Pod tether, Breathing pipe idea
EvilSmoo
Join Date: 2008-02-16 Member: 63662Members
Join Date: 2008-02-16 Member: 63662Members
Besides being the only surviving pod, how about pod 5 fires a tether into the bottom, and moves a little? Some ingame way of letting it float around a bit, yet not go on any silly journeys.
I think it could add a bit of immersion, since water moves around so much, and letting it get caught by wind and currents and blown by inclement weather would be interesting. Also, this might share code with a GOOD version of the breathing pipe- something that you plop down on the ocean floor.
As far as the breathing pipe idea, how about this: you make the breathing device in two stages.
The float supposedly pressurizes air, and forces it down the tube (IF the float reaches the surface). The device on the bottom of the ocean then makes bubbles like the purple sponge. Perhaps it's solar with a battery for night, or maybe it just eats batteries? This way, it's fairly simple, easily usable in shallow areas, but expandable for deep areas. Perhaps if you deploy it attached to a base, it removes base drain due to oxygen generation?
Probably a bad idea to drop this out in the void. You ain't gettin' it back.
I think it could add a bit of immersion, since water moves around so much, and letting it get caught by wind and currents and blown by inclement weather would be interesting. Also, this might share code with a GOOD version of the breathing pipe- something that you plop down on the ocean floor.
As far as the breathing pipe idea, how about this: you make the breathing device in two stages.
- Stage 1 is a device that you drop, and it sinks to the bottom, deploying a float that goes up to the surface. It comes with 100m of tubing. The device has an indicator light, so you know if it has enough tubing to reach the surface.
- Stage 2 is additional links of 50m tubing, that you can add in from anywhere on the float, tube, or device.
- Bases don't build through tubing, and tubing requires a straight shot up to water surface.
The float supposedly pressurizes air, and forces it down the tube (IF the float reaches the surface). The device on the bottom of the ocean then makes bubbles like the purple sponge. Perhaps it's solar with a battery for night, or maybe it just eats batteries? This way, it's fairly simple, easily usable in shallow areas, but expandable for deep areas. Perhaps if you deploy it attached to a base, it removes base drain due to oxygen generation?
Probably a bad idea to drop this out in the void. You ain't gettin' it back.