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I actually didn't know about not dying of thirst below 35 degrees. I understand the why this wouldn't be a good idea. Thanks for the input

I find it extremely annoying when I spawn by an ocean. There's usually no food or fresh water and you die of thirst and hunger way too often. Then seaweed was introduced as a food item! This made oceans and beaches more enjoyable. But I still died of thrist often. If seaweed refilled your thirst bar as well as your hunger bar, it would make up for the low yield and difficult harvesting. The way I see it, you use seaweed as an early source of water or as a last resort. As I said earlier, I died way too many times from spawining near an ocean without water. Adding seaweed as a source of water would would make spawning near the ocean much more enjoyable!

Wow this is actually a great idea. It adds some foods that could easily be made, and it fits the theme of TFC perfectly.

Guys I think you're over complicating things a bit. It doesn't need to be so realistic that it's more of a hassle than it is helpful. The process should be somewhat realistic but not so much that is tedious. That's just my opinion though.

Charcoal calorific value: ~4 MJ/Nm^3

Coke calorific value ~3 MJ/Nm^3

 

Not only does charcoal produce more heat than coke, it is also more reactive than coke (when comparing reactions at the same temperature). Increasing the reaction temperature increases the reaction rate

 

Coke blast furnaces are operated at higher temperatures than charcoal ones. This is because the charcoal is more reactive than coke, so the temperature of the coke furnaces is higher to increase the rate of the reaction to compensate for that difference.

 

They raise the blast furnace temperature by adding more blast air to the coke furnace (adding more oxygen). This causes the coke to combust at higher rates

Ok I admit I was wrong. I don't want to cause any argument. One thing we can agree on is that coal coke should be added. It is the superior fuel for the forge. Good day sir

You sure on this? Because I know some people who have done it.

Actually I was talking about real life. Why do you think the Iron Age came later down the line in history? People knew about Iron. In fact, it's the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust. I may be a little wrong in saying that you can't smelt it with charcoal, but you certainly can't get it to a liquid state since Iron's melting point is 1500°(A necessary step for making steel.) For that you would need a different fuel: Coal coke. Charcoal just doesn't get hot enough. I may be wrong and I'm sorry if I am so please don't hesitate to tell me.

Actually I just did some research and it turns out coal coke burns hotter. This is because it is very porous which allows more airflow. More airflow means a hotter fire. This is the same principle behind the bellows. It too adds air to the fire, making it hotter. Although you are right about charcoal being able to smelt iron. They have found crude iron artifacts before the invention of bellows or coal coke. It can happen just not as easily or efficiently.

Oops. I just realized that this has been suggested recently. I guess I'll leave it up for now.

  Ancient civilizations knew that iron could be used for tools, but they had trouble getting the fire hot enough. The solution was bellows, only you couldn't make the iron liquid, just workable. (This mod has bellows and I think that's great!) That led to the iron age in 1500 B.C.E. But the steel age came a few centuries later. That's when a black smith came up with coal coke, a coal derivative. It burns much hotter and longer than normal coal or charcoal. To obtain it, you need a coke furnace. It could be made out of the already existing fire clay. Basically you put bituminous coal in the furnace with coke (a mineral) and light it. There are other specific steps, but it would make it more tedious than necessary. As a by product you also get creosote oil which wouldn't really have a use in this mod so I wouldn't bother with it.  Also, there is absolutely no way to smelt iron with charcoal. It burns too fast and doesn't get nearly hot enough, even with bellows. Coal coke should be something necessary to enter the iron age. The only things charcoal could possibly smelt alone are the ingredients for bronze. I hope you understand what I'm saying, I can ramble a bit. I know this has been suggested once, but I feel that he didn't get his point across. I'm not sure he really knew what coal coke actually was. I think he just wanted it because another mod had it. (I think) Anyways, I've rambled enough. Peace