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[B42] Working Air Conditioners
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[B42] Working Air Conditioners

Description
Port of the amazing Working Air Conditioners mod by Slayer to Build 42.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3071370537

Only changes by me were to fix incompatibilities with the new selection system in B42 and to use the new folder structure. This version will be removed if the original is updated.


Original Description

Overview
This mod won't let you freeze your butts off during zombie apocalypse.
Activate air conditioners and stay hot during winters.
Cooling is also possible but works only in single player games.

If you like my work (This goes to Slayer):
[ko-fi.com]

How does this work
Obtaining Air Conditioners
AC units cannot be crafted, but you can find them in game already installed on some building walls. They are usually located on industrial buildings, warehouses, but also there is one in Muldraugh bakery. You will need to simply pick them and take them home to your base.

Placing Air Conditioner
To activate the air conditioner you do not need to learn any skills nor tools.

Place the air conditioner outside your base on a wall behind which you want heat to be generated. Right click the air conditioner, and select "Attach". This needs to be done only once after placing the unit on a wall.

Operating Air Conditioner
Air conditioners will naturally work only when power is available. Vanilla generators, but also solar panels will work. Right click air conditioner, and simply select "Turn on". Turning off is similar.

Click "Settings" to access a panel to change temperature and fan speed. Temperature is self-explanatory; the fan speed controls the radius of heat propagation. This mod uses in-game algorithm for heat propagation which is not perfect. You may notice that sometimes heat is blocked for no reason. I cannot fix this but you may experiment with different A/C placements or using more than one unit.

AC units can also be controlled remotely. To do so, you will need to use a TV remote. Click "Settings" on the remote in your inventory list. The remote will control nearby unit as long as it is not too far. If there are multiple units in range, you will control the one that is closer to the player. The player will face in the direction where the AC unit is, this way you will know that unit is being controlled. You can control units only on the same floor.

Other
Air conditioner will consume a constant amount of fuel.
Air conditioner does not not to be repaired.
Air conditioners do not generate any toxic gas.
It is safe to add the mod in the middle of the game. It is also safe to remove it which is not recommended ;)

Please let me know of your ideas in the comments. I will try to implement them. Also please let me know if you find any bugs.

Workshop ID: 3449592259
Mod ID: AirCond42
35 Comments
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Cyrisa 3 Oct @ 4:21pm 
I did place the unit outside and it did not cool the room.
poedgirl  [author] 3 Oct @ 8:55am 
To everyone saying it's not working. I just tested this in my game and it worked fine. Bear in mind you need to place the unit outside the room you wish to cool/heat. If you place the unit inside, the room it's in won't change temperature, however the other side of the wall will.
Dr. Tormindbind Mickmildididind 1 Oct @ 5:32pm 
Do hope to see this one working again in the future! Ported or otherwise, just a cool mod
Cyrisa 18 Sep @ 7:15pm 
Can confirm this no longer functions correctly. Everything functions from picking up the AC, installing, the UI, and sound. It just no longer has a cooling radius. So it does "not" change temperature anymore.

The mod use to cool within a select size circle around the AC unit. But if this gets fixed. I would really prefer if it cooled an entire building instead. Just the same as when a grid powered building has cooling keeping the building at 70F. This function could be used in the mod to not only improve the mod. But to also better future proof as well.
tt_mcswag 6 Sep @ 11:08am 
Stopped working. Not sure why. I've tried removing and replacing the air conditioner, but it quit cooling entirely.
tt_mcswag 3 Sep @ 7:44pm 
Temperature readings throughout the house with a couple air conditioners is a bit inconsistent from tile to tile, but overall this has cooled my house down to 65F. It's over 100F outside!
Liarzax 1 Sep @ 5:54am 
coolies
Uglywhy 24 Aug @ 10:09am 
Does it need to be inside or out
Cyberburger 10 Aug @ 10:26pm 
The turn on option is not showing when I right click on the air conditioner. Any ideas?
Bebop Cola 8 Aug @ 6:29am 
@poedgirl I wasn't aware that while on grid power the building interior temp is unchangeable. I'd recommend mentioning that in the mod description (your part of the ported mod's description at least) lest folks like myself try using it before power fails and can't get cooling to work.