[MOD 0.12.33+] Sane Concrete

[UntouchedWagons]

Type: Mod
Name: Sane Concrete
Description: Mod that changes concrete to use iron sticks as rebar instead of iron ore
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Release: 2016-05-23
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.33
Category: Gameplay

[bNarFProfCrazy]

Nice idea.
I will check it out soon along with a smooth concrete mod.

[Bizobinator]

I love this mod. Any chance you could update it for 0.13.1? And get it up on the mod portal?

[UntouchedWagons]

I sure can. Give me a couple of minutes.

Done: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Untouche ... e-Concrete

[Peter34]

Type: Mod
Name: Sane Concrete
Description: Mod that changes concrete to use iron sticks as rebar instead of iron ore
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Release: 2016-05-23
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.33
Category: Gameplay

Very nice. I had in mind trying to make such a mod, but I'm very, very inexperienced, so I'm glad you did it instead.

[UntouchedWagons]

I'll be honest, it wasn't hard. Literally one line of code.

[Bizobinator]

Can you update the mod for 0.14 please?

[UntouchedWagons]

Can you update the mod for 0.14 please?

Done: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Untouche ... e-Concrete

[zebediah49]

So, just as a bit of context, the original recipe already makes sense. The iron ore isn't there for rebar -- it's there because that's a valid way to make cement.

For example, [pulled from wikipedia], Siliceous (ASTM C618 Class F) Fly Ash-based cement is 11% Iron Oxide -- so having the recipe include iron oxide (in the form of iron ore) isn't particularly weird.

[UntouchedWagons]

So, just as a bit of context, the original recipe already makes sense. The iron ore isn't there for rebar -- it's there because that's a valid way to make cement.

For example, [pulled from wikipedia], Siliceous (ASTM C618 Class F) Fly Ash-based cement is 11% Iron Oxide -- so having the recipe include iron oxide (in the form of iron ore) isn't particularly weird.

I suppose that's true, but natural iron ore isn't blue and copper ore isn't orange. I find having to set aside some iron ore specifically to make concrete annoying from a logistical standpoint.

[bNarFProfCrazy]

There is also some realistic part in using rebar sticks/frames.
In reality every big patch of concrete uses them to improve the durability , portability and cost efficiency. Less rebar => requires more concrete => heavier => even more concrete.

But the fun part is more important for me here as well.

[Slayn25]

Now if only there was a mod to make rail use stone bricks instead of raw stone I could remove raw stone from my main bus and give stone bricks a proper furnace line.