Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if there was already a mod for something like this, but I'd like an official version of it that also worked in SMP: Thermite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite
It burns at up to 2,500 °C (4,530 °F) with some iron (craftable), and should be a fuel source for smelting. I was thinking it would smelt things almost instantly, but could only smelt two items before it burnt out? Also, thermite ore would be about as rare as gold (slightly more common), come in veins of 2-5, and drop 1-3 thermite per ore broken. The minimum pickaxe required is stone, as thermite is a powder. It should occur most concentrated between levels 16 - 48.
BTW: Lava doesn't smelt any faster than coal (Right? I think so)
Crafting enriched (fastest smelting) thermite that can be used for smelting should follow the pattern of flint and steel ( = thermite) []
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Raw thermite (no iron) could also be used, and would still be faster than normal, but not quite as fast as enriched thermite.
Also, I was thinking, because of the ridiculous speed and heat, if you are standing withing two blocks of the furnace, you catch on fire. (I think you can use furnace from three blocks away).
Also, something ridiculously hot could be used for plenty of other things, like weapons. (SMP fire arrows/fireworks, anyone? :biggrin.gif:)
I doubt this idea is new, but I really want quick smelting and more ore.
Anyway, what do you think? It won't be another explosive, even though it's a pyrotechnic.
I am fine with not having it implemented this way.
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I think lava already covers the hot-and-super-fuel aspects.
Lava doesn't smelt quickly, it lasts long though
Nothing smelts quickly. It's all the same speed (I believe) but some stuff lasts longer.
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No.
No to what? No to a source of quick smelting? Like a blast furnace, but a new material that can be used for other stuff. And yes, I even mentioned that all fuels smelt at the same speed in the first post.
No to what? No to a source of quick smelting? Like a blast furnace, but a new material that can be used for other stuff. And yes, I even mentioned that all fuels smelt at the same speed in the first post.
...What else would I be saying no to?
And fail on my part. I always miss stuff like that.
I'd rather not have thermite and just have a better furnace, like that iron one from IndustrialCraft.
No to what? No to a source of quick smelting? Like a blast furnace, but a new material that can be used for other stuff. And yes, I even mentioned that all fuels smelt at the same speed in the first post.
...What else would I be saying no to?
And fail on my part. I always miss stuff like that.
I'd rather not have thermite and just have a better furnace, like that iron one from IndustrialCraft.
I guess that works too... I just really want something ridiculously hot in my game for other stuff, smelting could just be one use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite
It burns at up to 2,500 °C (4,530 °F) with some iron (craftable), and should be a fuel source for smelting. I was thinking it would smelt things almost instantly, but could only smelt two items before it burnt out? Also, thermite ore would be about as rare as gold (slightly more common), come in veins of 2-5, and drop 1-3 thermite per ore broken. The minimum pickaxe required is stone, as thermite is a powder. It should occur most concentrated between levels 16 - 48.
BTW: Lava doesn't smelt any faster than coal (Right? I think so)
Crafting enriched (fastest smelting) thermite that can be used for smelting should follow the pattern of flint and steel (
[]
Raw thermite (no iron) could also be used, and would still be faster than normal, but not quite as fast as enriched thermite.
Also, I was thinking, because of the ridiculous speed and heat, if you are standing withing two blocks of the furnace, you catch on fire. (I think you can use furnace from three blocks away).
Also, something ridiculously hot could be used for plenty of other things, like weapons. (SMP fire arrows/fireworks, anyone? :biggrin.gif:)
I doubt this idea is new, but I really want quick smelting and more ore.
Anyway, what do you think? It won't be another explosive, even though it's a pyrotechnic.
Lava doesn't smelt quickly, it lasts long though
Nothing smelts quickly. It's all the same speed (I believe) but some stuff lasts longer.
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No.
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No to what? No to a source of quick smelting? Like a blast furnace, but a new material that can be used for other stuff. And yes, I even mentioned that all fuels smelt at the same speed in the first post.
...What else would I be saying no to?
And fail on my part. I always miss stuff like that.
I'd rather not have thermite and just have a better furnace, like that iron one from IndustrialCraft.
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I guess that works too... I just really want something ridiculously hot in my game for other stuff, smelting could just be one use.
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