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[Jreengus]

ok so im trying to combine all the reactions for making steel into 1 reaction to save effort however i have hit an obstacle, it only uses 1 fuel ive tried:

code:

 
[REACTION:STEEL_MAKING2]
[NAME:make steel from scratch]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:2:METAL_ORE:IRON]
[REAGENT:2:REACTION_CLASS:FLUX]
[PRODUCT:100:2:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:STEEL]
[FUEL:4]
and
[REACTION:STEEL_MAKING2]
[NAME:make steel from scratch]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:2:METAL_ORE:IRON]
[REAGENT:2:REACTION_CLASS:FLUX]
[PRODUCT:100:2:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:STEEL]
[FUEL]
[FUEL]
[FUEL]
[FUEL]
 

but they still only use 1 fuel, any suggestions?

[Silleh Boy]

Have you tried making it require 3 coal as reagents in addition to the fuel tag?

You'd need two different entries though, i suspect, one for Bituminous coal and one for Lignite coal. Not sure how you could do it with charcoal, but it's probably possible, too.

[Jreengus]

i was going to use that as last resort but i would prefer it if there was a way to use 4 fuels to allow fuel mixing (e.g. 2charcoal 2 coke)

[AlanL]

code:

 
[REACTION:STEEL_MAKING2]
[NAME:make steel from scratch]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:2:METAL_ORE:IRON]
[REAGENT:2:REACTION_CLASS:FLUX]
[REAGENT:4:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:COAL:NO_MATGLOSS]
[PRODUCT:100:2:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:STEEL]
 

I edited yours, using the carbon-material requirement from the original steel making code. Should work as you want it to. [NO_MATGLOSS] means it'll accept either type, I think.

[ November 17, 2007: Message edited by: AlanL ]

[Hesitris]

The only problem I'd have with that is that it would still require the full amount of fuel even if you were using a magma smelter. With the magma smelter, you'd normally only end up using 2 units of coal for the carbon component. Reducing the reagent number to 3 and putting the [FUEL] tag back on might make some sort of medium; if you're using a normal smelter, it still takes 4 coal, but if you have magma, it'll only cost you 3. Still more than the normal amount, but perhaps that's just the price to pay for quicker smelting.

Edit: Here's what I'm talking about:

code:

[REACTION:STEEL_MAKING2]
[NAME:make steel from scratch]
[SMELTER]
[REAGENT:2:METAL_ORE:IRON]
[REAGENT:2:REACTION_CLASS:FLUX]
[REAGENT:3:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:COAL:NO_MATGLOSS]
[PRODUCT:100:2:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:STEEL]
[FUEL] 

This will take 3 coal/coke (either one), plus one more for fuel if you're not using magma.

[ November 17, 2007: Message edited by: Hesitris ]

[PTTG??]

Wow, what a time-saver! Thanks!

[Jreengus]

thanks for the help