Fumarole Likes to Chew Through Thermals

[Radicaljoe]

 

 

I noticed when walking into the biome that my thermal turned cold and also lost durability. But when I walked out it turned hot again. I walked in and out a couple times and reduced my thermal stone to like 25%. 
The clip I recorded only shows the thermal turning slightly cool, but when walking deeper into the biome it gets frozen, when makes it lose more durability on the way out of the biome.
(I placed the walls as a rough measure of the biome temp effects)
Is this the first time a biome has its own temperature rules?

[mima_]

i think the biome have different ambience temperature? just like how your normal thermal slightly cooled when u hop in and out cave in the summer heat...  
since the new biome is having hotter ambience temperature the thermal stone with 30 C(i assume) that was cosidered hot in "winter" but it was normal temperature when you walk into new biome ambience temperature ..
 

you can try by placing the thermal measurer on the side of new biome and outside of it 

Edited October 11, 2025 by mima_

[Mr.Oshiro]

3 hours ago, Radicaljoe said:

Is this the first time a biome has its own temperature rules?

Indeed, this biome is always scorching hot. thermal stone change color according to the ambient temperature, while other places have normal winter temperatures, so every time you enter or leave, it will consume its durability.
If you enter here in summer, the temperature difference caused by the extremely high ambient temperature can keep the thermal stone in blue state, which means you only need it to completely resist the high temperature here. This is definitely an oversight.

Perhaps the mechanism of Thermal Stone needs to be readjusted.

Edited October 11, 2025 by Mr.Oshiro

[lowercase skye]

32 minutes ago, Mr.Oshiro said:

Perhaps the mechanism of Thermal Stone needs to be readjusted.

Definitely. Right now it tries very very hard to never go into a state that would be harmful to the player, but this means it will cartoonishly distort its temperature to always be cold in hot places and hot in cold places. For example, leaving a cave into the cold winter air will cause your neutral thermal stone to immediately heat up to the hottest temperature, and thermals left on the ground by a roaring fire will struggle to get even slightly warm during the hottest summer days.

[-Variant]

5 hours ago, Radicaljoe said:

Is this the first time a biome has its own temperature rules?

Yes! This is our first proper instance of a biome with its own temperatures disconnected from the worlds! I hope to see it expanded on in the future, its really cool.

[Milordo]

6 hours ago, Radicaljoe said:

Is this the first time a biome has its own temperature rules?

Yes!

Btw that hud goes hard, especially the cursor. Only the cookbook and the hat plant always visible are bleah to me.