Mechanic Update
Created by: Kurfursten
General
- Tier 3 parts now require plastic instead of metal/glass/uranium/gold/silver/plasma.
- The RPED now requires plastic instead of gold/silver.
Engineering
- The SMES can now be upgraded in terms of power capacity, input, and output.
- The component list was tweaked, but is of similar difficulty to previous design
- Ditto: Portable SMES, for both
- Prism component list significantly simplified
- Freezer and Heater recipes simplified
- Freezer and Heater may be upgraded to heat and cool to greater extremes.
Civilian
- The Biogenerator can now be upgraded to generate more biomass per nutriment, and to work faster.
- Hydroponics Trays now have a Toggle Light verb (does not interfere with bioluminesence). Unnoticable at its weakest level, but useful at higher levels.
- Upgrading a tray reduces weed spawn chance, helps mutations occur, and improves the onboard light.
- Vending Machines have received a very slight buff to default throw rate.
- Vending Machines can now be upgraded to throw items more often.
- Microwave components simplified; upgrades not compromised
- Washing machines can now be built. Upgrading them will make them process faster.
- Fax is now buildable and can be upgraded to send faster.
- Fixed a bug where the Fax would still be recharging with negative recharge time remaining.
- The Processor and Chicken Processor have been merged into one
- The Processor's component list was simplified
- The processor can now be upgraded to work faster.
Medical Bay
- Chem Masters can now be upgraded for more pills, bigger bottles, and bigger chemical reservoir.
- The virus incubator display now tells you the growth level of the inserted dish.
- The virus incubator can now be upgraded to grow faster and mutate more often.
- The virus isolator is now a machine instead of a computer and can now be upgraded to work faster.
- The virus analyzer can now be upgraded to work faster and require a lower minimum virus growth.
- The DNA modifier can be upgraded to spit out SE syringes faster.
- The reagent grinder is now easier to build.
Science
- The mech port may now be upgraded to increase charge speed.
- The mech floor may now be upgraded to store power for an instant transfusion, like a cyborg recharger.
- Monkey Recycler can now be upgraded to recycle more efficiently, and recycle live monkeys.
- The six Xenoarcheology machines related to analysis can be built, and upgraded to work faster.