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Thermal Dynamics - Hot Singles in Your Area

This was a project i have been working on for 2 years. Fully simulated heat transfer with environmental interactions.

There is a lot of polish this mod requires to be complete however, with the announcement of SE2 I have already begun developing this mod for the new title. I wanted to put this out there for people to enjoy though its very much in dev mode still.

I recommend creating a fresh world and adding grids to it. I DO NOT recommend you add it to a world you care about. At least not until you know how it works.

Think of this as a really cool showcase. If you are someone who wants to take this project and complete it, let me know and ill be happy to explain bits an pieces.

For the nerds:

<Group Name="ThermalBlockProperties">
<Bool Name="IgnoreThermals" Value="false"/>
<Decimal Name="Conductivity" Value="0.60"/> -- 0 -> 1
<Decimal Name="SpecificHeat" Value="2"/>
<Decimal Name="Emissivity" Value="0.125"/>
<Decimal Name="SurfaceAreaScaler" Value="1"/>
<Decimal Name="ProducerWasteEnergy" Value="0.05"/>
<Decimal Name="ConsumerWasteEnergy" Value="0.05"/>
<Decimal Name="CriticalTemperature" Value="900"/>
<Decimal Name="CriticalTemperatureScaler" Value="1"/>
</Group>



<Group Name="ThermalPlanetProperties">
<!-- The ambiant temperature when the sun is on the opposite side of the planet -->
<Decimal Name="NightTemperature" Value="283.15"/>
<!-- The ambiant temperature when the sun is directly overhead -->
<Decimal Name="DayTemperature" Value="294.261"/>
<!-- The ambiant temperature when underground -->
<Decimal Name="UndergroundTemperature" Value="280"/>
<!-- The temperature at the center of the planet -->
<Decimal Name="CoreTemperature" Value="3000"/>
<!-- The distance below sealevel that remains underground temperatures -->
<Decimal Name="SealevelDeadzone" Value="2000"/>
<!--
A value between 0 and 1
Represents the percentage of solar engery that will be lost in full atomosphere
-->
<Decimal Name="SolarDecay" Value="0.5"/>
<!-- W/(m^2*k) -->
<Decimal Name="ConvectionCoefficient" Value="50"/>
</Group>