The purpose of this guide is to provide objective insight into the changes of the update and how to fix one’s stuff.
What the Update Changes / Adds
All credit goes to Winterflux !
So the update adds compression of gasses and fluids. there is also the space DLC stuff but that is not the focus.
Enclosed compartments are subject to being filled with air mixture at spawn so it is one atmosphere when spawned in. You can see how much gas is in a space using the new Gas Meter they added.
There is a fun caveat about this though and this “feature” has existed prior to the update, all gasses/fluids weigh exactly the same which means diesel will weight the same as water per liter, this effects gasses aswell which means if you pump air into a tank then every liter of air will be a kilogram in weight and it does not affect buoyancy so a enclosed space will likely not float thanks to the weight of the air. I have not done sufficient testing though so this is subject to being violently wrong
I believe that the system that fills a space with air does not take into account what the a fluid spawner does, or if it does then it is very ineffective as a space with water spawned in it and filled to 100% will still have the amount of air that would make it one atmosphere with the water which results in the space being violently pressurized and also contaminated if you are willing. there is also no option to control the air that spawns in a space so no gas spawner so if you wanted your boat to float, you would likely need a pump to extract all the air inside it to a vacuum to get rid of all that weight.
Previous tests before the update also yielded the information that fluids inside an enclosed space weigh 42% heavier than in a default fluid tank which is incredibly funny as that makes no sense at all.
Hopefully this information is of some use but overall this update is undesirable to creators at the least.
My opinions on the update and the game because why not.
I want to start this section by saying that I quite love the game for its mechanics but it doesn’t feel as if the developers show any sign of caring for the community. if they do then they are not doing the best at communicating to the community but communication would be highly desired as people are quite unhappy about it I think. [citation needed]
The new mechanics added are intriguing but the sheer amount of things they caused to break makes one ask if they tested this enough. It would of been atleast nice for an experimental branch so creators could test the waters and give feedback of what is wrong but that was not the case as far as I know.
I want the best for this game as it is very unique for what is is but the direction it is heading is questionable.
Gas spawns in cooling loops too. All my piping doesn`t work at all, also exhaust disappeared. Steam pistons witout load make tiny rps, then launch to -10. From interesting nuclear reactor make steam when heats above 100 degrees, and capable of monstrous pressures, but you cannot use it besause all othes gases clog turbines.