They changed the Algae Terrarium

[addyz0r]

I hope they become viable. They look so freaking cool!  More plant life in your base, and with a function. <3 They've always been a water and time synk  I just love them so much.

[blash365]

4 hours ago, Kabrute said:

it is mass positive under a light though not 10%

According to the wiki the algae terrarium produces 44g/s oxygen if illumnated. Do we already know whether the output of pW is also affected by the bonus?

[Kabrute]

not affected

[Flydo]

15 hours ago, Deustodo said:

It wasn't in any of the patch notes (I think), but now Algae Terrarium now consume only a fraction of the water they receive, most of it gets converted into polluted Water inside the "building", and then needs to be emptied by a Duplicant. I guess they are more viable now?

It's logic and good to know, thank for the information

[AngryKeyring]

13 hours ago, Kabrute said:

will sweeper arms load bottle emptiers? Also set a liquid vent over your terrarium and drip feed it water

Unfortunately they do not. Terrariums just sit there waiting to be emptied. Can almost fully automate by putting hydro sensor to keep a small pool of water, and have the sweeper load Algae, but Dupelicants have to empty the PW manually.

[blash365]

1 hour ago, AngryKeyring said:

but Dupelicants have to empty the PW manually.

Maybe it's an oversight. Shall we create a bug report for it?

[Flydo]

50 minutes ago, blash365 said:

Maybe it's an oversight. Shall we create a bug report for it?

I don't think so, probably like harvest I made automate farm but plant must be harvested manualy but after autosweeper can transfer it

[SamLogan]

16 hours ago, calecaz said:

i do have emptier.  They also wont deliver PW to my hydroponic reeds.   Something else must be going on here... probably operator error.

You need a plumber.

[eggsvbacon]

9 hours ago, SamLogan said:

You need a plumber.

The micromanagement is really starting to yellow my cornflakes.

[Kabrute]

not true, my dupes emptied it without needing a plumber, its priority rating is busted somewhere, needs to be hooked to lifesupport I think

[PhailRaptor]

1 hour ago, Kabrute said:

not true, my dupes emptied it without needing a plumber, its priority rating is busted somewhere, needs to be hooked to lifesupport I think

That was a pointed joke, not a gameplay requirement.

[WanderingKid]

For those curious... Cleaning the outhouse is in Tidy, as far as I've been able to tell.  My manual operator with specific priorities spends a lot of time in that... location.

[chromiumboy]

I have to say that I was excited for the change at first, but in practise it's been a nightmare. Maintaining the terrariums is an even greater time sink then before. I have three bottle emptiers running flat out and they still can't keep up with the PW output, so half my terrariums are sitting there doing nothing. They really do need a liquid output

[TK-Tone]

If you're having troubles with priorities with algae terrariums ...

It seems terrariums are maintained via the "Life Support" function. That said, Life Support appears to be the lowest hidden priority as best I can tell. Put Life Support as that duplicant's only high priority and it should function fine so long as you have emptiers ready to take polluted water (I'm using two emptiers per terrarium atm).

I'm playing around with a limited power build - less than 1000 watts active at any time. Using one coal generator on a smart battery to run the entire base, focusing on new changes with hatches and terrariums. We'll see how it goes!