Steel burns on Rimworld?

[Shurp]

Does anyone else find this a little odd?  What is the atmosphere of Rimworld composed of, fluorine?

(I don't know whether or not to report this as a bug...)

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[DariusWolfe]

It is not a bug, as it's intended behavior.

I'm not sure how much I agree with it, since we all know that jet fuel can't melt steel beams, but you also can't mine steel right out of raw rock, either, so it's just one of those things you accept.

[RemingtonRyder]

Well, maybe a modder can model how steel buildings react to fire. It's a bit beyond me, to be honest.

[Shurp]

Perhaps we should rename it magnesium instead of steel?

(Ooooo, magnesium miniguns.  Watch what happens when *those* overheat!)

[Mossy piglet]

Perhaps we should rename it magnesium instead of steel?

(Ooooo, magnesium miniguns.  Watch what happens when *those* overheat!)

Yes, magnesium is flammable, but it is actually safe and very, very, very hard to ignite when in large structures. (e.g. car parts)

[Mutineer]

Did you ever did chemistry? Steel DOES burn.

[Naeem]

Perhaps we should rename it magnesium instead of steel?

(Ooooo, magnesium miniguns.  Watch what happens when *those* overheat!)

I like your sense of humor.

[Shurp]

Did you ever did chemistry? Steel DOES burn.

My iron skillet on the range as never caught fire.  Sure, you can ignite steel wool fairly easily, but this was a steel *wall* on fire.  Yowza.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Did you ever did chemistry? Steel DOES burn.

My iron skillet on the range as never caught fire.  Sure, you can ignite steel wool fairly easily, but this was a steel *wall* on fire.  Yowza.

When it comes down to it, it is all for better game play. You can always mod that if you really need it changed.

[Shurp]

Well, it's just unexpected.  We know wood walls are going to burn and sandstone walls aren't.  On ice sheet play I often use my initial steel for walls, and all my doors are steel.  It never occurred to me that they would be flammable. 

I assume it is a coding issue -- that there is no way to keep windmills flammable yet make steel walls fireproof.

[Mossy piglet]

Did you ever did chemistry? Steel DOES burn.

Did you ever do grammar?

[milon]

It is not a bug, as it's intended behavior.

I'm not sure how much I agree with it, since we all know that jet fuel can't melt steel beams, but you also can't mine steel right out of raw rock, either, so it's just one of those things you accept.

What you are mining is compacted steel - debris leftover from prior civilizations, ship impacts, etc.

Besides, if steel didn't burn, wood and plasteel would be the only flammables. I think. Stone and uranium (??) don't burn. Not sure about silver, gold, or jade.

[Havan_IronOak]

Steel burns all the time on Earth... course it's a slow burn that most folks just call rust 

Personally, I just think of in-game steel burning as being cut through. Acetylene torch style.

I'm always fighting the urge to drag steel ore inside so it won't degrade(rust)

[Andy_Dandy]

Steel burns all the time on Earth... course it's a slow burn that most folks just call rust 

Personally, I just think of in-game steel burning as being cut through. Acetylene torch style.

I'm always fighting the urge to drag steel ore inside so it won't degrade(rust)

I'd love to see steel ore rust when not stored inside. If Tynan don't make it so, why don't modders do such things? Mods seems to be mostly for making the game easier, not more about hard choices and priorities sadly.

[Mossy piglet]

Um, steel rusting is just the iron in steel reacting with oxygen in the air to make iron oxide (rust), so there is no reason steel would not rust inside.

Unless you mean to say there is no oxygen inside...