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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0006027Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Smeltingpublic2012-06-15 09:112014-11-03 03:08
ReporterQuietust Assigned Touser6 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
Product Version0.34.11 
Summary0006027: Melting weapons/armor/etc. yields too much metal
DescriptionCurrently, melting any weapon, trap component, tool, or armor (of any type) returns 3/10 of the item's MATERIAL_SIZE worth of bars. For items whose MATERIAL_SIZE is a multiple of 3, this amounts to a 90% yield, but for other values greater than 3 this goes over 100%:
* Chain leggings cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.5 bars (150% yield)
* Shields cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Battle axes and picks cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Spiked balls and serrated discs cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Giant axe blades, enormous corkscrews, and menacing spikes cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.5 bars (150% yield)

For gloves and shoes, this is worse because they are produced in pairs:
* Gauntlets cost 0.5 bars each (1 bar per pair) but melt down to 0.6 bars (1.2 per pair)
* High boots cost 0.5 bars each (1 bar per pair) but melt down to 0.6 bars (1.2 per pair)
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related to 0006026 confirmeduser6 Melting coins creates too much metal 
has duplicate 0006049 resolveduser1294 Producing gauntlet and melting it recovers 120% of used metal 
related to 0011187 acknowledgedLoci Fort Value going into the negatives? 

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Quietust

2012-06-15 09:14

reporter   ~0023020

Last edited: 2014-01-24 11:57

 This behavior seems to have been introduced in version 0.34.06 - in all prior versions, melt yields did not vary based on MATERIAL_SIZE at all.

See also 0006026 for a different (and much older) problem related to melting other types of items.

user6

2014-09-15 16:30

  ~0030205

Confirmed in 0.40.12: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=143580.msg5662138#msg5662138

jonadab

2014-11-03 03:08

reporter   ~0030853

Perhaps the correct fix is that metal forges should consume partial bars (i.e., consume one bar more and retain leftover fractions in much the same way a smelter retains fractions when a full bar has not been produced yet).

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2012-06-15 09:11 Quietust New Issue
2012-06-15 09:14 Quietust Note Added: 0023020
2012-06-15 13:52 user6 Relationship added related to 0006026
2012-06-16 07:51 Quietust Note Edited: 0023020
2012-06-23 01:49 user1294 Relationship added has duplicate 0006049
2014-01-24 11:57 Quietust Note Edited: 0023020
2014-09-15 16:30 user6 Assigned To => user6
2014-09-15 16:30 user6 Status new => confirmed
2014-09-15 16:30 user6 Note Added: 0030205
2014-11-03 03:08 jonadab Note Added: 0030853
2019-12-11 13:59 Loci Relationship added related to 0011187