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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

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

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

I sure can. Give me a couple of minutes.

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

UntouchedWagons wrote: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.

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

Can you update the mod for 0.14 please?

Bizobinator wrote:Can you update the mod for 0.14 please?

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

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.

zebediah49 wrote: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.

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.

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.