Another month, another patch!

Stored and tracked Death Count and Time Since Death for each player
Added Advanced Research
Added T2 Token Crafters
Added Gold and Nickel Housing crafters
Removed _TrussCrafter, added TitaniumHousingCrafter
Set up tiering on Manufacturing Plants. Company = 32 PPS, Basic = 64 PPS, Regular = 128 PPS (previously all 64 PPS)
Deepest Depth is now stored per run, globally, and per world
Added better control of celestial objects when underground
Local Life Forms now unlock after Chapter 5
Mining Upgrades 4+ now require Alloys
Robotics moved to Mothballed
Advanced Room Building moved to Alloys (may change later)
Agriculture now requires Advanced Room Building
Room Aesthetics now requires Aesthetics
Menus now colour‑code based on biome, and go black when paused
Implemented 4 tiers of Conveyor Speed difficulty settings
Added new menu Conveyor speeds, hints, tooltips and Par times
Added Gearbox item (replaces OLD COPPER WIRE, ID 102)
Implemented Gearbox Crafter
Updated recipes across machines to use Gearboxes instead of Gears

Fixed T2 token crafter spawn
Pick effect no longer gets stuck in the world
Fixed Research Pod rendering
Fixed MB machines not flagged for auto room vis
Fixed base reflection probe flickering
Disabled Base ReflectionProbe on Low detail
Planar Reflection Probes no longer reflect the UI
Fixed scaled resolution mouse input
Fixed Bootstrap Gamma
Fixed Main Menu gamma + stacked rendering
Fixed Base Machines being invisible
Fixed issue with pending‑deletion grass nodes
Fixed hive entity tentacle thickness update
Fixed T4 Conduit exploit
Fixed _BumpMap error for face select mats
Fixed return‑to‑title issues around World folders and main menu camera locations
Fixed Main Menu MOTD download
Fixed Intro backing visuals

Improved smartness of machines rendering outside base
Added percentage scalar for auto draw distance culling of larger machines
Rewrite of render target cascade setup doubled framerate
Tweaks to lighting, bloom, gamma on BootStrap and main menu
Increased reflection probe atlas size
Tons of work around lighting bugs, gained ~25%+ frames
Implemented threaded point light system (prep for threaded control)
New multi‑directional semi‑volumetric billboard system (fresnel edge removal)
Added PG Rendering suite: threaded gameobject & light control, threaded instanced rendering
Implemented End of Frame Manager for threaded tasks during render idle
More work on dissolve shader, world‑space dissolve now supports 256+ steps
Workout & extended generalised blit system for full‑screen post‑process (scanlines prep)

Hooked up Gamma value to menu (serialised)
Added Brightness slider (gain) with 5% increments
Brightness budget now separated from performance
Updated Chapter Transitions: only trigger when safe (landed, warm, not flying/grappling)
UI ClearCol now respects biomes
Added Conveyor speed options and tooltips