I'm a little confused about air conditioners

[ricardo]

So, air conditioners don't make things colder, they make things more comfortable for whatever the needs are for the recipient? So, if I need 20 degrees Celsius that's what I get out it, if my quetzal egg needs 5 degrees Celsius, that's what it gets...

I don't understand how temperature works in this game. I take it that no matter the temperature needed, more AC is always better correct?

[Spurs]

More dimetrodons and kairuku are correct

[Galin]

well, sort of. the air condition provides 100 hyer/hypothermal as needed. so if you try to incubate an egg on top of 1, it may not work out well, but if you cram a few under the floor where you want to incubate, the eggs become drop and forget. I usually try to make sure my eggs are in range of at least 10, personally.

[Aprosule]

Ok let me explain this:

There is a temperature outside. Hold down 'H' and you can see the current temp in the top left corner. Now, if you open your inventory you will see in the middle-right that you have Hypo- and Hyperthermal insulation values. Hypothermal insulation is your resistance to cold and Hyperthermal insulation is your resistance to heat. As these values go up you can stand higher or lower temperatures according to your corresponding values. Things like AC units, the Home Bonus (the blue house icon on the right hand side of the screen when you're inside an enclosed structure), different armors, and your fortitude points all change your insulation values.

Originally posted by ricardo:

So, air conditioners don't make things colder, they make things more comfortable for whatever the needs are for the recipient? So, if I need 20 degrees Celsius that's what I get out it, if my quetzal egg needs 5 degrees Celsius, that's what it gets...

I don't understand how temperature works in this game. I take it that no matter the temperature needed, more AC is always better correct?

So no, AC does NOT make the ambient temp go down. The only way to hatch a Quetzal egg is to find a place COLDER than the minimum temp then bring the temp up with torches.

[Galin]

Originally posted by R.Aprosule:

Ok let me explain this:

There is a temperature outside. Hold down 'H' and you can see the current temp in the top left corner. Now, if you open your inventory you will see in the middle-right that you have Hypo- and Hyperthermal insulation values. Hypothermal insulation is your resistance to cold and Hyperthermal insulation is your resistance to heat. As these values go up you can stand higher or lower temperatures according to your corresponding values. Things like AC units, the Home Bonus (the blue house icon on the right hand side of the screen when you're inside an enclosed structure), different armors, and your fortitude points all change your insulation values.

Originally posted by ricardo:

So, air conditioners don't make things colder, they make things more comfortable for whatever the needs are for the recipient? So, if I need 20 degrees Celsius that's what I get out it, if my quetzal egg needs 5 degrees Celsius, that's what it gets...

I don't understand how temperature works in this game. I take it that no matter the temperature needed, more AC is always better correct?

So no, AC does NOT make the ambient temp go down. The only way to hatch a Quetzal egg is to find a place COLDER than the minimum temp then bring the temp up with torches.

No. that is not correct.
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Temperature
and
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Air_Conditioner
the AC adds hypothermal / hyperthermal insulation to whatever is in range of them. the ambient temp can be completely ignored if you stack ac's up high enough.... because you get to a simoly stupid amount of insulation (many spots in my incubation room go over 5k to both)

[Drago]

Tempertaure is fixed, you can't change. The only thing you change is your insulation values.

It would be nice if there were some documentation on how insulation values relate to tempetruare for things like freezing to death or being cooked alive as well as away to caculate how much insulation is needed for various dino eggs.

[MortVent]

Think of them more as heatpumps, they pump in heat or cool as needed.

most just recognize them as heaters as well as cooler units... (wouldn't be surprised if they added heaters as well)

[Rosa Parks]

Lol then htf do I hatch Quetz eggs on herby and when a heat wave is present Ac regulate the temp to keep you not hot or cold and the egg hatching

[Ace Trainer Mitch]

Originally posted by ricardo:

So, air conditioners don't make things colder, they make things more comfortable for whatever the needs are for the recipient? So, if I need 20 degrees Celsius that's what I get out it, if my quetzal egg needs 5 degrees Celsius, that's what it gets...

I don't understand how temperature works in this game. I take it that no matter the temperature needed, more AC is always better correct?

Generally, yes. More AC = better.

As others have said, if you have a pad of 10 AC ANYWHERE on the map, eggs become drop and forget even in the coldest parts of snow biome (IN N ENCLOSURE OF COURSE :))

[behemoth227]

As others have stated, enough AC's, you can hatch anything. I have a 3x2 wood structure on the north estern shore with 5 AC's in it, in that room I have successfully incubated stego's, rex's, quetzals, oviraptors, dodo's, spino's, argents and currently working on a gallimimus.

[HawthornThistleberry]

Yeah, I've had the same results with five, in a house near Cragg's Island. There are rumors that sometimes you need as much as 8-10, but I've never seen anything concrete beyond that people just built that many. I suspect that even in the snow biome nothing would ever need more than 8.

The nice thing about 5 and 8 is they're particularly easy to build. For five, just build them in a U-shape (with its back against the wall) and drop the eggs in the middle, like so:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=631201461
If you feel you need more, put a row of ceiling tiles above the back three, and put another three stacked above them, for eight all affecting that same spot.

[Jerryn]

This works for me...0 issues hatching any eggs, including quetzal and giga.

Think of Hyperthermal and Hypothermal protect as armor against heat and cold. If you have enough, it blocks out damage from extreme hot and extreme cold. So, for egg hatching, the ACs protects the eggs from the elements.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=600558101

[2ugly]

Originally posted by MortVent:

Think of them more as heatpumps, they pump in heat or cool as needed.

most just recognize them as heaters as well as cooler units... (wouldn't be surprised if they added heaters as well)

Fireplace? Would be kinda cool to have one of those old style radiator heaters.

[MortVent]

Originally posted by 2ugly:

Originally posted by MortVent:

Think of them more as heatpumps, they pump in heat or cool as needed.

most just recognize them as heaters as well as cooler units... (wouldn't be surprised if they added heaters as well)

Fireplace?

mean electrical based. fireplace is wood burner

[FlynzSteel]

I think I may be doing something wrong, i have a fully enclosed room with a bunch oof A/C in the middle of the room. I am trying to hatch a Quetzle egg and the temp won't change for the egg to hatch. Do i have to do something specific... ( I want my baby Quetzle )

Thanks for your help in advance

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=883317103

[gamertaboo]

Originally posted by Slothwhal:

I think I may be doing something wrong, i have a fully enclosed room with a bunch oof A/C in the middle of the room. I am trying to hatch a Quetzle egg and the temp won't change for the egg to hatch. Do i have to do something specific... ( I want my baby Quetzle )

Thanks for your help in advance

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=883317103

That egg doesn't seem to be fertilized? You have to mate two quetzals (male and female) and get a fertilized egg to hatch it into a baby quetz.