Small Update: Demo 0.3.53

21 Mar 2025Developer post

Fix the tree simulation so trees don't die out over time.
Rebalance the tree growth parameters so we get a nice long-term balance of species on most maps.
Change factory crafting so it draws energy over time during a craft rather than all at once at the start.
Reduce the power consumption of the printer.
Increase the duration of the printer recipes.
Reduce the battery size of all crafting buildings because, with incremental draw, the large battery is no longer needed.
Add a confirmation box if you close the game window in windowed mode.
Frame rate setting in graphics. Large factories will run better at 60fps (or less) because that is the rate the simulation runs at and trying to squeeze a simulation step in an 8ms window at 120fps is rough.
Search will now find floating logs and beacons will highlight logs in water even if the terrain filter is set to "no water."
"if requested by" now returns negative numbers it the target has more items than it is requesting.
Fix a case where rotating a conveyor segment breaks the whole conveyor.
Set the team to the default when repairing a building.
Don't count space on conveyors when calculating building free space.
Significant performance improvements particularly for factories with lots of conveyor belts.