BoilerPrototype

A boiler. It heats fluid and optionally outputs it as a different fluid.

Parent

• EntityWithOwnerPrototype

Properties

pictures

• Type: BoilerPictureSet
• Optional: true
• Override: false

energy_source

• Type: EnergySource
• Optional: false
• Override: false

fluid_box

• Type: FluidBox
• Optional: false
• Override: false

The input fluid box.

If mode is "heat-fluid-inside", the fluid is heated up directly in this fluidbox.

output_fluid_box

• Type: FluidBox
• Optional: false
• Override: false

The output fluid box.

If mode is "output-to-separate-pipe" and this has a filter, the heated input fluid is converted to the output fluid that is set in the filter. The conversion ratio is based on the heat capacity of the fluids: output_fluid_amount = input_fluid_amount * (output_fluid_heat_capacity / input_fluid_heat_capacity)

If mode is "heat-fluid-inside", this fluidbox is unused.

energy_consumption

• Type: Energy
• Optional: false
• Override: false

burning_cooldown

• Type: uint16
• Optional: false
• Override: false

Controls for how many ticks the boiler will show the fire and fire_glow after the energy source runs out of energy.

Note that fire and fire_glow alpha is set to the light intensity of the energy source, so 0 light intensity means the fire is invisible. For burner energy sources, the light intensity will reach zero rather quickly after the boiler runs out of fuel, effectively capping the time that fire and fire_glow will be shown after the boiler runs out of fuel.

target_temperature

• Type: float
• Optional: true
• Override: false

Only loaded, and mandatory if mode is "output-to-separate-pipe". This is the temperature that the input fluid must reach to be moved to the output fluid box.

fire_glow_flicker_enabled

• Type: boolean
• Optional: true
• Override: false

If this is set to false, fire_glow alpha is always 1 instead of being controlled by the light intensity of the energy source.

fire_flicker_enabled

• Type: boolean
• Optional: true
• Override: false

If this is set to false, fire alpha is always 1 instead of being controlled by the light intensity of the energy source.

mode

• Type: "heat-fluid-inside" | "output-to-separate-pipe"
• Optional: true
• Override: false

In the "output-to-separate-pipe" mode, fluid is transferred from the fluid_box to the output_fluid_box when enough energy is available to heat the input fluid to the target_temperature. Setting a filter on the output_fluid_box means that instead of the heated input fluid getting moved to the output, it is converted to the filtered fluid in a ratio based on the heat capacity of the fluids: output_fluid_amount = input_fluid_amount * (output_fluid_heat_capacity / input_fluid_heat_capacity)

In the "heat-fluid-inside" mode, fluid in the fluid_box is continuously heated from the input temperature up to its FluidPrototype::max_temperature.