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Better Resources

Better Resources mod for Space Engineers

This mod adds a lot of new resources, ore types include: Copper, Bauxite, Lithium, Oil Shale, Titanium, Nitre, Sulfur, Wolframite and Galena. Some of the ores will give multiple ingot types when refined, for example Bauxite will give Aluminium and Gallium, Oil Shale will give Crude Oil and Sulfur, Wolframite will give Tungsten and Tin. All default "Space Engineers" planets, asteroids and the moon will spawn the new resources.

• Most ammunition will require Brass, Gunpowder and Lead, Sabots will require Tungsten and warheads will require Plutonium.

• Lithium and Lithium-Sulfur batteries will output far more power and have a larger storage capacity, but will have no initial charge (cells will not grind to scrap)

• Petrol can be made from crude oil to power petrol engines, which are far more efficient than hydrogen engines.

• Elite tools and weapons will often require Brass, Aluminium, Plastic, Rubber, Titanium and Optics resulting in better performance and less weight.

• LED lights can be made from Plastic and Gallium, which are much brighter and more power efficient.

• GaAs Solar Panels can be made from Aluminium and Gallium offering better energy harvesting performance.

• Titanium components and high-torque motors make pistons with longer ranges possible (only x2 implemented at the moment).

• Composite Plate armour made from depleted Uranium and Titanium offers strength and durability, nuclear waste from reactors will need to be processed for depleted Uranium.

• Upgrade modules will need advanced electronics to build.

• Medkits and Powerkits can be made in the laboratory equipment block.





Please see below for a full breakdown of the resources




Some of the weapons use the Scope framework, which can be found here - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2754014019

The Scarce Resources mod can be found here - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2854370958


A big thank you to TheKao for the German translation,
Gedson for the Brazilian Portuguese translation,
Modo for the French translation,
Vincenzo G. for the Italian translation,
Hrafnagud for the Spanish translation,
Dufa for the Russian translation,
Nuko-San for the Polish translation,
Stalkron for the Ukrainian translation,
1053Aq for the Chinese translation.


Assembler flaw - You want to produce gunpowder and have all the ingredients necessary, but are getting the "Missing Items" error. This is because SE doesn't move the Sulfur into the assemblers main inventory, so you'll need to manually do this, or use an inventory manager to automate the process for you.



If you're unable to see the assemblers sub-category (gear icon) because you have a custom assembler, copy BlueprintClasses.sbc from [steam workshop folder]\2841960221\Alternative to [steam workshop folder]\2841960221\Data

Contains copyright material, please do not re-upload any part of this module without permission.