General Suit VS Environment

[RetroPaladin]

I see things strange regarding suit effects during different enviroments.
Currently, only high temperature reduce player's HP and nothing more. At least, I can't determine anything else.
I suggest to improve the situation.

During high temperature:
-reducing HP (current effect)
-steamed visor + condensed water (like after long run and heavy breath)
-slightly reduced shield resistances
-increased/visible battery usage (suit is trying to compensate the hazardous environment) even with shields turned off

During low temperatures:
-bit slower movement/gun reload
-frozen visor on edges + steamed breath on glass below
-slightly increased shield resistances
-increased/visible battery usage (suit is trying to compensate the hazardous environment) even with shields turned off

 

[varonica]

During low temperatures:
-bit slower movement/gun reload
-frozen visor on edges + steamed breath on glass below
-slightly increased shield resistances
-increased/visible battery usage (suit is trying to compensate the hazardous environment) even with shields turned off

The average temperature of space is 2.7K, space suits should be designed to operate in that sort of environment, unless you are in a flight suit of course, but any proper suit, Artemis etc, shouldn't really have any negative effects in cold environments, heat I agree with, but cold is pretty much what space is known for. Even our current space suits in 2022 are designed to operate comfortable in low temperatures, in fact they have to be careful they don't overheat the insulation is so good, they have special water cooling system designed to maintain a stable temperature for the astronauts, so no, cold is no issue, heat is always an issue.

 

[RetroPaladin]

space suits should be designed

It was designed to be used in some range of environment. And first of all, to be comfortable in ships, starports and buildings.
Suit notify us that surroundings are dangerous - by sound and icon on hud. So 2.7K should affect too. Cold is an issue too.

 

[Greasetrap42]

Super cold on a low atmosphere planet might be different than near vacuum of space. Conduction in addition to radiation. The low atmosphere planets aren't as super cold though.

High temperature could be a problem though. Special engineering for high temperature or unusual environments could be a good feature. Maybe with reduction in power or other drawbacks. Be good for specialized missions to hot planets.

 

[varonica]

It was designed to be used in some range of environment. And first of all, to be comfortable in ships, starports and buildings.
Suit notify us that surroundings are dangerous - by sound and icon on hud. So 2.7K should affect too. Cold is an issue too.

In modern space suits getting rid of excess heat is the problem even in the coldest areas, insulating against heat loss is relatively easy, modern space suits have special cooling systems for when they are preparing for take off. Seriously you shouldn't be wearing space suits in buildings and starports, almost all modern scifi shows function that way, spacesuits are donned for a reason and not worn in what we could call underwear comfortable environments, there should be a locker in the landing bay where they are stored and you go on in your regular undersuit. Cold is not an issue in space, we are only a few hundred K from absolute zero in earth normal environment and that's not that a large difference difference, but we are much further from from some of the extreme high temps on planets out there.

 

[RetroPaladin]

In modern space suits

This is cool, but suit is still notify about hazardous environment during low temperature.

 

[Greasetrap42]

Here I am wearing my cool leather jacket flight suit in 48K temperature with no negative effects.

I'm not sure why we get the low temperature warning.

 

[Morbad]

Temperature seems to be the only consideration in this game, and many others, when other factors should often be far more important.

A space suit in a near absolute zero vacuum environment or even tenuous atmosphere should be no issue at all--the suit would likely be significantly higher temperature than the environment, even the outer layers--but if you try to wade through a lake of liquid helium (which is both very cold and a really good coolant), that could be another matter entirely.