- Fixed an issue where research projects with circular prerequisites could cause an infinite loop during the sorting process.

- Added warning log is now displayed in the console when a circular dependency is detected, helping users and mod developers identify the source of the issue.

- The error log now reports the last project processed and the number of passes for that tab.

- Added an option to disable the safety sorting pass, for cases where increasing 'Max Sorting Passes' fails to resolve the issue.

- Added an option to remove excess white space on the left and top of the research tree. 

- Optimize sorting passes.

- The 'Max Sorting Passes' setting limit has been increased to 5,000.

- Added customizable project spacing settings.

- Fixed an issue where the Max Vertical Compaction Y-axis setting was not saved.

- Update preview.

Added mod settings:

- Max Sorting Passes: Controls the sorting algorithm's iterations.

- Vertical Compaction (Experimental): Reduce the research menu vertical footprint and bring off-screen vertical research into view. (disabled by default).

- Max Vertical Compaction Y-axis: Sets the Y-axis for vertical compaction.

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