Question: Lava cells disappear from Geothermal (Bug or desired behavior?)

  • Greetings. I hesitate to call this a bug in case it is desired behavior. Searched for 'lava cell' but did not find a thread with this subject.


    Lava cells placed in the bottom slot (ie, where the lava buckets go) of a geothermal generator do supply lava to the store. However, the cell seems to be consumed in the process.


    On the one hand, it would appear that this is in fact a bug, since the generator doesn't pop out an empty cell or place an empty cell.
    On the other hand, crafting a lava cell:
    1) Allows one to use only one bucket to get lots of lava.
    2) Allows one to stack those cells
    3) Only causes one to lose 1/4 of a tin ingot per use in this matter (4 tin ingots --> 16 cells)


    So it might be a bug, but it might also be a calculated use of tin.
    Does anyone know which it is?


    Thank you


    (if in fact a bug, I would be happy to repost in that forum, but didn't want to presume)