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Elf Lover

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Oh, dear.
« on: January 31, 2012, 12:40:24 pm »
I appear to have ran out of 'refined coal', or coke.
I can't make more coke without coke.

Can charcoal be used as a substitute for coke? And if so, which labour do I enable to begin creating it (I've built a wood furnace, and have charcoal in production. 'Furnace Operator' guy isn't doing anything, and 'Furnace Operating' is enabled)?
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 12:42:02 pm »
For smelting purposes, charcoal and coke are functionally identical.  To make charcoal, you need a dwarf with the "wood burning" labor enabled and a wood furnace (which you apparently already have).
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 12:43:38 pm »
Regular charcoal will do the job of making coke.
I think wood burning is separate from furnace operating though. So to make charcoal you need someone with wood burning active, and and to make the coke you need someone with Furnace Operating active.

Think they also have different furnaces.
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 12:46:46 pm »
Wood Burning.
Burning Wood.

Since when does it take skill to set wood on fire?
Especially with magma?
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 01:07:34 pm »
Quote from: Elf Lover on January 31, 2012, 12:46:46 pm
Wood Burning.
Burning Wood.

Since when does it take skill to set wood on fire?
Especially with magma?
its not the fire setting that requires skill, but the guiding of that fire to create the usable lump of coal desired, rather than a pile of ash.
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 01:17:04 pm »
Also, you may find than when your coal veins start running out and the underground forests are in full flourish, charcoal actually becomes your most viable source of fuel...
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 01:27:56 pm »
I'm addicted to magma. Even on sedimentary maps, I build my forge level deep underground.

A magma smelter will remove the requirement for refined coal from almost all reactions, including making coke.
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 01:35:02 pm »
True, though for some that takes away some of the challenge of having a limited resource.
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Re: Oh, dear.
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2012, 01:56:23 pm »
Wood Furnace with Wood Burning to make charcoal.
Smelter with Furnace Operator to make coke.

Both are considered fuel, and in stockpiles are sorted by the bar type "coke".
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