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Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:49 am
by Damaskox
We have mods which add more variety to electricity. They however deal with actual, realistic fuels.

This mod could also have a function which gives more energy the more the item needed manufacturing/rarer and more expensive parts.

Thoughts?

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:54 am
by Honktown
It's easy enough to go over recipes, and apply "energy_required" to items produced.

Balance would be nearly impossible: should we include energy of the precursors? What happens if you have more than one recipe? Efficiency modules would probably throw energy balance out the window, or vice-versa, slamming a machine with enough speed and productivity to thwart the energy/craft.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:28 pm
by Damaskox
Umm. I must say I didn't understand much anything =S

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:35 pm
by darkfrei
What if your modded gear must be forged in the stone furnace? If this gear has some buning value, then it goes to the burner slot, but not to the ingredient slot.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:03 pm
by Damaskox
Hmm. I'm still confused.

I myself was thinking about a specific machine you put any item in and it turns the item into electricity right away.
Those "any items" wouldn't work like coal or oil or stuff like that - you couldn't put any item in any other device which would normally burn a burnable entity as fuel.

Hope this clarifies stuff.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:11 pm
by darkfrei
Damaskox wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:03 pm
I myself was thinking about a specific machine you put any item in and it turns the item into electricity right away.
I don't see the easy way how to do the generator, that allows items as power source.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:26 pm
by Damaskox
Can't even imagine how much work it would need. I know nothing about coding.
Just gave an idea I'd love to see and experience/experiment in-game myself ^^

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:09 pm
by darkfrei
Damaskox wrote:
Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:03 pm
I myself was thinking about a specific machine you put any item in and it turns the item into electricity right away.
It looks like that it was added in the 0.18.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:55 pm
by Damaskox
What is it called?
Didn't see any mentions in the version text.

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:37 pm
by BlueTemplar
I suppose he's referring to :
FactorioBot wrote:
Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:43 pm
[...]
[*]Added the "burner-generator" prototype type.
[*]Removed GeneratorPrototype::burner.
[...]
Does it really allow to do this ?

Re: Mod for burning any item to energy

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:28 pm
by darkfrei
Damaskox wrote:
Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:55 pm
What is it called?
Didn't see any mentions in the version text.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80247
Added the "burner-generator" prototype type.

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/c game.player.insert{name="burner-generator", count=10}