Regarding: Insulator (version 91.0)
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Hello, Is it possible to have a 1 pixel thikness insulator that ia able to block ambient heat instead of 3+?
I like this new feature of insulator but I dont see much use for it for now if you need almost more insulator then actual building elements, just to prevent meltdown by heated airflow. an 1 pixel thikness would suit much better just like titatium only need 1 pixel thikness to block air.
I like to use ambient heat but its damn hard to build complex stuff with so much required insulator:(
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You actually need 8 insulators in a 4x4 area to block heat. Press 'g' once, each square shows a 4x4 area. So really just two thick INSL will do, not 3. I think this makes sense anyway, you already need two thick of anything to block liquids / powders from going through.
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Your explaination is wrong or INSL is very buggy.
Example: http://imgur.com/pCcOxgJ
A 3 pixled thick INSL around 1 BMTL and it still heats up. Inmagine if you try to build complex things how much insulator you will end up with. like I said in my first post ^^
Edited once by Grillbox. Last: 16th Dec 2015 -
@Grillbox (View Post)
My explanation isn't wrong, but maybe there is some weird behavior / possible bugs going on. Ambient heat is being blocked, but for some reason ambient heat and pressure go into the wall that is blocking them. You can see this by drawing actual walls into a box and filling the box with pressure, under the walls there is still pressure there, but the pressure doesn't escape outside the box.
I guess it is the same for ambient heat. For ambient heat blocked by insulators, probably the ambient heat shouldn't be going inside of the wall. Maybe I can change that later.
