Types/FluidProductPrototype
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A fluid product definition, for example for a Prototype/Recipe. Its loading is triggered by the type of a Types/ProductPrototype being "fluid".
Mandatory properties
name
Type: Types/string
The name of a Prototype/Fluid.
Optional properties
probability
Type: Types/double
Default: 1
Value between 0 and 1, 0 for 0% chance and 1 for 100% chance.
amount
Type: Types/double
Cannot be < 0. If this is present, amount_min and amount_max are not loaded.
amount_min
Type: Types/MaterialAmountType
Mandatory if amount is not specified.
May not be < 0.
amount_max
Type: Types/MaterialAmountType
Mandatory if amount is not specified.
If set to a number that is less than amount_min, the game will use amount_min internally.
temperature
Type: Types/double
Sets the temperature of the fluid product.
catalyst_amount
Type: Types/double
Default: 0
Amount that should not be affected by productivity modules (not yielded from bonus production) and should not be included in the fluid production statistics.
If this FluidProductPrototype is used in a recipe, the catalyst amount is calculated automatically based on the ingredients and results.[1]
fluidbox_index
Type: Types/uint32
Default: 0 (no specific fluidbox)
Used to specify which fluidbox this product should use on the machine. It will only use this one fluidbox.