ClarkOps Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Hi, what do you guys recommend doing with a major magma volcano ? I could use the heat for a steam turbine but i have plenty of power. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolthulhu Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Walling up and ignoring. There is no practical use for volcanoes, it's one of those flaws in game design like CO2 vents and hot steam vents. They had a use before steel and thermium aquatuners (boiling oil), but nowadays it's just a wasted geyser slot. If you really, really want to utilize them for something - no matter how useless - you can use them to melt regolith and make igneous rock for stone hatches. It's more effort than gain, though. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackcasual Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 With the new higher temp sensors, they're even more useful, particularly early game. It's s nice to have a cheap way to get steam for your first rocket. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkOps Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thx, i'll try the regolith conversion and maybe do a steam turbine with late space material. Thx mate. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 A steam turbine should be doable in the mid game before space. A double layer igneous-ceramic wall should hold most of the temperature. Then you just need to pump water and find a way to cool it down or store it as steam for your steam rockets. Storing it in sapce with vacuum around will guarantee no heat loss. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilalaunekuh Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Coolthulhu said: you can use them to melt regolith Ok, I think most of us will build a layer of steel to keep meteors at bay. So if your able to heat that conductive steel layer up, regolith on top will melt and vent into space => A nice way to clear regolith and in the peace season your able to retrieve just the iron (Was more usefull before voles were introduced to deal with access regolith.) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallion Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 magma volcano is the easiest way to get igneous rock, in my last save I was run out of igneous rock cause too much hatch, in very very very late games. general, it`s useless. the big volcano will produce a huge amount of magma in a short time, it`s not easy to handle with steam power. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, dallion said: magma volcano is the easiest way to get igneous rock, in my last save I was run out of igneous rock cause too much hatch, in very very very late games. general, it`s useless. the big volcano will produce a huge amount of magma in a short time, it`s not easy to handle with steam power. One steam turbine can handle any magma volcano i've found. Previously I've stuck to using magma volcanoes for extreme heating, i.e. cooking of petroleum, etc. Nowadays with Thermium, they have had their usefulness somewhat changed - in my current playthrough I have 3 (yes, sodding 3 of the bastards) magma volcanoes. As yet, i've only cracked into 2 of them - the third will stay buried forever as it lives in my favourite ice biome (we've all got one damnit!). The first is used as a supplementary steam turbine build, and honestly generates a heck of a lot of power. The 2nd is to be used for a sour gas cooker If I can pull my finger out In short, nothings changed with them - wall them off, leave a hotplate open made of either tungsten metal tiles or diamond window tiles, vacuum it off and deal with it when you need it for something Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozymandias_3 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, Lifegrow said: The first is used as a supplementary steam turbine build, and honestly generates a heck of a lot of power. You got a video or vod of that? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, ozymandias_3 said: You got a video or vod of that? Spoiler https://www.twitch.tv/lifegrowski/ There'll be a vod there somewhere bud, if not come see me on stream and i'll show you. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaspect Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 15 hours ago, Coolthulhu said: CO2 vents Could be used to CO2->PW->Dirt Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigjw Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 41 minutes ago, theaspect said: Could be used to CO2->PW->Dirt I think you replied to the wrong post. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallion Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Lifegrow said: The first is used as a supplementary steam turbine build, and honestly generates a heck of a lot of power. It`s interesting, the volcano in my map output 200+kg/s per second, it`s horrible, what about yours? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 29 minutes ago, dallion said: It`s interesting, the volcano in my map output 200+kg/s per second, it`s horrible, what about yours? Pay no attention to the output rate, rather the overall stats. A geyser outputting at 100kg/s for 600 secs out of 700 is better than a geyser that outputs 1000kg for 3 seconds every month Once you've analysed and can see the dormancy period etc, it'll tell you a lot more. Here's the tool of champions https://onical.ga/ Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigjw Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lifegrow said: Here's the tool of champions https://onical.ga/ What about the geyser calculator? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 "Tool of Champions" - Honestly, i'll take it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1132955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenMadness Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 16/12/2018 at 4:29 PM, hackcasual said: It's s nice to have a cheap way to get steam for your first rocket. you can just build a box full of water in space and let the meteors heat the box up. And build it right next to your rocket. Even cheaper. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/100684-volcano-application/#findComment-1133213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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