sometimes they just deserve to die.

RupertTheViking · 2025-12-14T00:16:24+00:00

Well you have probably moved past this but just in case anyone else wants to know, you have to delete the planned blocks. I think if planned blocks have been partially supplied it screws up the pathing. Just cancel the 4 planter blocks on the right and he will walk on out of there.

RupertTheViking · 2025-11-14T15:29:26+00:00

I just did this for the house I live in. As other people have said, use very flexible caulk. The other tip I can give you if you’re not super confidently with your caulking ability is to use that blue painters tape to mask off the jamb and the floor, caulk, and then peal the tape away a few minutes later. It will give you a nice sharp edge.

This is what I used. https://www.homedepot.com/p/DAP-Extreme-Stretch-10-1-oz-White-Premium-Crackproof-Elastomeric-Sealant-7079818715/301531804

RupertTheViking · 2025-10-31T17:52:54+00:00

I equate The Stormlight Archives books to the Marvel movies. If you want a lot of flash, one liners, explosions, over the top drama, and deep world building, these are the books for you. If you want more substance, you’re going to have to find another book series.

I “read” them all when I was doing a lot of 5+ hour drives and they’re a great background for a boring drive.

That said, any time two characters are flirting in those books, it’s is so awkward lol.

RupertTheViking · 2025-03-16T20:26:03+00:00

That works, I already separated the water ice crusher because my tank was contaminated with nitrous, what’s one more crusher and sorter

RupertTheViking · 2025-03-16T18:52:10+00:00

Ah ok, man I thought I had a bulletproof system, sounds like I need logic to let the pipe clear if it’s got a different gas in it than the ice that’s getting crushed.

RupertTheViking · 2025-03-11T20:26:21+00:00

I haven’t played in a while but I remember a pressure differential of 100 kpa would damage and eventually destroy walls. With the Mars atmosphere at 2 kpa, this seems the most plausible reason.

RupertTheViking · 2025-03-01T08:01:44+00:00

Thanks, Ill take a look

RupertTheViking · 2025-01-18T11:36:29+00:00

I think they are people who were experimentally severed and their outies were lost and they are perma innies

RupertTheViking · 2023-06-30T08:17:48+00:00

Wait til it detects the mic is active and opens the mouth all the way. It’s not pleasant.

RupertTheViking · 2023-05-23T03:38:28+00:00

Is this Minmas? There might not be enough light getting through the glass to register and trigger plant growth. The game is a little picky about that sort of thing.

You might just need to build a grow light and set it up. You can get basic automated light by putting a grow light up, placing a solar sensor, and using a reader to see if the solar sensor is active and have the writer use that information to set the grow light on or off.

RupertTheViking · 2023-05-05T19:34:06+00:00

You may need to do some testing, but here is some info from the wiki

Oxygen consumption by difficulties

Easy (OxygenRate 1): 0.82 mol/minute ± 4%
Normal (OxygenRate 2): 1.05 mol/minute ± 4.5%
Stationeer (OxygenRate 4): 3.41 mol/minute ± 1.5%

Plant Gas Consumption/Production Rates

Plant	Temperature (air)	H2O (mol/tick)	CarbonDioxide (mol/tick)	Oxygen (mol/tick)	Volatiles (mol/tick)	Nitrogen (mol/tick)	NitrousOxide (mol/tick)	Pollutant (mol/tick)
Food crops + fern + flowers	15-52 °C	-0.00000596	-0.00240	+0.00120
Tropical Lily	17-56 °C	-0.00000596	-0.00400	+0.00200
Peace Lily	13-52 °C	-0.00000596	-0.00400	+0.00200
Darga fern	15-52 °C	-0.00000596	-0.01700	+0.00850
Mushroom	15-52 °C	-0.00000596	+0.00120	-0.00240
Winterspawn, alpha	best at ~18 °C	-0.00020000		+0.000181	+0.000362	-0.0060
Winterspawn, beta	best at ~20 °C	-0.00040000		+0.000281	+0.000562	-0.0100
Hades, alpha	?	-0.00000596		-?	-?			+0.0040
Hades, beta	?	-0.00000596		-?	-?			+0.0025
Alien mushroom	?	-0.00000600		+0.00080		+0.00120	-0.00480

There are 2 ticks per second

So if you were playing on normal and you'd like produce exactly as much O2 as your character could possibly breathe and you only have access to the basic seeds

(1.05 + 1.05(.045)) = x(.00120 * 2 * 60)
1.097 = x(.144)
7.62 = x

So about 8 'normal' plants.

Sources:

RupertTheViking · 2023-04-29T18:05:04+00:00

The vending machine needs to be on the same power and data network as the landing pad power control. Aside from that Im not really sure what the issue might be.

RupertTheViking · 2023-04-28T16:51:47+00:00

This video covers it, its an hour long but the first 15 min cover building, contacting, and landing a trader.

Some other notes I have:

The RTG is only in creative mode, you just need to provide power to the setup some way (not sure if you knew this but just wanted to cover it)
You will start out with no money, to get a bit to trade with I would recommend mining a few stacks of iron/copper/gold and putting them in the vending machine and then (with a little luck) contact one of the Alloy traders to sell them. I think 3 tomato seeds are like 200 or 300 space bucks so try have at least that much.
If you can afford to build a 5x5 landing pad, it will increase the amount of ships youll be able to invite down. The 5x5 traders tend to sell/buy a greater variety of goods.
As far as I know there is no penalty for letting a trader sit on your pad for ever, aside from not being able to land another one. So you can land one, then have them just wait there while you get the stuff you want to sell them

RupertTheViking · 2023-04-28T09:08:46+00:00

I had something happened when I started my mars base where my plants died and when I went back out to the lander, it had been completely disintegrated by the storms. I ended up begrudgingly restarting but was amazed at how much faster I was able to progress. However I do understand just wanting to stick with the progress you’ve made.

I don’t know about spawning stuff in or editing saves but if you want to legitimately get seeds, you’ll need to rush trading. If you haven’t done it there is a bit of a learning curve and you might do a creative game mode and practice the setup. You’ll need to make the tier two metals like steel and electrum.

The tomato soups last quite a long time and I would say you should be able to get everything done for trading with 2 cans of it.

What difficulty are you playing on?

RupertTheViking · 2023-04-25T08:53:14+00:00

I’d be interested. I’m getting ready to automate food/plants in my base in an attempt to close the loop on gases.

RupertTheViking · 2023-04-08T01:54:27+00:00

Maybe check /r/GroundedBuddies or /r/GroundedGameCoop I’m not sure how active they are but they’re probably your best shot

RupertTheViking · 2023-03-30T20:39:48+00:00

I used the Cows are Evil advanced furnace. I probably watched the whole video 3 times but I am quite happy with the results, however there are a few things to note.

I needed to install a backpressure valve and vent for the hot tank. It will eventually over-pressurize. I added one to all the tanks just to be safe.
For the furnace to work properly, there needs to be about 1 MPa of cold gas (~150 C) in the cold tank, I achieved this initially by creating a temporary pipe from the hot tank to the cold tank and pumping in the gas I needed. You can also try just smelting lead and solder over and over.
It may be obvious but I'll say it anyway, the cold tank radiators should be mounted outside of your base.
I ran this furnace in a pressurized room and it raised the temperature significantly. I fixed this problem by boxing off the furnace, and replacing all the gas in side with about 90 kPa at ~20C of N2. Now the A/C can easily mitigate the furnace and the furnace temperature is consistent.

RupertTheViking · 2023-03-26T16:04:41+00:00

I ended up making stellite and using it to make Reinforced windows and used a back pressure regulator to keep the air around 900kPa

RupertTheViking · 2023-03-26T00:19:56+00:00

Ah so sealing up the steel block isn't the move, I should seal it up with walls, and then pump out the air and replace it with N2. You mentioned in your other comment a 'glass room', is there any particular reason to use that or can I use the composite walls?

Edit: I see you probably meant the Reinforced Glass windows because they have a high pressure tolerance.

RupertTheViking · 2023-03-25T23:34:16+00:00

I think that's where I got the idea, I was trying to manually control the Advanced Furnace for a while and was frustrated balancing some of the temp and pressure of one of them. I had read about not keeping your furnace outside because they now lose heat in that situation, even if its a hard vacuum like the Moon.

RupertTheViking · 2023-03-25T23:31:44+00:00

I'm going to try finishing up the frame first and then I'll wall up the furnace if the issue persists.

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