Meltdown seems impossible

[Ebumbaya]

I have tried 2 or 3 different approaches to get to the meltdown-state and have failed so far. the very low percentage of people that have the achievements leads me to believe it might be impossible in this version. I know its not unrealistic to have a failsafe reactor but in a game like this I would expect it to play some role in the gameplay.

[Fletch]

I've only been playing for a few days, but would think switching all drains to open state would do it?

[meraco]

Originally posted by Ebumbaya:

the very low percentage of people that have the achievements leads me to believe it might be impossible in this version.

I guess if one's goal is to get all achievements, sure.

However, for me personally. I make every effort to not lose the core.

You know.. like running a plant safely. As in the premise of the simulation.

What I can tell you is, yes. you can definitely get a meltdown due to many factors.

- Never do maintenance
- Overfill the primary coolant loop
- pull the control rods out too much
- inadequate cooling flow
- forget a drain
- botch the shutdown for maintenance
- botch the startup procedure
- unexpected equipment failure

Just to name a few

[Ebumbaya]

Originally posted by meraco:

Originally posted by Ebumbaya:

the very low percentage of people that have the achievements leads me to believe it might be impossible in this version.

I guess if one's goal is to get all achievements, sure.

However, for me personally. I make every effort to not lose the core.

You know.. like running a plant safely. As in the premise of the simulation.

What I can tell you is, yes. you can definitely get a meltdown due to many factors.

- Never do maintenance
- Overfill the primary coolant loop
- pull the control rods out too much
- inadequate cooling flow
- forget a drain
- botch the shutdown for maintenance
- botch the startup procedure
- unexpected equipment failure

Just to name a few

I'm going to try these but my first impression is that - yes - all of these will get the core to get out of control and probably even break stuff. But in the game the meltdown occurs at 0% core integrity. You'll lose pressure much sooner and without pressure the core goes subcritical. I've played "properly" for a while now but since enabling "random catastrophes" also doesn't seem to do much (please implement a slider for catastrophe frequency!!!)I have to make my own challenges for the moment. We'll see.

[justin]

hmmm... i have a theory that it takes at least 2 cycles to cripple the core. do some damage, repair everything but the core, then damage it again

[rumple foreskin]

Just pull the rods out any amount, provide no cooling. Eventually you will have a meltdown.

[superosh]

Originally posted by rumple foreskin:

Just pull the rods out any amount, provide no cooling. Eventually you will have a meltdown.

This is not as easy as this anymore.
As soon as water has been boiled off, the moderation is gone, and the temp/reactivity goes down before meltdown.

[I Am A Professional Gamer]

just drain the reactor in the middle of generating too much heat easy peasy. Then run away as fast as possible to the trolley back to the city before the consequences of that chain reaction goes into full meltdown. It's the end of the workday, it's 3 shift's problem.

[superosh]

If you drain, you will loose moderation. If you loose moderation, you loose reactivitx.
If you loose reactivity, you loose temp.
No temp....no metldown.
That's how it is in this game for the moment. The temp might peak to 1200+ degrees, and the core looses stability, but before the meltdown, the temp goes down again.
This was different in previous versions of this game.

[c140v12]

i'm trying to get the meltdown return achievment , do you need to get the core down to 0 integrity or just close to it? I don't know what the requirements are

[Qybat]

It's really hard to get a real-world PWR to melt down too, for the reasons you point out - you'd have to get the pressure up so high you hit a steam explosion instead. Perhaps the game could model that.

There is one surefire way to make it blow though. Disable safety and remove the fuel while the reactor is in operation.

[c140v12]

I knew about removing the fuel. it's instant game over lol . I can bring the core down to 0 integrity but I'm unable to save it and get the achievement.

[[F-B] HOTWHEELS25372]

btw I did finished Uninterrupted Power Supply some time ago after the update and save the reactor and died outside of the train while it was dragging me to the finish (died to AO again which can softlock the game until restart) and still got the "Reactor Destroyer" achievement without trying to do meltdown myself, however, I still need to save the reactor from player set meltdown part, so that what I'm still trying to work out, also didn't affect my Safety days despite getting "Reactor Destroyer" achievement

[kapitantundra]

On a new game easy mode, 1st thing to do is remove all controlrods to 0% then insert the core and run to your bunker XD

[Retarded Horse]

Just run at full power for a bit. Remove all boron, pull all rods, turn off pumps. You just have to increase power extremely quick

[Nasos]

It's easy actually you can do it in seconds. Remove the safety protocol and remove the fuel from the reactor while its working. Instant Game over :p