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crystal thicket Mar 8, 2025, 5:37 PM

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incoming!! this looks cool!

sharp meteor Mar 8, 2025, 6:11 PM

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aquilo becomes a moon?

outer cairn Mar 8, 2025, 10:23 PM

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WOAH!!!

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 4:24 AM

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sharp meteor aquilo becomes a moon?

Yup, Cronus is meant to be analogous to Jupiter, with it's moons roughly representing the Galilean moons.
Thus:
Io - Mefitis (cryovolcanic world with Arsenical seas)
Europa - Aquilo (Icy ammonia ocean world)
Ganymede - Aiolos (a massive, thick-atmosphere world, with Aliphatic oceans - a bit of a hybrid between Titan and Ganymede)
Callisto - Feronia (not really analogous at all, but Callisto is described as the most colonizable Jovian moon. Feronia's life is solely floral, and utilizing iodine in its biosphere, hence why it is so purple)

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Here's the current starmap

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New Elements:

Lead (starting metal)
Nickel (starting metal)
Silicon (starting metal, mined from Quartzite with sulfuric acid, or extracted from stone with sulfuric acid)
Aluminum (starting metal, extracted from Bauxite with a somewhat complicated produciton chain)
Titanium (extract in small quantities from Bauxite residue, mined from Rutile on Selene)
Magnesium (extracted from Magnesium brine or electrostatic separation on Selene)
Phosphate (mined on Gleba, replaces stone spawns)
Iridium (extracted from Heavy Metal on Mefitis)
Osmium (extracted from Heavy Metal on Mefitis)
Beryllium (mined on Aiolos)
Cobalt (mined on Feronia)
Lanthanum (extracted from Primordial asteroids)
Cerium (extracted from Primordial asteroids)
Neodymium (extracted from Primordial asteroids)
Thorium-232 (extracted from Primordial asteroids)
Plutonium-239 (extracted from spent Uranium fuel cells)```

New Alloys:

Invar (Nickel and Iron)
Steel (Iron, Nickel, and Copper, or Iron and Titanium, or Molten Iron and Carbon)
Duralumin (Aluminum and Copper)
Caelium (Aluminum and Titanium, or Magnesium and Titanium)
Magnalium (Aluminum and Magnesium)
Osmiridium (Osmium and Iridium)
Mischmetal (Lanthanum, Cerium, and Neodymium)


New Fluids:

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Hydrogen Peroxide
Olefins
Aromatics
Methane
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Methanol
Formaldehyde
Phenol
Sulfane
Sulfur Dioxide
Nitrogen
Nitric acid
Hydrazine
Nitrogen tetroxide
Chlorine
Hydrochloric acid
Vinyl chloride
Chloroform
Hydrofluoric acid
Tetrafluoroethylene
Fluoroform
Magnesium brine
Helium
Slipgoo
Mawslush
Bioslurry
Ethanol
Glycerol
Nitroglycerin
Sludge
Arsenical solution
Perchlorate
Aliphatic solution
Phosphine
Phosphoric acid
Iodic solution
Iodine
Hydroiodic acid
Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Proton stream
Neutron stream
Electron stream

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New Circuit setup:

Electronic circuit {yellow} - (Iron plate and copper cables)
Integrated circuit {red} - (Silicon wafers, Aluminum cables, Transistors {silicon wafers and copper cables}, and electronic circuits)
Advanced circuit {blue} - (Capacitors {plastic, batteries, electronic circuits, and aluminum cables}, Peripheral interfaces {plastic, aluminum cables, electronic circuits}, Optical fibers {plastic}, and integrated circuits)
Processing unit {orange} - (Microprocessors {aluminum plates, plastic bars, and integrated circuits}, Memory sticks {copper plates, plastic, and integrated circuits}, Storage drives {Duralumin plates, electric engines, and plastic}, and advanced circuits)
Computing core {green} - (Motherboards {tungsten carbide, carbon fiber, and holmium superconductors}, Cooling Systems {plastic, electric engines, and magnesium plates}, and processing units)
Quantum supercomputer {purple} - (Quantum processors {Osmium superconductors, Graphene, Indium phospide wafers, Cold fluoroketone}, Quantum storage {cobalt cables, lithium plates, nanotubes, hydroiodic acid}, Altermagnets {Nickel plates, aluminum plates, cobalt cables, neodymium plates}, and computing cores)

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Here is a WIP description of the mod:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vsJLqJHnbs-PPMdWBAtO9DvDFl5NYSrJM4JdRCdv3ac/

Google Docs

Outer Moons desc

(WIP documentation - obviously) - made by Amyzonis and PetrusPB Upon further scanning of the solar system, its composition is far more complex than originally thought: Vulcanus - A hot volcanic planet with mountainous volcanoes, rivers of lava, plains of ash, and volcanic vents. Rich in metals....

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I'm currently in the midst of a playtest, and have fine-tuned Nauvis, Selene, Vulcanus, and Fulgora. Only 77 hours in lol

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 5:30 AM

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nova valley Here's the current starmap

This looks so peak

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 6:12 AM

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It'll probably be ready for public consumption in a few weeks. All of the structures, fluids, and intermediates are implemented, but many of the recipes still require fine-tuning, and the technology needs fleshing out still. But things are reaching a mechanically solid and fun place

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 10:46 AM

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nova valley Here is a WIP description of the mod: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vsJLqJ...

i read up
this is amazing

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i think this is the first true new overhaul specifically made for space age

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because for now we only had old ones updated or new variants of existing ones

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this is straight up something new

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and it looks dope

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i may play it

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also, we should discuss compat
due to my mod adding hurricane's buildings, most with the same function as yours

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in the next texture updates hurricane will add color masks and i will probably recolor some buildings so at least the ones that use the same texture but have different structures may remain

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but some will have to be merged in case of compat

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what do you think?

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 4:26 PM

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I did a lot of custom piping overlays to Hurricane's buildings. I think they can be made compatible with ease through selective migrations and data updates

I also use some of the older versions. I intend to update to his newer assets, but need to figure out if they'll meet the intended functionality. (Like will the Synthesizer - Hurricane's oxidizer asset, which he has since updated - have enough pipe access)

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 5:38 PM

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nova valley I did a lot of custom piping overlays to Hurricane's buildings. I think they can...

mhm

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i still suggest you to check out what i did if you wanna do compat

crystal thicket Mar 9, 2025, 6:44 PM

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@nova valley Let me know if you need help getting anything from PlanetsLib. It addresses several mod compatibility issues with moons in particular.

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 8:42 PM

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I have heavily modified the base planets to account for new metals/fluids/recipes. Idk how compatible it'll be, but I can look into it

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I have a lot of experience with modding, but still new to Factorio in particular, so I may need outside input once I get to that point

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 8:48 PM

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sharp meteor i still suggest you to check out what i did if you wanna do compat

@nova valley did you?

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 8:48 PM

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I'm working like a madman irl rn, but I'll have more time to investigate soon

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9-12 hours shifts are killing me

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 8:52 PM

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nova valley I'm working like a madman irl rn, but I'll have more time to investigate soon

Gotcha

sharp meteor Mar 9, 2025, 8:52 PM

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nova valley 9-12 hours shifts are killing me

Sounds rough

nova valley Mar 9, 2025, 9:02 PM

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It's the Rodeo. It is what it is

orchid delta Mar 9, 2025, 11:47 PM

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This is fucking wild sounding

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awesome stuff dude, can't wait to see more progress on this!

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If you need any help with testing or such things hit me up i'd be happy to

nova valley Mar 11, 2025, 2:43 AM

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I have a dedicated discord server set up, and I'll invite you (and anyone else) to join it and participate in playtests once I've worked the remaining unfinished work.

Definitely will need input on recipe/tech balance, but my playtest is helping get it to a solid, playable state

orchid delta Mar 11, 2025, 2:03 PM

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Thank you! I'd be happy to provide any testing/feedback

nova valley Mar 25, 2025, 2:37 AM

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Done with my crazy schedule and back to working on the mod

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