what is stopping airtight?

[zeit84]

i closed off the base, have 1 door. is there a way to know where the oxygen leaks are?

[Slate]

Hold down the " N " key click show airtight blocks... you must be missing something or have a device that isn't airtight reaching outside.

[zeit84]

i did that. idk what to do. all my blocks are airtight. fully closed based. hitting n didnt illuminate any spaces. the only thing i can think of -- or 2 -- is i used flat steel blocks in a few places? and does it matter which way the door is? there is no hole

[BlazeD]

The door must be the 'airtight' variety. Check the description.

[Kryzzk]

did you put a vent in the room and turn air on in the control panel? what kind of door did you use? the glass doors are not air tight. screen shots of the room that isn't air tight would be helpful.

[zeit84]

i don't think it is a glass door but i will check the control panel because my hvs werent working before i realized some devices had to be manually turned on..

[zeit84]

ok i did need to turn on the o2 vent but that didnt help after my helmet was off. i hit "n" and a triangle appeared next to the vent (?)

[Kryzzk]

is there o2 in the tanks? could really use some screen shots at the least, kindda shooting in the dark here.

[Elderock]

Also, you may need more O2 holding power if the room is large. It calculates the amount of air needed before pushing through the vents,. if you dont have enough O2 in storage it wont work.

[hydrosmith]

I just had this situation with a CV. After about two hours of trying to figure it out, I gave up and started to scrap my BP think I just had a bad design. Halfway into the scrapping operation and removing all of the devices, I find the mounted weapons protruding into the cabin behind the health chamber (or whatever it's called). Doh!! Facepalm! (kicks oneself....twice) Good thing I had that ship saved or I would have a lost CV!

[Tachaerus]

Not all door models are airtight. Equip a door and expand its model selector. Check for "Airtight=True" or "Airtight=False" and especially look at the clear doors. Clear glass doors are not airtight.

Next, ensure you are not building "walls" out of devices, such as O2 tanks. These are not airtight either. And lastly, while cave walls look pretty solid, air passes through them like water through a sponge. Wall it off with glass if you like seeing it but want a climate controlled environment. :)

[zeit84]

that may be it-- i couple of devices are used as walls. i will fix later and check back. that's probably it though. thanks. i hope.

[Shaman-Ra]

Don't use the ground or devices as your wall or floor. Dont use broken tiles. Turn on the N menu for oxygen and airtighness and inspect outside using your drone; dark = not airtight. When the air is oxegenated, the N menu for oxygen will show a 3D blue diamond in each and every cube inside that had O2. If there is a leak, then only the vent will show it (which can save your life BTW). Also, you will see from outside that thin walls and doors and windows provide usable air/climate !

[zeit84]

worked

[Winterfalke]

Originally posted by Shaman-Ra:

Also, you will see from outside that thin walls and doors and windows provide usable air/climate !

Helpful to remember that any block that is airtight, is airtight no matter it's shape. Any construction block (concrete, steel) is airtight even if it is just a post or wedge in the corner. You can make a round porthole out of four of the radius blocks, and walk, or even fly a small SV through it, but because they are a solid wall of 'blocks' they are considered airtight.

Also, when troubleshooting a leaky base or ship, it helps to wall it off in the middle and add a second ventilator to isolate the problem to one side or the other. You can keep walling off room by room or area by area until you find the trouble spot, or if nothing is getting air, you probably have an issue with your ventilators themselves.

[Boundless]

i cannot get a air tight space to use air vents or gravity...spawned Bp's from game ..wont work ...i made a solid box(yes connected to cv) air wont work with full air tank ..and gravity wont work either ...even connected vent to air tank ...nada ? and yes i tried in space
neither server (official) and solo play ...wft...
and every thing in P menu is turned on and fueled or full of O2