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[vorpal+5]

ok... but for my personal knowledge, 'flux stone' is only a concept from DF, right? I don't find anything short of DF when typing flux stone...

So, within the concept of DF, a flux stone is a stone that has a variable amount of iron, correct?

[nanomage]

ok... but for my personal knowledge, 'flux stone' is only a concept from DF, right? I don't find anything short of DF when typing flux stone...

So, within the concept of DF, a flux stone is a stone that has a variable amount of iron, correct?

flux stone is the stone that's used to extract carbon from iron alloys. IRL it's chalk or limestone idk if someone really ever used valuable marble for it.
It was actually used in steel-making technology (not now, now we have bessemer process).
i guess this link has some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting#Fluxes


EDIT: flux stone is calcium carbonate CaCO2 in its various forms. it does not contain any iron but is usefull when you have to reduce the amount of carbon in iron alloys

[Lord Shonus]

Flux is a generic term for anything that leeches away impurities. For example, most solder comes with a flux core.

[vorpal+5]

ok, very interesting to know... learning every day

[Niccolo]

ok... but for my personal knowledge, 'flux stone' is only a concept from DF, right? I don't find anything short of DF when typing flux stone...

So, within the concept of DF, a flux stone is a stone that has a variable amount of iron, correct?

flux stone is the stone that's used to extract carbon from iron alloys. IRL it's chalk or limestone idk if someone really ever used valuable marble for it.
It was actually used in steel-making technology (not now, now we have bessemer process).
i guess this link has some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting#Fluxes


EDIT: flux stone is calcium carbonate CaCO2 in its various forms. it does not contain any iron but is usefull when you have to reduce the amount of carbon in iron alloys

It's CaCO3, to be precise.

You could use marble if you wanted, since marble is actually a form of CaCO3 - but to use it you'd have to crush it really, really, really fine - which is far more difficult than just mining some limestone or chalk.

[nanomage]

ok... but for my personal knowledge, 'flux stone' is only a concept from DF, right? I don't find anything short of DF when typing flux stone...

So, within the concept of DF, a flux stone is a stone that has a variable amount of iron, correct?

flux stone is the stone that's used to extract carbon from iron alloys. IRL it's chalk or limestone idk if someone really ever used valuable marble for it.
It was actually used in steel-making technology (not now, now we have bessemer process).
i guess this link has some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting#Fluxes


EDIT: flux stone is calcium carbonate CaCO2 in its various forms. it does not contain any iron but is usefull when you have to reduce the amount of carbon in iron alloys

It's CaCO3, to be precise.

You could use marble if you wanted, since marble is actually a form of CaCO3 - but to use it you'd have to crush it really, really, really fine - which is far more difficult than just mining some limestone or chalk.

Ah you're right i guess i should go refresh my chemistry it's really CaCo3 stupid me

[Saiko Kila]

It's Ca₂CO3 you dwarven alchemists...

[Fredd]

Tempoarily remove them from their squad. Someone will come by, and collect the armor

[EvilTwin]

Is there a way to combine stacks together in fortress mode?

I don't think so.

I do think so, here's the reaction, untested though:

Code: [Select]

[REACTION:COMBINE_BOLTS]
[NAME:combine <amount> bolts]
[BUILDING:SMELTER:CUSTOM_B]
[REAGENT:A:<amount>:AMMO:BOLT:NONE:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:<amount>:AMMO:BOLT:USE_REAGENT_MAT:A:NONE]
Replace each occuring of <amount> with the number of bolts you want to restack. You need to regen world for this, sorry.
If you don't want to regen, you must swap an already existing reaction for this, to do this, got to .../DF-folder/data/save/<your-savegame-folder/raw/objects/reaction_smelter.txt and delete a reaction you don't need from the file, but remember [REACTION:<reaction_name>]. Copy-Pasta the reaction posted above in the file, but change [REACTION:COMBINE_BOLTS] to the line you remembered from the previous reaction. This will let you allow to use the reaction after a save and reload of the game.

[Farmerbob]

ok... but for my personal knowledge, 'flux stone' is only a concept from DF, right? I don't find anything short of DF when typing flux stone...

So, within the concept of DF, a flux stone is a stone that has a variable amount of iron, correct?

flux stone is the stone that's used to extract carbon from iron alloys. IRL it's chalk or limestone idk if someone really ever used valuable marble for it.
It was actually used in steel-making technology (not now, now we have bessemer process).
i guess this link has some info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting#Fluxes


EDIT: flux stone is calcium carbonate CaCO2 in its various forms. it does not contain any iron but is usefull when you have to reduce the amount of carbon in iron alloys

Both lime and aluminum were used in the melt shop I worked at back in the late 1990's.  It was a recycling facility, not a ore processing utility - the scrap was loaded with impurities because, well, it was scrap.  I wasn't on the melt crew, I was on the maintenance crew, but we used lots of lime, and a couple bars of aluminum in every melt.  There were also other materials used to get the chemistry of the steel right before it was poured into billets.

Here's a good article about the EAF process:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace

Our dwarves, are both making steel from iron, and recycling steel, so lord only knows what processes they are using   I think it's safe to say though that they are not using electric arc furnaces, though they might be using a similar acting process, chemically.

[vorpal+5]

Someone tell me how I can process a badger corpse I killed with my military so I get leather from it? I suppose someone should take the corpse to the butchery, and then from than a tanner process the hide? Why no dwarf is willing to do that then?

[VonCede]

Do I have to feed non grazing animals, like cats and dogs?

No

[monk12]

Someone tell me how I can process a badger corpse I killed with my military so I get leather from it? I suppose someone should take the corpse to the butchery, and then from than a tanner process the hide? Why no dwarf is willing to do that then?

It needs to be in a refuse stockpile to be butchered- you may need to turn on Collect Outside Refuse under the orders menu.

[Samuel]

The Dwarven Children keep spamming announcements that owned items are inaccessible. Is there any way to figure out what exactly they're trying to find?

[Farmerbob]

Someone tell me how I can process a badger corpse I killed with my military so I get leather from it? I suppose someone should take the corpse to the butchery, and then from than a tanner process the hide? Why no dwarf is willing to do that then?

There's a time limit on butchering corpses.  I had a fort once where pretty much the only thing to hunt was elephants.  I got a hunter out there and he managed to kill them, but 9/10 times by the time he got it back to the fort, it was too late, the poor fellow wasn't strong enough to drag the entire elephant back to the fort before it started to rot.

With your badger, if it was killed and much time has passed, it might be too late.  In fact, if it was a military or friendly animal kill, it might not qualify as a butcherable corpse at all.  Uncertain.  I don't use militaries anymore since they got annoying, and my dogs are just early warning so I know to pull the levers...