Airlock Pressure Bug

[AdderTude]

I'm a little concerned about the pressurization of the airlock after cutting out parts of the wall to keep it depressurized. When activating the control to close the doors, the game still treats it like a breached room and the airlock still blows out. I don't think the airlock should pressurize to begin with if the room is already open to space.

[Mace]

The airlock is it's own entity, you need to reopen the doors after depressurizing the main compartment. Pressure also isn't fully simulated so if the scanner says it's pressurized, that's how it will act.

[AdderTude]

Originally posted by Aurion:

The airlock is it's own entity, you need to reopen the doors after depressurizing the main compartment. Pressure also isn't fully simulated so if the scanner says it's pressurized, that's how it will act.

I know that. I experimented by closing the airlock doors after cutting a chunk of the interior doorway out and I still had a blowout as if the airlock went to the pressurized state first before I breached the room in any way.

[Kedoch]

To expand slightly, in the case of mackrels: If you enter via the airlock and then depressurize the cabin, the airlock doors automatically close and remain pressurized. You'll need to cycle the airlock one last time which opens them to space (and completes the depressurization of the vessel).

Having said that, the airlock/door/atmo. regulators seem inconsistent/illogical to me (as I've reported elsewhere) and could use some refinement as early access progresses.

[AdderTude]

Originally posted by Kedoch:

To expand slightly, in the case of mackrels: If you enter via the airlock and then depressurize the cabin, the airlock doors automatically close and remain pressurized. You'll need to cycle the airlock one last time which opens them to space (and completes the depressurization of the vessel).

Allow me to elaborate a bit more: I had already removed most of the ceiling and floor panels off the Mackerel when I started to cut out bits of the interior airlock wall (I hate how the doors are open when you throw them into Processing). The ship was already open to space, so I figured the airlock would still be depressurized if I closed the doors with the room open to space via the panels I sliced out. The airlock still pressurized and treated the open hole like the room just got breached before blowing out. My issue is that the airlock technically shouldn't pressurize to begin with if a good chunk of the airlock is open to space when the doors close.

[Mace]

Originally posted by AdderTude:

I know that. I experimented by closing the airlock doors after cutting a chunk of the interior doorway out and I still had a blowout as if the airlock went to the pressurized state first before I breached the room in any way.

So there's a hole in the side of the airlock itself and it will repressurize when you close the doors?

[AdderTude]

Originally posted by Aurion:

Originally posted by AdderTude:

I know that. I experimented by closing the airlock doors after cutting a chunk of the interior doorway out and I still had a blowout as if the airlock went to the pressurized state first before I breached the room in any way.

So there's a hole in the side of the airlock itself and it will repressurize when you close the doors?

Correct. I removed the entire bottom side of the panels off of the interior wall before closing the doors. The airlock still pressurized and immediately blew out.