Heaters and Coolers

[Stephen of Blois]

Is there a mod or another method that will allow you to turn on/off all heaters and coolers in the base at the same time or do they need to be switched one at a time?

[failsafe]

It might help a little if instead of placing coolers/heaters in every room you will use wents instead. Not as effective in terms of heating/cooling but works pretty well - especially when u have many smaller rooms wents will distribute temperature with less active heaters and coolers.

[tom five]

Not that I know of, but there's almost certainly a mod for it. Otherwise you can just zoom out and double click one. It'll highlight all others. It's less than ideal but it works. Or you could set your wiring up so that they're all connected through a single switch.

[The Yeen Queen]

Just FYI, they will automatically go into "stanby" in Vanilla if the "natural" temperature of the room is above the set temp for heaters or below for coolers. The AC doesn't keep running at full force if you have it set to 70F and the room is naturally 50F. ;)

[i.mopman]

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Just FYI, they will automatically go into "stanby" in Vanilla if the "natural" temperature of the room is above the set temp for heaters or below for coolers. The AC doesn't keep running at full force if you have it set to 70F and the room is naturally 50F. ;)

Did not know this great tip, thanks !

[Nuggs]

also if you zoom out and double click an ac or heater you will select all of them. thats how i shut off or turn on a bunch at one time.

[Stephen of Blois]

Originally posted by PussNuggets:

also if you zoom out and double click an ac or heater you will select all of them. thats how i shut off or turn on a bunch at one time.

Yeah, that looks like it will work. I should have seen that. Thank you.

[Stephen of Blois]

Originally posted by i.mopman:

Originally posted by Night Foxx:

Just FYI, they will automatically go into "stanby" in Vanilla if the "natural" temperature of the room is above the set temp for heaters or below for coolers. The AC doesn't keep running at full force if you have it set to 70F and the room is naturally 50F. ;)

Did not know this great tip, thanks !

Thanks for information.

[Magicman]

You can find this info elsewhere, but if you need more than one heater or cooler for an area make sure to set them at different temperatures. ex. one at 68F, another at 70F, and another at 72F. So they only run one at a time - otherwise they all turn on at the same time to drop/add 1 degree

[Steelfleece]

Originally posted by Magicman:

You can find this info elsewhere, but if you need more than one heater or cooler for an area make sure to set them at different temperatures. ex. one at 68F, another at 70F, and another at 72F. So they only run one at a time - otherwise they all turn on at the same time to drop/add 1 degree

This is what I generally do, and it's great for bases that rely in part on batteries or on having to shut some power-sucking devices off during particularly hot or cool periods. Heaters and coolers on standby still use a small amount of power, but better than having them all coming on simultaneously then switching off when you only need a few running constantly.

Of course some people run with ridiculous amounts of excess power, especially on heavily modded playthroughs, so for them it isn't so much of an issue. Still good practice.

[AlienWired]

Originally posted by Stephen of Blois:

Is there a mod or another method that will allow you to turn on/off all heaters and coolers in the base at the same time or do they need to be switched one at a time?

Just cut the main cable at the power source..... Done.

Or make sure that your heater and coolers are all on one line and then cut the line. replace line as needed.

[poop]

Originally posted by AlienWired:

Originally posted by Stephen of Blois:

Is there a mod or another method that will allow you to turn on/off all heaters and coolers in the base at the same time or do they need to be switched one at a time?

Just cut the main cable at the power source..... Done.

Or make sure that your heater and coolers are all on one line and then cut the line. replace line as needed.

Switches are a thing. In vanilla.

[Hykal]

Originally posted by PussNuggets:

also if you zoom out and double click an ac or heater you will select all of them. thats how i shut off or turn on a bunch at one time.

If you have Allow Tool, you can select 'Pick Similar' and do the same thing without zooming out.

[Freebird]

There is if you get the tool mod! It lets you select all similar items automatically. Also you can shift click items to select groups of similar items.

[Knox Nova]

Switches need a pawn to turn on/off. Put a power line that is disconnected from the main grid and use reconnect (power cord thing). That way you can turn on/off stuff on your timing, not the pawns.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Stephen of Blois:

Is there a mod or another method that will allow you to turn on/off all heaters and coolers in the base at the same time or do they need to be switched one at a time?

You can multi-select and unify your control settings, including all on/off, if you wish. But, don't have a control to do that automagically in vanilla.

I forget the issue involved, here, but it's likely due to Rimworld's design to not allow "remote control" of certain assets, so that you can't automate traps and the like. Anyway, the work-around is to use a "Wire Mod" that allows you to have multiple wires in the same tile, each on different circuits. That way, you can easily design a circuit for all your residential Cooler/Heaters and control them on/off with one switch without convoluted wiring and multiple circuit banks all over the place.

I used one for awhile, but it got deprecated I think. So, just look for some wiring/electrical "conduit" mods that allow multiple circuits of wires to overlap in one tile. (If I can find the one I used, will edit/link)

PS: The mod I once used is no longer in the workshop, it seems, or doesn't respond to a "conduit" search. :(