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Please, I really need help. I don't even know what modifications I need to make to make the reaction work. So far, I've added state names for the powder forms of all the basic metals in inorganic_metal.txt, as well as to METAL_TEMPLATE in material_template_default.txt. Metal powder apparently doesn't fall under POWDER_MISC, and obviously doesn't fall under POWDER_DYE. So far, all I've managed to do is make non-material powder, and turn, for instance, a malachite into two malachites (not iron powders) stuffed into a bag.

EDIT: While I'm at it...would I need to create a separate reaction for pulverizing each individual kind of ore, or can I make a single reaction that will work with any metal ore?
EDIT2: Considering that some ores have multiple kinds of metal that could come out, I'm guessing I'd need a separate reaction for each ore.
EDIT3: Thanks for not answering me. No, seriously, thank you! I actually figured it out on my own--I DO need to use separate reactions for each ore, and the material falls under POWDER_MISC:NONE:METAL:<metal>.

Could you please post the reaction? I want to see how you did it. I tried POWDER_MISC:NONE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:ore:NONE, but that just resulted in regular, non-metal powder.

EDIT: I'm tempted to try this:
[PRODUCT:100:2:METAL_ORE:GET_MATERIAL_FROM_REAGENT:ore:METAL_MAT][PRODUCT_POWDER]EDIT2: Didn't work...I'm out of ideas.

Yeah, but Gypsum has an entry under POWDER_MISC. I plan on making it so that a crafty dwarf can essentially double their metal output by pulverizing one ore into two powders, and smelt each powder into an ingot.

Since millstones are attached to power sources, perhaps they can be made multifunctional by adding a battery charger to it (basically just adding a "charge battery" reaction to the millstone...maybe even hand-power them with the quern, as well)?

Now, I'm no good at modding, but thanks to the IndustrialCraft mod of Minecraft, I've thought up a few ideas that would utilize power more...

1. Batteries, battery rechargers, and electric workshops/tools. Workshops that would normally use fuel can use units of power stored in a battery instead, and dead batteries can be left in a charging station to recharge. I'm thinking, maybe, one month to recharge each battery? This would be good for people who just find it way too complicated to bring magma up from the magma sea for a magma-powered workshop. Additionally, a new electric workshop could be used to make ore dust out of ores--two dust for each one ore--and each ore dust can be smelted into bars, effectively doubling the metal turnout. Finally, electric tools such as mining drills and chainsaws would use batteries to do the jobs of tools such as picks and axes much, much faster.

2. Same for electric workshops on the first suggestion, but instead of electric power and batteries, simply workshops that use mechanical energy for power. For instance, attach a waterwheel to the side of a forge directly over a river, and voila, no fuel necessary!

3. Power coils! These work like Tesla coils in that they can transmit power wirelessly (or in this case, axlelessly) through the air in a spherical pattern over a certain distance (even through walls!) to a receiver. A repeater can be created by attaching a receiver within range of a powered coil to another coil, essentially extending the range. Good for if you don't want a bunch of axles everywhere, but need to transmit power across a long distance.

How hard would some/all of these things be to mod into the game?

I guess the only way to do it, then, is to lock doors or assign the mason to the burrow, if they go after the materials closest to them at the time, rather than the materials closest to the workshop, because I checked very carefully, and there is ~absolutely~ no material closer to the workshop than the stockpile with the chosen stone, z-levels also considered. Thanks.