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Thick Wall Insulates
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Mod, 1.5, 1.6
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Thick Wall Insulates

Description
Makes thick walls (3+ cells) actually insulate, instead of acting like 1-cell thin wall (almost) directly to the outside.

Vanilla behavior (without this mod):

1-cell thin wall moves current room temperature towards temperature of the room on the other side.

2+-cell wall moves current room temperature towards OUTDOOR temperature (NOT temperature of the room on the other side of the wall!) at half-speed.

With this mod:

1-cell thin wall moves current room temperature towards temperature of the room on the other side (like vanilla).

2-cell wall moves current room temperature towards temperature of the room on the other side of the wall at half-speed if the outer wall is only open on one side, or at 3/4 speed if it's open on 2 or 3 sides (wall corners are useful now).

3+-cell wall actually insulates and does not affect room temperature at all.
29 Comments
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Balthazad 28 Sep @ 11:05am 
just stumbled over this mod and have to say something.
if you want serious insulation, you build only 1 tile thick walls, but then have 1 row empty and then another 1 tile wall. that's how insulation works irl and so it does ingame. if you add another layer with this mechanic, you will have about 0 heat exchange. that being said, ofc it's space-demanding, but "wall-to-wall" structures aren't supposed to isolate.
irilis  [author] 12 Jul @ 3:30am 
@Miha_metan it should work with anything that can separate rooms and doesn't have it's own temperature. So it should work with any modded walls, but not with wall freesers.
irilis  [author] 12 Jul @ 2:04am 
@Kusko25 here's the update for 1.6.
Kusko25 20 Jun @ 1:31pm 
Any plans for 1.6?
WJSabey 18 Feb @ 5:16pm 
Wait, thick walls move temperature to the outside temperature? No wonder I'm having trouble keeping my underground bases heated.
Miha_metan 17 Feb @ 10:39pm 
does this mod work with modded walls? sos2 ship hull, architect module log wall, hedge..
N/A 2 Feb @ 9:18pm 
no heat loss through walls seems excessive (0.1 for 3 and thicker if you don't want to do a formula) but i'll definitely give this a try as i find the vanilla situation silly
KIN 24 Dec, 2024 @ 6:47am 
@snake This mod only stops temperature change through walls, I think you still exchange temperature through roofs, Thick roofs are more insulating than the constructed
snake 23 Dec, 2024 @ 11:11am 
i used devmode, built 7x7 again with square in the middle, this time no green square around the room but the room still changed temperature
snake 23 Dec, 2024 @ 10:49am 
7x7 i meant* sorry, 3 cells thick wall