how to add new templates for constructor

[skjadir3006]

hi. one quick question. i want to add more ores craftable from crushed stone to constructors.
looks like this in config.ecf.
{ Template Name: CobaltOre
BaseItem: true
OutputCount: 10
CraftTime: 5
Target: "SurvC,SmallC,HoverC,LargeC,AdvC"
{ Child Inputs
CrushedStone: 10
}
}
but ingame only ironore, copperore and siliconore shows in all constructors. are the templates hardcoded or is there a way to add new/more recipes to constructors.

[VulcanTourist]

Adding new recipes isn't allowed. This is Modding Lite, not full modding. A custom ECF file isn't given full reign. For instance, new objects also can't be defined, and if an object property is deleted then the game just reverts to the default definition for that property. Same for templates/recipes: in order to "remove" an ingredient it must be zeroed, not deleted, because otherwise the game just reverts to the default. Adding new ones isn't allowed; I've tried.

BTW, I also once tried exactly what it is that you're trying to do now; that is how I discovered the hard way that adding recipes/templates didn't work. My most recent attempt was trying to restore the craftability of epic weapons, which once were craftable; even that didn't work. Now I get a deluge of console warnings about those templates every time I start a game.

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Adding new recipes isn't allowed. This is Modding Lite, not full modding. A custom ECF file isn't given full reign. For instance, new objects also can't be defined, and if an object property is deleted then the game just reverts to the default definition for that property. Same for templates/recipes: in order to "remove" an ingredient it must be zeroed, not deleted, because otherwise the game just reverts to the default. Adding new ones isn't allowed; I've tried.

Isn't that the truth.

I've tried playing Space Engineers. While it is fun, I'm having a harder time learning what does what. Making a small base seems to be a chore, due to the large amount of steel plates needed just to make a simple block.