CO2 alarm and pump

[bman3639]

So some ships that are built into the game have a CO2 system that is just a pump that shoots all the atmosphere into space. The CO2 keeps rising but all the other gas is rapidly getting dumped. I ran a test on the katydid ship that's set up this way and it'll just run right out of O2 before it even effects the CO2 levels. Is this a bug.

[Xzystance:TTV]

That pump is just a standard pump and doesn't discriminate between what gasses it pulls or expels. I honestly find its more effective to install a vent on a wall leading out side, that way if i have to dump gasses from my cabin, i can just open the vent rather than wait forever for a crappy pump.

[sir Evans]

There should be CO2 gas can under the outlet on the other side, in such setup pump should collect mostly CO2

[Xzystance:TTV]

the can type doesn't matter, the pump pulls all gasses indiscriminately and puts them into what ever can is connected to the pump. If you want to to get rid of only Co2, you need a Co2 scrubber with a can attatched to it.

[bman3639]

Ended up installing an auto vent came back here and saw your comment definitely the way to go

[madpraxis]

Yea, they got it already. The type of pump and the type of can doesn't mean a thing.

As it is, it takes some serious effort to raise the CO2 to 'oops' levels, and with how cheap gas is I've never considered the scrubber, honestly. Not to mention as the total value of gases rise, the % of O2 drops, so if its set up with an O2 pump, it tries to balance things out. More pressure, yaaaaar.

Honestly, the only times I've ever dealt with CO2 getting to 'oops' levels, I've just vented the whole ship right before docking. And, if not near a station with atmo, I've just installed a second heater (or two) and let things re-pressurize... Extra heaters cause, damn, space is cold, and it takes a bit to normalize temp compared to pumping atmo back in.