What I need to figure out is how to make an alternative recipe for asphalt (using tar) active in case your mod is loaded and then put a soft dependency to the mod.

My mod-code is a great place to get started if you know nothing about coding. There is nothing complicated about what I have done, because I simply don't have the skills for that. Coke would be a great addition to the bitumen stuff. I will certainly have a look. I remember running some kind of coke-...

Turns out I was just being particularly blind yesterday. Works perfectly!

I think I will find a way to "change" the main kerosine into a loco fuel. If I had lead I would process the kerosine with lead to make a loco-fuel.
As it happens I dont have any lead, but perhaps I can add some other additive.

diesellocokerosene

There is also a balance regarding other uses. The main use for kerosine is actually as a solvent for cocaine production...
Which is why I hesitate about renaming it a loco-fuel...

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The questionmark makes it a soft dependency?

I'm really just trying to learn about compatibilities, how to integrate and make my mod a useful part of the Factorio world. This is a challenge from the technical perspective but also in finding the right balance in terms of friendly behavior towards everybody else in the community. So I'm really j...

I *just* posted a mod that adds a fluid-burning boiler and fuel_values to existing fluids, plus a methane source to burn directly (and more clearly). https://mods.factorio.com/mod/adamo-carbon/downloads I dont find any option for fluid burning boiler. Just one technology with four recipes. All work...

On the other hand I would love to see some form of fluid-fuel being implemented. Even if is just some kind of internal conversion to a solid fuel before burning it off. I have never understood why this should be a big issue regarding ups or other performance variable. The fluid energy source is a t...

Edit: and sorry, should probably also say that I'm not sure on the value of further complicating the mod code and settings by adding more fuel types. I removed crude oil from the original version of the mod. That is totally fair. However I would love to burn a variety of fuels in trains and do see ...

I would have to manually add this fuel type into the mod. Not necessarily. I was able to get KS Power to accept a range of fuels by adding a *version* of the data-update.lua in the mod: local fuel_values = { ["crude-oil"] = "1.4MJ", ["light-oil"] = "1.5MJ", [...

It will accept Kerosine but not actually run on that.

I *just* posted a mod that adds a fluid-burning boiler

Yeah. Just saw that. Will check it out.

Why do I remember that fluid fuels was "impossible"?

So in theory you could make a furnace or a boiler that could run if supplied by a pipeline of fuel-oil or methane?

Indeed. Works fine with no changes. diesel-loco.png "It is setup to only work with 1 mod added diesel fuel, so (for example) if someone was to use your mod and ks power, which ever it finds first will win out. " In case of KSP diesel and FB diesel both having the fluid name "diesel&qu...

What would I need to change for my diesel to be acceptable as fuel in these locomotives? (from Factorio Bitumen mod). { type = "fluid", name = "diesel", icon = "__bitumen__/graphics/icons/diesel64.png", icon_size = 64, scale = 1, default_temperature = 25, heat_capacity ...

I make use of temperatures in a few cases. As in heated water used for disolving tar into a slurry. Other productions have a cold steam byproduct that is reheated before used in power generation. None of this actually relies on the game temperature setting as they are each their own "fluids&quo...

Spawning in a big shale rock formation:

Added a glass recipe that is compatible with SE

Thank you for your fine suggestions. I will take my time looking into this and try to find good solutions. Butane was meant to serve as an additive in production of synthetic crude oil from bitumen. Not sure why that slipped away, but it now has a recipe. Im not sure that you can ever burn liquids t...