Is it to much to ask for airtight Airlock Doors?

[Warhome]

I find it annoying that Airlock's don't stop air. Water locks take too much room and sometimes the water boils away. I realize that there is a mod that does this, but it never seems to be up to date.

[dorianmode]

You can build an airlock that is properly airtight, if you want. Just like real life, you'd have to evacuate all the air from the lock when you pass through it - entirely doable, although it would probably take up more space than a water lock.

Viscogel locks are probably the in-universe version of what you're looking for. Naphtha was nerfed and viscogel created specifically to keep them a late-game solution. Devs wanted them difficult to get, it seems. The game wants you to find engineering solutions to problems.

Perfectly reasonable to just mod the problems away instead, though - no judgement.

[Clonefarmer]

Originally posted by Warhome:

I find it annoying that Airlock's don't stop air. Water locks take too much room and sometimes the water boils away. I realize that there is a mod that does this, but it never seems to be up to date.

Use crude oil for liquid locks. It takes a lot more heat to boil the oil.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by deansdw17:

have you trird opening your eyes going to workshop and searching airlock doors. people just want their hand held now always asking for things that a mod literally already does.

Originally posted by Warhome:

I realize that there is a mod that does this, but it never seems to be up to date.

[Eldon]

Get to space and get viscogel.
There is a solution in-game.
you just don't want to work for it.

[Crusader]

One idea comes to mind, make a room with the door on each side, place a gas pump in the room to vac. out the leaked gases.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by Crusader:

One idea comes to mind, make a room with the door on each side, place a gas pump in the room to vac. out the leaked gases.

Use unpowered automatic airlocks to slow down the dupe so it has time to pump out the gas.

[b1ngnx33]

When it comes to ONI guides use YOUTUBE. It has tons of helpful videos. Some of the videos are old, but they are educational anyways.

[Strygald]

The airlock doors are airtight... when they are closed.

In what universe would any kind of door stop gas passing through when it's open?

It is supposed to be a component part you can use to build an actual airlock, the efficiency of your design is the whole point of ONI; designing and building things that do stuff well..

by all means, if you want to cheese through the game then you can find a mod to do what you want, but to ask for this kind of thing in the base game is silly. or you can play the tacked-on rocketry mini-game and get viscogel.

[CloudSeeker]

Actually. The doors are airtight. They are ofc not going to be airtight when you open them. If you want 100% airtight paths you need to build a way so air never release. That is what is called an airlock. The airlock includes at least two airtight doors and then having a pump to create a vacuum before you open the other side.

[AquaX]

Get the airtight lock mod if you don’t want gases to escape when you open a mechanic door.

[Warhome]

It's called an Manual Airlock . If you're going to call a door an Airlock then air should not pass through when dup's use it.

[Bokonon]

Originally posted by Warhome:

It's called an Manual Airlock . If you're going to call a door an Airlock then air should not pass through when dup's use it.

Your argument is ridiculous, you're arguing just to argue just because you don't like the answer, deal with it. Nobody likes a whiner ...

[dorianmode]

Originally posted by Warhome:

It's called an Manual Airlock . If you're going to call a door an Airlock then air should not pass through when dup's use it.

This is an argument for the door to be renamed, not an argument that they shouldn't allow gases through when they are clearly single doors that fully open to let dupes pass through.

Imagine they're called the far less elegant "Manual Airtight Door", and learn to build an airlock. Or download the mod that's already been suggested to you.

[<unknown>]

Originally posted by Warhome:

It's called an Manual Airlock . If you're going to call a door an Airlock then air should not pass through when dup's use it.

Space Sci-fi movie use airlock door that mean when CLOSE no gas move. That's why they have to depressurized the room before going outside otherwise all the air will escape in space.

A door open will allways let gas/liquid/solid/human/animal pass if not it's a wall. ;)

[Grek]

the only real issue with airlocks in oni is long times for sucking all gases in airlock chamber