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Hi,
I'm making a mod in which i'm making a nuclear reactor. For now, I basicly copied the entity code of the steam generator. However, I want it to be openable like a furnace would be in order to add ingredients to it. I tried adding inside my file but it did not work. Is it because my entity is of type generator and generators can't be opened/have ingredients int them?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, it is.
Prototypes are basically hardcoded, and there are only a few undocumented combinations of parameters that are not represented in base game and yet are working.

Ok so is it possible to have it open or should I go a different path like using a assembling machine and making it produce electricity somehow?

Perhaps a boiler or a smelter entity might be usable? They both accept fuel.

There is also a diesel generator that produces electricity from oil, and the wind generator in the popular KS Power Mod

I thought about using a boiler since I mainly want my entity to accept fuel and water to produce electricity. The problem is that a boiler doesn't produce electricity. So I should I do this? I thought about placing an invisible steam generator on top of my entity to produce electricity when the right conditions are met. Would this way be usable?

PS. I also checked the KS Power mod but the diesel generator basically works like a steam generator (meaning it can't be opened). The windmill also can't be opened.

There is the burner generator in the KS Power mod too. You also find mods for both fusion and fission, producing power and ammo

I cannot offer advice on which may be suitable for your needs, I just know that they exist..

I looked at the burner generator and it seems like he iis doing it the way I mentioned earlier (meaning he places an invisible steam generator on top of is burner to produce the electricity).

So it seems I will try this out since it looks like the only doable way of doing it. Even though it seems a bit cheated

Thanks for the help everyone if you have any more tricks to make this work, feel free to let me know

You could wait for 0.13; a new entity prototype is coming that will make implementing your idea much simpler.