Goon Ores can't be processed

[Cairo283]

If you, somehow, find yourself with the rare goon ores. (Cerenkite spawns in that one TEG space vault) it cannot be smelted in the ore processor. It'll just sit in there, and if you deconstruct the machine to try and get it out it just gets deleted.
I'm pretty sure this is because whoever added the ores in the first place didn't actually add the refined versions, so only the raw ore exists. (Not that goon actually has refined versions of said ores, but their materials system is vastly different than ours so we'd need refined versions to actually use them)

[Eneocho]

This is because goon ores are not "ores", it's largely just a pretty rock.
There was an attempt at making them composite ores #25660 that got refined/recycled into compounded mixtures, like Mauxite refining into iron and bananium, Molitz refining into glass and telecrystal, etc, but it got closed cause conflicts/Kurf stopped tinkering with it so it got abandoned.

[SECBATON-GRIFFON]

i don't see why they're just not removed from the game already, their entire existence feels long severed from any original purpose that i know of.

[Eneocho]

i don't see why they're just not removed from the game already, their entire existence feels long severed from any original purpose that i know of.

they haven't been removed due to a critical case of "what if someone wants to use them????"
we REALLY should retry kurf's composite ores PR and remove them already

[DeityLink]

I kinda like that they're around. They're neat little oddities to collect for players, and they leave the opportunity for someone to decide that they want to learn to code just to grant them proper use.

[Eneocho]

I kinda like that they're around. They're neat little oddities to collect for players, and they leave the opportunity for someone to decide that they want to learn to code just to grant them proper use.

That's the thing. They've been around for a decade "just in case" and they have seen zero use. At the very least Kurf's composite ores PR gave them a use and debloated RnD.

[SECBATON-GRIFFON]

ok, having a look at the goon wiki right now
mauxite = iron
corbyl = silver
molitz = glass
cerenkite = uranium
the rest are all oddly specific things that could use looking into, sadly porting their specific stuff and purposes can't be done because of goon licensing but their functions are here if anyone wants to look:
https://wiki.ss13.co/Guide_to_Mining#Ore
update: digged further, it's worse than i thought... goofcode
#1224.

[DeityLink]

porting

not coding brand new ideas

But that's half the fun of making games!