Zombie Spores Outbreak

[Tigin]

9 minutes ago, Kderosa said:

Yes. That’s what happened when there was surface germs. However, the first time I emptied the canister from the canister filler it did not have any surface germs on it. And so there were no surface germs to transfer to the dupe. Could be a bug. I have no idea. 

 

The one and only decontamination station I’ve ever built did not create polluted water with germs in it when I used it. I checked. 

Perhaps, although there might have been other conditions at play. This is quite easy to reproduce:

[Kderosa]

2 hours ago, Tigin said:

Perhaps, although there might have been other conditions at play. This is quite easy to reproduce:

It’s the inconsistency of the results that are the most annoying. I don’t think those germs will transfer to a dupe though if they work like gases. 
 

if this is the case why not simply use a sink or wash basin? The sink especially will simply feed the polluted water with any germs to a reed fiber hydroponic farm. 

[blakemw]

9 hours ago, Kderosa said:

I have no idea.  But I do know that if germs can spread from the gas within the cannister to the surface of the cannister even though germs are not transferred from the air to the dupes normally, then they should be a way for the dupes to disinfect the cannisters easily.  Right now they can't. I believe raw ore can be scrubbed with the ore scrubber to remove 480k of germs, but how about other materials which I have shown above can also get surface germs and can't be disinfected easily short of constructing a chlorine chamber.

I'm actually surprised that it's possible for the surface germs to be different than the internal germs, as I'm used to them just being the same number. I'm not saying it can't happen because this game does have bugs, but for me it always looks like this:

Where the internal germs and surface germs are exactly the same number.

Have you ever witnessed a difference in the two numbers other than 0 and not 0?

My working hypothesis would be that internal germs = external germs is working as intended (just because it's stupid doesn't mean it's not intended), but there could be a bug or perhaps an intended circumstances where the surface germs value is 0.

[Kderosa]

8 hours ago, blakemw said:

Have you ever witnessed a difference in the two numbers other than 0 and not 0?

Yes. Break open a slime biome. Let it fester a bit. Then thrown in some deodorizers. At the edge of the slimelung oxygen plant done buddy buds. And watch as the floral scent slowly overtakes the slimelung. It’s a great way to clean the air by overwhelming the bad germs. I plant them in my base and in my tickets to lower the risk. I also plant one by the entrance to my base to lower the risk of a dupe bringing back a germ covered suit. I failed to do so in this run sadly.  
 

this is for airborne to airborne. I don’t think it has the same effect on surface germs as your example. 

Edited July 1, 2025 by Kderosa