Newbie question: Converting items (playing with quantity)

[ytszazu]

For this mod:

28_OreRefiningMod.zip

The goal here was to convert one item to another (like the thinker)

So, for these formulas; the item on the left will convert (which need number of items as middle number) to the item on the right.

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<StaticData>
		<CustomWork>
			(
				(&itPteracniumOre;		1	&itPteracniumFuelRod;)
				(&itUraniumOre;			1	&itCrystallineUranium;)
				(&itHeliumRegolith;		1	&itHeliumAssembly;)
				(&itHelium3FuelRod;		5	&itHeliumAssembly;)
				(&itQuantumVacuum;		2	&itHadronVacuumFuelCell;)
				(&itXenotiteOre;		1	&itXenotiteFuelRod;)
				(&itHyperonicOre;		5	&itLongzhuSphere;)
				(&itHadronArcheolith;		1	&itHadronVacuumFuelCell;)
				(&itChronimiumGas;		5	&itHadronVacuumFuelCell;)
							

			)


							; Enable/disable actions
							(scrEnableAction gScreen 0 (and gMatch (geq (plyGetCredits gPlayer) gCost)))
							)
					</Initialize>

					<Actions>
						<Action name="Proceed" default="1" key="P">
							(if (and gMatch (geq (plyGetCredits gPlayer) gCost))
								(block Nil
									(scrRemoveItem gScreen gMaxCount)
									(plyCharge gPlayer gCost)
									(objAddItem gPlayerShip (itmCreate (item gMatch 2) gCount))

									(scrShowPane gScreen 'Done)
									)
								)
						</Action>

						<Action name="Cancel" cancel="1" key="C">
							<ShowPane pane="Default"/>
						</Action>

					</Actions>

				</UseItem>

				<Done

My question is: How to do it the reverse way?

Example, convert one item on the left to 5 items on the right (as opposed to 5 items on the left to one item on the right).

Thanks to digdug for the mod.

New here, hope I didn't break any rules.

Regards,

ZAZU

[ShaunWilkinson]

could you simply reverse the code?

put the items on the right to the left and vice versa then adjust values as required?

[shanejfilomena]

could you simply reverse the code?

put the items on the right to the left and vice versa then adjust values as required?

Correct, I have made several Tinker stations in the start while exploring how things work :
you take the items you want to be converted ( left ) with a number to qualify ( middle ) ans the item you want ( right )

If you have ore and want MAGs : ore ( # ) MAG ( you would only get 1 for the qualifying numbers so if you want to convert to something that goes fast you might lower the qualify number to justify the expense, like "ore 1 MAG")

it looks mystical but it is actually the simplest code in the entire game ( which is probably why most of us starting out get fascinated by it being so straight forward )

[ShaunWilkinson]

just out of curiousity, how would you go about say converting 2 items into 1 of another item?

would it be 0.5 as the value or would you go into negatives to solve the problem?

[shanejfilomena]

just out of curiousity, how would you go about say converting 2 items into 1 of another item?

would it be 0.5 as the value or would you go into negatives to solve the problem?

As far as I know you require whole numbers.
I have once upon a tinker set it up to take ore to fuel then take that fuel in another option to convert it to something else:
ore 5 fuel
fuel 5 candy

[sdw195]

the best way to do this is to modify the functions that it uses to work with a new setup
eg

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( &itore;  1  &fuel; 5) ===  1 ore will make 5 fuel 

then make some code that reads that and does the converting for you.

i would make it, but i am busy/lazy atm

[digdug]

ohhh, somebody interested in a 4 years old mod
It's far from being balanced but I made it when i was newbie

so, yeah, sdw195 is right and his solution is probably the easiest to implement on George's code.