Editing 40d Talk:Smelter

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... --[[User:DDouble|DDouble]] 20:53, 9 November 2007 (EST)
:Gold looks like [[gold nuggets|this]]. Are you sure you found gold? Maybe it was [[orthoclase]] --[[User:VengefulDonut|VengefulDonut]] 21:16, 9 November 2007 (EST)

== 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.

== "Must have coal fuel" ==

I have a smelter '''surrounded by''' [[bitumous coal]].

When I try to {{key|q}} - a - "anything" I get the message '''Must have coal fuel'''.

What gives?[[User:GarrieIrons|GarrieIrons]] 08:14, 8 January 2008 (EST)
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 == "Must have coal fuel" ==
-I have a smelter '''surrounded by''' [[bituminous coal]].
+I have a smelter '''surrounded by''' [[bitumous coal]].
 When I try to {{key|q}} - a - "anything" I get the message '''Must have coal fuel'''.
 What gives?[[User:GarrieIrons|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. --[[User:Kingzilla|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.[[User:GarrieIrons|GarrieIrons]] 00:43, 9 January 2008 (EST)
-== Melting items? ==
-If you make armor out of a metal, and then melt it back into metal bars, is there any loss of metal? [[User:Ailure|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_item|Melt]]" link which shows up in the article. --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 07:01, 17 March 2008 (EDT)
-:Ah damn, I didn't see that. Guess I'm blind or something :). Thanks! [[User:Ailure|Ailure]] 09:48, 17 March 2008 (EDT)
-== 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.  --[[User:Janus|Janus]] 16:15, 30 March 2008 (EDT)