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29 minutes ago, Carnis said:

How is it implemented?

Rockets now need two tanks. Fuel tank (petroleum/hydrogen) and oxidizer tank (oxylite or liquid oxygen).

I haven't tried steam rocket yet, but I don't see a tank...

15 minutes ago, chemie said:

One engine requires refined copper which is only available in starting biome....seems short sighted 

It is definitely a risk, but there can be copper volcanoes and there is copper ore on one of 20Mm asteroids. The only unique use of copper is space suit, everything else has substitutes.

6 hours ago, AndreyKl said:

Rockets now need two tanks. Fuel tank (petroleum/hydrogen) and oxidizer tank (oxylite or liquid oxygen).

I haven't tried steam rocket yet, but I don't see a tank..

So, If I want to go to organic mass, when previously I needed 3tanks of petroleum, do I now need 3 petrol + 1 oxidizer? Or 3+ 3 oxidizer?

Are Rockets even taller now?

Are oxylite & lox interchangeable or different tanks, are they equal in efficiency?

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Previously you could trade 2.700kg petrol (3 tanks) for 4000kg pW, Via organic mass.

How are The numbers now?

Seems like dense pufts 95% Conversion rate was intended...

If you have power for multiple regulators lox is easy.  Not sure about getting the lox back out now that they are removing abyssalite.  You'd need insulated abyssalite pipes before to keep any heat transfer from taking place between the lox and the pipes since the range is so great.

Dense pufts are very easy as well.  Practically free meat.  I've got at 2 large ranches of them.

27 minutes ago, 0xFADE said:

You'd need insulated abyssalite pipes before to keep any heat transfer from taking place between the lox and the pipes since the range is so great.

Guess it`s a next step then. After you set up your engine with oxylite you can get space minerals and craft super insulators to replace abyssalite in that build.

6 hours ago, Sasza22 said:

Guess it`s a next step then. After you set up your engine with oxylite you can get space minerals and craft super insulators to replace abyssalite in that build.

But when the new update drops, you can't build with Abyssalite anymore.  It is no longer a valid material for construction.  It's only use is as an ingredient at the Molecular Forge.

4 hours ago, PhailRaptor said:

But when the new update drops, you can't build with Abyssalite anymore.  It is no longer a valid material for construction.  It's only use is as an ingredient at the Molecular Forge.

That`s what i meant. Man i have trouble expressing my thoughts. I meant that you use the same build for the LOX machine but you can`t complete it without the super insulator so to build it you need to send a few rockets using oxylite. Then after you aquire the needed resources forge the insulator and use LOX for next rockets instead.

On 10/6/2018 at 4:55 AM, Sasza22 said:

but you can`t complete it without the super insulator

I'd be surprised if this was the case. Vacuum insulation still works just fine. It means that your walls are 3 thick.. but that's not the end of the world.

The tricker bit is the piping coming out of the regulator itself... but that's also doable.

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