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Hurkyl

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Fire-safe materials?
« on: September 18, 2012, 08:14:04 am »
Is there an accurate list of what materials are (or are not) fire-safe? The wiki page is rather terse, and incorrect too. (I regularly use bituminous coal to build my smelter/forge in a DIY embark)
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Re: Fire-safe materials?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2012, 08:15:41 am »
Maybe you should update it then.  Submit a screenshot of a coal forge in operation... in vanillia, of course.
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Re: Fire-safe materials?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2012, 12:50:17 pm »
According to the game's current criteria, coal is considered fire-safe - at a temperature of 11,000 it is solid, does not burn, and does not take heat/cold damage.

Of course, it isn't really fire-safe, since actual fire burns at a temperature of 11,640 and will set coal on fire. This is, of course, a known bug on the tracker.
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Hurkyl

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Re: Fire-safe materials?
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 08:29:46 am »
So the article is accurate other than for that off-hand comment about coal and lignite? I've worked out a way to edit it that I don't fear making false statements, so I've updated the page.

P.S. sorry I didn't notice the "wiki discussion" forum. :(
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