Frostbite

[Fredrik.thylin]

I am wearing a space suit and hazmat suit, but i get frostbite after 10 seconds. How do i avoid this?

[boblick]

You can't. Seems like the suit protection is broken. You'll get frostbites even on -12 degrees Celsius temperatures. You can buy (and find) curatives that heal hypothermia (and other afflictions) but if you keep staying on a environment like that, you'll get it again until you leave.

[Seekrt]

Could there be a useful perk hiding in there?

[Johny_Drifter]

Originally posted by Seekrt:

Could there be a useful perk hiding in there?

HAHA! I sense sarcasm. Seriously though OP. I totally get what you're saying. "Why are we getting frostbite while in our spacesuits?". Seekrt is also hinting at the perk called Environmental Protection.

[Bird_Dog]

Originally posted by Johny_Drifter:

HAHA! I sense sarcasm. Seriously though OP. I totally get what you're saying. "Why are we getting frostbite while in our spacesuits?". Seekrt is also hinting at the perk called Environmental Protection.

Well technically, vacuum being an insulator, a space suit doesn't need to be insulated against heat loss - getting ridd of heat is already a problem in space - thus, when used in an environment with a dense but very cold atmosphere, a normal space suit would indeed fail to keep you warm.
But yea, the game mechanic being broken and Bethesda - being Bethesda - refusing to fix it is the more likely explanation...

[SickTag]

bug. Cant fix it until they patch the game

[Marshall]

Originally posted by boblick:

You can't. Seems like the suit protection is broken. You'll get frostbites even on -12 degrees Celsius temperatures. You can buy (and find) curatives that heal hypothermia (and other afflictions) but if you keep staying on a environment like that, you'll get it again until you leave.

so i left and days later i still have frostbite. this is a serious bug

[Fredrik.thylin]

Sometimes i am on planets with -250 C, and it works fine. But if it is -12C i get frostbite in very short order. I hope they will update this at some point. No big deal , but just annoying.

[Jeff]

TBH I just accept the frostbite and keep doing what I was doing. Most negative physical traits are pretty tame and will just wear off in a bit when you step off the planet.

I did get 3/4 of cellular regen and environmental protection, they help a bit but aren't perfect.

[Just Chill]

It's a gimmick.
Bethesda wants to subtly tell us that they rather wanted to use the Frostbite engine.

[ayrtep]

You could try wearing a hazmat suit.

[tank16365]

Actually you can go into sneak mode. Not sure if its a glitch but going into sneak mode cancels/restarts the timer for your protection. As to why it's even there, I think some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ *heard* that NMS had environmental protection, without actually seeing how it worked, and threw in in the game. It's the only thing that makes sense. It doesn't protect from anything, there's no recharging it, it only lasts seconds at best, and the disabilities you get from it don't do anything.

[Cobra1Actual]

I have a total of 125 thermal protection (helmet, pack, suit, & apparel) and get frostbite after less than 30 sec in -18. And this is the mission where they give you specific gear to wear that has basically no thermal protection(hostile intelligence).
This is probably one of the least annoying bugs in the game tbh though. Bethesda is a joke, this game is ridiculous.

[Bunker]

i imagine it will be part of some big survival mode update because every game can't just put out the full game day one due to scale i guess


i say make the game 500 bucks and release the complete version

[Foxrun]

Skill points help

[Jase]

This game mechanic is utterly stupid and annoys me every time. Ironically, a space suit struggles to get rid of waste heat. Whomever designed this mechanic clearly lost the plot.