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[BurnedToast]

How does making new files work, anyway? There is very little info about this anywhere - the wiki just says you can create your own files and does not elaborate any futher then that.

For example I just created reaction_smeltermod.txt and added some reactions (yes I put them in the entity file too) and it's not working - they don't show up. copy-pasting the contents to the end of reaction_smelter.txt instead works perfectly.

I'd love to make new files when possible (if for no other reason then to keep everything I've added together for myself) but I don't know how it works.

[LegoLord]

Post the contents of the file.  Easier to tell you what's wrong than to tell you everything that can possibly go wrong.

[BurnedToast]

It's not anything complicated, I just made it to test out seperate files.

I just created a file called reaction_smeltermod.txt which contains:

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[REACTION:FREE_ADAMANTINE]
[NAME:tempt fate]
[BUILDING:SMELTER:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:1:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:ADAMANTINE][PRODUCT_DIMENSION:150]
[SKILL:SMELT]
then added  [PERMITTED_REACTION:FREE_ADAMANTINE] to dwarves in entity_default.txt

I gen a world, embark, and nothing. I copy-paste the reaction into reaction_smelter.txt and gen a world, embark, and it works fine.

Edit: actually it's working now, I guess I did something stupid before... hmmm

Edit2: no, it's still not working, I messed up when I tested it a second time.

[LegoLord]

I meant the contents of the whole file.  The file name at the top of the page, the [OBJECT:xxxx] tag, all of it.  Typos in those seem to really throw things off.

[BurnedToast]

I didn't have anything else in the file... which was the problem *facepalm*. I added

reaction_smelter

[OBJECT:REACTION]

to the top and now it works, thanks.

I guess it's obvious (to everyone but me) but it would be helpful to note that's required somewhere.