Oxygen Not Included - Tutorial Bites - Liquid Locks

[@Teatur_]

I almost didn’t watch this tutorial bite bc I thought I already understood liquid locks but I’d never thought of that double joint plate design

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Worth noting that you can, after building the liquid lock outside your intended vacuum area, just fill the entire space inside with foundation tiles and then deconstruct them to get an instant vacuum.

[@SeraphLore]

I do this a lot! Really helpful!

[@Zachary360Games]

That’s amazing thank you for posting this tip!

[@lordxabbu]

One thing not mentioned is that if you drop any item that off gasses in the small corner locks it will delete the liquid and thus destroy the liquid lock. So if a dupe is carrying a hand full of slime through the lock and goes on break they will drop that slime in the liquid and break the lock.

[@soralee1910]

Why would it delete the liquid?

[@pierrotA]

​@@soralee1910 Because each tile can only be of one type (solid, liquid, gas). If a lot of gas suddenly appair on a tile that have few liquid, it will replace it (or sometime offset the liquid to an adjacent liquid tile). In that case, it mean that the seal will break.

[@Fluketone]

Thanks, I didn't even know this was a thing. Changes my entire base setup a lot!

[@james_solo]

These are really great videos dude!

[@edwardsallow8931]

Mechanized airlocks should do this, but here we are.

[@GCFungus]

There is a mod for that if you so wish.

[@megaturon1212]

Mechanized airlocks does NOT do this? I'm new to the game but I notice that I'm losing pressure when using single airlocks so I made a double door airlock whick makes my dupes to be slowed down significantly.

[@GCFungus]

@megaturon1212 Both the manual and mechanised airlock do stop gases when closed but let through briefly when open. Even a powered mechanised airlock will even though it's the quickest to open and close. If you want to stop all gases then use a liquid lock or use the mod that adds fully sealed doors.

[@forrestallison1879]

You don't need bottle empties on both side of the liquid lock. You can fill from one side

[@aaronh678]

I will avoid this but thanks for the videos! Infinite storage and liquid locks are not for me. But I loved the rest of the bites :) - learnt a lot.

[@theonus_4483]

Liquid locks are intended for use in the game. This is why you can get visco gel late game to make them easier and vertically without as much building.

[@raidermaxx2324]

what is for you then

[@aaronh678]

@@raidermaxx2324 Airlock door mod. Works great and can never break

[@Twisted4AGZE]

CO2 locks are good for high traffic areas when no atmosuits are used. They don't get the wet debuff, but these locks aren't super resilient.

[@GCFungus]

Not technically a liquid lock, but I can see how that works. I think you're right though that it does sound a bit liable to breaking!

[@battlesheep2552]

I once thought of a CO2 lock when building a Puft ranch built around a PO2 vent, but it didn't really work, as differences in pressure messed it up. I struggle to think of applications where it's lack of resilience wouldn't be an issue, even an airlock for a balm lily drecko ranch might have the CO2 leaking in.

[@ratstic]

is it just me or does it sound like someone is quietly saying "help" in the background? 0:51 O_O

[@ThePigeonBrain]

While the thought of GCFungus being a serial killer who records oxygen not included tutorials while torturing his victims is hilarious, most likely it is the sound of him shifting his keyboard or perhaps his clothes rustling. It just happens to sound like a word.

[@aIexemre]

that are the distant screams of us oppressed, rare few, the true enjoyers of INTENDED...... MECHANISED....... ONE-DOOR-SEALED-WHILE-INNER-ROOM-DEPRESSURISES..... HOLY airlocks

[@HayaneHayaokimasu]

freaky

[@denizsargul6797]

hahaha wtf cpu after 100 dupe challange

[@johnmacleod2487]

Well done Thanks

[@EATZYOWAFFLEZ]

I'm having a lot of trouble with the staircase design. The liquid (crude oil in my case) won't stick to the steps and just flows down. I've made sure to build the same setup as shown, and I am only releasing small amounts of oil.

[@GCFungus]

That is how the steps liquid lock works, the liquid simply flows down leaving a small bit behind. But even a small tile of liquid will prevent all gas flow, and as it flows down the steps it will delete any gases in the middle which creates a small vacuum liquid lock. The only issue with small amounts of liquid is that they can evaporate if hot things are brought through, or be deleted by offgassing debris.

[@charles0423]

I prefer using the airlock door mod but as it is less of a perfect design as it needs power and takes time to go through it(5 secs for pulling air out of door) but if i need to ill build a liquid lock

[@black-aliss]

I have that mod, buuut I still needed a liquid lock to build my hydrogen room inside my drecko enclosure.

[@mmorris2830]

Like and Comment to push these videos guys!

[@raidermaxx2324]

but how do you do that type of construction with your little dudes and not sandbox? with a suit? It seems lkike alot of these solutions are for sandbox mode where you just build stuff yourself, or am i wrong? Im a noob so dont mind me

[@GCFungus]

No, not at all, liquid locks are very easy to build. All you need to do is to build the shape to catch the liquid and then bottle empty it in. For a vacuum lock then yes you will need suits to stop dupes breathing out and breaking the vacuum.

[@Lorens4444]

Is there a way to fully lock a gas/vacuum in a room without using any liquid?

[@GCFungus]

Well the simplest way would be to close the room in with tiles, leaving a pump inside but then it won't be dupe accessible. Another way to do it is with airlock doors and pumps, but I find these a bit cumbersome. There's also a mod that introduces perfect airlock doors if you want to go that route too. I know some people are fundamentally against using liquid locks, which is a fair perspective. If the issue is just getting dupes wet, then atmo suits will definitely help.

[@Lorens4444]

@@GCFungus The problem with liquid locks is heat and germ transfer. I'm looking for design that doesn't.

[@GCFungus]

Germs shouldn't transfer through liquid locks anyway as neither gas nor liquid moves through them. For heat, you can use any style of vacuum liquid lock, as vacuum does not transfer any heat. As long as there is a vacuum between two bits of liquid blocking a gas path then it will be completely isolated - I demonstrated this in the video.

[@lionllew6601]

naptha locks?

[@GCFungus]

Naptha can be used the same as any other liquid for making locks. Long ago the non-flowing property was taken from naptha and applied to visco-gel, which can form their own vertical locks. So currently there's nothing particularly unique about naptha.

[@Kmykzy]

Watched the other 6 videos in this playlist cause i was having trouble understanding the game mechanics, but after seeing so many exploits used like infinite water circulation, liquid locks etc. i don't feel like playing the game anymore. Honestly these should have been patched out after they became known to the devs considering how much the invalidate the devs intended game mechanics of using the inefficient airlock doors and such. Thanks for the tutorials but I don't think you should include obvious exploits like these with the rest of the basic game mechanics.

[@geeksdo1tbetter]

Hey, we're years into this excellent game and liquid locks are the best example of honoring the one material per tile rule the devs started with!

[@evan9730]

liquid locks literally feature in the release trailer for the game on steam. i have no idea why they're still considered exploits.

[@markopanev3317]

Liquid locks are no exploit. You literally have a liquid lock at home. What do you think the little amount of water in your toilet is doing?

[@denizsargul6797]

lol there's tons of more exploits in game more than this like infinite gas storage, regolith melter idk. But even i after thousands of hours; still feel tired to do them. i think its not aesthetic at all. i am waiting that day they will add sealed door or a passing machine for keeping seal like lab entrances irl . but until that day best way is using 1w2h liquid door lock or one drop of liquid for 1h tile cross passings. Or transit tubes ofc And yeah u turn pipes is life changer. Huge QoL design for humankind D: