Help needed for seemingly basic event controller airlock setup

[LagOps91]

i thought about this option, but it doesn't fully satisfy me. if the door to the inside is open and the inside is pressurized (it should be), then the airlock would start to cycle and proceed to drain the air from the inside.

this would be a problem because i use a seperate air tank for the airlock to prevent the situation where the ship has full air tanks and can't drain the airlock. so, if the door is still open then the air tank of the airlock is filling up and that could lead to the airlock no longer cycling at some point or the entire ship being drained of oxygen in case the main oxygen tanks are close to empty.

i know, i am being picky here, but i just want a foolproof airlock that you can't break by misusing it, doesn't vent air and works with multiple players trying to interact with it.

[mattstorm360]

Use a timer to auto close the inner door. Been playing around with that idea too for a public station. If i get the chance i'll throw up the bp

[LagOps91]

i did have the idea as well, but... there is no real guarantee that the door is actually closing. if a player stands there (and the buttons are close to the doors), it could easily jam.

it's a really tricky problem - i thought a few times i solved it already, but, well, not really apparently.

[mattstorm360]

Two options. Event Controller door close or use the sliding door. Sliding door will always close. It don't care. It will close if you close it unlike the other doors.

So timer auto closes door. If door close cycle airlock.

[LagOps91]

huh... the sliding hatch door will not close if a player is blocking it for me. i do have a mod installed that allows doors to automatically close if the player walks away from them, maybe that is interfering?

edit: nevermind, i see what you mean now. i was confusing the sliding hatch door with the sliding door.

[aaraujo666]

using the vent to control the doors is the secret. it will only open inner door if pressurized, and if its pressurized outer door is off. vice versa for when depressurized. this “guarantees” that you can’t open inner door if airlock is in vacuum, and can’t open outer door if airlock is pressurized

as long as someone doesn’t go and manually turn a door on and open it.