Okay, I went back to the version I was using before upgrading (6.08.01) and checked and you’re right, that screen never existed. Not sure why I thought it did.
That being said, I think it would be a good idea to have something like it, so I think I’ll turn this into a suggestion thread.
Here’s why I think something like this would be useful:
- Consistency with the other burning boxes which have screens like this (fluidized bed burning boxes and liquid / gas burning boxes).
- As a way of documenting (through NEI) the burning box method of producing ashes and dark ashes, as well the type and number of ash items produced by burning something in a burning box
- This would help to highlight the differences in GU value and ash production between solid fuel burning boxes and fluidized bed burning boxes (e.g. by looking up usages for peat, a fuel which works in either box, flipping through the NEI recipe lists would make it immediately obvious that peat works better in a fluidized burning box).
- Having NEI calculate Burning Box GU values for you would be faster and less error-prone (yes, as you mentioned before it’s just a simple multiplication by 5000, but it’s still slow and there’s always the chance that you miscalculate it, e.g. by pressing the wrong button on your calculator or something similar). It also enables you to quickly browse the full list of burning box fuels and compare their values with one another which might help you decide on an ideal fuel type to use in your burning boxes quicker.