2.0.7: Superconductors recyclable?

[bnrom]

Should superconductors be recyclable?
At the moment, they seem to recycle to nothing. In contrast, Quantum Processors can be recycled. This disparity is highly confusing.

[V453000]

The reason they aren’t is because all tier 3 modules have their unique ingredient not recycle into ingredients but into itself. We could revisit for the suprconductor though.

[bnrom]

The reason they aren’t is because all tier 3 modules have their unique ingredient not recycle into ingredients but into itself. We could revisit for the suprconductor though.

I see. That makes sense, though it also removes quite a bit of complexity and potential fun of working out how to get legendary versions of those unique ingredients. I can see it either way.

I think it is worth specifying how everything recycles in the Factoriopedia!

[Lochar]

The reason they aren’t is because all tier 3 modules have their unique ingredient not recycle into ingredients but into itself. We could revisit for the suprconductor though.

To circle back around to this, as I just realized this one myself and would have put a bug in if I hadn't searched first.

The four tier 3 modules components are spoilage, biter eggs, tungsten carbide, and Superconductors. Of the four of those, only Superconductors comes from a non smelting/chemistry(biology) item so the Recycler seems like it should give back it's ingredients, rather than act as if Superconductors came out of a smelting/chemistry recipe.

[Krusnik]

Makes sense for ease of recycling tier 3 modules, but the inconsistency is a bit confusing.

[GameBoy]

I made this account and was about to post a bug report like this myself before i decided to see if anyone else was having the same issue i was when attempting to recycle superconductors. There is no indication that superconductors cannot recycle into their ingredients and they are crafted in a "standard" (non chemical/furnace) machine.

[AveCarota]

I would also like if they recycled into their parts. Recycling them with quality would provide another needed way to produce higher quality holmium plates and plastic, something I always seem to need.

[GtDRZ]

I was confused by this too, especially since supercapacitors recycle just fine - seems to me like they should behave the same.

Most importantly i started crafting quality quality modules on Fulgora and ran out of quality plastic, and i realised i had several thousand uncommon or better superconductors - i was like "yay, that'll be a nice boost to get some initial modules" and boom - nothing. in my case the limiting factor by a massive amount is red circuits, so the plastic would have been way more useful than the superconductors at this time.

[Sachertorte]

This decision seems completely arbitrary. Recyclers state they can undo processes other than smelting and chemistry; given that this recipe is not performed in a furnace or a chemical plant it's fair for the player to assume it's neither. I think this is a bug, if not in the recyclability of superconductors, then in the description of the recycler or the lack of recyclability indications in the Factoriopedia.