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Playing Sea Block:

Okay -- I'll bite, why is the Crusher/Sorter/Blast Furnace/Induction Furnace/Casting machine process an increase in production rate for Iron, Copper, Tin, and Lead -- but not for Steel?

Am I missing something? I don't see a process which is more efficient than just smelting Iron Plates into Steel Plates.

You can smelt iron ingots into steel ingots in another blast furnace (unless that''s changed). And it is more efficient than the default of 5 iron plates to 1 steel plate, though I'm not sure if it's more efficient than the 2 iron to 1 steel recipe when Bob's mods are installed (and the relevant config option is enabled).

Unless I am making a mistake in my calculations, Iron Ingot to Steel Ingot results in a 3 Iron Ore to 1 Steel Plate ratio -- less than the 2 to 1 for just smelting the Iron Plates. Now, I can do recipes where I mix the Steel Ingots with Silicon, Manganese, or Cobalt and Nickel Ingots to get a better Steel Ingot to Molten Steel ratio. But I don't really see that it's worth the effort.

So then we've figured it out.

In Angel's, it's 5 iron plate to 1 steel plate.

You've just got another mod that's changing that. Not Angel's issue.

Yes well, I did start out by saying I was playing Sea Block...