Reinforced windows

[Thom Blair III]

Can we have reinforced windows so we can see outside without reducing hull integrity? Maybe make them with enameled glass? The game devs have made so much beauty in the game and it'd be nice to be able to see it more easily when in the base.

[BlackWater]

Frankly I find it easier to craft the reinforcements than enamaled glass, if you don't need/want any, there are more stalker teeth lying around than BS excuses why gas prices have to be so high. if you DO want said glass, there are none to be found.

[PrimeSonic]

Sounds like you should be playing in Creative mode.
No hunger, no thirst, no need to worry about base durability or creatures eating you.

You can make your base just about entirely out of glass and it'll hold up.

[TheGraveDigger]

honestly if this was an idea instead it would reduce hull less than regular windows

[Demolition414]

"reinforced windows" implys that the windows are stronger and HEAVIER than standard windows, so in turn would reduce the hull strength more than standard windows, stronger reinforcement panels would be a better idea.

[Stelar Seven]

Build on foundations and with bulkheads and reinforcements and you can add windows too. Just a matter of shoring up the base in other places.

[theresejesu]

Originally posted by Davidleblanc20:

"reinforced windows" implys that the windows are stronger and HEAVIER than standard windows, so in turn would reduce the hull strength more than standard windows, stronger reinforcement panels would be a better idea.

How are windows heaver than the original walls?

The windows lack the strength to withstand stress that the walls provide, and that's what reduces the integrity of the construction. Reinforced windows could easily be made to have the same abiltiy to withstand stress the orignal walls do at the very least.

Originally posted by Stelar Seven:

Build on foundations and with bulkheads and reinforcements and you can add windows too. Just a matter of shoring up the base in other places.

It would be very nice not to have to rely on reinforced walls at all and be able to turn every wall into a window. Even with bulkheads and platforms, I have not been able to avoid some reinforced walls.

[General Idea]

I would agree that there should be reinforced windows for the lower depths, say 500 meters and below, representing the higher pressures involved just like the vehicles do. In fact the design of the windows with the enameled glass should be changed to round, similar to the hatch entrance.

[Stelar Seven]

Originally posted by theresejesu:

Originally posted by Stelar Seven:

Build on foundations and with bulkheads and reinforcements and you can add windows too. Just a matter of shoring up the base in other places.

It would be very nice not to have to rely on reinforced walls at all and be able to turn every wall into a window. Even with bulkheads and platforms, I have not been able to avoid some reinforced walls.

If you really want it just add more foundations. Sure it will be a couple rooms on a carrier deck, but it can be done, and then you have lots of space for external planters.

For me I did a reinforced underbase of all reinforcements and then glass on top.

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by Stelar Seven:

Originally posted by theresejesu:

It would be very nice not to have to rely on reinforced walls at all and be able to turn every wall into a window. Even with bulkheads and platforms, I have not been able to avoid some reinforced walls.

If you really want it just add more foundations. Sure it will be a couple rooms on a carrier deck, but it can be done, and then you have lots of space for external planters.

For me I did a reinforced underbase of all reinforcements and then glass on top.

Or just put reinforcements on the walls of rooms you don't need to see out of (how often do you spend time in the bio/nuke room?) and put glass on the rest.
Foundations = 2 Hull.
Reinforcements = 7 Hull.

Not as much room for the planters, but you could add the foundations anyway as well and that means even more windows.

[Lunitic]

Unless they changed it, on a multi-purpose room, the corner walls (not the ones you can connect to) provide double hull integreity (14 instead of 7)

[Amanoob105]

Originally posted by Lunitic:

Unless they changed it, on a multi-purpose room, the corner walls (not the ones you can connect to) provide double hull integreity (14 instead of 7)

It was changed with the release. Their just +7 all sides and places now.
Shame, but it does mean I can put them anywhere now and not "where I have to for best effect".
Win some, loose some. Fair trade.