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Originally Posted by P-Dup
Hello everybody,
first of all I really like Sub Commander. It really is a rare gem and has so much more potential! I just hope you stick to the roots when adding more features, so it keeps it's flair. Right now I really look forward to the next version and I can't wait for it to be realeased.
Now to my questions: Do the Radiation Suits reallly work? Because when I got a radiation leak from a damaged Coolant Pump and I send someone in to repair it, he get's several thousand mSv radiation and later dies, no matter if he is wearing a Radiation Suit and Leather Gloves with Gas Mask or Breathing Apparatus or both. Bug or feature?
At the moment I surface the boat and close the air valves in every room but the reactor chamber snd then open the Main Induction Valve to get radiation out. Is this the only way?
And what are the Chemical Suits used for? Ok, to protect from chemicals, but in what situation are they useful?
Keep up the good work The Geoff. you're making a lot of people happy and anxious for the next release.
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Good to hear you're enjoying it!
Radiation suits significantly slow down the rate of radiation absorption, especially when the crewman is also wearing a gas mask / SCBA gear and leather gloves. The suits don't provide complete protection however, so if there is a lot of radiation present the crew should only work in short shifts. This still needs some balance and tweaking I think, radiation levels often increase more quickly than they should and suits don't seem to provide enough protection.
Chemical suits are not particularly useful at the moment, they slightly increase resistance to radiation but not significantly. They will probably be more useful in the future.
You're right that the best way to clear out radiation is to surface, open the induction valve and open all vents (no need to leave any closed, the contamination will not spread because purging fills the ventilation system with fresh air). This is currently not as effective as it should be though.
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Originally Posted by Tango589
Hi Geoff,
How much coolant does a reactor hold? I ask because I've got a bilge pump in the reactor room to pump out spilled coolant, in an effort to minimise rising radiation levels from a coolant leak when I'm submerged. Is this approach going to be of any use (is subcommander programmed to recognise what I've done)?
Also has anyone got any sub designs/mods they think are cool and want to share?
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That's a damn clever idea! Unfortunately the game doesn't realise what you're doing at the moment and pumping out the water will not decrease the radiation - the radiation level and water level are treated as separate quantities at the moment so pumping out the water will not stop the radiation. I'll try to fix this up sometime soon though.