For some types of machines, it might be desirable to have them work better or worse at certain temperatures, humidities, in certain biomes, or biome groups (e.g. an evaporation basin in a hot and dry biome works faster than in a cold or humid biome). In some cases, it would be desirable to have a machine completely non-functional if not in a biome with the correct conditions (e.g. a desalination plant on the beach/ocean).

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