KiwiHawk
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4 months ago This could be expanded to fix a lot of Helmod's limitations around fluids with temperature. Current limitations:
- Limited linking between blocks
- Matrix solver cannot handle recipes with temperature ranges
For recipes that accept fluids at a range of temperatures:
- Build a list of possible temperatures
- If there is only one temperature, make the recipe take fluid at this temperature
- If there are multiple temperatures, add an additional dropdown to the Recipe Properties screen, allowing the input fluid temperature to be selected
If a fluid ingredient does not specify a temperature, then it can take any temperature:
- Build a list of temperatures
- If there are no temperatures, leave fluid ingredient as is
- If there is only one temperature, make the recipe take fluid at this temperature
- If there are multiple temperatures, add an additional dropdown to the Recipe Properties screen, allowing the input fluid temperature to be selected
Currently, boiler calculations in Helmod assume that the input fluid is at default temperature.
In Py, there are recipes that output 100° and 200° water. Feeding this water into a boiler should use less fuel than heating water from the default temperature.
If it is possible for the input fluid to be produced at multiple temperatures, add an additional dropdown to the Recipe Properties screen, allowing the input fluid temperature to be selected.
Boilers have a separate mode where they output the same fluid as was input, except at a higher temperature. For boilers of this type, the product fluid temperature should change, depending on the temperature selected for the input fluid. The "recipe" icon probably shouldn't include the temperature as this is no longer fixed.
https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/classes/LuaEntityPrototype.html#boiler_mode