Is this supposed to happen?

[Jakub k.]

My current colony is located on one of the poles with a winter temperature of -111,Celsius.Somewhere I have heard that raiders are now smarter and arrive with better gear,but it seems that at these temperatures,I mostly only get mechanoids,like i already fought 5 scythers (no exaggerations).Is this intentional?


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[skullywag]

yep, working as designed.

[Jakub k.]

allright thanks,i was wondering.
Now that i have lost a hand to a scyther I'll stay away from cold biomes

[Zhentar]

To expand a little on Skully's answer, raiders don't arrive with better gear because it would make it easy for the player to acquire warm weather gear (and meat). So to preserve the challenge of intensely cold maps, you get mechanoids instead of happy meals with wool parka prizes.

[Jakub k.]

oh right yea! It is quite a struggle to keep fighting all those mechanoids..with a one man colony.

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[Shurp]

I think it has more to do with the fact that even with parkas and wooly underwear the pirates would freeze solid in 5 minutes at -111'C.  So the game doesn't send them, or caravans either.  You only get what can survive the cold.  Mechanoids, mechanoids, and ice giants.

Oh, wait, this is Rimworld, not Discworld.  Sorry, no ice giants.  Just mechanoids.

[edit] btw, at -78.5'C carbon dioxide freezes solid.  So your colonists are exhaling snow as they walk around outside.

[GiantSpaceHamster]

I think it has more to do with the fact that even with parkas and wooly underwear the pirates would freeze solid in 5 minutes at -111'C.  So the game doesn't send them, or caravans either.  You only get what can survive the cold.  Mechanoids, mechanoids, and ice giants.

Oh, wait, this is Rimworld, not Discworld.  Sorry, no ice giants.  Just mechanoids.

Well now I want someone to make an Ice Giant mod...

[Jakub k.]

mod? no no...this needs to be added to the core game! TYNAN!!! xD

[Shurp]

Well now I want someone to make an Ice Giant mod...

LOL, neat idea.  Hmmm, if fires can throw off heat, can someone hack the game so that ice giants throw off cold and freeze nearby colonists?

[Grishnerf]

I think it has more to do with the fact that even with parkas and wooly underwear the pirates would freeze solid in 5 minutes at -111'C.  So the game doesn't send them, or caravans either.  You only get what can survive the cold.  Mechanoids, mechanoids, and ice giants.

Oh, wait, this is Rimworld, not Discworld.  Sorry, no ice giants.  Just mechanoids.

Well now I want someone to make an Ice Giant mod...

rincewind has to be in it then too!
a permanent joining wanderer that not really joins and stays "solo" and just does stupid things.
like Walking next to some stonewalls and turning them all into Gold.
you feel happy til you realize that he used your Gold from the stockpile. etc..

[Zhentar]

I think it has more to do with the fact that even with parkas and wooly underwear the pirates would freeze solid in 5 minutes at -111'C.  So the game doesn't send them, or caravans either.  You only get what can survive the cold.  Mechanoids, mechanoids, and ice giants.

Oh, wait, this is Rimworld, not Discworld.  Sorry, no ice giants.  Just mechanoids.

[edit] btw, at -78.5'C carbon dioxide freezes solid.  So your colonists are exhaling snow as they walk around outside.

A wool parka by itself is enough for a pawn to not only survive -111C but also be comfortable while they do it.

The vapor pressure of carbon dioxide at 1 atmosphere of earth-like composition is far too low to form any meaningful amount of solids. Any CO2 that freezes will sublimate back to vapor near instantly.

[Jakub k.]

what a cool nerd science battle,

fight,fight FIGHT!

[Bozobub]

It's not a fight; Zhentar has it right on the money.  Even at the coldest exterior temperature ever measured on Earth's surface — -89.2 °C at Vostok Station in Antarctica (-128.6 °F) — no, the CO2 didn't rain or snow out ^^' .

Be VERY grateful that doesn't happen, by the by; it would cause a vicious cycle as all the greenhouse gasses precipitate out, thus decreasing temperatures even more.

[Jakub k.]

dank memes

[Bozobub]

There was nothing in this thread about global warming or "theoretical science", in fact, until you brought up those subjects.  There's literally nothing theoretical about the behavior of CO₂ (and other gasses) in these macroscopic conditions; it's all empirically verified.