I wasn’t able to double check on testing as the servers seem to be down but I think this spark should be consumed slower as compact peat. This is still a perfect solution if you must move your spark generator, or reclaim your build.
But if it is consumed as fast or faster than compact hard coal it allows us to upgrade fuel for free.
At the moment it’s quite a challenge to build a workshop. You have the 100 spark link length restriction that forces you to build compact and you have the 512 complex object restriction that forces you to build not too compact. And if you’re using peat for fuel you most likely want to add multiple 16 spark generators cluster because of limited durability. (16 generators can consume only 1 SS of peat before they break, to consume e.g. 5 SS you need 80 generators)
If this change goes live and if this spark is going to be consumed nearly instant here’s what I’m going to do.
Instead of trying to connect as many machines as possible to as many spark generator clusters as possible I’m going to hook up the machines to a spark line and add 1 generator to it.
Then I’ll build another room filled with spark generators that I use to convert fuel to spark. The spark can then later be added to the generators in the workshop at which ever machine I need.
If this change goes live it’ll just make the most optimal way to use spark the most annoying one. Can you maybe consider to implement this change too? Have spark just exist “in the beacon”?