Slightly More Useful Plot Station

SMUPS is a simple mod that makes the plot station slightly more useful.

It replaces the Silicon Wafers production line with one producing Reinforced Metal Plating, Fusion Reactors, and Bio-Optic Wiring, and adds the following drones to the drone production line:

Cargolifter URV Construction URV Scoop Collector URV mk. 1 Surface Miner URV mk. 1

Done upon suggestion by Sparky Sparkycorp, with ideas by charliebrownisgreat.

________ What's New:

20. Jun. 2015 - v0. 22 is up!

Linux compatibility fix. (Thanks Crunchy/CulunTse!)

__________ So far, the production lines are set so:

STEEL REFINERY

Refined Metals 400 Energy Cells 240 Food Rations 400 Ore

makes 200 units in 600 seconds (? not sure if the time units in the code correspond to seconds) -this is the default configuration which is left untouched.

........ RECONFIGURABLE MATERIAL FABRICATOR

Bio-Optic Wiring 920 Energy Cells 420 Food Rations 1040 Ore 560 Silicon

makes 25 units in 1800 seconds

Fusion Reactors 2400 Energy Cells 1220 Food Rations 640 Ore 960 Silicon 800 Nividium 280 Crystals 200 Refined Metals

makes 10 units in 2400 seconds

Reinforced Metal Plating 760 Energy Cells 480 Food Rations 640 Ore 560 Silicon 200 Nividium 1500 Refined Metals

makes 15 units in 1800 seconds

........ URV WHARF

Drones As of SMUPS v0. 21, resource usage varies between drone type produced.

Production cycles between making 6 Interceptors Mk1, 7 Cargolifters, 4 Construction URVs, 6 Scoop Collectors Mk1, and 7 Surface Miners Mk1 in 1800 seconds.

- resource usage and production rates changed to vanilla X:R 3. 50 Beta 2 DeVries numbers since SMUPS v0. 21

- In v0. 11, production uses the vanilla DeVries configuration for Interceptors. Worked out the output of the other drones in relation to the DeVries interceptor output vs Albion's. Did NOT change resource requirements between drones to simplify supply, and later balancing, if needed.

_____ Page ID 97524 is used for what little text there is in this mod.  If this page is already in use, please let me know.

_____ This mod requires a save to at least before the Plot Station is built, possibly a new game start.  However, later development of this mod should be save-game compatible.

Current as of X-Rebirth v3. 53

_____ Join the discussion, and dig for more information here:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=372383

Profitability figures here:

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4495145#4495145

Come!  Let's join us!

_____ Compatibility Notes: This mod is not compatible with mods that alter the Plot Station (the Integrative URV Forge that is built over the course of the Plot).

This unfortunately includes Lubatomy's Fix Player URV Wharf for Plot Station which can be found here:

http://www.nexusmods.com/xrebirth/mods/309/?

Current as of X:R 3. 60

Compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac versions of X Rebirth.

_____ Credit where credit's due:

charliebrownisgreat had the initial idea of replacing production Silicon Wafers with Reinforced Metal Plating. Sparky Sparkycorp voiced the suggestion to do this mod in the Scripts and Modding Forum at the Egosoft website, and is further contributing with rather extensive testing. YorrickVander pointed out that the idea behind the drone production facility is to produce (crappy) drones with resources that can be sourced in DeVries, and that it would be probably be a good idea to retain this concept in implementing further ware production in the plot station.  He also pointed out that his DeVries Freelancer start might be useful in testing the mod. Rubini pointed out that lots of people are having trouble finding building materials for further station building if they follow the plot to the letter.  (This still won't replace proper stations for producing building materials because it produces them at such low quantities, but should be sl