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[Mr Crabman]

I'm trying to make a reaction product, but I don't see a way to specify the material (it's a glob) without it either being inorganic, or a creature/plant mat or something; I want to take the material directly from a `MATERIAL_TEMPLATE`.

The material/product, to be clear, is marshmallows, so I can't exactly go and define an inorganic object for that because they're not supposed to be ores or stones, and they're not a part of a creature or plant either (I can't attach their material to either of the plant ingredients, because they are from vanilla and I really want to avoid having to overwrite vanilla files).

[Mobbstar]

You could try making a dummy plant that never spawns in the actual game.

Spoiler: annotated example, no warranty (click to show/hide)

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[PLANT:MARSHMALLOW_DUMMY]
[NAME:marsh mallow] authentic failsafe name (ideally something generic that works for grass and the material alike)
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STRUCTURAL:STRUCTURAL_PLANT_TEMPLATE]
[BASIC_MAT:LOCAL_PLANT_MAT:STRUCTURAL] failsafe only, civs have no reason to use this
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:MARSHMALLOW:PLANT_POWDER_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:my funny material] insert your actual material here
[BIOME:ANY_LAND] might be required for civ access, e.g. when creating dye
[FREQUENCY:0] magic line makes this plant never appear in the wild

[Mr Crabman]

Hm, an awkward solution, but acceptable (especially since there's probably no better one), thanks.

I'm not sure about this line though:

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[BIOME:ANY_LAND] might be required for civ access, e.g. when creating dye
What's the point of this if the plant isn't supposed to spawn and only exists for the sake of letting something use its material?

[Mobbstar]

What's the point of this if the plant isn't supposed to spawn and only exists for the sake of letting something use its material?

As stated in the comment, it can be necessary for some materials.  Custom reactions probably don't need it.  Feel free to take it out and see if a world generates correctly.