Allow water to cool down colonists and animals during Heat Wave

[fieldarchy]

Most of the time, heat waves mean death for colonists unless there is an air conditioning unit already installed in the colony (which can be difficult when you get a heat wave within minutes of starting the game). I have had several colonies begin near water and have wondered why water doesn't give a cooling effect to colonists.

I mean, when we are hot during summer in real life, many of us take to the ocean or pool. Why not include this in Rimworld?

[AileTheAlien]

Even something simple, like having the temperature of water be slighly lower than the outdoors' would work. Something like this even:
- shallow marsh: outdoors / room temperature
- deep marsh: -5C
- shallow ocean: -10
- deep ocean: -15
- shallow river: -15
- deep river: -20

[Blato]

Even something simple, like having the temperature of water be slighly lower than the outdoors' would work. Something like this even:
- shallow marsh: outdoors / room temperature
- deep marsh: -5C
- shallow ocean: -10
- deep ocean: -15
- shallow river: -15
- deep river: -20

+1 on this idea. It would make a good coolant in heat, and would simulate the real problem of getting wet during winter.

Maybe somehow tie in the "soaking wet" mood debuff to be a health condition that effects the whole body, rising the comfortable temperature of a pawn. So it would make pawns more durable to heat, but susceptible to cold while wet.
It would even promote an "oasis" type of settling around a lake on a desert map.

[Third_Of_Five]

+1

Makes complete sense. Would also be cool to see swimming as a recreational activity.

[pesco]

+1. To all of the above.

[Bolty]

Even something simple, like having the temperature of water be slighly lower than the outdoors' would work. Something like this even:
- shallow marsh: outdoors / room temperature
- deep marsh: -5C
- shallow ocean: -10
- deep ocean: -15
- shallow river: -15
- deep river: -20

+1 from me too.

[erdrik]

+1 Agreed.
I would also love it if water was the focal point for other types of activities too.
Like fishing, relaxing, ect..

[5thHorseman]

"Soaking wet" should be a +bonus to mood too, if it's too hot out.

[Toggle]

Even a simple method might be just adding a 'filtered shower' joy device, planted on top of shallow water areas. Gives buff & debuff for being strong to heat and weak to cold respectively, plus a longer mood bonus for it. Problem with a shower is it might get people going into the whole hygiene thing though, so swimming would be a solid method by itself. Maybe make a zone toggle for 'swimming' so you can mark where they can and can't swim and turn it off when needed?

Only support if there's also a chance that they can drown, possibly based off movespeed (so someone with arthritis would be more likely).

[erdrik]

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Only support if there's also a chance that they can drown, possibly based off movespeed (so someone with arthritis would be more likely).

I disagree.
Im fine with adding more water interaction even if drowning is not included. Personally Im weary to even add it if it isn't done carefully. I don't want that drown chance to trigger and then just get a message "Pappy has drowned.", too late they dead. I don't even think a "drowned" condition needs to be added(living or dead), instead just knock the pawn unconscious, add some kind of "take slow lung damage while downed in water", and a custom "colonist needs rescue" message when one is downed in water.

Controlling a colonist outside of draft is too hands off for me to ever feel anything but pissed off at the mechanic if death by drowning isn't carefully handled.

[Toggle]

instead just knock the pawn unconscious, add some kind of "take slow lung damage while downed in water", and a custom "colonist needs rescue" message when one is downed in water.

Yeah this is pretty much what I meant. If they just randomly drowned and disappeared or something that would suck, I just think a potential risk for this makes sense since they may have never swam in their life. What you said is all that's really necessary for em to "drown".