Applied Smelting v0.2.0

This update turns Applied Smelting from a single-machine addon into a proper networked smelting system. Multiple ME Smelters can now share a work queue, fuel selection got a lot more flexible, and the terminal has been redesigned around a clearer, at-a-glance layout.

Multiple smelters, one queue

Connect more than one ME Smelter to your network and they'll automatically split up the work. Queue several recipes in the ME Smelting Terminal and your smelters will divide them up between themselves, working different recipes in parallel rather than all fighting over the same one. If an item runs out or a recipe hits its storage target, that machine picks up the next thing in the queue automatically — it won't sit idle while there's other work available.

Don't want a particular machine following the shared queue? Right-click an ME Smelter while holding a smeltable item to pin that recipe to it permanently. It'll keep working that one recipe on its own, ignoring the network queue, until you unpin it (right-click again with the same item).

Redesigned terminal

The terminal now shows your queue as a simple grid — one column per queued recipe, with an arrow pointing from what goes in to what comes out. Columns light up while that recipe is actively being smelted, so you can see at a glance which machines are doing what. No more digging through status text to figure out what's going on.

Queue capacity starts at 1 recipe and grows with Capacity Cards, up to 9 total. Slots you haven't unlocked yet are clearly darkened and explain what you need to unlock them if you hover over them.

Choose your fuel from anywhere

Fuel selection has its own tab now. Pick a fuel straight from your ME network storage, or grab one directly out of your own inventory or hotbar — whichever's easier. This works with any fuel your modpack adds, not just vanilla coal and friends.

Power your smelters your way

Each ME Smelter can now run in one of two modes:

Item Fuel — burns furnace fuel from your network, same as before. AE Power — skips physical fuel entirely and draws AE energy straight from your network to provide the heat. Switch between them per machine depending on what your base has more of.

More upgrade options ME Smelters now have 8 upgrade slots (up from 4), supporting:

Acceleration Cards — up to 16x smelting speed Energy Cards — cut power use by up to 40% Fuel Efficiency Cards — stretch furnace fuel duration up to 200% Capacity Cards — grow the shared network queue, up to 9 recipes Redstone Cards — only run the machine while it's getting a redstone signal

Also included

Storage targets: tell the network to stop smelting once you've got enough of something (a target of 0 means unlimited) Everything — queue contents, fuel choice, power mode, pinned recipes, upgrades, and targets — survives closing the interface, reloading the world, or restarting the game A fix for smelters occasionally hopping between queued recipes instead of sticking with one until it actually ran out or hit its target

Beta note

Applied Smelting is still in early beta. Back up important worlds before testing, and please report anything odd you run into — especially on larger, busier ME networks.