HabdomeRaider Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 One of the things I'm most looking forward to when it's time to release some new content is an ice biome. I really want to dig up some ice and melt it into water! Once the temperature mechanics are better developed this would be a good challenge to play with them. Things that could be in an ice biome: Ice tiles: Dig these and melt into water. Snow tiles: These could fall like sand does. Some kind of blue crystal: not sure what it does, but visually it's just necessary. Alien creature: It likes the cold and will overheat at normal temperatures. Plants: With red berries that only bloom when it is very cold. Some toxic liquid with a low vapor point: There could be a special challenge in ice biomes to keep them cold enough so the liquid doesn't become toxic gas while you're working in them or to pump out the liquid before letting the biome warm up. If you just tunnel into the ice haphazardly, the ice and snow start melting and the toxic liquid evaporates and floods your tunnel with toxic gas. Or it could contaminate the ice/snow/water. Could also just be lakes of CO2 if the biome is cold enough. Resources that become useless after you let them melt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalGolem Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Normally abisalite is really cold, I have not tried using it to cool stuff however. Eventually I would love to see pockets of super cooled rock, or ice, around it. Plants should also freeze under 0°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabdomeRaider Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Abyssalite doesn't cool anything. It has 0 thermal conductivity. It is a perfect insulator to keep the different biomes temperatures separate until you tunnel through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryogenicManipulator Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I can imagine the stress reducing snowmen already. . . This is a really neat idea; I absolutely love biomes with harsh temperatures or weather, it's probably one of my favourite features that can be in a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markocat Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Maybe we could have "Seasons". They wouldn't be like traditional Earth seasons. Maybe one where disease is more common, and some blocks start to change into a contaminated slime. Just spitballing ideas here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonida Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Actually there is a way to melt ice i just did it thought it won't work but i gave it a try you can use the Liquid Tepidizer to melt some ice and snow but i'm still thinking of a way to make it efficient because ice is everywhere and u can't build these all over the place. plus it only worked for a little and then stopped because it's not submerged in the liquid. I will try to put some liquid in it and see what happens because im on cycle 220 and want to explore new things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonida Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 The ice melted it took so much time to melt but it produced a lot of water. I agree about the temperature mechanic is not that good right now but it does work at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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