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[Meta]

Hrm...actually you can get sticks from logs since build 61.

From the change log:

It is now possible to smash a log in the world using a hammer to get sticks.

[bluephoenix]

Thanks. I require some more help, how can I get my firepit hot enough to melt copper?
A bellows only makes it hot enought to become orange but that's not hot enough.

A forge wont accept copper sadly.

[The Darkling Wolf]

What wood are you burning? Different woods burn at different temperatures.

[forsaken1111]

And for different amounts of time.

[bluephoenix]

So far I have tried Kapok, Sequoia and white cedar.

[forsaken1111]

Hickory is the hottest iirc.

[bluephoenix]

Hmm, I haven't come across that one yet. I will try looking for it, thanks.

[The Darkling Wolf]

You'll probably need to go up a few dozen Z too. The height affects the firepit heat, and copper needs you to crank your firepit to the max IIRC.

[forsaken1111]

I wasn't aware that forges didn't work with copper...

[andrea]

forges don't work with any ore. they can't be used to smelt anything.

what you need is a bloomery.

[forsaken1111]

forges don't work with any ore. they can't be used to smelt anything.

what you need is a bloomery.

Ahh, I thought he was trying to heat a copper ingot to work it.

[scrdest]

You'll probably need to go up a few dozen Z too. The height affects the firepit heat, and copper needs you to crank your firepit to the max IIRC.

Incorrect. Was removed couple of updates ago.

[forsaken1111]

You'll probably need to go up a few dozen Z too. The height affects the firepit heat, and copper needs you to crank your firepit to the max IIRC.

Incorrect. Was removed couple of updates ago.

But really who can keep up with their spastic dev cycle? They add and remove features almost randomly.

[forsaken1111]

I was about to comment on the use of the word 'spastic', then I realised in America, it's not offensive/as offensive.

Also, I think I'd like TFC more if I could fin some damned metals. I've been in creative, so I can kick start myself into the early metal era, and I want to settle somewhere with some metals underground somewhere, but the prospector's pick turns up NOTHING.
EVER!

well, excluding that one time I found bituminous coal.

However, I came across a huge lava lake that spanned about 2X2 chunks, and was at the bottom of the largest cave I'd ever seen.

As I understand it, the easiest ways to find metal is to pick up the rocks on the surface until you start getting metal or use a sluice to see if there is metal nearby. The propick is very very short ranged now iirc.

Also what does spastic mean where you're from then? Here it officially describes a muscle spasm, though in slang its used to describe something rapid, uncontrolled, or clumsy.

[forsaken1111]

here it is often used as a derogatory term describing someone who suffers from continuous spasms, shaking etc. as a result of a disease or something similar (e.g. parkinson's disease)

pretty much the same as calling someone a 'spacker'

Never heard of that term either.