Vanguard - Better Gameplay

Install it and Solarpunk just plays better — smoother, faster, more rewarding, no PAK files. Want more? One simple command reshapes the entire game your way: speed, energy, machines, chests and beyond. Easy to change, always reversible.

File Details

VanguardGameplay-1.0.1-CF.zip

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  • Jun 19, 2026
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  • 1.0.0

File Name

VanguardGameplay-1.0.1-CF.zip

Supported Versions

  • 1.0.0

[1.0.1] — 2026-06-19

Added

  • Preset vanillaplus: QoL without energy/automation boosts. Shortcuts (airship, teleport), build anywhere, bigger chest, stack size 99, player speed 1.5×. Vanilla levels for drills, batteries, generators, drones, solar/wind producers. Targeted tweaks on top of vanilla: furnaces 2× faster (FurnaceSmeltSpeed/FuelFurnaceSmeltSpeed = 2.0), tools 2× more durable (ToolDurabilityMultiplier = 0.5), sprinkler radius doubled (200 → 400).

[1.0.0] — 2026-06-15

Initial release.

Added

  • Preset system: vanilla, default, enhanced, cheats
  • vf gameplay <preset> command to apply a full configuration bundle at once
  • vf gameplay status to inspect the active preset and all current values
  • Save/load system: vf gameplay save <name> snapshots the full current config; vf gameplay load <name> restores it with all side-effects (devices, speed, chest, stacks)
  • vf gameplay slots lists all saved slots with base preset, speed multiplier and chest size
  • vf gameplay delete <name> removes a saved slot
  • Saves are persisted in VanguardGameplay/saves.lua (human-readable Lua table)
  • Integration via loadfile with VanguardFramework (no mods.txt entry required)
  • Per-preset keyboard shortcut group control (enables/disables Cheats, Airship, Teleport, World groups)
  • Settings covered: FreeCraft, BuildAnywhere, ToolDurabilityMultiplier, DrillRateMultiplier, DrillPowerConsumption, BatteryCapacity, BatteryOutput, SprinklerRadius, StackSize, PlayerSpeedMultiplier, BiggerChest, all Shortcuts flags
  • Furnace, generator, drone and energy-producer knobs are now part of every preset, driven by the new VanguardFramework device APIs:
    • FurnaceSmeltSpeed / FurnaceEfficiency — electric furnace (smelt speed and energy draw)
    • FuelFurnaceSmeltSpeed / FuelFurnaceFuelEfficiency — fuel furnace (smelt speed and fuel longevity; smelt speed no longer gives free fuel savings)
    • GeneratorMaxTime / GeneratorOutput — fuel generator (max burn time cap and energy output draw)
    • DroneEfficiency — transport drone energy draw
    • SolarEfficiency, WindmillEfficiency, MillEfficiency, SkyTurbineEfficiency — energy producers (higher = more energy generated)
  • The eleven new keys are applied on preset/load (UpdateFurnaces, UpdateFuelFurnaces, UpdateGenerators, UpdateDrones, UpdateSolar, UpdateWindmills, UpdateMills, UpdateSkyTurbines), captured in save slots, and shown in vf gameplay status.