Tristan63 Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 It was fine on the Aurora when we had basically the whole round to mine, but now we have to factor in travel time and on top of that, a giant fucking insidious cycle time that takes forever unless you blow the lock with inflatables. I suggest adding 3 more air vents for a total of 6 in the mining pods airlock. I timed how long it takes to cycle out starting at 01:37 and ending at 01:45 for a grand spanking total of 8 bloody minutes spent cycling before you can mine.
Myazaki Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 Sounds like something weird is going on there, I timed it locally and it cycled in 3 minutes -- Obviously 3 minutes is still way too long though. Doubling the vents isn't an ideal solution. I've got some other ideas on how to solve it but I'm not sure which of those is best yet. You have a huge quantity of air in the airlock tank, you can safely Force Exterior all round and you'll be fine.
Tristan63 Posted May 2, 2022 Author Posted May 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Myazaki said: Sounds like something weird is going on there, I timed it locally and it cycled in 3 minutes -- Obviously 3 minutes is still way too long though. Doubling the vents isn't an ideal solution. I've got some other ideas on how to solve it but I'm not sure which of those is best yet. You have a huge quantity of air in the airlock tank, you can safely Force Exterior all round and you'll be fine. I really don't like doing this, especially since we could be taking a trip elsewhere after a visit, and doing this could add up. And from an RP perspective, why would a miner waste oxygen in such a manner unless absolutely necessary? But I think any solution would be better than the status quo at present.
Happy_Fox Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tristan63 said: I really don't like doing this, especially since we could be taking a trip elsewhere after a visit, and doing this could add up. And from an RP perspective, why would a miner waste oxygen in such a manner unless absolutely necessary? But I think any solution would be better than the status quo at present. Arguably that's (ICly) why there's so much extra air in that tank, because its meant to be capable of doing that. Also I have forced external airlocks on the mining shuttle over a dozen times in one shift and it hasn't ran out. There's a crazy amount of air in that tank, so just assume that's how its meant to be used.
WickedCybs Posted May 2, 2022 Posted May 2, 2022 Globally airlocks could use an increase to how fast they cycle yeah. It's a pretty memorable bit to any expedition people do due to how long it takes. Forcing them is the ideal right now but that's obviously not standard and you have to do it manually, so having it stay like that forever isn't a workable solution. Good to hear it's being worked on though.
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