest stable (0.17) and latest potato-compatible (0.16).