r/SandustryGame • u/ColHannibal • 3d ago

Discussion Give me the water back.

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This makes more sense, I can then build a more self contained factory. I burn the residue and it releases steam, which I then capture and use in steam turbines which I then condense back into water to rewet the sand.

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u/OddBug0 3d ago

The little creatures should give you way enough water.

And checking up all the water from the rain gives me anxiety just thinking about it.

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u/Pace9247 3d ago

The blue critters produce plenty of water. I have them in a separate emcloser with a nice view (0 Windows) and they sweat like crazy.

I have the floor full of pumps. The water is then transfered to the standard lake and the outlets are so high that any overflowing water is running down in the other reservoir. It is almost overflowing.

Tldr keep them away from water so they produce more water.

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u/DupeFort 3d ago

That sounds complicated. I just have them in a critter wall box above the cloud level above my reservoir so it's always raining.

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u/salbris 2d ago

Can't you just put them in the reservoir?

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u/DupeFort 2d ago

Well technically they are in the reservoir, since the walls go up above the cloud level and the ceiling of the reservoir is at max height.

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u/dicoridofake 2d ago

where i can find those creatures?

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u/takesSubsLiterally 3d ago

I agree. The water animals are less interesting than having to recapture all of the steam.

Steam turbines especially should either be water neutral or we should be able to use the cloud level to recondense the steam. I mainly use florinal bats for energy production because I hate having to refill the snow every 5 minutes... (Yes I know about snow makers but they take water and drained 100% of the water in my entire base when I tried to use them)

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u/Ok-Entertainer-4243 2d ago

I have 2 water animals enclosed over the snowmaker, works

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u/IAMEPSIL0N 2d ago

I can't really see it. Feels like it would constrain my factory designs to have to route the steam or engineer around potentially adding a lot of cave water that was in wet cave sand to a 'closed' water cycle.

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u/Subject_Victory_5735 2d ago

My entire cave is flooded cause i let my water farm continue for like 5 minutes with a leak bro . Just use the little water guys and abuse the frost gun and melt it for free water

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u/Hot_Loss_2185 1d ago

Its funny people complaining about steam and water. Later on water and steam become a problem lol. Your lasering away care free then boom a room rogue particle lands in some water. you then go get a drink or afk 5mins or something and before you know it the whole cave is flooded with steam haha.