Ingot molds drop bars out of the bottom on their own

Bars no longer get thrown up into the furnace, and F is no longer needed to
collect them. Blocked bars wait in the trough; the short stub stays for the
next firing; F is optional upkeep (clean, chip slag, rake).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/ui/events.js

@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ function drainEvents() {
       if (m && !['bit1', 'bit2', 'bit3', 'tank'].includes(m.id)) { showCard({ kind: 'Milestone', title: m.title, body: [m.msg, m.reward], accent: 'milestone' }); playSfx('milestone'); }
     } else if (e.t === 'cast_ready') {
       const metal = MD[e.metal] ? MD[e.metal].name : 'Metal';
-      const body = e.kind === 'ingot' ? `${e.bars} ${e.bars === 1 ? 'bar' : 'bars'} worth has set. Press F on the mold to knock ${e.bars === 1 ? 'it' : 'them'} out.` : `The ${e.kind} casting has set. Press F on the mold to knock it out.`;
-      showCard({ kind: 'Casting ready', title: `${metal} ${e.kind === 'ingot' ? 'ingot' : e.kind}`, swatch: e.metal > 0 ? e.metal : 0, body: [body], accent: 'milestone' });
+      const body = `The ${e.kind} casting has set. Press F on the mold to knock it out.`;
+      showCard({ kind: 'Casting ready', title: `${metal} ${e.kind}`, swatch: e.metal > 0 ? e.metal : 0, body: [body], accent: 'milestone' });
       playSfx('cast');
+    } else if (e.t === 'ingot_drop') {
+      const metal = MD[e.metal] ? MD[e.metal].name : 'Metal', body = `${e.bars} ${barWord(e.metal, e.bars)} dropped out of the mold.`;
+      if (e.first) showCard({ kind: 'Casting', title: e.metal === GLASS ? 'Glass bricks' : `${metal} bars`, swatch: e.metal, body: [body], accent: 'milestone' });
+      else toast(body);
+    } else if (e.t === 'ingot_blocked') {
+      toast('Bars are ready in a mold but there is no room under it. Leave one open block under the mold: bars drop out of the bottom.');
     } else if (e.t === 'upgrade') {
       playSfx('upgrade'); if (SET.shake) R.shake = 1.4;
       showCard({ kind: e.kind === 'bit' ? 'Drill bit upgraded' : 'Bag upgraded', title: e.kind === 'bit' ? BIT_TIERS[e.tier].name : TANK_TIERS[e.tier].name, accent: 'milestone',

src/ui/info.js

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function hoverInfo(ax, ay) {
   const mo = moldAt(ax, ay);
   if (mo) {
     t1 = MOLDS[mo.kind].name;
-    t2 = [mo.state === 'ready' ? (mo.kind === 'ingot' ? `${mo.ready.length} ${mo.ready.length === 1 ? 'bar' : 'bars'} set · press F` : `${MD[mo.metal].name} casting set · press F`) : mo.state === 'flawed' || mo.state === 'short' ? mo.flaw : mo.state === 'filling' ? `filling ${Math.round(mo.fill * 100)}%` : 'empty'];
+    t2 = [mo.state === 'ready' ? (mo.kind === 'ingot' ? `${mo.ready.length} ${mo.ready.length === 1 ? 'bar' : 'bars'} set · leave space below` : `${MD[mo.metal].name} casting set · press F`) : mo.state === 'flawed' || mo.state === 'short' ? mo.flaw : mo.state === 'filling' ? `filling ${Math.round(mo.fill * 100)}%` : 'empty'];
     if (player.lens) t2.push(fmtT(temp[i]));
   }
   const reachOk = toolId() === 'drill' ? inDrillReach(ax, ay, GAME.drillW) : inReach(ax, ay);

src/ui/notebook.js

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function controlsHtml() {
   2. With the Vacuum, click on coal to suck up only coal, then the copper ore, rubble and clay you want.<br>
   3. Build (3) a chamber of stone wall blocks with a one-block vent in the roof, a floor of clay Grates, and an Ingot mold right under the grates. The notebook's Blueprints tab has this as a starter design.<br>
   4. Tick coal and copper ore in your bag and pick Ticked mix (Q/E, or click it at the bottom of the bag). Fly inside (the bot passes through what you build) and right click to blow an even mix onto the grates: about 50 of each. (Ore first and coal on top works too; coal buried under ore will not light.) Light a coal grain on top with the Igniter.<br>
-  5. When the ingot sets, press F on the mold and vacuum up the bars. That also rakes the slag and ash off the grate, so the furnace is ready for the next charge. Scrap goes to your bag: throw it in with the next charge.<br>
+  5. When the ingot sets, bars drop out of the bottom of the mold onto whatever is under it. Leave one open block under it: a belt below that carries them off, or vacuum them up. Leftover metal stays for the next firing. F on the mold is optional: it cleans the trough, chips off slag and rakes the furnace grate. Scrap goes to your bag: throw it in with the next charge.<br>
   6. Blow the bars into the trade dock: they sell the moment they drop through its grate, and bars pay far more than ore. Watch the Market page for orders that pay double. Money buys belts, screw tubes and fans; pay down the claim there too.<br>
   7. From there: deeper ores (tin, zinc, silver, gold), alloys, fans for hotter fires, iron and steel.</p>
 `;