This new block is the cornerstone of this mod. The meltcaster is a new block that accepts fuel and input items and then melts them down into other objects. The inputs allowed and their corresponding outputs are configurable and dictated by the mod configuration file.

Variants

The meltcaster can be constructed with a variety of metals for decorative effect and a speed bonus.

Variant	Materials	Speed Modifier	Notes
	3x Copper Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	1x
	3x Tin Bronze Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	1.2x
	3x Black Bronze Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	1.2x
	3x Bismuth Bronze Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	1.2x
	3x Iron Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	1.5x
	3x Steel Plate 2x Lead Plate 1x Iron Plate 1x Rusty Gear	2x
	1x Steel Meltcaster	2x	Alternate aesthetic for steel meltcasters

Recipes are identical for all variants with the three aesthetic plates being swapped for the variant material.

We've built a custom interface for the Meltcaster based a bit on the firepit interface. This GUI consists of a fuel slot, input slot, and four output slots. The burning and progress indicators behave identically to the firepit.

Input slots are heated until reaching the Meltcast Temperature for the input item in its Meltcast Recipe. All output slots are try to heat to the meltcast temperature as well, the success of that heating is dependent on the output items.

If the inventory slots fill up the Meltcaster will first attempt to place it's output in a container directly below the meltcaster if present, after which it will then drop the items on the ground.

Recipes can be stored directly in the config file's meltcastrecipes array or in individual json files in ModConfig/meltcaster/recipes directory. We recommend the latter.

Recipes stored in individual files should be placed inside square brackets (a json array) so the mod can easily parse either single or multiple recipes from a single file.

Recipe files take the format of an item stack input, temperature, time, and a list of custom object outputs that contain an item stack and output chance 

Simple Recipe:

[
    {
        input: { code: "game:metal-parts", type: "block", stacksize: 1 },
        meltcasttemp: 1200,
        meltcasttime: 60,
        output: [
            { code: "game:gear-rusty", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.01 },
            { code: "game:gear-temporal", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.02 },
        ],
    },
]

Complex Recipe:

Group outputs have an overall chance, and then each group item has it's relative pick chance within the group.

For example, if a group has an overall chance of 0.5, containgin three items that have chances of 1, 0.5, and 0.2. Then when the meltcaster creates outputs it will have a 50% chance to generate an item from that group and within that group the first item has a weight of 1, second has a weight of 0.5, and third has a weight of 0.2. A weighted roll is then taken of the group items to determine which is created. For more information on weighted rolling algorithm check here: https://dev.to/jacktt/understanding-the-weighted-random-algorithm-581p

[
    {
        input: { code: "game:metal-scraps", type: "block", stacksize: 1 },
        meltcasttemp: 1200,
        meltcasttime: 60,
        output: [
            {
                code: "meltcaster:g-metal-bits",
                stacksize: 1,
                chance: 1,
                grouprollinterval: 16,
                group: [
                    { code: "game:metalbit-copper", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 1 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-tinbronze", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.7 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-bismuthbronze", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.6 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-blackbronze", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.5 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-iron", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.5 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-steel", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.4 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-nickel", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.3 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-lead", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.3 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-zinc", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.3 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-bismuth", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.3 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-molybdochalkos", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.3 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-cupronickel", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.2 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-brass", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.2 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-chromium", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.2 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-silver", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.2 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-leadsolder", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.2 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-silversolder", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.1 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-meteoriciron", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.1 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-gold", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.1 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-electrum", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.05 },
                    { code: "game:metalbit-titanium", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.05 },
                ],
            },
            { code: "game:gear-rusty", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.05 },
            { code: "game:gear-temporal", type: "item", stacksize: 1, chance: 0.01 },
        ],
    }
]

Example default config as of version 1.0.1

{
    recipesPath: "meltcaster/recipes",
    meltcastRecipes: [],
}