💡 Electric Lights 2.1.3 — Power Your Base the Smart Way

💡 Electric Lights 2.1.3 — Power Your Base the Smart Way

This update introduces a new wired light source, smooths out the interface, and delivers another big wave of fixes and polish.

It’s a small but satisfying upgrade, especially for players with large, established bases.

⚡ New Machine: Electric Light

No more battery juggling!

The new Electric Light connects directly to your power grid, giving you permanent lighting for your base.

• Powered through wires instead of batteries
• 50% larger light radius than the BatteryLight
• Consumes three times more energy
• Requires BatteryLight and CircuitBoard Research

To help distinguish them:

all BatteryLight visuals (Item, Machine, Research) are now green,

while the ElectricLight variants use a blue tint.

🖥️ Interface Improvements

A few small but nice usability upgrades:

• Savegames** are now sorted by date, newest first
• The mouse wheel can now scroll through savegames

🧰 Fixes and Adjustments

This version also includes a wide range of bug fixes and minor polish changes:

• BatteryLights now instantly recalculate their light duration when adding or removing batteries
• Steel Processing Research now correctly updates the MetalWorker to produce Steel Rods instead of Ingots
• AutoSaves** during teleportation no longer delete light sources or cause load issues
• Fixed the Machine Item Overlay for Steel Scrap Recycling on Smelters
• Fixed a crash when removing a Capacitor
• Shift-clicking in the Research Lab now transfers the correct item
• Fixed a visual shadow glitch
• The Research Lab now properly recognizes shift-inserted items
• The Detail Window no longer appears on undiscovered tiles
• The pickaxe cursor no longer shows outside your visible range

🔭 What’s Next

Your bases can finally stay bright without babysitting batteries.

Next on the list: giving midgame defenses some love, new wire-powered turrets and a rethink of those old energy-free towers.