0006027: Melting weapons/armor/etc. yields too much metal

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0006027

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, Smelting

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2012-06-15 09:11

2014-11-03 03:08

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Quietust

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Footkerchief

Priority

normal

Severity

minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

Status

confirmed

Resolution

open

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Product Version

0.34.11

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0006027: Melting weapons/armor/etc. yields too much metal

Description

Currently, melting any weapon, trap component, tool, or armor (of any type) returns 3/10 of the item's MATERIAL_SIZE worth of bars. For items whose MATERIAL_SIZE is a multiple of 3, this amounts to a 90% yield, but for other values greater than 3 this goes over 100%:
* Chain leggings cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.5 bars (150% yield)
* Shields cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Battle axes and picks cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Spiked balls and serrated discs cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.2 bars (120% yield)
* Giant axe blades, enormous corkscrews, and menacing spikes cost 1 bar, but melt down to 1.5 bars (150% yield)

For gloves and shoes, this is worse because they are produced in pairs:
* Gauntlets cost 0.5 bars each (1 bar per pair) but melt down to 0.6 bars (1.2 per pair)
* High boots cost 0.5 bars each (1 bar per pair) but melt down to 0.6 bars (1.2 per pair)

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related to	0006026	confirmed	Footkerchief	Melting coins creates too much metal
has duplicate	0006049	resolved	Knight Otu	Producing gauntlet and melting it recovers 120% of used metal
related to	0011187	acknowledged	Loci	Fort Value going into the negatives?

Notes
(0023020) Quietust (reporter) 2012-06-15 09:14 edited on: 2014-01-24 11:57	This behavior seems to have been introduced in version 0.34.06 - in all prior versions, melt yields did not vary based on MATERIAL_SIZE at all. See also 0006026 for a different (and much older) problem related to melting other types of items.

(0030205) Footkerchief (manager) 2014-09-15 16:30	Confirmed in 0.40.12: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=143580.msg5662138#msg5662138 [^]

(0030853) jonadab (reporter) 2014-11-03 03:08	Perhaps the correct fix is that metal forges should consume partial bars (i.e., consume one bar more and retain leftover fractions in much the same way a smelter retains fractions when a full bar has not been produced yet).

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2012-06-15 09:11	Quietust	New Issue
2012-06-15 09:14	Quietust	Note Added: 0023020
2012-06-15 13:52	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0006026
2012-06-16 07:51	Quietust	Note Edited: 0023020	View Revisions
2012-06-23 01:49	Knight Otu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0006049
2014-01-24 11:57	Quietust	Note Edited: 0023020	View Revisions
2014-09-15 16:30	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief
2014-09-15 16:30	Footkerchief	Status	new => confirmed
2014-09-15 16:30	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0030205
2014-11-03 03:08	jonadab	Note Added: 0030853
2019-12-11 13:59	Loci	Relationship added	related to 0011187