"Environmental protection pack" does not work

[Anime-Profile-Picture]

I'm not talking about the patches I mean the actual piece of gear you can pick up. I forget where I got it from, Storage I think. I just tried using it, its 100% on. But I've realised my health is being drained regardless. Why?

[Crypto Gamer]

Make sure to activate it,if you quick load while it is on it might turn ifself off(bug.)

Secodnly even if it is on it offers some reduction likely around 75-80% so you still take the left over and that will deal dmg just less than without protection.

And V1 version does not protect againts some enviormental stuff V2 does.

[Kuda White]

Enviro suit lvl 1 only protects you from bio damage. You need lvl 2 from Maintenance for both bio and rad.

[Seamus]

V1 only works on biohazards. You need V2 for radiation.

Neither one will completely prevent damage. Just reduce the incoming damage.

If it's reducing your current hazard count down to ~30 or so, it's working fine.

[Anime-Profile-Picture]

Originally posted by Kuda White:

Enviro suit lvl 1 only protects you from bio damage. You need lvl 2 from Maintenance for both bio and rad.

Ohhhhhh kay. Well the description does *NOT* make that clear. It just says "protects against hazardous materials in the environment" or something to that effect. I saw that it was v1 but given the description, I assumed a v2 would just mean better energy efficiency. Should I wait to go into the groves until I have the v2 or just test my luck with the v1?

[Crypto Gamer]

You can not have V2 until you are done with the groves V2 is mostly when you need to enter the reactor core.

V2 might be more energy efficient too but not sure about that.

V1 is needed optionally for one of the groves.

You can also use Turbo V2 to jump around and skip some of the grove and complete it faster.

[Stargoat]

Originally posted by Silenthero:

Should I wait to go into the groves until I have the v2 or just test my luck with the v1?

It's only beta grove that is a real issue (although, the enviro shield will protect you against biological attacks as well).

It's particularly difficult to find a V2 enviro shield before Beta Grove (as countless logs inform you). Be prepared to do a Beta Grove run with just a V1. It's a wild ride.

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by Stargoat:

It's particularly difficult to find a V2 enviro shield before Beta Grove (as countless logs inform you). Be prepared to do a Beta Grove run with just a V1. It's a wild ride.

Not just difficult, it's quite literally impossible to get the v2 before entering Beta grove.

[Kain]

V2 after beta grove is the best joke in the game.

[Stargoat]

Originally posted by Kain:

V2 after beta grove is the best joke in the game.

It's pretty good. If only the dead crew could find a V2 as well, maybe this could all have been avoided!

[ParasiteX]

Originally posted by Kain:

V2 after beta grove is the best joke in the game.

Eh? Not really. It doesn't add any additional biohazard protection as far as i can tell. And it is only meant to add rad resistance for when you head to the reactor. Don't even think it's more energy efficient either.

Now V3 in the original that was more energy efficient and did have slightly better biohazard/rad resistance, was indeed a joke. As you didn't get it until Engineering lv.. By which point you really didn't need it anymore. Which is probably why they removed it in the remake.

[Solaron]

I love it how the enviro suit powers on automatically in the original game, but in this one you have to manually turn it on…..

[Lucius Caesar]

Originally posted by Solaron:

I love it how the enviro suit powers on automatically in the original game, but in this one you have to manually turn it on…..

you have to activate it, but I don't think it takes energy unless you are in a hazard zone

[kumadonburi]

Also note that there is a bug where if you load a save where the suit was active, it will still show it active even though it isn't. So you have to do the tech support thing and turn it off, then on again.

[Myztkl©-Kev]

Originally posted by Kain:

V2 after beta grove is the best joke in the game.

I mean not really, V2 just gives you radiation protection, it's no different from the V1 in terms of bio protection.

[Stargoat]

Originally posted by Myztkl©-Kev:

Originally posted by Kain:

V2 after beta grove is the best joke in the game.

I mean not really, V2 just gives you radiation protection, it's no different from the V1 in terms of bio protection.

Are there any points in the game more 'biohazardous' than Beta Grove?

I ask because, perhaps it does provide better protection, but just appears that it doesn't due to clamping at the same rate. You should be able to get the V2 just before ejecting the grove, has anyone tried going back there?