@RogueCmdr apparently Owlchemist was KIA, i'm guessing in Ukraine war :(

Any word on Owl coming back to update Simple Chains..

I updated to get rid of the sound red errors. Will maintain until Owlchemist comes back.

COME BACK OWLIE!

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282002320

you mind sending a link @Psycho?

This and the other two simple chain mods work fine in 1.5 using ViralReaction´s Processor Framework

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Awesome mod which i've been used for many runs. The one issue i faced recently is Bloomery can't be made out of Rose Quartz chunks from Alpha Biomes mod, is it supposed to be like that or need to patch?

Can we have 1.5 update, please?

A lot friendlier than Simple Chains: Leather, in that it will not spew out a bunch of red X graphic errors for when added to an existing save, but bare in mind that if you do add this mod to a pre-existing save, although your steel deposits will change to iron, your only sources of coal will be through trade, and meteorites.

i think it would be nice to be able to choose preferred refueling material on refuel-able building because its really annoying seeing them waste a shit ton of coal on torches when its has the exact same fuel efficiency as wood

id add this but if i use it with the lumber mod building will be impossible in caravans. I mean how would you make an emergency building to fight off an infection or arrest a prisoner

are all simple chains mods safe to uninstall mid game?

Suggestion: bloomery to emit heat during work (as smelter does).

@l33tmaan - FTR - You can make firewood at the Crafting Spot , albeit at a slower pace. But it should suffice enough for you to get your pawns started. As for coal, the requirement is only to refine steel from iron in the Bloomery and unless you have some unique scenario that:

- does not involve a drop-pod start
- has transport drop pods disabled
- has resource drops disables
- has zero scattered slag chunks for some reason

...then there should be no issue getting started using alternate sources.

Personally, I play with Completely Clueless and Primitive Research so I have more than two researches before I could refine steel in earnest. But even with the Simple Chains: Steel own coal deposits (my map did not spawn any, but there was a meteor) I have not yet needed to refine steel from iron

Turns out this mod disables the coal recipe in favor of Apothecary's charcoal. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but during neolithic runs I have to research two technologies and do a bunch of stonecutting to get that charcoal, and in the meantime I can't make campfires due to having Simple Lumber installed... it might be a good idea to make an exception for Apothecary so you can keep the earlier recipe.

"Coal is bundled with this mod, but it is only used if it detects you do not yet have a coal-adding mod."

Pretty sure I don't have any mods that add coal, so are you responsible for the coal meteorite that impacted just a short way away from my settlement? 8S

Can you deep drill coal?

Is it possible to remove the generation of coal in mountains and underground, leaving only charcoal as an option for making steel?
Not that it breaks my game, just my immersion, since Rimworld takes place in a recently terraformed planet, and mineral coal takes millions of year to form...

Well I use SoS2 myself, so that at least is fine.
Other than that I've never heard of any conflicts like this. This is a pretty smple, pure-XML mod so there usually isn't much in the way of difficult troubleshooting usually.

does this conflict with SoS2, RimNauts or Universum? I recently added those 3 and suddenly my smelters can't locate stockpiled coal or iron

Found a workaround with XML editing, but thought I'd mention there's an incompatibility with https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2859334065 . That mod adds some new chunk types that can't be used by your mod and that's all I had on my map.

Possibly also noticing incompatibility with the metals version of Expanded Materials, because it adds a type of charcoal I can't use. Hasn't been much of an issue so far though, because I can also create the kind I do need.

set it up manually in the quarry mod

Is there a patch for this and the quarry mod? When using the quarry you get steel, not iron.

I can't find any coal in a mountain in a new game. It also won't allow me to use or refuel the bloomery if I have wood logs.

Coal just generates around the same abundance as iron lumps, found in mountains/hills or via deep drilling. Of course, ore generation is only for newly generated maps so it won't work mid-save. You can sue Mid-saver Saver to retroactively generate coal though, in the event you added this mod mid-save.

do coal even generate on the map ? i seem i can only craft coal out of wood

wher do i find coal

Ah well, not help for it I guess.

Sorry, brain fart I meant to say Iron INSTEAD of steel.

I tend to use your mod along other mods that has me consuming steel much faster then I am able to acquire it, and I've completely tabbed most of the iron on my map along with coal and trees.

Ah, well no not really. Those buildings just have set costs, they don't have a selectable material.

Sorry, brain fart I meant to say Iron INSTEAD of steel.

Not sure what you mean, they all use steel instead of iron. Nothing is made of iron except for a few stuffables where you can select the material.

Would it be possible to change some vanilla recipes that use iron to use steel instead?
For example windmills and such?

okay, thanks :)

If you remove it, the only real consequence would be the coal disappearing. Could leave a few holes in the mountain.

can I remove the mod even though I have a saved game??

yea.. of corse.. but i use Rimfactory and Vanilla Ex. Mechanoids .. and im not sure, if i can implimentate this mod, in there

The regular vanilla smelter also works btw, it's like the faster industrial version.

Nice Mod Idea, but when u play with much mods ( reeeeeally big steal consumption ) the small furnace is annoying.. maybe if you could tie it into automated processes like rimfactory

but nice idea for primitiv players :)

Thanks dude

There's this: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461634904

Is there any way to stop coal from being used for refueling, I kept producing large amounts to make steel and I'd look back 10 seconds later and it'd all be gone lol

No idea there boss. I been using the electronic smelter just fine for uhhh years now. It's a pretty old and relatively stable mod lol. Check your bill settings and area restrictions etc

update:the bills from the Bloomery can still be used normally,though please fix the smelter fast.Your mod is amazing.Thanks

Also i'm using the bundled coal

There seems to be a some sort of bugs with the steelmaking bill from the electric smelter.I have both the coal and the steel but when it try to force a pawn to do it in the smelter,it said the bill is missing coal and steel

Can I request that the mandatory coal requirement for the electric smelter be removed? Make coal optional.

Not a bug, it's just what steel is. It's the mixing of iron and carbon (coal in this case, though in some industries the use charcoal or other carbon alternatives).