Recipes precise cost

[mrofa]

So i kinda was wondering if there is a way to set precise cost in recipes to resources like silver or uranium,so when i enter a cost of 10 silver in recipe, it will cost 10 silver and not my entire retierment fund.

[Shinzy]

hear hear!
this was bit of a bummer to my "Silverthread cloth" when I wanted balanced cost for it =P
1 silver equals 20
which is okay as the resource is really plentiful but it's still bit annoying not being able to set the precise cost you want

[unifex]

Afaik there's the "old" way and the "new" way (or what I call). The old way of using a RecipeDef still works i.e.

<ingredients>
         <li>
            <filter>
               <thingDefs>
                  <li>RawPotatoes</li>
               </thingDefs>
            </filter>
            <count>5</count>
         </li>
            <li>
                <filter>
                    <thingDefs>
                        <li>RawLeeks</li>
                    </thingDefs>
                </filter>
                <count>5</count>
            </li>
      </ingredients>

but I think with the new way of having the material defined in the Thing with stuffCategories and costStuffCount you can only specify the broad types and numbers. I prefer being able to specify it like the former too, but I see where its going with the latter. Kind of want both of those merged into one.

[Asero]

Agreed. It can become very confusing and give the appearance that mods based on precise numbers aren't working correctly. I downloaded a mod that asked for 5 gold for a recipe until I finally managed to figure out it actually needed 800 gold

Dumb question: Will the use of increased numbers (for example above > 10) in recipes possibly make any difference to counter this?

[mrofa]

Im not sure what is a point of this system, but its damn annoying thrugh, hopfully tynan will have some fallow up for it.

[unifex]

There's a volume calculation in there somewhere I think, so I suspect the volume of those goods is causing that.

[Igabod]

Ok I'm making a recipe for a cooked meal right now and just wanted to be sure I am understanding this correct. If I want to use 10 berries and 5 sugar and 1 olive oil I'd just have to make the ingredients portion look like this?

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<ingredients>
         <li>
            <filter>
               <thingDefs>
                  <li>RawBerries</li>
               </thingDefs>
            </filter>
            <count>10</count>
         </li>
            <li>
                <filter>
                    <thingDefs>
                        <li>RawSugarCane</li>
                    </thingDefs>
                </filter>
                <count>5</count>
            </li>
            <li>
                <filter>
                    <thingDefs>
                        <li>OliveOil</li>
                    </thingDefs>
                </filter>
                <count>1</count>
            </li>
      </ingredients>


And if that's correct, what would I put in the fixedIngredientFilter and defaultIngredientFilter portions? Or do I even need those parts with the specified ingredients? There is a lot of confusing stuff in the recipes...

[mrofa]

fixedIngredientFilter i needed, pawn then knows what list of resources they can use.
As for default ones im not sure they are not needed in the recipe def

[Igabod]

fixedIngredientFilter i needed, pawn then knows what list of resources they can use.
As for default ones im not sure they are not needed in the recipe def

Ok, so would I just need to make those sections identical to the first part minus the count?

[edit to add] Ok I got it working now. For anybody in the future that is interested, here is what the full XML for a Cherry Pie using multiple ingredients with specific amounts looks like.

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<RecipeDef>
<defName>CookPieCherry</defName>
<label>Cook Cherry Pie</label>
<description>Cooks a delicious cherry pie.</description>
<jobString>Cooking Cherry Pie.</jobString>
<workSpeedStat>CookSpeed</workSpeedStat>
<effectWorking>Cook</effectWorking>
    <soundWorking>Recipe_CookMeal</soundWorking>
    <allowMixingIngredients>true</allowMixingIngredients>
    <ingredients>
<li>
<filter>
<thingDefs>
<li>CherryFruit</li>
</thingDefs>
</filter>
<count>10</count>
</li>
<li>
<filter>
<thingDefs>
<li>RawSugarCane</li>
</thingDefs>
</filter>
<count>5</count>
</li>
<li>
<filter>
<thingDefs>
<li>OliveOil</li>
</thingDefs>
</filter>
<count>1</count>
</li>
</ingredients>
<products>
  <PieCherry>1</PieCherry>
</products>
<fixedIngredientFilter>
<thingDefs>
<li>CherryFruit</li>
<li>RawSugarCane</li>
<li>OliveOil</li>
</thingDefs>
</fixedIngredientFilter>
<defaultIngredientFilter>
<thingDefs>
<li>CherryFruit</li>
<li>RawSugarCane</li>
<li>OliveOil</li>
</thingDefs>
</defaultIngredientFilter>
<skillGains>
          <Cooking>100</Cooking>
</skillGains>
<recipeUsers>
  <li>CookStove</li>
</recipeUsers>
</RecipeDef>


[Rikiki]

There are 3 parts in the recipe:

• <ingredients>: fixes the needed ingredients (it can include specific ThingDef like "RawPotatoes" or categories like "RawMeat")
• <fixedIngredientFilter>: indicates the list of things the cook can take its ingredients from (usually the same as in <ingredients>)
• <defaultIngredientFilter>: filter used to automatically select or deselect some ingredients from the <fixedIngredientFilter> (is for example used to remove human meat from meal by default! )

I hope it is clearer.

[unifex]

There are 3 parts in the recipe:

• <ingredients>: fixes the needed ingredients (it can include specific ThingDef like "RawPotatoes" or categories like "RawMeat")
• <fixedIngredientFilter>: indicates the list of things the cook can take its ingredients from (usually the same as in <ingredients>)
• <defaultIngredientFilter>: filter used to automatically select or deselect some ingredients from the <fixedIngredientFilter> (is for example used to remove human meat from meal by default! )

I hope it is clearer.

Its a good summary, but I wonder when you'd need a different 'fixedIngredientFilter' to the actual 'ingredients' ie if my recipes needs A, B and C, why would I have a fixedIngredientFilter of D, E and F?