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Author Topic: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?  (Read 2850 times)

Ziusudra

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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2023, 01:57:50 am »

Same key as before, period, with 50.04+.
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2023, 02:12:14 am »

1 tic at a time
How do I do that in steam?
Same key as before, period, with 50.04+.

For those of us not in the US, that's the full stop key. .
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2023, 10:43:08 am »

1 tic at a time
How do I do that in steam?
Same key as before, period, with 50.04+.

For those of us not in the US, that's the full stop key. .
Metric keyboards ftw.
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2023, 04:03:52 pm »

I didn't resurrect the thread so that people could natter about keyboard shortcuts. ::)
Get offa my lawn!  >:(

*Ahem*

Anyways, preliminary testing shows that Millstones give no advantage with "Mash plants into Slurry".  Disturbingly, the quern even seemed to work faster, with the Millstone job taking ~20 seconds, and the Quern job taking ~8 seconds.
I'm going to have to use more carefully controlled conditions to verify this for sure, 'cause I tell you that don't seem right!
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2023, 08:22:26 pm »

10 days seems a bit long to make dimple dye.  How cluttered is the quern?
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2023, 05:01:20 am »

Quern uncluttered; No items except for the bag and dimple-cup.  Try it yourself, I was very surprised by how long it took.

I'm going to prepare a rocknut oil operation so that I can time the third milling job as well.  Then some real science can begin.
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Re: Are Millstones actually faster than Querns?
« Reply #21 on: January 31, 2023, 10:55:51 am »

Yeah, it seems to be taking way longer than old version milling. My millers are constantly getting thirsty.
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