Atmospheric Pipe Changes Megathread

[Lord_earthfire]

I have several bones to pick with your other arguments in this thread because I feel like they are poorly informed and just...hateful of engine goblins for no reason. Like getting big number doesn't hurt anyone.

Not hateful of engine goblin, i am myself very much one (admittably, most of my nunbers come from pre-HPD, i used that one mostly for doing setups in toxins, but without manifold closed loops).  If i wouldn't be, i would advocate for caps on power generation, but i don't because that would be against what i want as well. I just really dislike the TEG in its current state... and heck, i have recently given engineers a way to automate fart gas generation. But that isnt't needed because guess what: you can run a pipeburn for a whole shift with like 700 kpa of farts in a scrubber (would need to get ny notes out to check the correct number, that one i'm very not sure off).

Just something like needing to provide significant constant supply of farts to keep the burn alive would do so much for me to be content with it.

Because large numbers do hurt anyone trying to change anything about power generation or usage. They are a constant problem you have to design around. Even proper body heat to burn damage mechanics would instantly crumble at what temperatures plasmaburns create.

Not that much relsted, but these are the same reason i e.g. PR'ed the soft cap on botany produce around a year ago. Get the upper limit in check so you can do nice things for anything that is much lower than that.