It won't smelt into ingots and I can't craft anything with it. How do I make ingots with Steel Dust?
Steel Dust, what is it good for?
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Possibly Traincraft,Railcraft,Gregtech and I think metallurgy has steel ore or something similar to it.
your thread title has me singing, "WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY... NOTHIN!" in my head over and over and over.
thanks for that.
thanks for that.
Steel dust is added by by GregTech, to prevent mods such as Traincraft making steel extemely easy to obtain, and therefore Steel dust is given instead as a result.
The steel dust must be smelted in an Industrial Blast furnace therefore making this machine nessessary for progression. You could alternately use railcrafts blast furnace, however this is a VERY slow process.
The steel dust must be smelted in an Industrial Blast furnace therefore making this machine nessessary for progression. You could alternately use railcrafts blast furnace, however this is a VERY slow process.
I think the Forge Ore Dictionary makes the mod it came from a pointless variable, so long as said mods implement the Ore Dictionary.
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funny, in the modpack that I use, 2 coal dust and 1 iron dust produces 1 steel dust that can be smelted into a steel ingot. This steel is compatible with TConstruct. Not entirely sure which mod adds that, but it's freakin' epic all the same
funny, in the modpack that I use, 2 coal dust and 1 iron dust produces 1 steel dust that can be smelted into a steel ingot. This steel is compatible with TConstruct. Not entirely sure which mod adds that, but it's freakin' epic all the same
That's Universal Electricity's and Gregs steel recipe. Greg's default config nerfs steel cooking.
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thanks for letting me know It's also able to be made using the AE Grindstone, which makes steel (while expensive) ridiculously early game If configured correctly, GregTech makes the steel dust only smeltae in an industrial blast furnace.
This should always be so, steel was balanced for this point in the tech tree, and changing that breaks progression.
The rail craft blast furnace requires nether fortress access, so often I skip it entirely.
It's also ungodly slow.
This should always be so, steel was balanced for this point in the tech tree, and changing that breaks progression.
The rail craft blast furnace requires nether fortress access, so often I skip it entirely.
It's also ungodly slow.
I like this early method. It increases the price (doubles the cost of coal needed) but lets you get it without the lengthy processes of RC or GT steel.
Everyone to their own I guess. Steel is pretty common as dungeon loot anyway, so early game it's not that hard to find either, particularly for armour. Isn't alumite really good and cheap? It is made potentially with 4 oak logs, some Alumin(i)um and some iron or something? In a big construct that one must decimate a river to build?
Has algorithm fixed the grinder being automata me with turtles? So it's now similar to the clockwork engine?
Has algorithm fixed the grinder being automata me with turtles? So it's now similar to the clockwork engine?
You mean "if unconfigured." Greg's default setup is some very bad ideas including a very awkward machine for making steel and a preposterous cost for ore doubling.
Who cares? "Progression" is a weak concept bolted onto a very robust sandbox game. You know what also utterly shatters Gregtech "progression?" Applied Energistics' quartz grinder.
In any event, you cannot gate steel to midgame in a pack with Universal Electricity installed, as the one Lambert mentioned is. It's like, actually game-breaking to do this for UE, because the way UE handles this is by starting with an incredibly expensive recipe for steel (1 ingot, 4 coal, then cook meaning a stack of steel is 64 iron and 248 coal) and then provides a cheaper ways to make it as it goes.
It does not. It requires access to blaze powder and the nether. In some specific cases with additional mods, you don't even need to get to the nether. This means that the railcraft blast furnace can be obtained with only a nether portal and some thermal expansion machines, which means you can do it before you even find diamonds.
So steel, the slow railcraft way, is pre-diamonds. So much for your progression.
Personally I find the industrial blast furnace quite interesting, and the concept and speed most thrilling. Power management is easy with a dedicated MFE made from rubies.
And the quartz grinder doesn't shatter progression, provided that it cannot be automated, like the clockwork engine.
Steel the GregTech way is also pre-diamonds, ESP If using ruby for the MFE for the blast furnace.
And yes, I undertstand that nether brick can be compressed from netherack, and magma cream can be gotten as a drop from magma slimed. I am also aware of cinder pearls in deserts for blaze powder and swamp biomes for slimes.
And by some thermal expansion machines you seem to be implying the induction smelter recipe with soul-sand and netherack for nether brick? Why not use a compressor and ave soul sand?
And the quartz grinder doesn't shatter progression, provided that it cannot be automated, like the clockwork engine.
Steel the GregTech way is also pre-diamonds, ESP If using ruby for the MFE for the blast furnace.
And yes, I undertstand that nether brick can be compressed from netherack, and magma cream can be gotten as a drop from magma slimed. I am also aware of cinder pearls in deserts for blaze powder and swamp biomes for slimes.
And by some thermal expansion machines you seem to be implying the induction smelter recipe with soul-sand and netherack for nether brick? Why not use a compressor and ave soul sand?