Adjustable Coolers

Fine-Tune Your Colony’s Climate with Adjustable Coolers

Maintaining the perfect temperature within your duplicant habitats is crucial for survival and efficiency in Oxygen Not Included. While the base game offers powerful cooling solutions, the Adjustable Coolers mod introduces a new level of control, allowing you to precisely manage your colony’s thermal environment like never before.

Unlock Precision Cooling

This innovative mod empowers you to fine-tune the performance of two essential cooling buildings: the Thermoregulator and the Thermal Aquatuner. Gone are the days of fixed cooling outputs. With Adjustable Coolers, you can now dial in the exact cooling power you require, adjusting both buildings to operate within a range of 20°C down to a frigid -20°C. This granular control is invaluable for specialized cooling tasks, from maintaining precise incubator temperatures to creating cryo-storage for sensitive resources.

Introducing Reverse-Cycle Mode

Perhaps the most groundbreaking feature of the Adjustable Coolers mod is the introduction of a “reverse-cycle” mode. Now, both the Thermoregulator and the Thermal Aquatuner can be flipped to operate in reverse. Instead of expelling heat, these modified units can actively pull heat from a fluid and transfer it elsewhere. This opens up exciting possibilities for managing heat buildup in unexpected ways, potentially allowing for innovative heating solutions or the ability to repurpose waste heat.

Enhanced Efficiency and Scalability

To accommodate the increased flexibility and potential cooling output, the mod also adjusts the power consumption of these buildings. While the Thermoregulator now has a maximum draw of 340W and the Thermal Aquatuner 1700W, this power usage is intelligently scaled. The more cooling you demand from the buildings, the more power they will consume, ensuring that your energy usage remains proportionate to your actual cooling needs.

Key Features at a Glance:

• Adjustable cooling range for Thermoregulators and Thermal Aquatuners from 20°C to -20°C.
• New “reverse-cycle” mode allows buildings to absorb heat instead of expelling it.
• Scaled power consumption ensures energy usage matches cooling output.
• Compatible with the Spaced Out! expansion.
• Safe to add to existing saves, with coolers initializing to vanilla values.

Implementing Adjustable Coolers into your Oxygen Not Included experience offers a significant upgrade in thermal management capabilities, providing the precision and versatility needed to overcome even the most challenging environmental conditions on the asteroid.