Assemblers could implement `heat_buffer` to output Heat via Heat Pipe?

[adamwong246]

It would be nice to have assemblers output heat as reactors do. https://wiki.factorio.com/Heat_pipe says this is not _currently_ possible. Investigations show that it's not possible to create an assembler with heat_buffer nor output heat via a heat-pipe from an assembler.

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local assemblingMachineEntity = table.deepcopy(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-1"])
assemblingMachineEntity.item = "hot-garbage-assembling-machine"
assemblingMachineEntity.name = "hot-garbage-assembling-machine"
assemblingMachineEntity.heat_buffer =
{
  max_temperature = 100,
  specific_heat = "1MJ",
  max_transfer = "10MW",
  connections =
  {
    {
      position = {0, 0},
      direction = defines.direction.north
    .....
}

I would very much like more chances to use heat-pipes. I've been reading about their flow mechanics and it's something that would be fun to play with outside reactors and heat exchangers. For instance, what if every assembler create small amounts of waste-heat, too cold to be useful but which still needs to be channelled away from your machines?

[Xorimuth]

Have you seen https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Fantario ? It does something kind of similar, but you have to heat the assemblers instead of cooling them down

[adamwong246]

Yeah, I'm aware you can input heat into a assembler. But I want to output heat from assembler.

[Rseding91]

Sorry but this isn't going to be implemented. The only two entity types that generate heat are "reactor", "heat-interface". Making other entities able to generate heat is the same as making them able to generate any power form (electric, burner, fluid, heat) and is outside the scope of what the "assembling-machine" entity type is meant to do.

[Xorimuth]

You could probably make a 'composite entity' using scripting that listened for anytime someone places an assembler and places a heat interface as well? It would cost UPS, but it is quite common in modding.