Production Overhaul User Guide

More detailed description and user guide for my Production Overhaul mod.

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This mod attempts to rework the resources, production chains, and progression of vanilla Space Engineers by adding new ores, ingots, and components to be produced, as well as specialized production machinery. It also adds a number of of other blocks, mostly "basic" or "advanced" versions of vanilla blocks, aimed toward providing a sense of tech progression.

This guide provides a detailed description of the changes and additions made, as well as explaining the new resources, production chains, and progression.

Resources

New with this mod are 9 brand-new ores and related ingots.

Ore	Processed In	Produces
Coal	Carbon
Sulfur Ore	Chemical Refinery	Sulfur
Oil Sand	Bitumen Extractor	Crude Oil
Copper	Survival Kit, Smelter, Refinery	Copper Ingot
Lithium	Chemical Refinery	Lithium Paste
Bauxite	Refinery	Aluminum
Titanium	Refinery	Titanium Ingot
Tantalum	Refinery	Tantalum Ingot
Niter (Replaces Magnesium)	Chemical Refinery	Potassium Nitrate

Vanilla Ores are unchanged, with the exception of Magnesium being replaced by Niter, which serves a similar purpose.

Resource Locations

Space Ore generation:
All Ores except for Niter and Oil Sand can be found in asteroids. Niter and Oil are planet-only resources, since they are organic compounds that require decayed organic matter in order to form in any significant quantity.

Planet Ore Generation:

Earth:
- Iron (11%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Oil Sand (11%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Niter (5%)
- Coal (22%)

Alien:
- Iron (11%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Oil Sand (11%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Niter (5%)
- Coal (22%)

Mars:
- Iron (16%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (11%)
- Titanium (11%)
- Coal (22%)
- Sulfur (surface rocks only)

Moon:
- Iron (11%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Platinum (5%)
- Uranium (5%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Tantalum (5%)
- Coal (22%)
- Sulfur (surface rocks only)

Europa:
- Iron (11%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Platinum (5%)
- Uranium (5%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Tantalum (5%)
- Coal (22%)
- Sulfur (surface rocks only)

Titan:
- Iron (11%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Platinum (5%)
- Uranium (5%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Tantalum (5%)
- Coal (22%)
- Sulfur (surface rocks only)

Triton:
- Iron (5%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Platinum (5%)
- Uranium (5%)
- Copper (11%)
- Lithium (11%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Tantalum (5%)
- Coal (22%)

Pertam:
- Iron (5%)
- Nickel (5%)
- Silicon (5%)
- Silver (5%)
- Gold (5%)
- Cobalt (5%)
- Oil Sand (22%)
- Copper (5%)
- Lithium (5%)
- Bauxite (5%)
- Titanium (5%)
- Niter (5%)
- Coal (22%)

(All composition percentages are approximate, based on ore vein counts)


Ore generation has been adjusted for all vanilla planets, and ores will now appear in much larger but more widely spread veins, with each vein containing only a single type of ore. These changes have been made in an attempt to promote fixed mining bases and machines, and to introduce long-distance transport as an engineering challenge.
(Note: If this does not appeal, use the Easy Ores module, which provides vein distances and sizes closer to vanilla.)

To counterbalance this during the early game, stone now provides a moderate amount of basic ores (Iron, Nickel, Silicon, and Copper), with higher-tier refineries providing higher returns.

To compensate for increased distances and early-game reliance on hydrogen engines, habitable planets have also had a water table added, with a thin layer of ice appearing under all grassy terrain.

Ore Refining

Different ores now require different machinery to refine.

Smelter:
- Stone (medium yield)
- Scrap Metal
- Iron
- Copper
- Silicon
- Nickel
- Cobalt

Refinery:
- Stone (high yield)
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- Bauxite
- Titanium
- Tantalum
- Coal (low yield)

Chemical Refinery:
- Niter
- Lithium
- Sulfur
- Coal (high yield)

Uranium Centrifuge:
- Uranium

Ore Purification

Ores can also be crushed and purified once the requisite technology has been unlocked. Crushed and Purified ores provide a 50% and 100% boost over standard refining yields, respectively.
(Note: as Coal and Oil are already nearly pure, they cannot be crushed or purified)

Oil Refining

Oil and its related ingots require special machinery and multiple steps to refine or produce from other materials.

Oil Sand must be separated into Crude Oil in the Bitumen Extractor. Crude Oil can then be refined in the Oil Cracker.
Oil refining produces Carbon, Sulfur, Polymer, and Fuel Oil.

Synthetic Polymer can also be produced in the Synthetics Factory, if Oil is in short supply.

Fuel Oil is further refined in either a Gasoline or Rocket Fuel Refinery to produce usable fuels.

Components

26 all-new components have also been added, and many vanilla component recipes have been changed to use new resources. All component recipe costs are meant to at least approximate real-world materials and technology, while striking a balance between absolute realism and gameplay.

Component	Required Materials	Produced In
Construction Comp.	Iron	Survival Kit, Assembling Bench, Fabricator
Metal Grid	Iron Nickel Cobalt	Fabricator
Electromagnet	Iron Copper Wire	Survival Kit, Assembling Bench, Fabricator
Heating Element	Iron Copper	Assembling Bench, Fabricator
Lightbulb	Glass Copper Wire	Assembling Bench, Fabricator
Alkaline Power Cell	Copper Iron Copper Wire Ice	Assembling Bench, Fabricator
Copper Wire	Copper	Survival Kit, Assembling Bench, Wire Drawer
Gold Wire	Gold	Wire Drawer
Superconductor	Rubber Gold Wire	Wire Drawer
Steel Plate	Iron	Survival Kit, Assembling Bench, Plate Stamp
Aluminum Plate	Aluminum	Plate Stamp
Titanium Plate	Titanium	Plate Stamp
Armored Plate	Steel Plate Titanium Plate	Plate Stamp
Composite Plate	Ceramic Depleted Uranium Armored Plate	Plate Stamp
Small Steel Tube	Iron	Assembling Bench, Extruder
Large Steel Tube	Iron	Assembling Bench, Extruder
Girder	Iron	Extruder
Glass	Silicon	Ceramics Furnace
Armor Glass	Aluminum Potassium Nitrate	Ceramics Furnace
Ceramic	Silicon Carbon	Ceramics Furnace
Radio Comm. Comp.	Small Steel Tube Copper Wire	Assembling Bench, Assembler
Acid Power Cell	Steel Plate Copper Copper Wire Sulfur Ice	Assembling Bench, Assembler
Motor	Electromagnet Large Steel Tube Copper Wire	Assembling Bench, Assembler
Medical Comp.	Iron Nickel Silver	Assembler
Solar Cell	Glass Steel Plate Silicon	Assembler
Cryocooler	Copper Steel Plate Motor Thermocouple	Assembler
Capacitor Cell	Rubber Aluminum Ceramic	Assembler
Display	Copper Wire Silicon Plastic Basic Computer Nickel	Microelectronics Factory
Basic Computer	Copper Wire Silicon	Survival Kit, Assembling Bench, Microelectronics Factory
Advanced Computer	Gold Wire Silicon Plastic	Microelectronics Factory
Sensor Cluster	Glass Basic Computer Copper Silicon Nickel	Microelectronics Factory
Thermocouple	Silicon Copper Wire Plastic Aluminum	Microelectronics Factory
Synthetic Fabric	Plastic	Auto-Loom
Parachute	Synthetic Fabric	Auto-Loom
Reactor Comp.	Iron Concrete Carbon Silver Plastic	Advanced Assembler
Lithium Power Cell	Lithium Copper Carbon Aluminum	Advanced Assembler
Laser Emitter	Glass Lightbulb Silicon Silver Lithium Aluminum	Advanced Assembler
Tokamak Blanket	Ceramic Lithium Armored Plate Copper Thermocouple	Advanced Assembler
Superconducting Magnet	Tantalum Titanium Gold Wire Cryocooler	Advanced Assembler
Quantum Computer	Tantalum Platinum Gold Wire Advanced Computer Aluminum Plate	Nano-Assembler
Thruster Comp.	Electromagnet Cobalt Gold Wire Platinum	Nano-Assembler
Gravity Generator Comp.	Tantalum Gold Wire Cobalt Silver Electromagnet	Nano-Assembler
Electron-Matrix Cell	Armor Glass Tantalum Laser Emitter Gold Wire Polymer	Nano-Assembler
Plastic	Polymer	Synthetics Factory
Rubber	Polymer	Synthetics Factory
Asphalt	Gravel Oil Sand	Synthetics Factory

Blocks and Tiers

Essentially every block in the vanilla game has had its component costs adjusted, with changes made to both bring the components used closer in line with what makes sense in the real world, and to separate the blocks into 5 loose "tiers" based around their approximate technological levels.

A number of new blocks have also been added, to provide lower- or higher-tech alternatives for certain vanilla blocks.

New Blocks:

- Concrete Armor; in standard 1x1 and 2x1 shapes
- Road sections; made from Asphalt
- Basic 3x3 Wheels for early-game vehicles
- One-Way Conveyor tubes in all standard sizes
- More Conveyor shapes for neater networks
- Transport Containers for cheap early-game storage
- Metal Detectors; early-game ore detection
- Advanced and Gravitonic Drills; with a wider radius and higher ore yield
- Advanced and Laser Grinders/Welders; wider working radius and higher speed
- Acid Batteries; mid-tier power storage, lower performance than lithium-cell Batteries
- Alkaline Batteries; single-use, compact, low-output early-game power sources
- Rocket Thrusters; more powerful space-going thrusters running on oil-derived Rocket Fuel
- Gasoline Engines; mid-tier fuelled power generation running on oil-derived Gasoline
- Various sizes of Tanks for Gasoline and Rocket Fuel
- Coal-fired boiler; burns coal to produce Steam
- New types of nuclear reactor; consume Uranium to produce Steam
- Steam Turbines; generate power when connected to a Steam source
- Steam Pipes and Tank
- Nuclear Reprocessor; recycles a portion of spent reactor fuel
- Capacitors; high burst-current, low-capacity power storage
- Electron Matrices; high-capacity, high-output late-game power storage
- Composite Armor; even stronger than heavy armor plating
- Fusion Reactor and Thruster; consume Deuterium to produce large amounts of power and thrust, respectively
- Deuterium Extractor; separates trace natural Deuterium from water ice
- Ramscoop; collects trace Deuterium from the interstellar medium, more effective at high speed
- Deuterium Tanks


A full list of block costs and changes is obviously impractical, but higher-tier blocks will generally require more expensive and complex components, which require more advanced machines to produce.

Tiers

	I - Basic	II - Automation	III - Industrial	IV - Atomic	V - Space
Resources	Iron Copper Silicon Nickel	Bauxite Cobalt Coal	Titanium Silver Gold Oil Sulfur Niter	Uranium Lithium	Platinum Tantalum
Components	Steel Plate Construction Component Copper Wire Small Steel Tube Large Steel Tube Basic Computer Electromagnet Heating Element	Metal Grid Aluminum Plate Girder Glass Concrete Motor Lightbulb Radio-Comm Component	Display Acid Power Cell Medical Component Rubber Ceramic Solar Cell Advanced Computer Sensor Cluster Gold Wire Superconductor Synthetic Fabric Parachute Titanium Plate Armored Plate Cryocooler Thermocouple Capacitor Cell	Reactor Component Lithium Power Cell Laser Emitter Composite Plate Tokamak Blanket	Quantum Computer Thruster Component Gravity Generator Component Electron-Matrix Cell Superconducting Magnet
Production Blocks	Survival Kit Smelter Assembling Bench	Fabricator Wire Drawer Plate Stamp Extruder Ceramics Furnace Cement Kiln Incinerator	Refinery Assembler Bitumen Extractor Oil Cracker Chemical Refinery Microelectronics Factory Auto-Loom Munitions Factory	Advanced Assembler	Nanoassembler

Power Requirements

Power supply and demand is a significant part of how the Industrial Overhaul rebalances production gameplay and adds progression.
Gone are the days of running an endgame production setup on a dozen wind turbines.
Industrial equipment is power-hungry! You must now build significant infrastructure to support large-scale production, and more efficient and powerful ways of generating electricity will be some of your tech goals.

Power usage for all industrial machines is as follows:

- Survival Kit: 100 kW
- Assembling Bench: 100 kW

- Gravel Compressor: 500 kW

- O2/H2 Generator: 1 MW
- Fabricator: 1 MW
- Munitions Factory: 1 MW

- Assembler: 1.5 MW
- Auto Loom: 1.5 MW
- Bitumen Extractor: 1.5 MW
- Extruder: 1.5 MW
- Plate Stamp: 1.5 MW
- Wire Drawer: 1.5 MW

- Fuel Refinery: 2 MW
- Microelectronics Factory: 2 MW
- Smelter: 2 MW

- Rock Crusher: 2.5 MW

- Refinery: 3 MW
- Cement Kiln: 3 MW

- Ceramics Furnace: 3.5 MW
- Chemical Refinery: 3.5 MW

- Advanced Assembler: 4 MW

- Incinerator: 5 MW
- Ore Purifier: 5 MW
- Synthetics Factory: 5 MW

- Nano-Assembler: 7.5 MW

- Oil Cracker: 8 MW

Power Generation

Power generation has received a significant rework as of v1.3. Lower-tier sources are unchanged, but how mid to high-tier sources work is more complex.

Batteries

- Large Alkaline Battery: 6MW output / 1 MWh storage
- Small Alkaline Battery: 100kW / 20 kWh
(Note: Alkaline batteries cannot be recharged. Once depleted, they must be fully removed and rebuilt.)

- Large Acid Battery: 6MW output/ 1.5 MWh storage
- Medium Acid Battery: 2 Mw, / 500 kWh
- Small Acid Battery: 100 kW / 50 kWh

- Large Lithium Battery: 12 MW output/ 3 MWh storage
- Medium Lithium Battery: 4 MW / 1 MWh
- Small Lithium Battery: 200 kW / 100 kWh

Fueled Generators

- Large Gasoline Engine: 15 MW
- Small Gasoline Engine: 1.5 MW

- Large Hydrogen Engine: 5 MW
- Small Hydrogen Engine: 500 kW

Renewable Energy

- Wind Turbine: 500 kW (nominal maximum)

- Large Solar Panel: 1 MW (nominal maximum)
- Small Solar Panel: 500 kW (nominal maximum)

Nuclear Power

- Large Compact Reactor: 150 MW
- Large RTG: 250 kW
- Small Compact Reactor: 10 MW
- Small RTG: 10 kW

Steam Power

- Steam Turbine: 50 MW (nominal maximum)
Steam consumed: 50/sec
(Note: Steam Turbines cannot generate power without a separate source of Steam.)

- Coal Boiler: 100 MW (effective)
Steam produced: 100/sec

- Nuclear Reactor: 500 MW (effective)
Steam produced: 500/sec

- Fast-Neutron Reactor: 300 MW (effective)
Steam produced: 300/sec
(Note: Steam sources do not generate power on their own; they must be connected to one or more Steam Turbines.)

World Settings

The mod has been designed and balanced around the following world settings:

Assembler Efficiency - 1x/Realistic (Other settings will consume "partial" components in recipes)

Refinery Speed - 1x (Personal preference, no ill effects with other settings)

Inventory Size - 1x (Again, personal preference)

Progression - Off (Required, vanilla progression will break your ability to progress with this mod)

Oxygen - On (Required; disabling will cause crashes with certain gas-related blocks and systems)


Using these settings will give you the intended experience with the fewest issues.
All other settings are up to your own preferences and will not significantly affect gameplay in terms of the mod.

NPCs/Drop Containers - Enabling these may allow you to accelerate/skip some progression (particularly early-game), or provide access to more advanced materials/technology than your current progression level.
Decide for yourself if this is a feature or a bug, and enable these settings accordingly.

Mod Compatibility

By nature, this mod changes many aspects of the vanilla game, and as such compatibility with other mods is not guaranteed. For best results, ensure this mod is loaded as high as possible in the modlist order.

Examples of mods that WILL NOT work

• Mods that alter vanilla blocks
  
• Mods that alter vanilla components
  
• Mods that alter ore generation

The actual effect of these and similar mods will depend on load order, but either they or this mod or both will NOT work as intended.

Examples of mods that MAY work

• Mods that add blocks, the simpler the better
  
• Mods that add NPCs
  
• Environment modifications (speed mods etc)

Mods like these should function, but may unbalance the progression by giving the player materials/abilities they would not otherwise have access to.

Use additional mods at your own discretion!

[Sasquatch]

ok now Im peed off, gathered 1k gold ore from meteorites(15 meteorites to get that) put it through crusher, norwrefinery won't touch it

[Nature]

Anybody have recommendations for weapon mods with this, without using 'weapon core' mod preferably. Also any recommendations for PvE mods that work with MES? I'm currently using Reavers but they are too rare and big.

[Skunk]

Aluminum comes from bauxite

[Devyndreap]

where the fuck do I find or make aluminum

[Chillingtano]

Hey guys is there any other guides/wiki? Can't find any info. E.g. want to start mining bauxite but it disappears right after I mine it by hand drill

[eklypse0]

I can't seem to get the gasoline engine to run. It's built, turned on, and 100% filled with gasoline, & it's hooked up to a large gas container that's 20% full. There is 0 energy coming from it.

[Derrick da Fox]

Refineries don't smelt the items smelters can. I need both a refinery and smelter to smelt most of things. Kind of bs.

[InertFurry]

@D@A it seems to be worthwhile if your entire grid is dedicated to deuterium farming, hidden somewhere in space just making he special juice and getting picked up occasionally.

[D@A]

@ineryfurry, does it seem worth it to you? it doesnt to me, seems like its just to reduce the consumption, which is a huge investment on size/space and the upkeep of power just to keep it running.... the ramscoop is not worth it.....

[InertFurry]

The deuterium ramscoop seems to just be a deuterium extractor that gets small amounts of ice added to it... Which means that the ramscoop can easily eat a ship's supply of ice keeping the tanks full...