Adds a historically-grounded wood pyrolysis processing chain as an early-game alternative to petroleum. Thermally decompose wood into Biochar, Pyrolysis Oil, and Wood Gas, then refine them further via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Bio-Oil Distillation to obtain light oil, heavy oil, and methanol. Methanol can be converted into plastic bars (Bakelite Synthesis) or solid fuel. All recipes fit naturally into the vanilla Chemical Plant and Oil Refinery pipeline, with optional Cryogenic Plant support for Space Age.
Mods introducing new content into the game.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 2026-04-27
Bugfixes:
- Fixed wood-pyrolysis recipe icon not appearing in game (icon_size was 128, image is 1254x1254).
- Fixed pyrolysis-oil fluid icon size mismatch after image was resized to 298x298.
- Fixed methanol-solid-fuel icon being cropped — image was non-square (77x96), padded to 96x96.
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2026-04-27
Features:
- Wood Pyrolysis recipe: converts wood into biochar, pyrolysis oil, and wood gas in a Chemical Plant.
- Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis recipe: converts wood gas into light oil, petroleum gas, and water in an Oil Refinery.
- Bio-Oil Distillation recipe: fractionates pyrolysis oil into heavy oil, methanol, and water in an Oil Refinery.
- Bakelite Synthesis recipe: converts methanol and coal into plastic bars in a Chemical Plant.
- Methanol-to-Fuel recipe: converts methanol into solid fuel in a Chemical Plant.
- Three new fluids: Pyrolysis Oil, Wood Gas, Methanol.
- New item: Biochar (solid fuel, 4 MJ, alternative to coal).
- Cryogenic Plant (Space Age) support for wood-pyrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch categories.