OK, I know what you are thinking right now. "The forge has already been suggested!" Well, not like this. In it's simplest form, the forge is a larger workspace for the furnace. This would also allow the creation of say, steel and chain mail. Steel, as we all know, is a lot more durable than plain old iron. This could allow stronger armor and tools. (I am also thinking about tempered steel, but that is a bit too complex...) So, this combination of a workbench and furnace could add lots of different aspects to this game. In place of a plain old iron pickaxe, you will need to craft a steel pickaxe, which makes iron a lot more valuable. While it would be a little faster than the furnace alone, it is also a lot harder to craft. There will be three steps to craft this.
First, you need to have your anvil. I am thinking of having it crafted like so:
this anvil, when used with the entire forge, will have a 3x3 workspace, similar to the workbench.
Second, you need a furnace: (For those of you who do not know, it is crafted like so)
Third, on the workbench, you need to assemble it like so: (anvil, but they don't have it on here...)
The final result will look something like this:
(These images are preliminary mockups, please tell me how I should change them!)
(Im no good with painting 3D structures...)
Please let me know what your thoughts are for this, and if I should change/add anything to this idea.
Thanks!
The Anvil should be made from iron, because there generally made from metal. Great Idea, though!
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I <3 the idea. Maybe also with the forge, you should add something like a study, making it so you can build stuff 5 by 5 or something. Like make a car with the 5 by 5 or something. Otherwise, awesome idea!
I <3 the idea. Maybe also with the forge, you should add something like a study, making it so you can build stuff 5 by 5 or something. Like make a car with the 5 by 5 or something. Otherwise, awesome idea!
It seems kinda pointless if it is just a furnace that does more advanced mettalurgy. I would only support it if you were serious about iron only be worked with at a forge, and not furnace or forge interchangeably. But even then, it just complicates the furnace, and separates it into two machines. Realistic, but unnecessary.
It seems kinda pointless if it is just a furnace that does more advanced mettalurgy. I would only support it if you were serious about iron only be worked with at a forge, and not furnace or forge interchangeably. But even then, it just complicates the furnace, and separates it into two machines. Realistic, but unnecessary.
Thank you for your thoughts... I also feared that it may be a bit too complex, but I am sure that it would be fairly easy to simplify things.
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I'd be up for it! It would make the game a lot more difficult. On SMP, iron would be a lot more valuable, with iron tools being impossibly difficult.
As for the interface, it should be something like a crafting table and furnace on the same screen. The difference is that you'd have to have the furnace going to craft.
Again, as RiotMaster51 said, this would make iron a lot more valuable. I am also thinking about having the forge require two iron heated by x amount of coal to make one pice of tempered steel. Any thoughts about that?
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First, you need to have your anvil. I am thinking of having it crafted like so:
this anvil, when used with the entire forge, will have a 3x3 workspace, similar to the workbench.
Second, you need a furnace: (For those of you who do not know, it is crafted like so)
Third, on the workbench, you need to assemble it like so:
The final result will look something like this:
(These images are preliminary mockups, please tell me how I should change them!)
(Im no good with painting 3D structures...)
Please let me know what your thoughts are for this, and if I should change/add anything to this idea.
Thanks!
The good people die, and so do the bad ones, but the weak people, like me, we have inherited the earth.
No craftable cars dammit!
Also, your avatar is blasphemy XD!
OT: It's an interesting idea
Thank you for your thoughts... I also feared that it may be a bit too complex, but I am sure that it would be fairly easy to simplify things.
Changed to iron. Thanks for pointing that out!
Your welcome, sir! :biggrin.gif:
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As for the interface, it should be something like a crafting table and furnace on the same screen. The difference is that you'd have to have the furnace going to craft.