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[gtmattz]

Since, realistically, one can cast an anvil from molten metal, I am trying to make a smelter reaction so that I can smelt anvils from iron bars.

I have added the following to reaction_smelter:

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[REACTION:CAST_IRON_ANVIL]
[NAME:cast anvil from iron]
[BUILDING:SMELTER:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[PRODUCT:100:1:ANVIL:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
[FUEL]
[SKILL:SMELT]
And this to entity_default under the dwarves section:

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[PERMITTED_REACTION:CAST_IRON_ANVIL]
I tried adding this to the raws of an already generated worlds raw folder and when that did not work added it to the main raws and still cannot seem to smelt an anvil from iron.

Correction, after fixing a typo in the main raws and generating a new world I was able to make an anvil, however, according to the sticky in this section of the forums I should be able to add these to the raws of my active fortress and have it work...  Is the sticky incorrect? 

[Deon]

Which sticky? That sticky is wrong then. You have to generate a new world every time you add a totally new reaction. You can only replace old ones if you want to keep your world.

[gtmattz]

Which sticky? That sticky is wrong then. You have to generate a new world every time you add a totally new reaction. You can only replace old ones if you want to keep your world.

This one...
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=29157.0

Looks as if he edited it today to state that reactions have been hit or miss for people apparently.

[Deon]

It's not hit or miss, it was always like that and it's certain.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

also changes to entities raws require a worldgen, i think

[Deon]

You're right.

[gtmattz]

Well, yeah. I knew that it used to be that you had to regen for new smelter entries, I just assumed that something in a sticky would be correct and was psyched that i could just add new ones, oh well.

[Ilmoran]

Well, yeah. I knew that it used to be that you had to regen for new smelter entries, I just assumed that something in a sticky would be correct and was psyched that i could just add new ones, oh well.

A nice way around that (in the future) is to create dummy buildings and reactions in the raws, then if you see something you like, you can add the details for it to the dummy entry.  Since the reaction was already there, and you're just changing the details, it doesn't require a regen.

Example:
My reaction file contains:

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[CUSTOM_REACTION1]
[CUSTOM_REACTION2]
[CUSTOM_REACTION3]
[CUSTOM_REACTION4]
[CUSTOM_REACTION5]
Then, if I wanted to make a cast anvil reaction, I would just change it to read:

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[CUSTOM_REACTION1]
[NAME:cast anvil from iron]
[BUILDING:SMELTER:NONE]
[REAGENT:A:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]
[PRODUCT:100:1:ANVIL:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:A:NONE]
[FUEL]
[SKILL:SMELT]
[CUSTOM_REACTION2]
[CUSTOM_REACTION3]
[CUSTOM_REACTION4]
[CUSTOM_REACTION5]

[Master Catfish]

This seems like a really good idea to me.  Is the code in the OP now devoid of said typos?  I'd like to use that reaction myself.  Also, if I wanted it to take 5 iron bars to make an anvil (seems more reasonable to me), would the following work?

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[REAGENT:5:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]

[Deon]

INORGANIC in place of METAL.

[Ilmoran]

This seems like a really good idea to me.  Is the code in the OP now devoid of said typos?  I'd like to use that reaction myself.  Also, if I wanted it to take 5 iron bars to make an anvil (seems more reasonable to me), would the following work?

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[REAGENT:5:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]

[REAGENT:A:750 not [REAGENT:5:150.  The 150 refers to the "product dimension".  When you create bars, they have product dimension 150 (wheres thread has 15000, and cloth has 10000), so 750 makes the reaction require 750/150=5 bars.

[Master Catfish]

Excellent, thanks!  And METAL is the typo, right?  Right now in my raws it reads:

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[REAGENT:A:750:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:INORGANIC:IRON]
...This is correct?

[Deon]

That is correct .

[JmzLost]

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[REAGENT:A:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:METAL:IRON]

This is the line from the reaction to make steel.   "METAL:IRON" works just fine.  Since you're specifying "IRON" in reagent A, you can also use "METAL:IRON" in the product, since you're always going to make an iron anvil.

JMZ

[Deon]

METAL is not read in this case. It would be the same as
[REAGENT:A:150:BAR:NO_SUBTYPE:NONE:IRON]

The correct value is INORGANIC.