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Romegypt

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instant steel?
« on: August 01, 2014, 11:25:31 am »
Umm... I set up a metalsmiths forge and smelter and such, and made charcoal. Now I can make steel.

I don't even have iron revealed, and I didn't bring any, yet I can make steel out of it. Why?
I have a fully geared steel military now, yet I haven't dug out a single iron...
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Button

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Re: instant steel?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 11:29:34 am »
Have you had a caravan destroyed on your map? Could be they brought iron & pig iron with them, which then reverted to your ownership.
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Re: instant steel?
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 11:31:41 am »
1. I am in a untamed wilds

2. I literally set up the metalsmiths in spring (after carpenters and masons)

3. I could instantly make steel.
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« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 11:44:55 am »
What version are you playing?  Any mods?

What items did the dwarves bring to the smelter?  Where did the dwarves get those items?  How many steel bars were produced?  Were any items left over in the smelter,  other than the steel bars?
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« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 12:00:06 pm »
I'm jealous... None of my embarks in .40.X have had that.  :)
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« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 12:12:18 pm »
Well, the only thing to do is give the order and watch what they bring to the smelter.
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Romegypt

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« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2014, 12:33:26 pm »
That is the problem, I would que the job to be done, and it would instantly be done. I had fully geared dwarves in the first summer O_O
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Re: instant steel?
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2014, 12:36:37 pm »
Have you messed with the raws at all?
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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2014, 12:38:04 pm »
If it's not some strange variant of bug 6970 then I'd have to agree with Button.  It sounds like you've modified the steel-making reaction to have no reagents.

Note that installing graphics sets, or extracting one version of DF on top of another version, are very common ways of accidentally breaking the raws.
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Re: instant steel?
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 12:40:23 pm »
Does it still consume the coal?
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Romegypt

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« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2014, 03:08:27 pm »
Yeah, I still needed coal, It just acted like there was iron every where

The only thing I installed was phoebus, but that was through the lazy newb starter pack.
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2014, 03:59:50 pm »
Could you upload your save to DFFD and post a link here?
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« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2014, 06:26:07 pm »
I already abandoned the world... Is there a way to retrieve it?
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« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2014, 06:53:57 pm »
Quote from: Romegypt on August 01, 2014, 06:26:07 pm
I already abandoned the world... Is there a way to retrieve it?
No, but hopefully your next game will do it well.
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« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2014, 08:34:25 pm »
Quote from: Romegypt on August 01, 2014, 06:26:07 pm
I already abandoned the world... Is there a way to retrieve it?
Maybe go to save, properties, previous versions.

It works with minecraft and on the C:drive
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