abyssalite piping thermal conductivity

If this is intended behaviour, there should be either an update to the conductivity of abyssalite or an ingame notice, that explains the observed behaviour.

How it works right now is very misleading.

I thought, standard abyss should insulate better than insulated piping because of abyssalites insanely low thermal conductivity (0.000 < 0.106). But as you can see in my post this is not how it works.

Wow, I was not expecting this. Now I'm wondering how my base didn't overcook yet seeing the results of your test. I would also expect regular abysalize liquid&gas pipes and tiles to be fully insulating.

I second the opinion that if this is indeed the intended behaviour, at least something in the description of the pipes (regular,insulated,radiant) should hint at how the pipe will transfer heat. I think I read somewhere that the regular piping now takes the average thermal conductivity between itself and the medium it touches, but didn't pay it much attention becouse in-game abysalite, even piping, was still only saying thermal conductivity 0.000.

well abyssalite tiles are fully insulating. They don't transfer any heat whatsoever. My standard abyssalite tiles insulating my Volcano didn't change in temperature for 400 cycles or so.

on the other hand, buildings out of abyssalite, like a ladder or a metal refinery out of abyssalite do conduct heat with its surroundings quite well. My abyssalite ladders in the same volcano already heated to 1627°C!
There are also posts about abyssalite instantly evaporating stuff like petroleum when it comes in contact with it.

There definetly are inconsistencies when it comes to thermal conductivity. It says in the game, that thermal conductivity between to objects is determined by the one with the lowest conductivity but that definetly is not what is happening in the game right now.

Was that happening in the previous update? I thought that my base was a little bit too hot and I didn't know why. After the new update I started a new base and I didn't reach the geyser yet so I don't know if it's the same.

I would really like that this fixed asap because I stopped playing because of this.

Ok, I have read the forums now. It's not a bug it's a feature. Too bad not too intuitive.

Edited September 11, 2018 by Borsuk33
Correct myself