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There is a short list of things which fall under your stead: | There is a short list of things which fall under your stead: | ||
* First and by far most important: make sure pipes don't get broken and if they do, fix them. | * First and by far most important: make sure pipes don't get broken and if they do, fix them. | ||
* Go around swiping your ID on air alarms, setting Plasma and N2O to | * Go around swiping your ID on air alarms, setting Plasma and N2O to filter, and then re-swiping to lock it. You can ask the AI to do this as well, and probably should. | ||
* Fill all the air pumps with air using a volume pump (more air pumps can be found from the locker room). | * Fill all the air pumps with air using a volume pump (more air pumps can be found from the locker room). | ||
* Make extreme extended oxygen tanks for internals use (instructions below). | * Make extreme extended oxygen tanks for internals use (instructions below). | ||
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===Using an Air Alarm=== | ===Using an Air Alarm=== | ||
Air alarms are the central tool of an Atmos Tech outside setting Atmospherics up. To use an air alarm, simply swipe your ID across it. | Air alarms are the central tool of an Atmos Tech outside setting Atmospherics up. To use an air alarm, simply swipe your ID across it. An Air Alarm has multiple options: "Activate Atmospheric Alarm", "Scrubbers Control", "Vents Control", "Set Environmentals Mode", "Sensor Settings", "Activate Panic Syphon". | ||
''' | '''Activate Atmospheric Alarm''': Self Explanatory. The Alarm will show on the Atmos Alert Computers and alerts the AI. | ||
'''Vents''': you control vents through the air alarm. There are the following settings: | '''Scrubbers Control''': Controls the scrubbers in the area. Select specific gases to be filtered. Choose between two settings for the scrubbers, scrubbing and syphoning. | ||
* '''External on''', Internal off: will drain/add air from the tile the vent is on to make it the | * Scrubbing will slowly drain any gases set to filter in the air of the tile they are on, and transfer it to their pipe. Really, really slow with N2O. | ||
* Syphoning will do the same, except indiscriminately and drain all gases on their tile. | |||
'''Vents Control''': you control vents through the air alarm. There are the following settings: | |||
* '''External on''', Internal off: will drain/add air from the tile the vent is on to make it reach the selected pressure. All air being moved goes into/comes out of the pipe the vent is attached to. Set to 0 to drain air, or pressurise to specific levels. | |||
*'''Both on''': completely useless. Don't bother. | *'''Both on''': completely useless. Don't bother. | ||
* External off, '''Internal on''': Drains/adds air to the tile to get the pipe attached to the | * External off, '''Internal on''': Drains/adds air to the tile to get the pipe attached to the selected pressure level. Setting a vent to internal and the desired pressure to 0 causes ALL gas which enters the pipe to be shunted out onto the tile. | ||
'''Set Environmentals Mode''': you can select a preset mode for the scrubbers and vents in the area: | |||
* '''Filtering''': Default mode, scrubbers are set to "Filter", vents are set to keep the area at normal pressure (101kPa). | |||
* '''Draught''': scrubbers are set to "Syphon" and vents are On. | |||
* '''Panic''': scrubbers are set to "Panic Syphon" and vents are Off. | |||
* '''Replace air''': scrubbers are set to "Syphon" and vents are Off. Nearly identical to "Panic". | |||
* '''Off''': Both scrubbers and vents are Off. | |||
'''Sensor Settings''': Let's you change the minima and maxima for pressure, temperature and specific gases to automatically activate the alarm. | |||
'''Activate Panic Syphons''': They turn all vents off and set all scrubbers to syphon. You *can* do better than that, but most of the methods involve setting vents to suck, and if you need a panic syphon, then sucking contaminated air into Distro kinda sucks. <!-- If you truly do have a better way, Scott, I suggest you explain it. --> | |||
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==The Less Well | ==The Less Well Known Hazards of Gases== | ||
* Any gas at pressure over 1000 kPa will cause you to start suffocating as in a vacuum. You can just use internals, though. | * Any gas at pressure over 1000 kPa will cause you to start suffocating as in a vacuum. You can just use internals, though. | ||
* N2O is invisible at low pressures. If you start giggling, put on your internals to avoid passing out. | * N2O is invisible at low pressures. If you start giggling, put on your internals to avoid passing out. | ||