Talk:Smelter
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So do the choices in the smelter cover all possibilities with the stone in a player's stockpiles? Or does stone anywhere on the map get included once it's mined? I dig out lots of yellow-symbol rock, which I think should be gold, but my smelter gives me no apparent ability to use it. Or its not gold... --DDouble 20:53, 9 November 2007 (EST)
- Gold looks like this. Are you sure you found gold? Maybe it was orthoclase --VengefulDonut 21:16, 9 November 2007 (EST)
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[edit] wood?
I'm going to have to check at home to be sure, but I believe that wood is completely off limits and the type of stone is also somewhat limited.
[edit] "Must have coal fuel"
I have a smelter surrounded by bituminous coal.
When I try to q - a - "anything" I get the message Must have coal fuel.
What gives?GarrieIrons 08:14, 8 January 2008 (EST)
Assuming that you have mined the bituminous coal, the problem is probably that you have no coke to start the first bituminous coal reaction. Since 1 bituminous coal + 1 coke = 3 coke, you still need 1 coke to start the reaction. The easiest way to do this is through burning wood at a furnace. --Kingzilla 17:45, 8 January 2008 (EST)
- OK, I have burned 1 wood to create 1 charcoal at a wood furnace (so I can now produce ash as well - which I guess will be helpful at some point) and I can now use my smelter to turn my Bituminous coal into coke. Thanks.GarrieIrons 00:43, 9 January 2008 (EST)
[edit] Melting items?
If you make armor out of a metal, and then melt it back into metal bars, is there any loss of metal? Ailure 04:56, 17 March 2008 (EDT)
You only get back roughly 1/3 of the metal which went into an object when you melt it. It's covered in the "Melt" link which shows up in the article. --Janus 07:01, 17 March 2008 (EDT)
- Ah damn, I didn't see that. Guess I'm blind or something :). Thanks! Ailure 09:48, 17 March 2008 (EDT)
[edit] Magma-proof rock needed? No.
I thought that was wrong, so I double-checked it to be sure by creating a magma smelter out of gneiss and then queuing up a magnetite smelting job, which it completed. Corrected this article and the Magma smelter one as well. --Janus 16:15, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
