This mod extends the early game of Space Age by putting you on the moon "Lignumis" before you escape to Nauvis. It concentrates on wood and steam technologies, giving you some early game production chains for those resources.

The duration of the stay on Lignumis will be rather short. The impact of the later game will still be substantial (once implemented).

Beta version

This is an early version of the mod. It contains all the content that was originally planned but still needs some balancing and polishing.

Please help me finish this mod by giving me feedback of any kind (e.g. odd, missing or broken things, ideas to improve mechanics or progression or anything else that comes to your mind).

If you like to contribute in any other way, feel free to contact me as well.

Mod recommendations

The following mods can be a great addition for this mod:

Burner Leech Fork

There will be fewer inserters that need to be fueled manually.

Hot metals

If you like the idea that metals need to cool down after being smolten in a furnace, Lignumis gold has support for hot metals.

Note that you'll have to insert gold plates manually into the provisional rocket silo when Hot metals is active (See https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=123081).

Wooden Military

If you want more of it than Lignumis offers, add this mod. It adds ammo for shotguns and there are settings for rockets and artillery shells.

Wooden Industry

If you like go more into the charcoal direction. It has no overlap with Lignumis and starts to get relevant on Nauvis.

Fulgora: Coralmium Agriculture and Wooden Vulcanus: Sulfuric Bacteria

For wood on the other planets.

Todo

Sorted by priority

• Fix pipe graphics on desiccation furnace and quality assembler
• Ban huge rocks with coal from Nauvis
• Create proper experience for the transition to Nauvis with a custom UI with launch button (and don't allow taking your inventory)
• Add more description strings
• Tweak all custom graphics colors
• Optimize images
• Compatibility with Alien biomes
• Compatibility with Amator Phasma's Coal & Steam (forked)
• Compatibility with Noble Metals once it's updated
• Revisit compatibility with AAI Industry
• Move pollution surface property to separate mod
• Trees must not die when absorbing noise
  • https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/types/TreeVariation.html

Credits

Hurricane

• Lumber mill
• Deep miner
• Quality assembler

malcolmriley

• Gold seed
• Moist stromatolite remnant

PreLeyZero

• Gold patch

planetfall

• Gold ore
• Gold wire

CG-Matt

• Wood liquefaction

daydev

• Portable engine

Zithorian's Extra Storage Tanks

• Gold storage tank

Wooden Basegame Assets

• Lumber

Krastorio 2 Assets

• Basic radar

Icons8

• Mute icon