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Features:
- Limits the woodchip storage capacity of the biomass heatplant
- Lets you stockpile woodchips and burn them gradually
- Encourages regular wood chopping to keep supply flowing
- Makes running several placeable heatplants worthwhile for bigger wood volumes
- Pays slightly more money than a regular woodchip sale
- Sets fixed feeding times at 7:00-8:00, 15:00-16:00 and 23:00-0:00
- Capacity is tuned so the bunker needs refilling once a day
- Leaves a small remainder after the third feeding hour
- Fixes a saving issue when mod heating plants are present
- Fixes a conflict with rootcrop sales
- Fixes freezing when joining a dedicated server with Pause Game If Empty enabled
- Fixes a bug causing equal fruit prices on dedicated servers
Improved Heatplant is a gameplay tweak for the biomass heatplant's woodchip sell trigger, giving it a limited storage capacity instead of unlimited input.
With capacity restricted, players need to plan ahead and chop wood regularly to keep the heatplant fed, while scheduled feeding windows throughout the day add a realistic rhythm to the operation.
Running more than one heatplant becomes genuinely useful for farms producing larger amounts of woodchips, and the mod rewards this effort with a small payout bonus compared to selling woodchips directly.
This is a good fit for players who want more depth and resource management tied to biomass and heatplant operations, including those running dedicated multiplayer servers.
