Mod Request: Ultraviolet Lamp (for disinfecting things)

[Moovry]

As the title says, I'm wondering if there are any savvy modders out there who would be able to take my idea and run with it to create a mod that adds ultraviolet lamps to the game for the purposes of disinfecting (removing germs from water, air, etc -- anything within the lamp's cone of light / vicinity). With all the germs you have to worry about in this game, I'm honestly surprised that this hasn't been suggested by anyone else (let alone the fact that it isn't a built-in game feature).

I'm fully aware that you can use chlorine-filled rooms as a janky method of disinfecting water and such, but it irks me that a civilization capable of spaceflight doesn't know what an ultraviolet lamp is.

[SharraShimada]

I see a small problem here. If its a gas, like chlorine, this works well. But light? a) one would have to create a different kind of light (UV), and then asign the germ-killer tag to it. It would be nice, but i dont think this will be an easy task.

[TykoTek]

On 7/4/2019 at 12:37 PM, SharraShimada said:

I see a small problem here. If its a gas, like chlorine, this works well. But light? a) one would have to create a different kind of light (UV), and then asign the germ-killer tag to it. It would be nice, but i dont think this will be an easy task.

I think you could create a building called a UV Disinfector (or whatever) have it draw power and just remove germs from any liquid/gas in it. That would be easier than creating a new kind of light and all the associated stuff.

It could either be an inline module that works as gas/liquid flow through or it could require a certain amount of time.

[lilibat]

It would be cool to have it like an arch dupes run through when coming into the base that would disinfect them. Maybe it could make them stop for a second or two and when it lets them through they are de-germified. 

[watermelen671]

Well, one could have it be that this building has a radius, like the sweepers, but instead that radius is light in which anything in that radius that has germs will...not have them.

Spoiler

But, I'm not a coder...believe me, I tried.

And I nearly destroyed my PC in the process...somehow.

 

[coffee_fiend]

alternatively, since strong enough UV light is bad for people and probably dupes, you'd have to "enclose" it.

So basically make a fluid pump that uses extra power and anything pumped through it is sterilized.