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Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:54 am**

I believe modding could greatly benefit from having the boiler prototype behave more like the assembler prototype, specifically with regards to item restrictions and production outputs.

crafting_categories -> fuel_use_categories
Similar to an assembling machine's handling of recipes, allow categories of allowed fuels to be defined.
Currently anything with an fuel / energy value can be used in any type of boiler.
Mods that require restricted fuel types (such as uranium) need scripting workarounds that use multiple inventories.

type = "recipe" -> type = "fuel_source"
Currently by putting the

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fuel_value = "999MJ"

on an item makes it consumable by boilers, regardless.
Allowing an inbetween step (just like item and recipes) it opens up a far larger range of possibilities.

Examples:

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{
    type = "fuel_source",
    name = "mixed_coal_lightoil",
    category = "enriched_solid_fuel",
    enabled = "true",
    fuel_value = "50MJ",
    ingredients =
    {
        {type="item", name="coal", amount=1},
        {type="fluid", name="light-oil", amount=0.5}
    },
    results=
    {
        {type="item", name="ash", amount=2}
    },
    icon = "__base__/graphics/icons/fluid/light-oil.png",
    order = "a[power]-d[light-oil]"
}

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{
    type = "fuel_source",
    name = "coal",
    category = "simple_solid_fuel",
    enabled = "true",
    fuel_value = "8MJ",
    ingredients =
    {
        {type="item", name="coal", amount=1}
    },
    results= {},
    icon = "__base__/graphics/icons/coal.png",
    order = "a[power]-b[coal]"
}

A fuel source recipe would define what items it takes, how much power it produces (fuel_value = MJ) and if it has any by-products that it generates once the recipe is fully consumed (i.e. the remaining fuel progress bar reaches empty).
A boiler will still have an % efficiency (effectivity = 0.5) defined and an energy consumption rate (energy_consumption = "390kW") defined, which determine how quickly and efficiently a recipe is processed.

(Again, the fuel_source_category restriction on the boiler would determine what fuel recipes can be used.)

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:06 pm**

Moved from Suggestions.

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Boiler prototype should act more like assembler prototype

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