Fire being more useful

system · 2013-03-31T04:52:15.000Z

Fire doesn’t last any time at all, it burns out after some short number of turns.

1 (5-6 tiles of log) tree can burn my outside water heating and hot water powered indoor heating.

And this thing has blowers and water injectors and shit for max burnage.

Burning 5-6 trees everyday to keep warm is rather idiotic for any kind of wood or furnace.

DeepEnd · 2013-03-31T08:58:17.000Z

Without having slightest clue how its done now:

Breaking fire down to intensity (material being burned) and amount of fuel (how much is being burned, per material weight) could work. Log would be non-intensive but have huge supply of fuel due weight. Just reduce the weight of log periodically until is gone - so “fire” entity would feed on the weight of the stuff it burns down, the material dictates how intensive fire is aka. how much weight is consumed per cycle on fire.

Miloch · 2013-03-31T09:10:14.000Z

How fast and intense something burns depends on the item burning. Gasoline makes for a short intense burn. Logs would be longer, but generally require something else to start them (aka tinder). I feel this is mainly a refinement of the current system. Also think we should be able to construct chimneys out of rocks and something else (clay, mortar, cement). Most likely found in a hardware store, though clay is findable near a river… which are death on a stick with the current flyers near them.

system · 2013-03-31T15:34:07.000Z

One should also be able to dig water holes, but that is another thing.

But it really just needs to last longer, I don’t mind the flashpoint consuming all the logs and making a lasting fire.

But when it takes 20 logs and gives me 1 hour of burn I get pissed.