Bellows accelerates fuel consumption but not process.
Roonas opened this issue · 4 comments
Issue Description
Using a bellows in conjunction with a stone crucible causes the fuel to be expended rapidly, but not the melting itself.
What You Expect to Happen
Bellows accelerates process and fuel consumption 1:1.
What Actually Happens.
In my test case, 3 charcoal (4mins) is used nearly instantly when attempting to melt down a clay block (3mins), but the block does not melt, even after attempting the process with over double the amount fuel that should be required.
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Affected Versions
Minecraft: 1.12.2
Forge: forge1.12.2-14.23.5.2836
Dropt: 1.14.0
Pyrotech: 1.0.4
Athenaeum: 1.17.1
The crucible has two modes that can be set in the config: synchronous an asynchronous.
By default the crucible is configured in the asynchronous mode which means that it will attempt to melt all input items at the same time within the duration given for the recipe. If the crucible cannot store the amount of liquid that would be produced, the recipe does not progress.
Synchronous operation means that the crucible will do the opposite, melt each item one at a time and each item will take the duration given for the recipe. It will stop progressing recipes again when the amount of liquid produced would exceed the crucible's capacity.
The asynchronous mode needs some adjustment because of the very reason you reported. It is confusing to players. In fact, I was testing something just the other day and couldn't figure out why the crucible wasn't working. Then I remembered.
I think it would be better if, in asynchronous mode, the crucible melted the maximum number of items it could, without exceeding its capacity. This could be achieved by restricting the crucible's input. It would then only allow as many input items as it can hold the results for.
That seems like an appropriate solution. It would appear that the soaking pot suffers this issue as well with being able to insert more items than it can create, causing the recipe to not start either. This would be a great fix for both of these and would be far less confusing for users!
On further inspection, it seems like the crucible is either trying to melt down each item individually, and taking that time frame, or is consuming an infinite amount of fuel if the amount of fluid that would be made exceeds the tanks capacity. However, 18 pieces of charcoal (24min) failed to melt down any of the 7 blocks (21min) in the crucible, which leads me to believe the latter scenario is occurring.