Does putting sculptures outside help with the unsightly environment mood?

[Gojak_v3]

I managed to make a legendary grand sculpture. It has a massive beauty rating (like 2600). Anyway, I was wondering if I put it outside in a high traffic area if it will help offset the unsightly environment mood. I've noticed I get this mood quite often even though have high quality bedrooms, barracks, dinning hall, and rec room. So yeah, I'm wondering if putting it in a high traffic area outside will offset this as colonists will likely pass it a few times a day at least.

[LIMP BISQUICK]

You can toggle environment display, bottom right of screen -hotkey is "T"
You can select your pawn and watch their beauty meter dip down as they walk in ugly areas.

Just about everything is ugly tho & the stats vary: blood, corpse, soil, weapons on ground, traps etc. So maybe tidy up what you can with the place if they're dealing with it a lot.

Yes, they can help in those areas. You can look into other options like planting flowers outside. Personally I would put that grand sculptor somewhere inside.

[Monoxide]

You would probably have a better outcome if you plant dandelions or roses in heavy traffic areas, and have tiled flooring and keep it clean. A statue will help, but I dont think the overall benefit from it would be worth it.

Thats said, I usually dont bother making sure the outside area is "pretty" aside from keeping it clean of blood. I have never seen any noticeable negatives from a general outside setup.

[Astasia]

I don't think it will help at all, because the beauty need is a bar that fills up and depletes at a very limited rate. Walking past something with high beauty will barely budge the bar, they wont be near it long enough to increase it by more than maybe 1%.

[Morkonan]

^--- This.

It does add a positive beauty score, but it's not long enough to really have an appreciable effect for the effort involved. Lot's of pretty statues in the park, too bad it's full of drug addicts and trash...

Planting flowers is more economical and you can spread them along a walkway. I experimented with that in a heavily traveled area and it "worked" after a fashion, but it's still a lot of effort for only a temporary return. As soon as the next bit of "Ugly" is encountered it offsets the gains pretty quickly.

[AlP]

The legendary sculpture is better used in a place where colonists spend some time, like dining/rec room. That will give them several buffs that far outweigh any beauty penalty.

Any corridors or connecting areas can simply be floored, which negates the beauty penalty, and generates far less wealth than a sculpture.