Request :) Smelting two ores together and Duplicate recipes

[FreeER]

Just tried it out and it didn't work so this is more a request of the devs to (eventually) add the ability

I add "source-inventory-size": 2, to my copper-furnace and then created a recipe for alloy-wire

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  {
    "result": "wire-alloy",
    "result-count": 2,
    "ingredients": { "iron-ore": 1, "copper-ore": 1 },
    "energy-required": 150,
    "category": "smelting",
    "enabled": "false"
  }

I didn't really expect it to work but I had to try Turns out the furnace only uses the extra input as a buffer and starts smelting the ore in the first slot.

Oh, and the duplicate recipes was that i was going to use the alloy-wire as a way to create cheaper electronic-circuits (1 alloy-wire instead of 3 copper-cables). Probably not an accurate alloy but it was a quick proof of concept to see if we currently had the ability to do this without using an assembler

[kovarex]

Furnace uses 1 ingredient recipes now, but it would be pretty easy to remove this restriction.

[ficolas]

D:! I also need two for the blast furnace in my mod
One for flux, and one for the ore

[kovarex]

It is possible to have two recipes for the same thing.
I just extended the wiki to explain that: https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... ecipe#name

[ficolas]

That is not what I mean

In a blast furnace, fuel, ore, and flux (limestone) are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air

To smelt ores in real life, to smelt ore, flux is used, and since I needed for my mod a masive use for stone, Im going to make a blast furnace, that doubles the ores, but needs flux

[Hanse00]

In other words, the furnace should need coal + flux to convert ore => plate

[ficolas]

In other words, the furnace should need coal + flux to convert ore => plate

Nope! More complex (not much)

Ore+flux+fuel+blast furnace=molten ore
molten ore+forge=hot plates
hot plates+freezer= finally, plates

[Hanse00]

Ah... I see.
My bad :p

[FreeER]

It is possible to have two recipes for the same thing.
I just extended the wiki to explain that: https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... ecipe#name

Just tried to do this and I got


The code i attempted to use is:

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  {
    "name": "alternative-electronic-circuit",
    "result": "electronic-circuit",
    "result-count": 2,
    "ingredients": { "iron-plate": 1, "wire-alloy": 1 },
    "enabled": "true"
  }

Um, did I do something wrong? cause the wiki said this is what i'd use....

This value would be useful mainly if someone wanted to do different recipes with the same result.

[kovarex]

Hmm,

you did it correctly, it just doesn't work (I didn't use it so far).

I checked the source and at this moment, it doesn't use the name property at all (it uses the result for both name and result).
This can be easily fixed, but you need to wait with this for the next (experimental) release, sorry for that.

[FreeER]

ok, that's fine no real use for it right now. But I tried it out and was wondering why it didn't work since it looked like i'd done what I was suppose to

Also will the source (eventually) be released? not that i have any use for it or would even be able to read it (don't know any programming languages), I'm just curious.

[kovarex]

Also will the source (eventually) be released? not that i have any use for it or would even be able to read it (don't know any programming languages), I'm just curious.

We have been arguing about this several times already, and it is very complicated topic. All I can say now, that it is not off the table.

[Qfa]

I know that digging out this post is more or less doing archaeology but i'm interested by Kovarex answer :

Furnace uses 1 ingredient recipes now, but it would be pretty easy to remove this restriction.

I've always loved the mechanics of the furnace : the fact that the recipe is autmatically selected depending on the given source ingredient is, in my opinion almost mandatory in a fully automated factory
And since you said it would be fairly easy to remove this limitation...I was wondering if, by any chance, we would see this tweak appear in one of the next experimental releases ?