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I'm doing a load of stuff with fluids at the moment, and I'm stumped on what the following prototype properties mean - any one know the answers?

fluid_box.base_area - I assume this means 'capacity' and defaults to 1?

fluid_box.base_level - seen on entities that produce or consume fluid, my guess is that -1 = input, 1 = output but no idea what anything between those values would be...?

flow_length_in_ticks - seen on storage tanks and a few other places, I have no idea what "flow length" means.

Any help greatly appreciated

base area 1 = volume 10
if fluid tank base area 250 = 2.5k volume
normal iron pipe base area : 1 = volume : 10
I don't know it has Default


base level
level -1 = input / 1 = output

This might help with base_level

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