[Solved] Using Specific Corpses as Ingredients

[4rfv2wsx]

Hello all! I'm doing a low-tech/medieval run and my mechanoid pile is growing quite large. The my inner hoarder won't let me toss a molotov and be done with them. Seems so wasteful... So I tossed together a little patch to the Medieval Times mod to let me melt them down.

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<RecipeDef>
   <defName>MT_SmeltMechanoid</defName>
   <label>smelt mechanoid</label>
   <description>Smelts a dead mechanoid into its component parts.</description>
   <jobString>Smelting mechanoid.</jobString>
   <workAmount>1200</workAmount>
   <workSpeedStat>ButcheryMechanoidSpeed</workSpeedStat>
   <workSkill>Crafting</workSkill>
   <efficiencyStat>ButcheryMechanoidEfficiency</efficiencyStat>
   <effectWorking>Smelt</effectWorking>
   <soundWorking>Recipe_Smelt</soundWorking>
   <ingredients>
      <li>
         <filter>
            <categories>
               <li>Corpses</li>
            </categories>
         </filter>
         <count>1</count>
      </li>
   </ingredients>
   <specialProducts>
      <li>Butchery</li>
   </specialProducts>
   <fixedIngredientFilter>
      <categories>
         <li>CorpsesMechanoid</li>
      </categories>
   </fixedIngredientFilter>
   <recipeUsers>
      <li>MedievalTimes_FueledSmelter</li>
   </recipeUsers>
</RecipeDef>


Nothing special, just a C&P hack of the machining bill. It works great, but there lies the problem for me. It seems a bit TOO efficient. A blacksmith tossing a robot into a kiln would yield metal, but operational components... not so much.

So I went to hard code some values in there instead of the butchery products (first mod, I didn't want to get too deep :-P). But I need to differentiate between Scythers and Centipedes as their yield amounts should obviously be different. So to my tiny amount of modding knowledge, I figure I'll just have two bills, one for each. But for the life of me, I couldn't script-kiddy my way to how do it. I peeked into a few other mods but no one seems to need anything more than the fixedIngredientFilter. Best I could come up with was:

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<ingredients>
   <li>
      <filter>
         <thingDefs>
            <li>Mechanoid_Centipede_Corpse</li>         
         </thingDefs>
      </filter>
      <count>1</count>
   </li>
</ingredients>

But no dice. The game loads (after a bit of trial and error) but the pawns don't see the corpses as possible ingredients for the bill. :-(

So I guess what I'm asking for is:
(TL;DR) What is the thingDef name for a corpse of a specific type, like a Centipede?

Edit: At Illusion Distort's request, I'm adding my solution to the OP:

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<ingredients>
   <li>
      <filter>
         <categories>
            <li>Corpses</li>
         </categories>
      </filter>
      <count>1</count>
   </li>
</ingredients>
<fixedIngredientFilter>
   <thingDefs>
      <li>Mechanoid_Centipede_Corpse</li>         
   </thingDefs>
</fixedIngredientFilter>

Maybe it will help someone else? :-)

[Illusion Distort]

Just edit the post so that you share your experience instead of making people read the entire thing and then get the plasp in the face "ops, just ignore everythin'".