Pressure Generator

Compresses the thin atmosphere to raise surface pressure. It runs best when a script catches each sync window as its gauge sweeps; missed windows cost efficiency.

Stats: Power in -7 W · Produces up to 0.012 kPa/day at peak efficiency · Input buffer 4 · Tiers Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV · Buy from the Shop for 900 cr.

Access: self / get_component(id) · Like every component, exposes .id and .name.

Methods

.outpost

The outpost where this building is deployed, as an OutpostRef.

.input

Fuel Rod magazine for the Mk IV tier. Connect a Lead Cask to keep spare rods staged here. Empty and unused below Mk IV, and a Mk IV with no rod stops producing rather than degrading.

Returns: InputSlot

.water_in

Water supply port installed by the Mk III pack. Call connect(...) with a compatible water provider. Mk IV uses Fuel Rods instead, but the installed port remains available.

Returns: FluidPort

.gauge()

Current value on the resonance sweep (0-100). Rises each tick and wraps at 100. Compare it to next_window_low() and next_window_high(); when the gauge is inside that range, call sync().

Returns: Number (0-100)

.next_window_low() / .next_window_high()

Lower / upper edge of the current sweep’s sync window. Use with gauge(); call sync() when the gauge is inside the range. The values change when the sweep wraps to the next cycle.

Returns: Number

.sync() `SELF ONLY`

Try to sync this sweep. First call per sweep counts; later calls before the gauge wraps do nothing. Hit (gauge in window) gives +25% efficiency. Miss (outside window, or no sync before the sweep ends) gives -10%.

Returns: ActionResult · Outcomes: "ok"

.efficiency()

Current compression efficiency (0-100%). Climbs with hits, drops with misses, floored at 0. A well-tuned script holds this at or near 100% by hitting every cycle’s window.

Returns: Number (0-100%)

.output()

Current kPa/h production rate at the current efficiency(). Proportional to efficiency() × tier multiplier. The resonance gauge advances slowly, so pressure progress is best judged from efficiency() and the per-day projection on the sensor display rather than from a single output() read.

Returns: Number (kPa/h)

.tier()

Permanently installed Mk tier as an integer (1-4).

Returns: Integer (1-4)

.is_degraded()

True when a Mk III pack is starved of its required fluid input and the machine has fallen back to the previous tier multiplier for this tick. If True, investigate self.water_in.level() and the upstream supply.

Returns: Boolean

.effective_tier()

The tier actually in effect this tick: tier() normally, previous tier while is_degraded() is True.

Returns: Integer

Command mailbox

peek_command() · next_command() · command_count() · clear_commands() (SELF ONLY): see Script Commands.