psusi Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I've never really paid attention to mafic rock before. I used to just set most of my storage compactors to accept most things except eggs and slime. This time I'm assigning only one thing to each compactor and trying to keep organized. So I finally noticed I have a bunch of mafic rock and wondered why I should waste a compactor on it. It has low specific heat, and conductivity, so it doesn't seem to be good for building anything. I thought, well, let's get rid of it then. I could use some more sand, let's crush it. Nope, can't crush it. How about feeding it to stone hatches? Nope... not that either. What the heck use is this stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakomaru Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I think the only use is pre-ceramic or economic insulation. Can't even be used for liquid piping, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunru Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 You can, uh... Melt it into something more usable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babba Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, psusi said: I've never really paid attention to mafic rock before. I used to just set most of my storage compactors to accept most things except eggs and slime. This time I'm assigning only one thing to each compactor and trying to keep organized. So I finally noticed I have a bunch of mafic rock and wondered why I should waste a compactor on it. It has low specific heat, and conductivity, so it doesn't seem to be good for building anything. I thought, well, let's get rid of it then. I could use some more sand, let's crush it. Nope, can't crush it. How about feeding it to stone hatches? Nope... not that either. What the heck use is this stuff? In the vanilla game I used to drop mafic rock in to my steam-rocket-room below, it greatly adds heat to steam...Just by dropping through rocket bunker launch doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf2010 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I use Mafic in place of Igneous (which I feed to hatches) when Ceramic isn't needed for insulated tiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urist McPilot Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 11 hours ago, beowulf2010 said: I use Mafic in place of Igneous (which I feed to hatches) when Ceramic isn't needed for insulated tiles. Same for me, lower conductivity makes it perfect in place of igneous. I also tend to use it as a generic building material near space biome to limit transportation time. And while it cannot be used for insulated liquid pipes, it works for insulated gas pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Urist McPilot said: while it cannot be used for insulated liquid pipes, it works for insulated gas pipes. And liquid bridges... You cannot build any liquid pipe with Mafic, but it's okay for bridges. ONI's logic... FYI, opened in 2019, December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmanican Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 15 hours ago, OxCD said: ONI's logic... This looks like an accidental omission that they just haven't fixed yet. Kinda like the methane freeze temp. We just gotta get the reminder in at the right time when they are making little updates. Sneak it in on an update page when they are begging for feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRup Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 12 hours ago, mathmanican said: Sneak it in on an update page when they are begging for feedback. Meaningful spamming and post-(necro)bumping it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExEvolution Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I build drywall with it, it is already close to space so it reduces travel time, and if you use the material colors mod, it looks really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmanican Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 5 hours ago, JRup said: Meaningful spamming and post-(necro)bumping it is then. I prefer to think of it as "gentle reminders," but basically the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babba Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, ExEvolution said: I build drywall with it, it is already close to space so it reduces travel time, and if you use the material colors mod, it looks really nice. Tempshift plates have double the weight - In a steam rocket room they take on much more rocket heat and prevent that automation and power cables made of steel melt It would be nice to have "Mafic Rock Pizza" food in the game...Mhhh, nice crunchy pizza ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmanican Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 hours ago, babba said: "Mafic Rock Pizza" I sense a two track mind. (1) Pizza!!!! and (2) Multiplayer!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorzhov Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 There's also the same problem with fossil. It's possible to build gas pipes (normal and insulated), gas bridges and liquid bridges with it, but not liquid pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRup Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 44 minutes ago, Victorzhov said: There's also the same problem with fossil. That's but a temporary issue.... It will get processed into lime + sedimentary rock eventually... The needs for lime to create steel will outweigh the value of keeping fossil. (Unless you only want to just farm happy murdercrabs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxCD Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, JRup said: That's but a temporary issue.... It will get processed into lime + sedimentary rock eventually... The needs for lime to create steel will outweigh the value of keeping fossil. (Unless you only want to just farm happy murdercrabs.) Well, you need fossil if you want to create Robert, using a single mod. Who's Robert ? Damn, I present to you, Robert, the guardian of our wisdom: The legend says that wisdom is 256 tile radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorzhov Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, JRup said: That's but a temporary issue.... It will get processed into lime + sedimentary rock eventually... The needs for lime to create steel will outweigh the value of keeping fossil. (Unless you only want to just farm happy murdercrabs.) I know, I just realized that accidentally while in sandbox mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRup Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, OxCD said: Robert Et tu Roberto? 1 hour ago, Victorzhov said: I just realized that accidentally Crossing my fingers it was the murder-crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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