Combine Machines

Lets you merge multiple copies of the same machine into a single copy that can process items faster, to save space on your farm.

For example, combining 2 furnaces creates a single furnace that can process 197% materials at a time (Not quite 200% since there is a small penalty applied for each quantity that you combine, although this penalty can be edited in the config.json file). You can continue adding furnaces to it to make it even stronger.

This helps reduce clutter and the need to devote large sections of your farm to a bunch of the same machine. I also found it annoying to collect my outputs from several machines in a row.

• []Open your inventory (machines must be combined from within your inventory, NOT while they are already placed on the ground!)

  []Click a machine to select it

  []Click another copy of the same machine while holding down

  CTRL

  to combine them

  []You can also split the machine back to its original state by placing it on a tile, then hitting it with a pickaxe to "un-place" it

  All types of machines can be combined - furnaces, bee houses, worm bins, mayonnaise machines, kegs etc.

  In the above example, I combine 4 furnaces into 1. This gives it 382% processing power, so when I insert ore into it, it will take roughly 53. 82=19 ore. When it's done processing, I'll receive either 4 copper bars (82% chance) or 3 copper bars (18% chance) (This means I'll still average 3. 82 bars per processing cycle). By hitting it with a pickaxe to un-place it, it gets split back into 4 separate furnaces.

  Additional notes:

  []Automate: If using the Automate mod, consider setting the ProcessingMode in your config.json file to "IncreaseSpeed". If you set it to "MultiplyItems", you will receive multiplied outputs but your inputs won't be multiplied due to technical limitations. (This mod is only able to detect and respond to when inputs are inserted into machines through vanilla game functions, not when it occurs due to Automate)

  []Crab Pots: If ProcessingMode is set to "MultiplyItems", a combined crab pot won't take extra bait due to technical limitations, but you'll still receive extra outputs. If ProcessingMode is set to "IncreaseSpeed", then the crab pot will process items between 6:00am and 12:00am (18-hour day cycle, so you aren't expected to stay up extra late to collect outputs). If your combined crab pot has, for example, 360% processing power, then it would attempt to produce new ouputs once every 18. 0/3. 6=5. 0 hours (300 minute intveral). Meaning it would check if it should produce an item at 6:00am (start of day), 11:00am (6+5), 4:00pm (6:+52), and 9:00pm (6+53).

  []EDIT: in game version 1. 6, Crab Po