Air Conditioner and Breeding!

[Rudian]

So since the new update 219.0 Breeding finally got into game which is great but we need something to keep the temperature at one level 20-25°C as example so there is also the Air Conditioner but it only buffs you and does not really change the temperature so it does not count for eggs, please change this so we dont need to carry around the eggs all the time.

[McRed]

+1

[Gazz]

It does count for eggs.

[Morticielle]

You both should read up on how hypo/hyperthermal insulation works, because you have understood NOTHING. 8 stacked ACs and nobody cares about the temperature anymore, because their buffs stack and make you (and the eggs) resistant against extreme temperatures. The higher the insulation, the more extreme the temperatures you can resist.

[CW From Detroit]

I have hatched Quetz, raptor, Rex, Dilo, and numerous other eggs in the same spot just surrounded by 6 AC units.

So yeah, they work just fine. Actually, they make incubation trivial. Drop egg, leave.

[Maltheus]

I never have a problem with egg health and it drives me crazy watching these people on youtube trying to incubate these things by running around the map as the day/night cycle changes, looking for the perfect spot. The ACs are perfect for incubating. Set up a bunch, put the egg in the middle and you don't have to worry about it until it hatches. It's probably the only thing the AC is useful for.

[Lilkinsly]

You may want to check out my guide on breeding so you understand how all aspects work.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=535792309

[Lordbufu]

I find this whole AC stacking to hatch eggs a bit wierd at best, hopefully there will be other ways to achieve this at some point in time.

[Crumplecorn]

>14 Oct

[lemp]

tried to incubate my egg ... 5 air conditioner in the eastern region .. so not really a cold - nor a warm region ... egg was dead within 2 hours

[StoneTiger]

Originally posted by lemp:

tried to incubate my egg ... 5 air conditioner in the eastern region .. so not really a cold - nor a warm region ... egg was dead within 2 hours

Wad the egg saying too cold or too hot?
Ad ac give a better bonus for cold then hot. I found with even 4-6 acs. That some eggs that need a hotter temp still need a fire close at time

[StoneTiger]

Originally posted by Martin:

Must be hell on a primitive server, where they can't use AC Conditioners.

Yeah I bet. You would need to move around with a good squad of dinos because of the need to keep finding the right temp area lol. I would only breed carnivores as they mostly need hotter temp lol

[Hexxus]

Everything in the game has a "natural comfortable temperature"(NCT) as i like to call it. Insulation buffers the heat/cold difference that takes you or anything away from the NCT.

This means an ac insulates the environmental differences of the environment's temperature, and the egg's NCT, meaning it will not deviate from its temp that much.

A tidbit: temperature STARTS at your/the egg's NCT and *then* environmental differences are applied, insulated by your hyop/hyper insulation. ACS that give both add so much to this insulation that you do not deviate that much from the NCT, keeping the eggs healthy.

Tldr. They keep you comfortable no matter what you're in, not "hot or cold"

[Lilkinsly]

I use 10acs and have never had an egg lose a single point of health.

[tN|Serpent]

Originally posted by lemp:

tried to incubate my egg ... 5 air conditioner in the eastern region .. so not really a cold - nor a warm region ... egg was dead within 2 hours

Depends where you are, the a/c basically just gives hypo/hyperthermoic insulation. You just need a bunch of them lol. This is my setup, I live in the snow biome and I can incubate any egg without losing health. Just barely enough for a giga in the snow.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=566944686

[Paganizer]

Originally posted by Martin:

Must be hell on a primitive server, where they can't use AC Conditioners.

penquins?