Cooking a specific dye recipe

[zerassar]

Hey All,

Having issues where the dye recipe I have matches multiple different recipes. As a result i get a whole bunch of different dyes as well as the intended recipe.

Much wasted resources later i barely have any of the chosen colour.

Is there a way to actually tell the industrial cooker exactly what I want to craft, rather than let it auto produce when turned on.

[Vesuvius]

https://ark.gamepedia.com/Dye#Table_of_Dyes .. there are tips in here

[Valkyrie]

I didn't think that was possible until I read through the tips Vesuvious just linked. Just a case of which is more valuable to you, time, or resources.

Also if you're on SP or unofficial there are some mods that have their own versions of a 'paint mixer' of sorts. They work more like a crafting bench with the ingredients, minus the water.
Advanced rafts is one, Eco's RP decor also has one. However these are big mods that add a lot more than just 'ease of paint making'.

[zerassar]

I had truly hoped there was something more to it than trying to use exacting amounts of the resources. Would be nice to drop in a bulk quantity to cook and come back to find it finished.

Be good if they made the cooker the same as the fabricator/chemistry bench. Allow you to select from the list of built in recipes and tell it exactly what to produce.

Yeh on our unofficial we run S+ so additional mods are possible.