Ironworks modThe mod has been updated to work with 31.10
This is a fairly minor mod consisting of the iron and steel industry enhancements that I included in Civilization Forge. I've split them out so that they'll be easier for people to use with Vanilla DF or work into other mods.
Download the mod!I did a fair bit of research on the subject, though I am by no means a metallurgist or blacksmith. I also made a few compromise and balance decisions for game play purposes. Hopefully it does the job of being both more realistic while adding more fun to Dwarf Fortress.
This mod includes the metal values from
Arrkhal's weapon and material mod v0.3. Link provided for those who want to use it's other pieces as well.
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Features
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Ironworks
* Iron created at the smelter can no longer be used for weapons and armor. Instead, Iron can be work-hardened at the Finishing Forge to create Wrought Iron, which is about equal to Bronze.
* Steel is no longer created at the Smelter. Instead, I am using some more historically accurate was to create steel.
* Pattern-welded steel is created by taking Iron Bars, Pig Iron Bars, and charcoal or coke and hammering them together at the finishing forge to balance out the carbon levels between the two types of iron. This is the most labor intensive way to make steel, and dwarves usually have better options, but can be done if other resources are lacking.
* Pig Iron no longer requires Flux
* Two types of Steel are made at the new Crucible furnace. Normal steel is made by taking Iron Bars and Wood and heating them with fuel or magma to add carbon to the iron to make steel. Crucible Steel is a special form of naturally alloyed steel made from Ilmenite (now an iron ore found in gabbro). Crucible Steel is made using Ilmenite, Wood, raw green glass, and fuel/magma. It is stronger than normal steel due to impurities of Vanadium in the Ilmentite.
* The new Blast Furnace is a dwarf-only building that allows for large-scale steel production. Six iron ore, six flux stones, and six coke/charcoal are placed into the blast furnace and fired with fuel or magma to create six steel bars. This is by far the most efficient way to make steel, but since it only works in large batches and requires flux you may still find yourself making steel using the other two methods as well.
* The new Charcoal furnace is a high efficiency furnace that turns wood into two units of Charcoal, although it is slightly harder to make than a normal wood burning furnace.
New Files are all appended with _ironworks
Changes
* Bronze, Bismuth Bronze, and Brass now use a more realistic ratio of copper to tin/zinc. It's 4/1, although in reality it should be 9/1.
* Ore frequencies and values have been balanced. Ores are now worth less than the smelted metal they produce, and platinum no longer shows up in veins.
* Ilmenite is now an ore of iron.
* Steel making has been removed from the standard Smelter
* Bronze can now be used to create Anvils
Changed Files
inorganic_metal.txt
entity_default.txt
inorganic_stone_mineral.txt
reaction_smelter.txt