Can't light forge

[Leth 1]

Hey there, sorry If i'm doing something obviously wrong.....

 

I've managed to gather charcoal by creating a fire pit and have created (what I think is) a valid forge + chimney, when I attempt to light it however it doesn't work (see screenshots provided). Also it's worth noting that the fire starter doesn't loose durability so I'm guessing I've messed up the ventilation somehow...

 

Imgur Gallery of Set-up

 

As far as I can tell my design follows a similar structure to the bottom left example in the wiki picture.

 

Sorry if this isn't the place to post this sort of stuff.

[hoseja 23]

Try to block the second block above the forge. It might be that the chimney can only curve single block above the forge and you're confusing the pathing.

 

I am probably wrong.

 

Are all the blocks around the forge stone?

[theubie 19]

Other the the block below the forge being possible dirt, I don't see anything wrong with your setup at first glance.

[EstebanLB 183]

hoseja is right, the curving can only be at the next block above the forge, you have 2 blocks of air, you can only have one, two can be horizontally, not vertically

Edit: also take note of this:

The Forge like the fire pit benefits from having air above it in a 3x2x3 area.

[theubie 19]

Not true.  I just replicated his setup in creative and it lit fine as long as the bottom (and sides that we can't see, as well) were stone of some kind.  Leaving any of those as dirt would make it do what he was saying it does.

[EstebanLB 183]

Not true.  I just replicated his setup in creative and it lit fine as long as the bottom (and sides that we can't see, as well) were stone of some kind.  Leaving any of those as dirt would make it do what he was saying it does.

can you upload screens of your setup?

[theubie 19]

Sure.  Not as elaborate as his setup, but the forge chimney path is the same:

 

Front of building:  http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.11.png

Back of building: http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.17.png

Top of building: http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.34.png

Inside: http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.46.png

Up the chimney:  http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.51.png

Charcoal in:  http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.47.58.png

Lit forge:  http://infinitepossibilitygames.com/demos/screenshots/2014-05-27_09.48.02.png

[kaldskryke 27]

I would have agreed with Estaban, so I looked at the code for CheckSmokeStackValidity() again and I think I overlooked something the last time I posted about this, so hopefully this helps.

 

When the wiki says that the "bend" in the chimney must be immediately above the forge, it is not talking about a chimney made of solid blocks, it's talking about a path of air.

 

If the forge can't see the sky, then the code is looks for non-solid (ie air) blocks that can see the sky, but the positions it checks are 1 block higher than above the forge.

 

I tried to illustrate an example, hopefully this makes sense if you assume the green wool is actually an air block. imgur gallery

[EstebanLB 183]

Hm, didn't know that. Then I'm out of answers

[Peffern 94]

That should be working. As was said, unless one of the blocks adjacent to the charcoal is not stone/the pile isn't actually full (ghost block).