I don’t really understand the reasoning behind being able to make a lump of steel out of whatever size scrap metal, or a chunk of steel out of rebar and scrap, but requiring me to butcher a bunch of chunks of steel into scrap metal to make sheets seems a bit unwieldy(It bothers me at least).
Look, these recipes are calling for a specific amount of metal, but when a lump is specifically asked for it should be possible to use the smaller grades as well.
[table]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Scrap metal[/td]
[td]Chunk of steel[/td]
[td]lump of steel[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Scrap metal[/td]
[td] 1[/td]
[td] 1/3[/td]
[td]1/12[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]chunk of steel [/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]1][/td]
[td]4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]lump of steel[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[td]3[/td]
[td]1[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
The recipes requiring one kind or another should be amended to allow for interchangeability(or a requirement to produce more if you only have one variety available).
I’m not sure if this was a decision based on realism or not, but it seems like varying the amount of metal required (or the amount of product produced) would more realistic.