Air conditioner?

[ElgarL]

The Wiki says 2 tiles. Is that 2 tiles in EACH direction, or 1 tile in each adding up to 2?

ie, would I have to place them 1 tile apart to have an overlap or can I space them 2 tiles and still have a 2 tile overlap?

Note: I'm placing them on the ceiling so they will be over my head (out of the way)

[ElgarL]

Anyone?

[Troa Barton]

Don't get them, they suck. You will get more by upgrading your fortitude in warm climates. Torches with spark powder in cold climates, or just picking up and moving.. They really really need a buff before you waste any resources or engrams on them.
Unless you build a lot of them and put them everywhere above everything else they are useless...

[AgeAgainst]

I have a base in The Hidden Lake and it tends to get pretty hot up there, sometimes 112 F. I go inside my house and stand on top of or in front of the air conditioner and I still have the flame telling me I'm still hot. Biggest waste of mats and completely useless. You're better off switching to a set of cloth armor when you're in your house and back to your normal armor when you leave or build a water tap inside your house to deal with the excess water usage.

[ElgarL]

We are building a second base up near the mountains. The spot we have chosen gets down to -10 at night. When stood right next to a fire we don't die anymore, and this is with 20 fortitude.

We can survive a night inside a building with a fire, but we want to be able to run around doing things without having to stand ON the fire to be comfortable.

I've designed the building so there is a single level between the habitation area and the crafting area on top. This area is only 1 wall tall and is planned to house our electricity system and the air conditioners.
We don't care if we have to place them 2 apart and build 50 of them if need be. I just need to be certain of their coverage area before I start placing them.

[Troa Barton]

Originally posted by ElgarL:

We are building a second base up near the mountains. The spot we have chosen gets down to -10 at night. When stood right next to a fire we don't die anymore, and this is with 20 fortitude.

We can survive a night inside a building with a fire, but we want to be able to run around doing things without having to stand ON the fire to be comfortable.

I've designed the building so there is a single level between the habitation area and the crafting area on top. This area is only 1 wall tall and is planned to house our electricity system and the air conditioners.
We don't care if we have to place them 2 apart and build 50 of them if need be.

I also have a base on the mountain "the frozen tooth" trust me just make standing torches with spark powder. I have 26 points in fortitude and I've been there for a while. I can make the air conditioner, and I have but I destroyed them all because even stacked up they don't cover enough space. Torches are sooooooo much better.

[Li Shengshun/Bk-201]

Ive spend 25 points into fortitude (means 50 fortitude) and when it reachs "extreme" condition (hot&cold) i loose max 20-25 health until the weather changes again (in flak armor, didnt try cloth). But yeah the Ac isnt worth the investment.

[ElgarL]

You are all making me a sad puppy :(.

I was hoping a floor of them all spaced 1-2 foundations apart would make it nice and cozy.

[Puri]

A single conditioner is completely worthless. But air conditioners do stack (they simply increase your insulation values), so if you have the mats to place many of them below your floor or under your ceiling they work quite well (but then the room is also quite noisy). Placing them one tile apart from each other will work.

We built it below the rooms of our castle and used about 12 air conditioners below our rooms:

Room:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=481061206

Below:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=481062210

[Quxudais]

Originally posted by Troa Barton:

Don't get them, they suck. You will get more by upgrading your fortitude in warm climates. Torches with spark powder in cold climates, or just picking up and moving.. They really really need a buff before you waste any resources or engrams on them.
Unless you build a lot of them and put them everywhere above everything else they are useless...

Yeah, I built one for my low level tribemate when I brought her to my mountain base. I expected something siginficant for it's material cost. It's bloody ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible. I think a campfire is actually better. Thing is, this is *only* a useful item for new players, once you have leveled fortitude and gotten some decent armor, the mountain cold is no issue for you. Yet only high level players can make it.

[ElgarL]

Well we built the base and I totally agree, air conditioners REALLY need a boost.

I placed 24 units, one on each foundation (actually a ceiling as it's between two floors).
This does just about manage to make the place confortable, but only just. If you stand equidistant between four units then you still feel the cold. But at least we are not freezing.
We are probably going to need another twelve or so units to make it comfortable all over.

Hopefully we will be ready for the snow

[Troa Barton]

Originally posted by ElgarL:

Well we built the base and I totally agree, air conditioners REALLY need a boost.

I placed 24 units, one on each foundation (actually a ceiling as it's between two floors).
This does just about manage to make the place confortable, but only just. If you stand equidistant between four units then you still feel the cold. But at least we are not freezing.
We are probably going to need another twelve or so units to make it comfortable all over.

Hopefully we will be ready for the snow

Really needs a boost is an understatement lol. But hey now you know for yourself.

[Rodso]

lol 1 AC works in my base

[Mr Huge]

I fit an air conditioner purely to stop the hurh and burhhhh noises the damn char makes. Other than that I've never died from heat or cold.. naked or metal armour and I live on a mountain with 10 fortiude.

[ElgarL]

Originally posted by Dead Pixels:

I fit an air conditioner purely to stop the hurh and burhhhh noises the damn char makes. Other than that I've never died from heat or cold.. naked or metal armour and I live on a mountain with 10 fortiude.

We now live on a mountain slope and often (without the air cons), even with 20 fortitute I'm chugging down cooked meat like it's the only source of heat in the world. I'd go through a stack of meat just to get through the night.

I kind of like the really cold nights on the slopes. The chance of freezing to death in a matter of minutes is challenging, but I do wish the air cons were a lot more effective for their cost.

[Intabus]

Now with snow Biome and Swamp Biome causing extremes in temp is this being looked at Dev's? These AC's units need a boost to make them viable.