### **Mechanical Shafts**



##### A Captain of Industry mod that adds compact mechanical shaft connectors for cleaner shaft layouts.



###### **Features**



**Adds new mechanical shaft pieces:**



\* Straight mechanical shaft variants

\* 90° mechanical shaft

\* Directional T shaft variants

\* Cross shaft junction



**The shafts are organized under the Power toolbar in separate categories:**



\* 90° shafts

\* Straight shafts

\* T shafts

\* Cross shafts



##### **Installation**



1\. Download the mod ZIP.

2\. Extract the ZIP.

3\. Place the extracted folder into your Captain of Industry Mods folder:



%APPDATA%\\Captain of Industry\\Mods



The final folder should look like this:



%APPDATA%\\Captain of Industry\\Mods\\MechanicalShafts

├─ AssetBundles

├─ manifest.json

└─ RightAngleMechanicalShaft.dll



Do not place the files loose directly inside the Mods folder. The folder name must be: "MechanicalShafts"



###### **Enabling the Mod**



1\. Start Captain of Industry.

2\. Open the Mods/DLC manager.

3\. Enable \*\*Mechanical Shafts\*\*.

4\. Start a new game or add it to an existing save if allowed.

5\. Unlocked under Power Generation 2.

6\. Find the new shaft pieces under the Power build menu.



###### **Save Compatibility**



This mod can be added to an existing save.



#### **Removing the mod from a save after placing its buildings is not recommended. If the mod is removed, any placed Mechanical Shafts buildings may become missing or cause save issues.**

#### 

#### **Always back up important saves before adding or removing mods.**



Notes:

\* These are manual shaft connector buildings, not pipe-style auto-routing pieces.

\* Rotate or mirror the buildings in-game to match the direction you need.

\* T shafts include multiple directional variants for different input/output layouts.

\* The shaft network behavior is still based on Captain of Industry’s mechanical shaft system.



Version:

Mechanical Shafts v1.0.1-Release



Tested on Captain of Industry game version 0.8.5.

