Goonhub
09-02-2023, 06:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2023, 08:31 PM by RubberRats. Edited 1 time in total.
Edit Reason: adding thoughts after another round
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Just tried out the new chemistry for a round, two thoughts:
One, when I tried mixing sulfuric acid in a barrel, instead of exploding because of runaway heat buildup, the water turned to steam, prematurely halting the reaction. Ended up using the artlab heater pad to keep the water below boiling. It was slow and did not feel intentional to what I inferred from the changelog. [EDIT: I tried using both the artlab heater and cryostylane to cool it at the same time and it still kept turning to steam. Either make steam work for the reaction too or make keeping it below boiling more managable.]
Two, crank explodes when mixed. It always did this, but with the changes to how explosive reactions work it's almost impossible to actually make.
Overall I had fun with what I was tinkering with. Pustules are neat, much neater than synthflesh was previously.
EDIT: After a few more rounds, I think the production rate for certain intermediate precursors might be a bit too slow. Diethylamine was the worst offender from my experience, as unlike similar chemicals, it both needs to be maintained at a constant temperature (which makes using condensers for it difficult) and has no way to speed up the reaction.
One, when I tried mixing sulfuric acid in a barrel, instead of exploding because of runaway heat buildup, the water turned to steam, prematurely halting the reaction. Ended up using the artlab heater pad to keep the water below boiling. It was slow and did not feel intentional to what I inferred from the changelog. [EDIT: I tried using both the artlab heater and cryostylane to cool it at the same time and it still kept turning to steam. Either make steam work for the reaction too or make keeping it below boiling more managable.]
Two, crank explodes when mixed. It always did this, but with the changes to how explosive reactions work it's almost impossible to actually make.
Overall I had fun with what I was tinkering with. Pustules are neat, much neater than synthflesh was previously.
EDIT: After a few more rounds, I think the production rate for certain intermediate precursors might be a bit too slow. Diethylamine was the worst offender from my experience, as unlike similar chemicals, it both needs to be maintained at a constant temperature (which makes using condensers for it difficult) and has no way to speed up the reaction.