Now it happened again. Another new user got confused that the oil well is suddenly in a cloud of natural gas. The problem is that there is no mentioning of natural gas in the UI. This is because apparently the OilWellCap component lacks an UI. However the UI mentions the contents of the ElementConverter.
The solution is surprisingly simple. Set oilWellCap.addGasRate to 0 and add SimHashes.Methane to the ElementConverter's output.
The gameplay result is the same. The min temperature is higher than the water's boiling temperature, hence it's still a fixed temperature. The rate is the same. Both components work at the same time. OilWellCap still vent gas the same way and it stops both components when the max pressure has been reached. There is nothing in OilWellCap which requires the component to produce the gas itself. It just checks Storage for gas contents.
I tested this with a proof of concept mod and it looks fine to me.
The only difference is that the gas is now in the UI and new players should no longer be surprised.
Look at the oil well database page. Notice the lack of any mentioning of natural gas.
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