How to keep warm on self made base on winter ?

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

For some reason its always cold inside ? I have no "hole" in my house, all wood walls are lv3, all tiled, the 2nd floor also has 100% floor coverage [ does this count as a roof ? ], all doors are closed, curtains, basically what a home is

I also have a connected generator and surround myself with 300 degree celcius stove but its somwhoe still freezing ? even with full insulation equips

currently i ned to use a car's heater to warm myself and cant even sleep on my base because of the freezing stuff

[Larus]

How close to the heat source are you? It should heat you up even if you're out in the open, assuming you're close enough.

Hypothermia also dosen't kill you, it just reduces your health to 1 at worst. But you can catch a cold as a result.

[Bender24k]

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[VANGUARD]

A bit of my observations:
I've built a tiny wooden attachment for my base (the base itself came with the map).
The wooden walls are either level one or two.
Inside the attachment I can run a generator without my character taking damage.
When the wind blows my character loses the negative moodle when entering the attachment.
The same happens with the cold moodle.

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[GarfieldCultist]

the building system is still wonky and sometimes you have to engage in building workarounds for player made structures to register as interior locations. Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge will be able to elaborate, since it's something I gave up on myself.

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

Originally posted by Larus:

How close to the heat source are you? It should heat you up even if you're out in the open, assuming you're close enough.

Hypothermia also dosen't kill you, it just reduces your health to 1 at worst. But you can catch a cold as a result.

i basically steal 3 industrial, place them in U shape, and sleep in the middle, but its still 3 red arrows down while getting into the car instantly gives 3 upward green arrow

does my wetness status affect this ? somehow im always drenched maybe because i have a nasty cold, a nervous wreck, and and bitten on the neck ? [ clothes are dry tho ]

[Samtaro]

You can light an antique stove inside your base if you can find one. Or use a campfire although this is risky. Just try to wrap up with all the warmest clothing I guess.

[Larus]

Originally posted by OG.UA SAPUTRA:

i basically steal 3 industrial, place them in U shape, and sleep in the middle, but its still 3 red arrows down while getting into the car instantly gives 3 upward green arrow

does my wetness status affect this ? somehow im always drenched maybe because i have a nasty cold, a nervous wreck, and and bitten on the neck ? [ clothes are dry tho ]

Not all heat sources are equal. The heat an electric oven radiates is marginal at best. Most people probably use an antique oven. You can find one in log cabines and rarely in warehouses. Campfires also work indoors (somehow does the CO and CO2 from them not kill you) but be careful not to step into them. Plus surrounding tiles might catch fire ;)

If it's a player build house also make sure its recognized as a room. You can tell by the change of lighting when stepping inside. If not, check if your roof is ok or demolish and rebuild a wall, that usually helps. Rooms with stais inside can be extra wonky and can require some extra tinkering.

[quothz]

Originally posted by Larus:

Not all heat sources are equal. The heat an electric oven radiates is marginal at best. Most people probably use an antique oven.

For what it's worth, a red BBQ is identical to an antique oven for heat. The only difference is the oven won't start a fire if you leave burning food inside.

Also, to the OP: Yes, wetness is a bigger factor in staying warm than the actual temperature is. It's possible to get chilly in 70-degree weather if you're soaked for a while while sitting still.

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

Originally posted by Larus:

Originally posted by OG.UA SAPUTRA:

i basically steal 3 industrial, place them in U shape, and sleep in the middle, but its still 3 red arrows down while getting into the car instantly gives 3 upward green arrow

does my wetness status affect this ? somehow im always drenched maybe because i have a nasty cold, a nervous wreck, and and bitten on the neck ? [ clothes are dry tho ]

Not all heat sources are equal. The heat an electric oven radiates is marginal at best. Most people probably use an antique oven. You can find one in log cabines and rarely in warehouses. Campfires also work indoors (somehow does the CO and CO2 from them not kill you) but be careful not to step into them. Plus surrounding tiles might catch fire ;)

If it's a player build house also make sure its recognized as a room. You can tell by the change of lighting when stepping inside. If not, check if your roof is ok or demolish and rebuild a wall, that usually helps. Rooms with stais inside can be extra wonky and can require some extra tinkering.

thi is where im consfused, is there any wooden "roof" ? i just use wooden floor as a "roof" dunno if it counts, i may use a metal roof if its necesarry tho

and second I do have satirs, hmm maybe this is why it isnt considered "inside", i will need to test this

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

Originally posted by Deklend:

the building system is still wonky and sometimes you have to engage in building workarounds for player made structures to register as interior locations. Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge will be able to elaborate, since it's something I gave up on myself.

yeah this is my primary suspicion, that my house isnt recognized as "inside" and instead a bunch of stuff huddled together

[yzeass]

Do you by chance have an open corner? Sometimes the game fails to recognize a building as being 'enclosed' because one of the corners is open. You can fix this by building that wooden post in the corner. You can see where you need these posts when you see a corner that has a little visible area. Sometimes when you build a corner the game needs these posts to complete the corner.

If you enter your building and you cannot see the inside walls then this is an indicator the system thinks you are still outside / the building is not completely enclosed.

I have come across some instances where no matter what I do I cannot make the game think a room is finished and enclosed and it treats the room as being outside even though all of the walls and corners are complete and the room has a complete roof. This usually happens when I am trying to add a room onto an existing structure. In some cases destroying the original outside wall and rebuilding it fixes this issue.

[Lera]

Antique Ovens for the win.

[Mr C.Folt Scruff]

ok just one question did you build any pillar?

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by quothz:

Originally posted by Larus:

Not all heat sources are equal. The heat an electric oven radiates is marginal at best. Most people probably use an antique oven.

For what it's worth, a red BBQ is identical to an antique oven for heat. The only difference is the oven won't start a fire if you leave burning food inside.

Also, to the OP: Yes, wetness is a bigger factor in staying warm than the actual temperature is. It's possible to get chilly in 70-degree weather if you're soaked for a while while sitting still.

Actually the red BBQ is not identical to an antique oven for a heat. Unless they changed it in the last patch. It is identical only that it works the same way regarding food heating.
But if you want to keep your character warm, currently the 100% reliant sources are campfire and antique oven. Nothing else.
Antique oven has quite a good tile range as well. (Keeping the temperature over freezing and just enough for growing food working. About like 9 tiles or so.)
The best option is to build a second floor (since it is a self built house), have a few rooms in it, and one having and open side, where you build an extension for your not ground level farm.
This way you can sleep within the one wall missing room on a bed, while the antique stove keeps both you and your farm warm.

Oh yeah, and industrial stove does not really offer any warmth, nor does electrical oven.

[OG.UA SAPUTRA]

Originally posted by Mr Scruff:

ok just one question did you build any pillar?

no, and it seems to be the case, as the above commenter has said that it is needed and the wiki alo says it is neede to seal a room

guess you learn something everyday