Vanguard Gameplay

🎛️ Vanguard Gameplay

One-command difficulty presets for Solarpunk
Reshape the whole game in a single line — or fine-tune it your way.

⚠️ REQUIRES VANGUARD FRAMEWORK ⚠️
This is an addon — it won't do anything without the Framework installed.
👉 Download Vanguard Framework here

Vanguard Gameplay plugs into the Framework and is discovered automatically (no mods.txt entry needed). ✅ Works on Steam & Game Pass.

✨ What is it?

Vanguard Gameplay bundles dozens of game settings into four ready-to-use presets. Instead of typing a pile of individual commands, you pick a vibe and apply it instantly — speed, energy, machines, chests, tools and more, all tuned together. You can also save and load your own custom setups.

How Vanguard Gameplay works

🎚️ The four presets

Preset	For who
🌱 vanilla	Restores the game to its original, untouched state.
☕ default	Basic quality-of-life. Recommended for a first playthrough.
🚀 enhanced	Significant improvements while keeping game progression.
💎 cheats	Full cheat mode — removes all resource limits.

Apply any of them with a single command, e.g. vf gameplay enhanced

Default preset

📊 Full preset comparison (click to expand)	Setting	vanilla	default	enhanced
Player speed	1.0×	1.5×	2.0×	2.5×
Drill rate	1×	3×	6×	10×
Furnace smelt speed	1.0×	3.0×	6.0×	10.0×
Energy producers (solar/wind/turbines)	1.0×	2.0×	4.0×	10.0×
Generator burn time	12 min	30 min	1 h	24 h
Battery capacity	96k	384k	1.5M	9.6M
Sprinkler radius	200	600	1200	12000
Stack size	default	999	999	999
Tool durability	normal	3× longer	5× longer	never breaks
Bigger chests (+24 slots)	❌	✅	✅	✅
Build anywhere	❌	✅	✅	✅
Free craft	❌	❌	❌	✅

🏗️ Highlight features

Build Anywhere

Removes proximity restrictions on placeables (beehives, animal shelters, pens, coops, troughs, windmills, sky turbines, decorative mills). Place things where you want them.

Build Anywhere

Bigger Stacks

Bump stack sizes up to 999 so your inventory and chests hold far more — less shuffling, more building.

Better stack size

⌨️ Commands

Open the in-game console (~) and type:

Command	Effect
`vf gameplay status`	Show the active preset and all current values
`vf gameplay vanilla`	Restore game defaults — no tweaks active
`vf gameplay default`	Basic quality-of-life (recommended)
`vf gameplay enhanced`	Significant improvements, no cheats
`vf gameplay cheats`	Full cheat mode
`vf gameplay save <name>`	Save the current config to a named slot
`vf gameplay load <name>`	Restore a saved slot
`vf gameplay slots`	List all saved slots
`vf gameplay delete <name>`	Remove a saved slot

📦 Installation

Required: install Vanguard Framework and make sure it loads.
Copy the VanguardGameplay/ folder into ue4ss/Mods/ (Win64 on Steam, WinGDK on Game Pass).
Launch the game — the Framework discovers the addon automatically. No mods.txt entry required.
Open the console (~) and type vf gameplay default to get started.

🔧 How it works: Vanguard Gameplay doesn't register its own console handlers. Its vanguard_api.lua is loaded by the Framework via loadfile, runs inside the Framework's Lua context, and receives the VF API directly. Your saved slots live in VanguardGameplay/saves.lua (a human-readable Lua table).

🚧 In active development

Solarpunk launched on June 8, 2026, and both the game and these mods are updated frequently. Preset values may be rebalanced between versions — see the changelog for details. Found a bug? Please report it in the comments.

Vanguard - Better Gameplay