Add the ability to use meteoric iron in cementation furnaces

[StCatharines]

As the title says, I was surprised that I could only use plain iron in the cementation furnace to make steel. Just a thought!

[LadyWYT]

I like the idea, but it seems an awful lot of work to go to just to get plain old steel, especially when meteoric iron is so pretty. I'm not sure that giving it a shorter cook time makes any sense either, as meteoric iron apparently has less carbon than standard. Maybe it could produce "meteoric steel" instead, which functions the same as normal steel but has a different color? I suppose you could throw in a tiny bit more durability as well, if just having a really pretty color isn't enough.

[StCatharines]

1 hour ago, LadyWYT said:

Maybe it could produce "meteoric steel" instead, which functions the same as normal steel but has a different color?

Well, now. I never thought of that, and I like your idea far more than mine!

I just somehow always seem to end up with tons of meteoric iron and not enough regular iron without intending to, which is what led me to my suggestion. But meteoric steel? I'm picturing something cooler and bluer:

 versus the original 

Which would look like this in-game:

[LadyWYT]

I don't know about the dark blue flecks, but I do like that bright white tone! You could probably make the accent colors on the armor that dark blue-gray though, in order to better distinguish it from the meteoric sets.

[StCatharines]

Now you have me wondering how hard it would be to implement making meteoric steel using the existing cementation mechanics. I'll have to dig around and see what I can understand of the code later. Thanks for the idea, this would be a much more entertaining use of meteoric iron than making plain old steel! 

[LadyWYT]

12 minutes ago, StCatharines said:

Now you have me wondering how hard it would be to implement making meteoric steel using the existing cementation mechanics. I'll have to dig around and see what I can understand of the code later. Thanks for the idea, this would be a much more entertaining use of meteoric iron than making plain old steel! 

My pleasure! I'm guessing it probably wouldn't be too hard to mod, since all you really need to do is copy/paste the data for steel, and then tweak the textures and durability/tier values(if you're inclined to change them) for the items.