something about metals

[dallion]

Geranelly, there are 3 points of metals

1. The difference between various type metals is small even ignorable.

2. The low-level machine cannot use refined metals.

3. For most machines, they should be able to be constructed by most type of metals but there should be a difference.

Here is some idea for these, For a big battery :

1. I can construct it with either non-refined metals like copper ore, iron ore or refined metals like copper, iron.   

2. With non-refined metals, copper ore battery is will lose less energy than iron ore battery per second, while iron ore has more hitpoint then copper ore`s,  the gold series may increase it limit a little.

3. With same metal, non-refined will has less positive and more negative attributes, for example, battery energy base lose rate is 1J/s, copper is good at conduct, so copper ore decrease it to 0.5J/s, and refined copper is 0.25J/s, copper ore is low purity so it will generate heat 20J/s while refined copper is 10J/s

4. And we can also use low-quality metals for construct machines, for low technique machine non-refined metals may be ok, but there is no bonus, for high technique machine, if we construct it wich non-refined metals there should be a some navigate on it, such as cost more time to finish the work, consumes more power, even decrease the product amount.

There are some points for positives and negatives:

1. Energy loses or consumes rate.

2. Hitpoint.

3. Lower or higher overheat temperature.

4. Work Efficient.

5. Product amount or quality.

6. Specialists-requirement.

7. Minimum attribute requirement.

 

 

Also, one type of metal is comprehensive should be terrible, for now, steel is the most expensive metal, a steel big battery may + 200C overheat temperature, but it will generate more heat and lose more energy per second

At last, this is a great game, I love it!

[Sasza22]

+1 for more differences between metals. As for now it`s just saving copper for exosuits, iron for steel, gold amalgam for high heat pumps and wolframite for arilocks near volcanoes.

Refined metals don`t ahve any difference aside of melting point. I`d be nice if that was changed a bit.

[Alfons100]

I agree. Perhaps Mercury you aquire from space which produces less heat if you manage to keep it above melting range?

[darekadareka]

YAH. Some factors like thermal conductivity, a metal tile made of gold and one of tungsten have a small difference. Many things else to talk likes we can't use refined metal to build raw metal stuff, weird.